I went and saw this in the pictures. I have to say I was quite pleased. Everyone was going on about it and I thought it’s going to be really boring and stupid but I was wrong. I will admit it was not as funny as it could have …

It is amazing how many times one movie can be remade. Pride and Prejudice happens to be one of those movies. In essence the movie is about different classes of people, pride of Elizabeth Bennett, and Mr. Darcy, also the prejudice between the classes of people and between …

Billy Wilder was one of Hollywood’s most successful and original filmmakers during the golden era. He is most famous for masterpieces like Sunset Boulevard, Double Indemnity and Some like it hot, but The Lost Weekend is just an important film as those ones in my opinion. It’s the story …

Valiant, a pigeon has hopes of becoming a hero, and when he hears that the Royal Homing Pigeon Service is recruiting, he did not think twice about enrolling, so, he sets his sights for London. While on his journey, he meets another bird that offers to accompany him, but …

The Hot Chick, directed by Tom Brady is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America on appeal for crude and sexual humor, language and drug references. The original release date was December 13, 2002 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Fantasy and …

Possibly one of Clint Eastwood’s most acclaimed directorial efforts, naturally surpassed by “Million Dollar Baby”, “American Sniper” is both transfixing and emotionally powerful in exploring the turbulent life of the factual Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper): regarded as the United States’ most brutal and lethal sniper. Opening with an intense and …

Snow Buddies…. oh my goodness. There were so many Air Bud films that it was ridiculous. Now comes this one, yet another air bud movie that is so much like Snow Dogs that its sickening.
This movie is about 5 golden retriever puppies whose curiosity gets them landed in …

Sydney white is about a girl who goes to college and enters a fraternity. She doesn’t really fit in with the other girls there so she wanders off and meets these guys who live off campus. The guys are sort of nerds and the girl fits in with them …

Eastern Promises is easily one of the best movies I have ever seen. It is about a Russian gang in London and how the Russian mafia deals with things. It has wonderful cinematography, that is the way the movie is filmed is fantastic. It is sickeningly violent at times, …

I recently had a go at Madagascar 2 since the release of the first one. I remember the tons of popular names in the show that I really didn’t know who at that point of time.
I used to wonder how a lion and a zebra could co exist too. …

Now the queen of daytime can be the queen of your livingroom anytime with this great Oprah box set of DVDs.
My mother really likes to tune into the Oprah show everyday so I purchased this DVD set for her for her birthday.
The DVD collection features highlights from 20 ears …

One Fine Day starring George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer is one of the finest romantic comedy movies I have ever seen The movie is a very well directed movie with great performances by the lead couple. Michelle Pfeiffer should be given a special mention here. She is so perfect …

Three woman gang together to over throw their abusive boss that is the whole nature of this movie, the plot is tight around this fact and it makes for a wonderful movie for all to enjoy. Dolly Parton plays the role of the under appreciated secretary, one that has …

After the successful fight with the movie drama colossal, Hero (2003), film director Zhang Yimou again raise an epic historical drama adapted Chinese classical works through the colossal latest film, Curse Of The Golden Flower (2006), which narrate about family life in the palace China Tang Dynasty government, in the …

Aces of Sales is a Taiwanese drama comedy directed by Cho Li.

I’ve some time to pass before my appointment so I decided to watch a movie online. I don’t have anything in mind so I just pick one randomly. I don’t really know what to say of this film, it …

V for vendetta is an action thriller film released in 2006. The movie is based in 2038, England. The country is controlled by a totalitarian government led by high chancellor Adam Sutler (yes, this is the source of my pen name).
The main character of the film is V, a …

“Hackers” was one of my favorite movies which the famous actress Angelina Jolie starred in. I first watched it one Saturday evening a couple years ago on the SciFi cable channel and enjoyed it thoroughly. In fact, right now I’m thinking of watching it again.
I would not call …

The first time I watched The Passion of the Christ I had to skip parts or at times close my eyes because the graphic torture of Jesus was just too much to handle. The more I watched it however, the more I came to realize the …

Russian filmmaker Elem Klimov, who is most famous for is incredibly well crafted anti-war statement “Come and See!”, has in Agonia chosen to depict some russian history. The film takes place in the 19th century and involves how the Emperor of Russia is being decieved by the greedy Rasputin. …

500 Days of Summer is quite an interesting, and unique film. I decided to watch it after hearing of comparisons with Garden State, which I loved.
The boy likes girl storyline has perhaps been overused a lot throughout the history of cinema, but this is written and directed in a …

This 2003 release was obviously meant to be a “spooky comedy” of sorts, with ghosts and zombies who come alive in their tomb in a most inconvenient time. Perhaps some kids liked it, and perhaps it was okay to watch once for some adults. But to me, it was …

XXY is a real shocker. You know from the start that there is something not right going on, some dark secret surrounding Alex, the 15 year old daughter of a couple living on a remote stretch of the coast of Uruguay. Is Alex a child murderer, a witch? Is …

A movie about the man or men responsible for perfecting and performing the first open heart surgery on a human being, a baby in fact, the blue baby of the period in which this true story is based. This movie shows the attempts by man to properly conduct the …

I found Seven Pounds to be very intense and a tad complicated. To be honest I did not know what was going on until probably the last 20 minutes of the movie. I usually like movies with a twist, but Seven pounds unfortunately did not meet my expectations, especially …

I’ll be honest, The Punisher wasn’t one of those movies that I was dying to see or in fact even wanted to see. That all changed when I went over to my brother’s house. He had rented this movie from blockbuster and we decided to watch it. I am …

I did not enjoy all the scenes I saw in this movie but for me this movie is a good one because it teaches the viewers that there are things that are totally disagreeable in the hiding. It also gives us the idea that things are not …

This movie was a pleasant surprise. A young outcast, played by Ellen Page has a mother who wishes she were the kind of girl who was happy with being in beauty pageants and being a good young woman, but she wants more. She sees a roller derby …

‘Catch me if you can’ is an English film, directed by Steven Spielberg. The actors are LeonardoDicaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher etc.. This movie is the story of Frank Abagnale who, while he was turning to the age of 19, conned nearly millions of dollars worth in cheques. Leonardo plays …

Take a documentary about a dog show, and add as much comedy as you can think of…then you will have Best In Show. Best in Show is a wonderful documentary style movie about an annual dog show and the people who enter it.
It is a hytarically funny movie, …

Very rare of me to watch foreign films (films that are not in the English language) so when I do, I always make it sure that I’m going to have a good time with it. Today I choose to watch a 2013 Polish film called “Ida” because first, it won …

Nicholas Ray showed his incredible craft and vision with this Humphrey Bogart-film of the early 1950s. Ray worked in many different genres and did an excellent job almost every time, but perhaps he is most famous for his cult rated Rebel without a cause with James Dean. In a …

The most refreshing american film from recent years was made by a young independent filmmaker named Richard Kelly. His style, both in the visual aspect and with the narrative, is like a mixture between David Lynch and something completely new. It’s a dreamlike film about the teenage boy Donnie …

I am not a fan of the Wayans brothers, their juvenile humor is too disgusting for my taste. However, I chose to see the movie Little Man, mostly because I found the idea of a full-grown man playing a midget (with some computer-generated help, of course) rather curious. Well, …

It’s the time of the year when film companies campaign for their best movies before the Oscars. I looked everywhere in the weekend papers as well as online finding the distracting line ‘for your consideration.’ Although I was not the intended target for those ads, I considered …

The 2008 animated, family film, “The Tale of Despereaux” was filled with adorable characters and a story line that is fun and heartwarming for the entire family. If you have not yet seen this film, then I strongly urge, no matter what your age is, that you plan on …

The movie James Bond Casino Royale is the best Bond movie I have seen. The action is amazing, but it also has an engaging, exciting plot. The action is shot and acted in a way that you really feel scared for the characters. It is never …

We absolutely love our netflix subscribtion. Since having one it has saved us a bundle on renting movies. We like how quick and efficient their service is too. It’s the only service we ever use to rent movies anymore.
Netflix is an online movie rental service. This service far beats …

For me, it is hard to see what the problem is or was with Fantasia. Most critics hated it back in 1940, especially classical music enthusiasts. They felt Disney animators butchered a beautiful art form. How naive is that? The animation was fantastic and, I felt, only …

Blood Diamond (2006)is an drama film br director edward zwick and is rated R for strong violence and language.
Blood Diamond puts you in the middle of the civil war in 1999 Sierra Leone. The story follows a ex-mercenary turned diamond smuggler (Leonardo DiCaprio) who hears in jail of …

Face of evil is one of my favorite movies that lifetime movie network plays. I had seen it a long time ago but this past weekend they showed it again. I saw it on and got interested in it and watched it again because I had forgotten what happened …

I have recently been introduced in world cinema with this Francois Truffaut film, and to my surprise, I seriously love this masterful class of work. At first, it seems like just a typical film that I keep on ignoring every time my television plays some black and white film, …

I have never read the book The Cat in the Hat. I have read the sequel to it. But, the original is one I just have never had available to me; either as a kid or as a parent.
So, when I watched the animated Cat in the Hat film …

For the sake of candidness I ought to state that I am a big fan of Daft Punk and the original Tron Movie. It is therefore with some bias that I entered the cinema to see Tron Legacy, which announces the arrival of Joseph Kosinski as a new director.
From …

I can honestly say that the fourth film of the “Pirates of Carribean” series worried me. The first three films were remarkably casted, well laid out, and left me laughing and one the edge of my seat with suspence. However, after seeing the fourth film in theaters, “Pirates of …

Canvas is a movie about a boy who has a mother with a serious mental illness. He cannot take care of her adequately without the help of his father, so when his father gets involved in a serious construction site accident his whole world comes crashing down. His mother …

Meet The Parents is a family favorite. Ben Stiller is his usual funny self in this film. He plays Greg Focker, and you know that with a name like that, there are some troubles bound to happen. Greg is in love with Pam and he wants to propose but …

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, a 2009 release, stars Matthew McConaughey and it’s positively brilliant. Okay, so it’s a revamped version of Scrooge, but a good story is a good story. In fact, there’s a moment at the end when McConaughey’s character teases just a bit about …

Real Women Have Curves is a sweet film about a teenage girl coming into her true self. Ana is about to go off to college but her possessive, uncultured mother wants Ana to stay and work in her sister’s business. The sister’s business is a miserable place where a …

Love Actually is a great Christmas movie, and I watch it every year. The movie has a huge cast and features many big names, like Hugh Grant, as the British Prime Minister, Colin Firth, as a writer trying to deal with heartache of finding his wife in bed with …