Movies Reviews
Platoon (1986)
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast:
Tom Berenger as Sergeant Barnes
Willem Dafoe as Sergeant Elias
Charlie Sheen as Pvt. Chris Taylor
The story started with the arrival of troops in which one of the troops is Chris Taylor. Taylor was a soldier who has just joined the army infantry unit. Personal experiences that have never …
Robin Hood:Men in Tights-movie
Robin Hood:Men in Tights is a 1993 comedy styled retelling of the story Robin Hood.A lot of things are the same as the original Robin Hood Tale with a couple of changes.In the movie,we start off when Robin Hood is imprisoned in jail in Jerusalem.With an African man named Asneeze,he …
Good Luck Chuck DVD
In retrospect, I should have rented the Rated version of this DVD and left the unrated version on the shelf; but come to think of it, the rental store didn’t have the Rated DVD.
I remember thinking, the previews were cute with Jessica Alba being so klutzy and …
Batteries Not Included
If you guys were disappointed with the recent Disney Movie Wall-E, and still want a good movie with robot type creatures, Batteries Not Included is for you ! It’s not an animated flick, but it’s so good. It’s a movie from 1987, where they had to rely on acting …
The Butterfly Effect 2
When I finally got around to watching the Butterfly Effect, I found myself pleasantly surprised. It was actually a pretty decent movie. Not the best movie ever made, but one that was pretty good. I liked it well enough, in fact, to encourage to me to …
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a hidden gem of a movie. Jim Carey, in my opinion, gives the best performance of his career and funny enough, this isn’t a comedic role. Some of the movie has comedic relief, but this is in no way a …
Movie Misty
Two orphaned children, Paul and Maureen, live with their Grandfather in Virginia. Near the farm where their Grandpa raises and sells horses, is an island of wild horses. Paul and Maureen fall in love with one called the Phantom. Their father before he had died had told them all …
X-Men: First Class, Movie
To be honest I was quite skeptical towards the fifth film in the X-Men series. I found it hard to see James Mcavoy as a young Charles Xavier and the absence of Wolverine also did not help much. What little I saw of the trailer , however , suggested …
Antwone Fisher
The movie Antwone Fisher was released when I was still in high school. I did not see it advertising to be released in theatres though since I was very busy at the time. However, I was finally able to see it when I saw the rest of my family …
Daddy’s Little Girls movie
Daddy’s Little Girls is one of those “feel-good” films starring a predominantly all-black cast. Starring Gabrielle Union and British-born Idris Elba, the story revolves around a single-father ex-con, limo driver who happens to fall for a successful young lawyer (Union). His fight to remain in his three …
Happenstance (R, 2000) movie
When I saw Amelie, I was really really excited to know that there would be another film featuring Audrey Tautou, a brilliant impish actress. Happenstance is very similar to Amelie in that it deals with coincidence, and the complications/ ramifications following. The entire story in Happenstance centers …
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000 film)
Chinese cinema owes a lot to Ang Lee’s breakthrough masterpiece at the Academy Awards. Not only is the first Asian film to gain mass popularity, acclaim and high prestige awards, it was followed by a whole stream of wuxia films that is still running and to be honest none …
Mumbai Salsa
Mumbai salsa the story about four couples who performance at the club called Mumbai salsa to earn there living. The whole film revolves around their life style and also throw like light on the Mumbai salsa and the club way of living. The star cast is new so …
The Pink Panther movie
This is one of my favorite Steve Martin movies. Although the plot is predictable and somewhat cheesy, the character’s ridiculous antics make the movie absolutely hilarious. Martin’s mispronunciation of the word “hamburger” splits my side every time. The contrast between serious and silly members of the …
The Bridges of Madison County movie
In 1995, Clint Eastwood directed and starred in The Bridges of Madison County which was based on a best selling novel. Basically, he’s a photo journalist who goes to a rural area looking for a place to stay and ends up having an affair with his landlady, played …
The Matrix
Watching The Matrix movie is really exiting and absorbing the attention adventure. Based on a original idea, it shows us one fantastic reality, in which the the ordinary people became extraordinary under the pressure of the circumstances. The main meaning is that the most important thing in our …
Deja Vu, Tony Scott Movie
Opened with the explosion of a bomb which a ferry was sailing in the Mississippi river. Is known that 534 passengers consisting of the U.S. Navy sailors recently will celebrate the feast of Mardi Gras with his family, killed in the shootings. It appears ATF agent Doug Carlin who …
The Longest Yard Movie
The Longest Yard was a movie that I had absolutely no desire to see for the longest time, no pun intended. I have to say that I’ve never really been a big fan of Adam Sandler. There are times when potty humor can be funny and times when stupid …
Erin Brockovich
This is a very beautiful movie. Well, it’s based on the life of activist Erin Brockovich, so there’s nothing much we can do or comment about the plot or story line. Erin lived a very inspiring, albeit controversial life and we owe some respect as to how she lives …
Dirty Dancing
How often does a movie come along that you can watch it 5 times in one day and not ever get tired of it? I think the music is what makes this movie so good. And of course, the dancing. And Patrick Swayze. Oh my goodness, he is gorgeous …
Movie: Paul Blart Mall Cop
Synopsis: An overweight mall cop needs to stop a group of criminals from robbing the mall he is sworn to protect.
What I liked about this movie: Kevin James is actually pretty funny as Blart, a mall cop who is considered a loser by everyone from the people he works …
Our Mutual Friend, 1998, mini-series
Our Mutual Friend, 1998, is a pleasure to watch. The story is based on a novel by Charles Dickens. John Harmon (Steven Mackintosh), a wealthy young gentleman, is about to return to England from a long stay overseas and receive his inheritance left to him by his father. There …
Daylight (1996)
A series of events, that have no real reason other than to lead up to what this movie is about, leave the tunnel that connects Manhattan to New Jersey in a weakened and near destroyed state. With people trapped inside the tunnel, and water is coming in tempting to …
Rush Hour 3
It lives up to the name of rush hour and rush hour 2. If you watched the first two and liked them you will like this one. It’s a great comedy. They are both hilarious in the movie yet once again. It’s also not just a couple of funny …
Blue Jasmine (movie)
“Blue Jasmine” was one of those movies that I had neither seen nor heard anything about until I had seen being aired on Starz Cinema. I mostly ignored it for a time but decided to take a chance on it when I saw that the cast had Cate Blanchett …
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, movie
Like many others who watched and re-watched the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy multiple times, I had high hopes for “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.” But, after sitting through the film, I was left very disappointed.
First of all, the film was too long. Now, I understand that “The Hobbit” …
The Gravedancers movie
Cast: Dominic Purcell (Harris), Josie Maran (Kira), Clare Kramer (Allision), Marcus Thomas (Sid), Tcheky Karyo (Vincent) Megahn Perry (Frances)
It is always better to be safe than sorry. Just like these guys (and girl) who got drunk and danced on graves; and their misfortune to have chosen …
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 …
Justice League: Throne of Atlantis (2015 Animated Superhero Movie)
I grew up reading DC Comics sometimes, and also watching animated series that revolved around popular DC Comic characters such as Superman and Batman and the Justice League. Now that I’m an adult I still watch some of their animated movies on occasion, especially when I’m feeling in the mood …
Once Upon a Time in the West Movie
Sergio Leone was a filmmaker who loved western films above anything, and his dollar trilogy is one of the most powerful love letters ever written in cinema history. With Once Upon a Time in the West he continued on that same line, but developed his visual style to the …
Apocalypto
Mel Gibson really had his work cut out for him if he was to top the popularity of the Passion of the Christ. Of course, everyone in the world knew how that story went. Jesus is God’s son, he was born, he’s crucified and killed. A story that Gibson …
Save the Green Planet, South Korean film
Movies branching off into numerous genres tend to fail in the dumpster. If the director can manage to pull things off right then you have a pretty good movie on your hands. Save the Green Planet combines so many different kinds of movie genres that you will loose track …
Tom and Jerry 1992 movie
Tom and Jerry are cartoon characters from cartoons loved by many children as well as adults.The old cartoons are known for the large amount of funyn slapstick which is used for comedy effect.There was a musical-movie realeased in 1992 starring tom and jerry.The premise of the movie starts with …
Cinema XXI
Since some of theatre in my city was fired several years ago, people in my city really really thirsty going to the cinema because it’s only one theatre left and it’s too old and only can play one movie. at that time I’m so left behind to watch a …
We the Jury movie
The focus of We the Jury is on the jurors as they participate in a high profile murder trial which has actress Wynne Atwood (Lauren Hutton) accused of murdering her husband. She actually admits firing the bullet, so the question is whether it was murder or manslaughter. …
Movie: Psycho Ward
Synopsis: A professor brings a documentary crew to an abandoned insane asylum to make a film about illegal experiments he suspected were conducted there. However, they soon find themselves trapped inside the building and hunted down one by one.
What I liked about this movie: At least for the first …
P.S. I Love You (2007)
P.S. I Love You, directed by Richard LaGravenese is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for sexual references and brief nudity. The original release date was December 21, 2007 for United States audience. This movie falls in thegenre of Drama/Romance and stars Hilary Swank as Holly …
Stephen King’s The Mist
This is one of the most recent of the Stephen King adaptations to hit the big screens, but I have to say that it isn’t one of the best. 1408 was one of the scariest movies I have seen in quite some time, but the Mist just didn’t …
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
This movie is simply hilarious. Steve Martin and Michael Caine shine as two con artists who at first team up and then start competing with each other. Each time I watch it, I laugh all anew, even though I know what’s coming, and I can tell that both actors …
Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sweeny Todd was such a great movie! I saw it at the Prescreening. It was a very dark and very musical and funny film all at once! I think Johnny Depp did a great job of playing the part of Sweeny Todd. I also think everyone else did a great …
The Happening (2008) Movie
I really did not know what to think of the movie The Happening. The trailer looked promising, the actors were supposedly good, and the writer and director is M. Night Shyamalan. He was the one who gave us the Sixth Sense, the Village, and now, this.
The Happening stars Mark …
Into The Blue Movie
This is one of my favorite movies, it features Jessica Alba and Paul Walker as a poor couple who gets on a job finding treasure, but there are a lot of syndicates who wants the treasure too and they’re now faced with dangers above and underneath the sea. This …
The Dictator (movie)
The Dictator is a 2012 comedy movie directed by Larry Charles. Sacha Baron Cohen was casted as the main charm of the movie as Aladdin. I only watched him once in Hugo where he was playing the role of a station inspector. A lot of time was passed since I …
Kit Kittredge - American Girl Movie
I recently took my daughter to a preview of the Kit Kittredge Movie. It was the package deal offered by American Girl in Manhattan. For $44, we saw the movie and had dinner at the American Girl Cafe. Also included were, a tee shirt for my …
DVD North Country
Imagine a Lifetime Television Original with a bunch of four letter words and you get North Country.
North Country tells the (cliched) true tale of a woman who brought a class action sexual harrassement suit against the bad dialogue spewing management of a coal mine.
Movies like this have been a …
Movie Aladdin
Disney continued its long sucessful line of animated classics with Aladdin.
Aladdin weaves the tale of a poor boy in Arabia named, needless to say, Aladdin. Aladdin is a theif, needing to survive on the harsh streets, added by the skills of his monkey friend, Abu. Having rescued a beautiful …
The Thin Red Line movie
A war story by the poetic filmmaker Terrence Malick. He created the visually stunning films Days of Heaven and Badlands back in the 1970s, then he didn’t make a film until his come back with this film more than 20 years later. I don’t think it is as engaging …
16 Blocks
‘16 Blocks’ is an English movie directed by Richard Donner. The actors are Bruce Willis, Mos Def and David Morse. In the beginning of the movie, the character named Jack is seated in a bus and he is trying to send a message to somebody. He badly wants the …
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