Movies Reviews
Frost/Nixon
I am not an American, and do not know much about American history so I did not pay much attention to the movie Frost/Nixon when it was advertising to be released in theatres. However, I ended up having to watch this with a friend because of a mix up. …
Herbie - Fully Loaded
Starring: Lindsay Lohan
When her father offered Mary Peyton a car as a college graduation present, he takes her to junkyard to choose from an asssrtment of very used cars. Maggie has her eye on an old Nissan, but a rusty banged up ‘63 VW Bug seems to be clamoring …
Pitch Black (2000)
When a cargo space craft carrying various types of cargo ends up in a meteor shower in the darkness of space, they sustain massive damage to the ship and they are forced to make a crucial decision on how best to survive, they can either dump their load and …
Shaun of the Dead
Oh how I love this movie !! It is one of the best comedies out there. It would be great for a Halloween get together night. This has Simon Pegg and Kate Ashfield in it. I try and catch it whenever it’s on tv, but I may just have …
Analyze This (1999)
Analyze This, directed by Harold Ramis is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for language, a scene of sexuality and some violence. The original release date was March 5, 1999 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Crime and stars Robert De …
Indiscreet movie
Indiscreet is actually my first exposure that I can recall to a young Gloria Swanson, who stars in this 1931 film as Gerry Trent. So much of what I have seen is Swanson decades later and the caricature that is so often parodied on shows like The Carol …
A Christmas Story (movie)
What strikes me as the main appeal of a Christmas story isn’t that it is a Christmas movie. It’s a story of youth, family and friends, with extra helpings of nostalgia (try eating that, Randy!).
The 40’s is captured brilliantly-the products surround the parkers, Higbee’s department store, the time of …
The Dream Chasers
The Dream Chasers is a movie about a young boy named Herbie and his friend Telford who owns a antique shop. Telford looses his antique shop and gets put into a retirement home. Herbie is a young boy that has cancer and idolizes Butch Cassidy. He has always dreamed …
Wanted DVD
I was not familiar with Wanted. So when I and a friend of mine decided to watch it, I really had nothing to expect (except for a very hot Angelina Jolie, which is very obvious on the DVD cover).
The moment the movie started, I was instantly hooked. James McAvoy, …
The LEGO Movie (2014)
When my kids first heard about the LEGO Movie it was all they would talk about for weeks. I have to admit that even though I tried to act cool about it, I was pretty excited too. This movie had an all-star cast with everyone from Morgan Freeman to …
Bridge to Terabithia
I watched Bridge to Terabithia ready to get bored and be repulsed with the little knowledge I have about the film. Thanks to false advertising (equivalent to the preview showing the CGI effects), my impression on the film beforehand was that it was going to be another-kiddy-fantasy knock-off.
Still, I …
Deep Impact (1998)
Deep Impact, directed by Mimi Leder is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for intense disaster related elements and brief language. The original release date was May 8, 1998 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Science Fiction/Thriller and stars Robert Duvall …
Dr. Strangelove (1964 Classic Film)
Quite frankly, I have no intention to watch other Stanley Kubrick (otherwise known as the greatest American filmmaker ever) films after being disappointed by 2001: A Space Odyssey. I watched that film after the release of Nolan’s Interstellar two years ago and I never got the correlation among the two. …
Requiem for a Dream Movie
I was listening to music the other day when I came across a truly amazing theme from a movie. It was from the movie “Requiem for a Dream.” I was blown away by the music and I said to myself at that moment that I needed to …
King Kong
When I saw the preview to King Kong, I knew it was a must seen movie . I was right. I didn’t care to watch the old King Kong, because I don’t like older movies. However, the new one, even though created in modern times, shows the world …
Alien vs. Predator
The anticipated meeting of two of movie’s greatest monsters is finally realized, but unfortunately fails to deliver beyond an initial, fleeting novelty.
There’s some thought put into it; an original Antarctic setting is visually impressive and the back story trying to tie these movie monsters into ancient history is …
Mars Attacks (1996)
Mars Attacks, directed by Tim Burton is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for science fiction fantasy violence and brief sexuality. The original release date was December 13, 1996 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Comedy/Fantasy/Science Fiction/Thriller and stars Jack Nicholson …
Click with Adam Sandler
When I first saw the trailer on television, I thought that Click would be a simple fantasy entertainment for kids. But I was wrong. Completely wrong! Click turns out to be an excellent movie for all ages. Adam Sandler is simply outstanding. If you are the type of individual …
Return of the Blind Dead, movie (1973)
I first came across Tombs of the Blind Dead unintentionally. I stumbled across it while looking through Netflix. Hearing good things about it, I watched it and I loved it. A few years later, I had a chance to see the sequel. As much as …
The Woman in the Dunes movie
Hiroshi Teshigahara’s probably most famous work is a very, very odd sort of symbolic journey through a desolated landscape with lonely people. A man and his wife live in a small house in the desert. They are both troubles by the presence of something in the dunes. Actually, the …
Lake House movie
“Lake House” is a movie that truly uncovers true love that transits between time.
Based in present day, Keanu Reeves play the role of an architech who fallen out with his dad. He come to stay in a lake house that was built by his father.
Soon he realises that he …
Movie: You’ve Got Mail
“You’ve Got Mail” has a couple of good taglines, “someone you pass on the street may already be the love of your life,” and “at odds in life… in love on-line.” Both of them fit in very well with the plot of the movie. One should remember that ten …
Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
I enjoyed this movie since I was quite young. I was first introduced to these characters in the bok the movie was based upon, ‘By The Great Horn Spoon!’ The big disappointment to me was the great sequences on the ship were not but a blink of an eye …
13 Going on 30
13 Going on 30 is a delightful comedy that has been done many times before, but still succeeds in getting plenty of laughs.
The movie is about a young girl, Jenna (Jennifer Garner) who goes to bed as an uncool thirteen-year-old and wakes up the next morning in an unfamiliar …
Maid In Manhattan
I love Jennifer Lopez as a singer and dancer so whenever she has a new movie I try so hard to be able to see it. I like seeing her as a chambermaid in this movie Maid in Manhattan. I like so much how she acted as a single …
Code Name: The Cleaner (2007)
This is the movie about a janitor who loses his memory as he awakes beside a dead body of an FBI Agent in a hotel room. Convinced that he is a CIA Agent, he leaves the hotel with a bag full of money where he is picked up by …
Sphere (Movie)
Sphere is a science-fiction thriller which was released in 1997, starring Sharon Stone, Dustin Hoffman and Samuel L Jackson. I remember seeing things about it when it came out and had a rough idea what it was about, but never actually watched it till now. The strong cast are …
Flawless
This was a great movie, to me. I love jewel thief type movies and this one rates high on my list. It has Demi Moore and Michael Caine in it. I sadly did not catch the end of the movie but I made it up until the last 15 …
Lucky Number Slevin A.K.A The Wrong Man
1. Did I stay interested / awake throughout the entire movie ?
A. Eyes were fluttering at the 30 min mark but pushed through. Glad I did.
2. Would I buy it on DVD ?
A. Yes, it’s a unique movie in a way.
3. Would I take my partner to see it on …
Movie: “Stand By Me” (1986)
This movie is based on the novella “The Body” by Stephen King. I was very happy to see that, for once, the movie closely followed the original story; and actually did it justice.
It’s 1960 in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine; and a boy named Ray Brower has …
Doctor Dolittle
Doctor Dolittle is a delightful musical that has stood up through the test of time as an entertaining film. Oddly, when released in 1967, it didn’t do well. Musicals were sadly on their way out, and Doctor Dolittle was one of the victims. However, it’s become …
Kill Your Darlings (2013 Biographical Drama Movie)
It seems I waited an age to watch the movie Kill Your Darlings. I ignored it a bunch of times while it was being aired on cable television channels because I always had this notion that it wouldn’t be very interesting. It was only after watching it last night, that …
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016 Superhero Movie)
I remember hearing about the movie “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” a long time when it was just a rumour, and I was very excited to see how it would be translated to screen. However, I lost interest in seeing it when I found out that Ben Affleck was …
The Cider House Rules movie
I rented this movie because of Michael Caine, and, as usual, he does a good job as Dr. Larch who runs a children’s home/hospital in Maine. One of the boys, Homer Wells (Tobey Maguire) grows up in the orphanage to be a young man and is has been trained …
WANTED movie
Wanted is an action film that is based on a comic book miniseries by Mark Millar. The film is directed by Timur Bekmambetov and features two of my favorite stars Morgan Freeman and Angelina Jolie.
Spoiler ahead, beware.
It is an action packed film about a guy(Wesley Allan Gibson) who …
ATL (movie)
I must admit that I was skeptical about this film at first. I didn’t realize that the movie was based on a real “era” in Atlanta. Furthermore, I did not realize that the movie was written by Antwone Fisher. The story centers around (4) teenage friends …
Hollywood Ending, the movie (2002)
Can a suddenly blind director make a movie? This problem is the basis of the plot of Woody Allen’s film. It offers many attacks on Hollywood and its stampeded products. However, it was interesting to observe the creator who finds himself in a critical situation. How will he behave? How …
Loch Ness (1996)
Since I’ve always been fascinated with the mystery surrounding the Loch Ness monster, I didn’t hesitate to watch a movie about it.
However, as far as movies are concerned, Loch Ness falls well short of being entertaining.
Ted Danson plays a scientist who is highered to prove once and for all …
Superman, The Movie
Everything was right about this film. From the acting to the inspiring music, the special effects of its day, to the era it was filmed in. All the components of filmmaking came together in a synchronized collaboration that perfectly made us believe that a man could fly. Nothing before …
Epic Movie
I wasted 93 minutes of my life to watch this movie. I waited and waited for it to be funny still waiting!!! This was the most stupid movie I have ever seen. Everyone warned me not to see it but I did not listen to their advice. …
Movie: Executive Decision
I was at my parent’s house yesterday afternoon having dinner with them and my dad was watching some movies. Since it was too loud in their kitchen, I decided to join him and ended up seeing the film Executive Decision; a movie I have seen in the past but …
Larry the Cable Guy: Witless Protection
I’m a huge Larry the Cable Guy fan; both his stand up comedy and the several movies he’s starred in recently. So, I couldn’t wait to see his newest film, Witless Protection.
While a funny movie, I have to say it really didn’t live up to the standards set by …
Dallas Buyers Club (movie)
It’s that time of year again when awards ceremonies such as the Academy Awards and the Golden Globes honour spectacular achievement in films released over the past year. As someone who considers myself as an artistic person and a film buff who desires to go into the business someday, …
1492: Conquest of Paradise movie
A film by the uneven filmmaker Ridley Scott about the explorer Chrisopher Columbus who discovered America. In my own humble opinion an extremely boring film with no sense of cinema what so ever. Ridley Scott proved his talent several times in his early career with brilliant visual films like …
I, Robot Movie
The movie is based on several different works of Isaac Asimov. Thanks to Dr. Lanning the man who had established three major laws of robotics, robots have become a common household item working as servants/helpers. When Dr. Lanning is found dead, everyone thinks it’s a suicide - except for …
March of the Penguins documentary
This documentary is both educational and entertaining. It is fun to learn more about these cute, flightless, birds.
The penguins followed in this film are Emperor penguins, which are the only penguins which live year round on Antarctica. They have to survive very cold weather and the chicks which are …
Major Payne
When it comes to comedies, there is one that is often forgotten about but is actually a lot better than people give it credit for; Major Payne.
This is one of Damon Wayan’s best films. He plays a Marine Major who is a killing machine but is forced to leave …
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