Well, I wasn’t sure if my daughter would like an Alvin & the Chipmunks cartoon; let along one that would have a scary monster like Frankenstein’s Monster. But, she obviously is a huge fan of the movie Alvin & the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein because she’s watched the DVD probably …

The first thing I thought when I saw this movie advertising was that the movie looked like it was going to be unusual, but not necessarily funny. When I actually got to watch it though, I realised how right I was, as I never laughed one time throughout the …

Hell Boy with Ron Perlman and John Hurt.
This is another of those movies that brings life to a comic book personality, but it is more of an adventure than a satire. I did like this movie because it had a beginning, a middle, and …

The latest CG animated film from Disney Studios features John Travolta as the voice of Bolt, an adorable dog that thinks he has super powers. Bolt is the star of a television show with his owner Penny, whom he protects at all costs, using his abilities to thwart the nefarious …

I am reviewing the movie, The Substitute starring Tom Berringer. This movie is about the horrors of teaching. When Tom Berringer’s girlfriend gets attacked by a group of students, he decides he’s going to step in and take charge as a substitute teacher. What he deals with are …

As there are no famous actors in this series, I believe that the writers are the true stars. The cast is well chosen and work well together, but I feel that the complex, intriguing story lines are the factors that make this show a winner.
The …

Kazaam was a 1996 film about a Genie from a boombox who grants a child 3 wishes.It stars the basketballl player Shaquille O Neal.I considered the movie to have a low entertainment value for a comedy.It has pretty low standards.I will give an overview of the movie before explaining why …

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 …

While I admire any attempt at diversifying movies so that non white actors have the rare opportunity of playing some of the main roles, that doesn’t mean I thought the 2014 movie “No Good Deed” was any good. As a matter of fact, it had the terrible luck of being …

There will many who brand Alex Jones, the Austin based documentary filmmaker, radio and tv host as a conspiracy nut. Heck, I would have done so not too terribly long ago. However, after seeing many of his films I have begun to see that there is a …

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, directed by Gore Verbinski is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for intense sequences of adventure violence, including frightening images. The original release date was July 7, 2006 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of …

The way this film is marketed is truly off-putting, who else wants to watch another alien-invasion movie? I find it truly distracting that “language” is one of the main themes here but the distributor actually did not know how to communicate/market this film to the general audience. Granted, science fiction …

Anger Management is a 2003 comedy film starring Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson. The movie is about Dave Buznik, (played by Sandler) a passive aggressive and somewhat insecure man who works at a job designing clothes for overweight cats. while on a an airplane trip there is some confusion …

Reservation Road is a drama directed by Terry George, and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Elle Fanning, Jennifer Connelly, Mark Ruffalo, and Miro Sorvino.
Ethan Learner (Joaquin Phoenix) and his wife Grace (Jennifer Connelly) lose their son to a hit and run. The hit and run driver is played by Mark …

I remember watching my first Godzilla movie in the middle 70’s on a Chicago UHF station, It was Godzilla Vs. Mothra, and it was love at first sight, I didn’t mind that the special effects were campy or that it was a man in a costume, it seemed …

White Noise, directed by Geoffrey Sax is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for violence, disturbing images and language. The original release date was January 7, 2005 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Drama/Horror/Mystery/Science Fiction/Thriller and stars Michael Keaton as Jonathan …

I had a chance to watch a couple movies yesterday evening before settling down for the night. One of the movies I came across was the film Superhero Movie.
I have seen a lot of “spoof” movies in the past and have had mixed opinions about them. Most of them …

This 1939 film called Love Affair is considered a classic romantic piece, and it’s beloved by a lot of people, but I’m not really one of them. I just have so many moralistic problems with the piece in various forms. Part of it is the lack of …

Michael Nouri has the title role in the 1984 film, Spraggue. Glynis Johns, James Cromwell, and Mark Herrier co-star. This has all the earmarks of a TV pilot, complete with title of “Murder for Two.” It may have been shown on one of the mysteries of …

At first glance, —˜This is the End’ could be viewed as a vanity project. A comedy produced by the actors who star as themselves, it all feels a little bit self-congratulatory. The plot involves Seth Rogan, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Jonah Hill, Craig Robinson and James Franco having to …

Scream, directed by Wes Craven is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for strong graphic horror violence and gore, and for language. The original release date was December 20, 1996 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Horror/Mystery/Thriller and stars David Arquette …

One of the funnest comedies from the 1980’s Back to the Future is a very entertaining sci-fi concoction that perfectly cast Michael J. Fox has Marty McFly, an out of time hero.
Living admist your regular chaotic household, with a alcholic mother and a nerdy father, Marty seeks escape through …

I’ll admit, I’m a sucker for Disney movies. They always have a way of dragging me back to my childhood to the happy times of being a kid without a care in the world.
Saving Mr. Banks is the real life approach to Mary Poppins. At first, when I heard …

This is probably one of my fewest most favorite films of all time! Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind is a fictional movie that basically gravitates around the idea about love. Played by the phenomenal Jim Carrey as Joel Barish and the versatile Kate Winslet as Clementine. The plot …

Nowadays, the marriage issue centers upon gay marriages, with Supreme Court cases hearing issues from state cases on the legality of same sex marriages. Back in 1967, when Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner was released, the marriage issue had been centered upon interracial relationships. It was not by accident. …

Starring: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Dorothy Malone, Shirley MacLaine, Eva Gabor, and Anita Ekberg.
Directed by: Frank Tashlin.
Rick Todd (Dean Martin) has a crazy roommate named Eugene Fullstack with crazy yet potential ideas that spell dollar signs for a successful comic book. Eugene has a deep passion for comics, most particularly …

Mystic River is a movie about three friends who are close when they are young and then something terrible happens. Mystic River is another movie that changes around so much it is hard to follow at times, but the plot is fantastic and Sean Penn as Jimmy is excellent. …

A new daylight for James Bond here played by a completely unknown actor named Timothy Dalton. I am one of a minority of people who can’t for the life of me understand what is so terrible about his appearances in this and the next Bond film. I think people …

As a fan of Ice Cube and Kevin Hart films, I raced to find the nearest movie theater in the vicinity of Towson, MD. My intent was to watch the newly released film “Ride Along.” In my efforts, I was able to locate the following movie theater Regal Cinema …

Ben Affleck is certainly not one of my favorite actors. But he just might have me on being one of the better producer/ directors to get behind the camera. He cast his little brother Casey in this gritty role of a private detective who has been asked …

Normally I do not care for horror movies and have never really sat down and watched any Stephen King movies. But when my boyfriend asked me to watch “The Mist” with him, I could not turn down the opportunity to spend quality time with him. So I …

“12 Years A Slave” is a 2013 Biography, drama and history movie directed by Steve McQueen. I found the title of this movie to be very attractive making me imagine about some kind of slavery story. I didn’t recognized any of the main actors in the movie except Brad …

Batman: Under the Red Hood is a Direct-to-DVD movie from DC Comics as a part of their DCUniverse movie titles. It tells the story of Batman and the death of the second Robin, Jason Todd at the hands of the Joker. Years later, a mysterious vigilante calling …

I am reviewing the 2007 movie, Transformers, starring Shia LaBeouf. So how does one even start to talk about the plot of this movie? Hmmm. Well, this movie is about a kid named Sam. Sam is of the age where he wants a car. His father buys him a …

A film set during World War II, focused on a band of soldiers and their struggle for survival. It begins very good with a strong sense of realism and despair, but then it is so evident that this film was intended for television, and the low budget is so …

One of my absolute favourite movies to watch as a child was “War of the Buttons”. Funny enough though, I never actually knew the name of the movie since it was something that I had only seen playing on local television. This was alldespite the fact that I searched …

Since the age of 11 years after becoming an orphan, Max Skinner care by the uncle, Henry, in France, where the uncle has a beautiful vineyard. Relations uncle and nephew is familiar enough, but become adult, the relationship is more faded, even now after Max has a successful career …

I can honestly say that I have watched “Walk the Line” on several occasions, probably more than my husband cares to count. I have always liked movies based on the lives of real people and “Walk the Line” is based on the life of late country singer Johnny …

The eighties are definitely gone and not coming back, but some movie magic we got from that decade will live on forever. Among many classic movies that the eighties gave us was Big Trouble In Little China, an instant classic. Coming out in eighty-six, Big Trouble in Little China …

When I saw previews to the movie The Happening, I suspected it would be a film that would start out scary but would have a twist that would manage to ruin it.
After watching it last night, I found I was 100 percent correct.
While I liked the idea of a …

After the success of the original box office smash, the Fast and the Furious, they chose to make a sequel true to hollywood fashion, 2 Fast 2 Furious. This movie doesn’t boast of the original story line like its original predecessor. And Vin Diesel elected not to take part …

(Side Note: Some of the unrecognizable words are French; and are not misspellings. The film is an original French production.)
The initial question the film patron is bound to ask with regard to the titled movie is: “Who the heck is Hortense?” Hortense is …

Zack, is a supermarket employee who always neglectful in doing their jobs, other than that he is always working late entry. This measures with Vince, who had always selected as a model employee this month. Vince will be the status of a degree that the full year, so get …

There is something about the presence of John Cusack in a teen comedy that elevates it to something quite fresh. Not that it works all the time, but a good exampe of it in effect is in Rob Reiner’s The Sure Thing.
Perfectly cast as Gibb, Cusack makes his character, …

The First Power, directed by Robert Resnikoff is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was April 6, 1990 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Horror/Thriller and stars Lou Diamond Phillips as Russell Logan, Tracy Griffith as Tess …

I went to see this film opening night, and of course, the theater was packed with people dressed in wizard costumes with scars on their foreheads. Just like other avid readers of the Harry Potter books, I had been very critical of the previous films and came in with …

‘Bride Wars’ is the movie where the main stars, Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson dream to marry at the Plaza Hotel. Unfortunately I expected much more from this movie. I feel that the script lacked a certain amount of magic and there weren’t enough funny moments as expected.
In —˜Bride …

I am reviewing The Case of the Blind Man’s Bluff, a Sherlock Holmes episode from the boxed set, Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Series 39 Thrilling Episodes. This series was produced by Sheldon Reynolds and filmed in France in the fifties. Ronald Howard, the son of actor Leslie …