Pretty Woman (1990) - DVD Review Posted By : Tom Straub
When Edward Lewis, a rich industrialist play by Richard Gere, searches to locate his Beverly Hills hotel, he encounters Vivian Ward, a Hollywood prostitute played by Julia Roberts. Vivian is suddenly...
View ArticleDVD Review - Doctor Who Season 1 (2005) Posted By : Tom Straub
Since the fans saw the popular Doctor Who TV series be taken off the air 15 years ago, this new updated version has had a lot of high expectations to live up to. After its release in 2005, both the old...
View ArticleDVD Review - The End of the Spear (2006) Posted By : Tom Straub
Chad Allen plays a Christian Missionary that travels to Ecuador to meet the Waodani tribesman that speared his father to death, played by Louie Leonardo. Allen tries to find the truth about what...
View ArticleNext Movie - Review Posted By : Ben Padnos
Based on the novel "The Golden Man" by Philip K. Dick and Directed by Lee Tamahori (Die Another Day), NEXT features Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, Jessica Biel, Thomas Kretschmann, Tory Kittles, and...
View ArticleTwo Excellent Films That Could Not Win An Oscar Posted By : Ed Bagley
Secondhand Lions is a masterpiece of storytelling written and directed by Tim McCanlies (remember the name). Near as I can tell, this film had absolutely no nominations for Oscars. First time French...
View ArticleHollywood's Most Perfect Actress Had Beauty, Fashion, Grace and Humility...
Was there ever an actress who combined these four timeless qualities - beauty, fashion, grace and humility - better than Audrey Hepburn? I think not, especially when I see her again in Breakfast at...
View Article'Prada' Boss Drives Away Everyone And Everything But Blind Ambition Posted By...
Meryl Streep, one of Hollywood's best actresses, carries The Devil Wears Prada like the namesake handbag we see early in this movie, which is about Miranda Priestly, a powerful New York fashion...
View Article'Camelot' Is A Magical Movie, And A Primer In Civilized Human Relationships...
Camelot, released in 1967, celebrates its 40th anniversary this October, and was based on the 1960 musical play Camelot written by Alan Jay Lerner with music by Frederic Loewe. Camelot became a modern...
View ArticleTwo Award-winning Films That Are Pretty Average Posted By : Ed Bagley
Antonia's Line won the 1995 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but its postscript fails to reveal a dark side that Hollywood typically ignores, making it an average film at best. The Aviator...
View ArticleAnother 5 Movies You Think Would Be Better Than They Are Posted By : Ed Bagley
Here are another five movies you think would be really better than they are, unfortunately they are not. All five get my terrible rating; they include Gods and Generals (with Robert Duvall, Jeff...
View ArticlePut These 5 Films Together and Spell Terrible 5 Times Posted By : Ed Bagley
Here are five more movies you think would be really better than they are, unfortunately for the films, the scripts, the direction, and the actors, they are not. All five get my terrible rating; they...
View ArticleFive Movies That Try Hard Yet Still End Up As Terrible Posted By : Ed Bagley
Here are five movies that try hard but are rated terrible for the effort. They include Napoleon Dynamite (with Jon Heder), Once Upon a Time in Mexico (with Antonio Banderas, Johnny Depp and Salma...
View ArticleA Romantic Comedy That Works With A Couple of 60+ Senior Citizens Posted By :...
Something's Gotta Give is a romantic comedy without substance that works because of Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton. Keaton is one the few actresses at age 60 who has been able to partner with bankable...
View ArticleWhatever Happened To Helen Hunt After Making What Women Want? Posted By : Ed...
What Women Want is a romantic comedy light enough to float away. Helen Hunt is a real talent with real hardware and seemed so on top of her game after the release of What Women Want in 2000. Heck, I...
View ArticleThese Two Films Create Confusion or Unbelievably Overblown Drama Posted By :...
Ocean's Eleven is a confusing film about a $160 million heist of three Las Vegas casinos from an impenetrable safe 200 feet underground. Is Ocean's Eleven supposed to be an action flick, a comedy, a...
View ArticleFour Average Movies: Two Messy and Two Unpretentious Posted By : Ed Bagley
Here are four average movies, two of which are pretty screwed up (The Family Stone with Sarah Jessica Parker, Diane Keaton, Craig T. Nelson and Rachel McAdams, and Mona Lisa Smile with Julia Roberts)...
View ArticleMel Gibson's 'Apocalypto' Brings The Past Violent Mayan Life Into Our...
Mel Gibson's "Apocalypto" shows the raw, violent face of the advanced Mayan civilization in its decline, with its rulers insisting that the key to continued prosperity is to build more temples and...
View Article'The Departed' Is Best Mob Film Since Mario Puzo's 'The Godfather' In 1972...
Let me get to the most important thing first: Director Martin Scorsese won an Oscar for "The Departed". Scorsese, one of the most accomplished directors of our era, has been nominated for 7 Oscars-5...
View ArticleBoys Don't Cry Stirs Our Baser Emotions But Fails Miserably To Increase Our...
How can a film produce an Oscar winning Best Actress performance and a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination and still be a terrible movie? Easy, just fail to deliver an important message involving...
View ArticleYou Cannot Forget Captain Jack Sparrow, But National Treasure Is One Heck Of...
It took an inordinately long time for movie land to bring us a modern day treasure hunt worth watching, but Director Jon Turteltaub delivered big time in National Treasure, the story of a secret...
View ArticleFilm Reviews Latest Movie Reviews Posted By : Tara Young
Film critics all over the world are getting ready to pen down movie reviews on latest Hollywood releases. On the threshold of 2009 Hollywood is going to present a New Year bonanza for movie lovers with...
View ArticleMovie Lists - Best Movie Lists Posted By : Tara Young
With a number of movies releasing every week, it is wise to maintain your own personalized movie lists. You can maintain a note book to write down movie names. But there are software available in the...
View ArticleGodzilla Toys - An Enthusiasts Treasures Posted By : L. Michael Clark
From time to time, a movie character will come along that stands the test of time. Hardly any figure has been featured in motion pictures much more generally than the creature from the ocean, Godzilla....
View ArticleMovie Reviews: Are They Authentic Anymore? Posted By : Jack Dawn
Movie reviews have redefined themselves. Now celebrity gossip elements are now part of them. This article sheds light on the trend of celeb gossip expanding its horizons into the reviews section. We...
View ArticleImportance of Movie Reviews Posted By : Chaitanya Patel
A moviegoer has no way to find out if a movie is worth a watch or not. A movie trailer might give a feeling that it is an absolute must watch but once done, it might all seem as a waste of time as well...
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