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101 Dalmatians (Re-issue) (1985)

reviewed on June 11th, 2013 07:19PM

Thankfully I did watch this as a child because of my love of dogs and Disney. It holds up pretty damn well too. The opening credits are perfect with the animation and the jazzy music. The overall look of the characters and London is ver...

Benji the Hunted

reviewed on June 8th, 2013 12:51PM

This my favorite Benji movie because it's a great adventure film with drama, heart and adorable moments. Yes, I know that none of the animals talk but I prefer it that way. The animals well trained especially its lead. She (that's right, this B...

Lilo & Stitch

reviewed on May 23rd, 2013 08:36PM

This was a fun comedy mixed in with heartfelt drama, some adventure and it's also a love letter to Hawaii. It's still an animated Disney film but it's unique and a modern spin. The use of watercolor, Elvis Presley in its soundtrack and how there...

Olympus Has Fallen

reviewed on April 30th, 2013 02:02PM

Even though I am an Antoine Fuqua fan, I was uneasy about the promos and trailer. Yes, there is bad CGI and there should have been more lighting in the White House after the initial attack. It’s hard for me to believe that there isn’t emergency ...

Undercover Brother

reviewed on April 29th, 2013 06:42PM

I know it's not a classic but I had such fun time with this one! It's intentionally ridiculous and over the top. If they tried to walk the line between reality and this wacky universe, it wouldn't have worked at all. Yes, there's some racial hum...

The Long Kiss Goodnight

reviewed on April 25th, 2013 06:53PM

This is one of my favorite action movies because it has everything I look for, humor, a female ass-kicker, Samuel L. Jackson being awesome, and insane shootouts and fights. Renny Harlin knows how to direct exciting and fun movies, this one is no ...

Set It Off

reviewed on April 20th, 2013 04:04PM

I can't believe the same writers behind Booty Call, Glitter, Beauty Shop and House Party 3 penned this! By far, this is their best work because they don't play it too safe. Usually heist films lean towards or straight fell into the popcorn territ...

To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar

reviewed on April 15th, 2013 07:02PM

It’s not groundbreaking or a Mel Brooks movie but goddamn I love it! This is one of my comfort food movies because the humor never fails to make me laugh. It’s messages/themes of confidence, independence, individuality, tolerance, acceptance, and...

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

reviewed on April 13th, 2013 02:16PM

This is one of my all time favorites! Mel just knew how to handle this from the direction to the writing. Of course, the cast is pretty awesome too with Dave Chappelle, the late Dom DeLuise, Richard Lewis, Tracey Ullman and Patrick Stewart d...

The Dark Knight Returns

reviewed on April 10th, 2013 06:52PM

Since I didn't read the graphic novel I can comment on how this was adapted. This was a well done animated Batman film. From the somber and gritty shots of Gotham to the action, there wasn't one moment where I wasn't impressed by the animation. ...

Radio Flyer

reviewed on April 6th, 2013 06:29PM

This is one of my childhood films where I had no idea that the ending was controversial until I went online years later as teenager. Despite the disagreement over the ending (I believe Richard Donner's) I still enjoy it. Although I recognize tha...

Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion

reviewed on April 6th, 2013 01:55PM

I love this movie so much because everything just works for me. Yes, the message of confidence, individuality, friendship, kindness and having aspirations aren't. Although it's fun, the humor can get too silly or stupid at times. However...

Toy Soldiers

reviewed on April 4th, 2013 01:53PM

This is teenage Die Hard set in an elite boarding school for boys and for the most part, it works! Sure, the concept is kind of unbelievable but the way it's executed didn't make me roll my eyes. The action is solid and the violence can be bruta...

The Baby-Sitters Club

reviewed on April 1st, 2013 07:14PM

This movie is a great mix of 90s cheese with heart and there’s some great summer fun too. To give you an idea, there’s an actual rap performed by the babysitters and the theme song is so girly ‘90s! Yes, the lead’s subplot about her reconnecting...

B.A.P.S.

reviewed on March 31st, 2013 09:42AM

This is a guilty pleasure movie of mine. I know it’s not brilliant and it’s hated by critics and most fans. It has a 3.3 rating on IMDB and it’s at 13% on Rotten Tomatoes. Robert Townsend directed this and I understand what drew him to it. It’...

Fear of a Black Hat

reviewed on March 29th, 2013 11:09AM

This is basically the rap version of This Is Spinal Tap and for the most part, it works! There wasn't one scene that passed where I didn't chucked or at least smile. I'm probably going to have watch this again because there are lines that said t...

Argo

reviewed on March 28th, 2013 06:57PM

Ben Affleck did a fantastic job directing and it’s unbelievable that the Academy didn’t even nominate him. Come on, everyone has a Gigli on their resume, those sons of bitches! Anyway, the filmed look great even though it felt almost guerill...

Skyfall

reviewed on March 26th, 2013 06:04PM

Wow. That was the first word that came to mind when the end credits rolled. Sam Mendes did a wonderful job directing. The action is well done and even the scenes that don't have are beautiful to look at. I loved how he used blue, gray and othe...

The Incredibles

reviewed on March 11th, 2013 07:13PM

What makes this a great film is how everything beautifully comes together. Brad Bird is a phenomenal filmmaker and The Incredibles proves it. The action and animation are visually stellar. They really knew hot to strike the right balance of dra...

The Lion King

reviewed on March 8th, 2013 05:44PM

This knocked The Little Mermaid off the top spot (for me) and with good reason, it's Disney gone Shakespearean! The plot address death, deception, betrayal, facing your responsibilities and family rivalry over a kingdom. Even though there is a li...

Wreck-It Ralph

reviewed on March 7th, 2013 01:29PM

It’s unbelievable that no other film, especially an animated one, had yet to write a love letter to old and new school video games. Wreck-It Ralph wonderfully does this while also appealing to young children. The colors and characters are so vib...

Cradle 2 The Grave

reviewed on March 2nd, 2013 05:16PM

Ugh. I'll start off with what I like, Jet Li, Kelly Hu, Mark Dacascos and Jet Li's fights. The plot is standard and the characters are forgettable or just plain awful. Tom Arnold and Anthony Anderson trying to be the comic relief didn't work at...

How To Train Your Dragon

reviewed on March 2nd, 2013 04:17PM

The underdogs/outcasts coming together and getting to know people/creatures before judging aren't new lessons..but I still had a great time with this flick. DreamWorks did a solid job with the overall look. Those aerial/flying shots and the fina...

Up

reviewed on March 2nd, 2013 10:48AM

Goddamn this is such a beautiful and wonderfully made animated film. The Carl and Ellie montage is moving, real and it brought me to tears even though I've never experienced a relationship like it. CGI animation has been so much recently but I'm...

The Goonies

reviewed on February 25th, 2013 09:22AM

This is one of the few movies I am geeky over. I have Chunk's/Jeff B. Cohen autograph, a poster of him w/ Chunk and a doubloon. I'm aware that not everyone shares the same affection for this movie, it's ok. There are certain things that you eith...

P2

reviewed on February 7th, 2013 06:14PM

The plot isn't new with one psycho holding his victim captive underground so he can play a cat and mouse game. If you seen films with that plot you pretty much know how it will end. However, this was not the worst thriller I've ever seen. It's ...

You Got Served

reviewed on February 6th, 2013 01:19PM

The dancing/choreography and soundtrack is great although it won't if you not into hip-hop, R&B etc.. The plot is pretty standard while acting is forgettable. That's pretty much it. Wait, GO HOME ROGER! At least there's actual text here.

Taken

reviewed on February 2nd, 2013 07:14PM

I'll confess that I saw this on a screener that a relative of mine purchased from China, it was HD quality. The film had yet to be released in the US so I literally went in blind. Although not his first action movie, this is the film that made L...

Haywire

reviewed on January 31st, 2013 06:15PM

I’ll admit I walked into this with a bias, I really wanted to like it because the lead is a legit female ass-kicker. There are more of them on TV than the big screen which is really unfortunately. It doesn’t hurt that Gina Carano is a sweet charm...

Jurassic Park

reviewed on January 29th, 2013 06:59PM

They rarely make them like this anymore, that's for sure. This is a great adventure film that's both entertaining and thoughtful. What a great cast they had with Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum, Samuel L. Jackson, Laura Dern, Richard Attenborough...

Paul

reviewed on January 28th, 2013 06:46PM

This is a love letter to science fiction films and fans. Pegg and Frost penned a funny and sweet script. Edgar Wright did a good job directing but who else would Pegg and Frost turn to? He’s a frequent collaborator and has a talent to back it up....

Gran Torino

reviewed on January 27th, 2013 05:54PM

Note:I’ve written about Walt Khttp://www.moviefancentral.com/mrsdata/blogs/-walt-kowalski-aka-gran-torino%E2%80%99s-badass-bigot-grandpa This is well done character study of a man from another generation and is still haunted by war. What wor...

Mortal Kombat

reviewed on January 27th, 2013 01:47PM

This is the best video game adaptation which isn't saying a lot considering that there are very few around and I actually saw it opening night. The acting ranges from adequate to unintentionally campy. Robin Shou, Linden Ashby, and Cary-Hi...

The Rugrats Movie

reviewed on January 27th, 2013 08:57AM

Rugrats is one of my childhood shows that I continue to adore. It was a joy to see them splash onto the big screen. To see how they stuck to the show while making it bigger was wonderful experience. The animation and colors were definitely b...

A Perfect Getaway

reviewed on January 26th, 2013 06:14PM

The big twist was very obvious to me because it's been done before and as good as the acting is..the way that characters act make it obvious. In fact the plot alone could have been used in a TV movie. However there are a couple factors stop from...

Max Payne

reviewed on January 26th, 2013 01:42PM

Save for a few visuals, this was a terrible movie. It doesn't help the video game adaptation film subgenre's longstanding awful reputation. The pace just drags while story is plain dumb. Unfortunately, it's tedious. Despite liking the cast in ...

The A-Team

reviewed on January 26th, 2013 09:00AM

I had yet to exist when the TV show was on air and I pay attention to the moviegoers and critics reactions when this hit theaters. It was nice going into this blind and turned not being awful. The cast did fairly well together and separately...

True Lies

reviewed on January 25th, 2013 02:01PM

This is James Cameron being dependable by once again directing an action without being predictable by making it a comedy. He nails it. There's no political or social message yet it is easy to relate because marriage is difficult and juggling a d...

Clueless

reviewed on January 25th, 2013 09:12AM

This is one of my favorite movies for so many reasons, it's '90s nostalgia and after all this time it still's as enjoyable the first time I saw it all those years ago. The cast is wonderful with Alicia as their lead. She really knew how ...

The Craft

reviewed on January 24th, 2013 06:52PM

This came out before Scream which put Neve Campbell on the map and it also stars fellow Scream star Skeet Ulrich. Revisiting this was a real treat because it still held up well, save for some of the goofy looking special effects. The cast of...

Safe

reviewed on January 23rd, 2013 01:29PM

A young and brilliant Chinese girl holds a very important code in her head and a ridiculous amount of bad guys want it. Luckily for her, Jason Statham becomes her self appointed protector. Clearly, I’m sucker for action movies where tough guy...

Shoot 'Em Up

reviewed on January 22nd, 2013 06:33PM

I’ve written at length about my love for this movie so I apologize for repeating some lines. Here’s the link by the way http://www.moviefancentral.com/mrsdata/blogs/smitten-with-smith This is the live action, sexualized, rock ‘n roll, dirty...

Predator

reviewed on January 21st, 2013 12:54PM

This is how a sci-fi action movie should be done. Yes, they're fighting an alien which isn't a new idea. What makes it work is how everything is executed. Thanks to the late great Stan Winston this alien isn't a weird looking odd-shaped he...

The Little Rascals

reviewed on January 19th, 2013 06:19PM

This movie is one of my childhood favorites despite how reviled it is by most. I have seen some of the Our Gang short films that this is based from and they're just as adorable and funny. The cast is primarily made up of kids which would a...

Taken 2

reviewed on January 16th, 2013 06:28PM

The first one was a fun ride with plenty of action and Liam Neeson owning everything he did. He was authentic as a badass and determined father. There is action in this one and Liam does kick ass, no doubt. He and the cast did well with th...

In the Name of the Father

reviewed on January 15th, 2013 12:58PM

I'm very grateful to my teachers, especially my high school ones because they showed us that movies do not have to popcorn or fluff in order to be good. This is an excellent film based on a true story. Thankfully, this held up well since the las...

Balls of Fury

reviewed on January 12th, 2013 09:02AM

Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon were the same guys behind Reno 911! which I was a fan of until they fired my favorite cast members. Of course my girl Maggie Q has a small part here so I was looking forward to watching this movie. There are so...

The Witches

reviewed on January 10th, 2013 06:34PM

This hold a special place in my heart because I watched during a Halloween party in elementary school. Fortunately, it still holds up pretty well instead of feeling dated. Roald Dahl knew how to tell great, dark, children's stories and this ...

The Green Mile

reviewed on January 9th, 2013 07:19PM

Frank Darabont knows how to properly adapt a Stephen King story and this film is no different. Although not a horror movie, it is a supernatural drama. It's a wonderful one with heart, beauty, some humor, and sadness. There's a thin layer of pol...

Django Unchained

reviewed on January 8th, 2013 06:22PM

Quentin Tarantino takes on slavery and has a blast. He does handle it with sensitivity and doesn’t gloss over the brutality and dehumanization that was involved. The people who claim that it was somehow splendid or enjoyable didn’t see this film...

Shawshank Redemption

reviewed on January 8th, 2013 08:40AM

This is what made me a Darabont fan. There have been so many Stephen King big and small screen adaptations. Darabont is one of very few who gets it right. Although this isn’t a horror story it’s still a compelling and moving tale about friendsh...

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

reviewed on January 7th, 2013 12:38PM

I maybe the only one who feels this way but I liked how this sequel took a different tone. It's more comedic, slapstick and the darkness in the first one is nearly absent here. Gizmo is still ridiculously adorable and he's a badass! The Gremlin...

Gremlins

reviewed on January 6th, 2013 04:33PM

Growing up, I saw chunks of Gremlins but I never saw the entire movie until recently. It’s my kind of popcorn fun with likable characters, chaos erupting in a small town, cute and ugly creatures. The mogwais are adorable, evil, and party ani...

The Hurt Locker

reviewed on January 4th, 2013 07:11PM

Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal delivered a solid war film that took a different perspective. Bigelow really brought us into the danger without sensationalizing it. The tension, suspense, intensity is palpable. While characters seeme...

A Bronx Tale

reviewed on December 29th, 2012 05:06PM

Robert De Niro and Chazz Palminteri teaming together to adapt this play/one man show (written by Palminteri) worked out wonderfully. This is autobiographical yet not dull and it's believable. The humor is fun and yet their violence and danger th...

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li

reviewed on December 28th, 2012 12:37PM

Good lord, why? Why was this made? Two things were done fairly well, the locations and how this was shot. Both were very beautiful. Everything else was a mess. Kristen Kreuk is a pretty gal but she's not a good actress and here she had be ...

Surf Ninjas

reviewed on December 19th, 2012 06:53PM

This is a god awful movie but every time it's on TV I sit my ass down and watch the entire thing. I'm a sucker martial arts movies even if they're atrocious and this one is. What makes me watch it is how awesomely bad it is. I grew up watchi...

The Sandlot

reviewed on December 18th, 2012 06:23PM

This movie is just a total nostalgic blast. Granted it is light but not every coming of age movie has to be heavy. Everything works, take the humor, it is so fun especially the quotes, “FOR-EV-VERR”. The childhood innocence and imagination that’...

Shooter

reviewed on December 17th, 2012 08:41AM

This was really solid action movie, the opposite of my beloved yet cartoonish Shoot 'Em Up which is fine. Things can be different and good, it's not mutually exclusive. Here, they loosely based this off of a novel and it was closer to reality. ...

Kick-Ass

reviewed on December 15th, 2012 02:28PM

I went into this wanting to love it..instead I ended up liking it. Chloe Moretz is the best part of the movie. She's the strongest actor and has the greatest action scenes. Her and Cage should have had their own movie. This is not to say t...

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

reviewed on December 13th, 2012 12:51PM

Despite not having a plot that change the romantic comedy genre, this is still a good film. The cast is definitely one of this movie's strengths. Jason Segel is believable as the lead even though he's pathetic in the beginning. Kristen made...

She's Out of My League

reviewed on December 12th, 2012 12:29PM

The plot isn't exactly original with the "opposite" pairing of Alice Eve and Jay Baruchel. It's message of having confidence and self worth isn't new but this was a pretty decent comedy. Save for the mother, Baruchel's family sucks and so do...

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

reviewed on December 9th, 2012 12:41PM

God, this is one of movies that killed me because I wanted it to do well at the box office but it didn't. This is a great love letter to video games and its source material, comic books. The fights are awesome to watch. It's colorful and the wa...

The Hangover

reviewed on December 8th, 2012 09:25AM

With a plot like that I expected to really have fun with one and for the most part I did. I have no problem with moves flat out tell what they are in the trailer or in the first scene/act so, that worked in its favor. Ed Helms, Bradley Coo...

Equilibrium

reviewed on December 7th, 2012 01:00PM

Christian Bale is one of actors who pull off action movies and yet, has a tremendous range. He's not an adequate actor, he's an excellent one. He carried this film pretty damn well especially handling how his character transforms. It helped tha...

Failure to Launch

reviewed on December 7th, 2012 08:33AM

This is one of those movies that remind me why I’m not a fan of romantic comedies. The biggest problem that I couldn’t tolerate is how no one in Tripp’s (Matthew McConaughey) life had the balls to tell him to move the fuck on. I’d be more sympat...

Frequency

reviewed on December 6th, 2012 05:08PM

What a surprise this movie turned out to be. It’s a solid almost science fiction thriller mixed in with a father and son tale. Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviezel didn’t a lot of scenes together yet still had good chemistry. Separately, they gav...

Now and Then

reviewed on December 6th, 2012 01:00PM

This is basically the female counterpart to Stand By Me except less profane and not as heavy. I'd usually be turned off by a movie like this but they made it different enough for me to like it. The way that these characters are written and act m...

Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj

reviewed on December 6th, 2012 08:37AM

This is the usual story of aimless misfits coming together because the new guy gives them direction and teaches them how to be cool. Unfortunately, it tried way too hard to be raunchy and didn't have enough of what better comedies like it have, h...

The Dark Knight Rises

reviewed on December 5th, 2012 06:56PM

Nolan’s Batman is my personal favorite because it’s closer to reality. He met most of my expectations by making this a satisfying conclusion. Christian Bale did a tremendous job carrying this as a broken Bruce Wayne and Batman. He turned in ...

The New Kids

reviewed on December 5th, 2012 05:54PM

This movie is pure '80s, just when you think that can't it get more '80s they thrown in a montage and James Spader is the teen villain. Some of lines are pretty cheesy too. Spader does well playing a douche with blinding blond hair but we're ...

My Girl

reviewed on December 5th, 2012 12:56PM

It's not the greatest coming of age movie but it's one of personal favorites. There's a charm, sweetness and honesty that made me connect this when I first saw it as a child. This is one of the few movies that makes me cry. Culkin was more ...

Never Talk to Strangers

reviewed on December 5th, 2012 08:33AM

This is very similar to a Lifetime movie except there are better actors, it’s more risqué and it’s well shot. Like a Lifetime movie, the writing dropped the ball but they tried not to. The twist…it wasn’t shocking and part of it is because its e...

Fatal Attraction

reviewed on December 4th, 2012 06:09PM

It’s not an original premise but it works on almost every level and it’s effective because infidelity will always be around. Despite the very Hollywood ending, the wife (Anne Archer) was perfect and the extremely thin backstory on Glenn Close’s c...

Double Dragon

reviewed on December 2nd, 2012 06:01PM

When this first came out my sister and I loved it. At the time I had no shame in declaring my love for it. Now, it's a definite guilty pleasure. It didn't help advance video game adaptations at all. From head to toe this is a 90s cheesefest. ...

American History X

reviewed on December 2nd, 2012 08:20AM

I've written a blog about why this is one of my personal favorites http://www.moviefancentral.com/mrsdata/blogs/american-history-x Edward Norton rightly earned praise for his performance. He was layered, authentic and captivating. Despite...

Sleepers

reviewed on November 30th, 2012 06:56PM

Revenge is universal. We've all considered it and some of us have actually carried it out. Here, it's masked as justice but it isn't because none of these characters are healed despite the results. Strong writing is key but audience has to ...

Head Over Heels

reviewed on November 18th, 2012 09:22AM

This seems like a perfect TV movie for ABC family or Lifetime. It's cute, there are plenty of attractive men (Olyphant and Prinze) and women in it but it's pretty average. The plot is predictable and it could have used more humor and fun. ...

Simon Birch

reviewed on September 22nd, 2012 04:23PM

Even though this a movie about faith, spirituality it's not preachy. As a heathen-I mean, agnostic I appreciate that because it was unexpected. The cast is superb with Ashley Judd, Joseph Mazzello, Oliver Platt, Jim Carey, and David Stratha...

Blast from the Past

reviewed on September 11th, 2012 06:45PM

Usually romantic comedies turn me off but this one didn’t. It’s literally about a man out of time discovering the new world while also falling in love with a modern woman. On the flip side, jaded Eve has to slowly accept that Adam is just who he...

Airborne

reviewed on August 2nd, 2012 06:09PM

Disney used to air this and I remember watching it. It was uncut which is shocking because they reference sex, toilet humor and testicles. lol But of course when re-aired it in the latter part of the 90s and early 00s it was edited. This ...

Obsessed

reviewed on August 1st, 2012 06:22PM

Wow...this was.. well, what I wrote in the plot description. What worked was Idris Elba and Ali Larter's performances. It's shot well and the cat fight is really fun. Beyonce, intentional or not, reminded me of Foxxy Cleopatra. The biggest pro...

The Quiet

reviewed on July 21st, 2012 02:16PM

The biggest problem with this film is that it doesn't know what it's trying to be. It's too ridiculous to be a dramatic thriller but it also deals with some serious issues like incest, sexual and drug abuse. The cast is just...there, especially E...

Super Mario Bros.

reviewed on June 27th, 2012 05:48PM

This was the first video game adaptation and it set the bar for its successors..which isn't very high. The effects were good since it was before CGI was a crutch they had to be practical. I love of the couple of the things from the game that the...

Fear Dot Com

reviewed on May 29th, 2012 04:15PM

Save for a few creepy visuals, this was pretty boring. The plot, the characters and the performances were just bland. My sister and I immediately regretted renting this and watching it all the way through. The premise could've worked well but t...

The Avengers

reviewed on May 4th, 2012 08:45AM

SPOILER FREE Forget about a bang, The Avengers has started off the summer movie season with a sonic boom! These couple of years has only produced a handful of blockbusters that I truly loved and had a blast with. With a few exceptions, th...

The Cabin in the Woods

reviewed on April 23rd, 2012 12:40PM

Horror fans will appreciate this more than a casual moviegoer because it is a sincere yet frustrated love letter to the genre. This really was a fun ride from start to finish with its creative plot, likable characters, witty dialogue and relevant...

Wall-E

reviewed on March 26th, 2012 05:14PM

This is an emotional and stunning animated love story like no other. Despite this generation growing accustomed to being in front of screens, Wall-E shows that there are no substitutions for emotional and physical connections. Those bonds should n...

Toy Story 3

reviewed on February 27th, 2012 05:55PM

Phenomenal encapsulates my reaction to this fantastic film. The animation looked gorgeous and vibrant. While the cast delivered wonderful performances. What makes a film extraordinary is the writing. This had everything adventure, humor for all...

Twilight

reviewed on January 31st, 2012 08:03AM

I hate this movie so much that I wish it was my war enemy. I’d decapitate it, put its head on a stick and wave it in front of its weeping mother while laughing. Fuck the Geneva Conventions! A movie that has bad buzz doesn’t necessarily turn m...

Hitman

reviewed on January 29th, 2012 09:15AM

This videogame adaptation is reviled by most critics, fans of the game and moviegoers who don't fit in the first groups. I went in blind when I first viewed this, I’ve never played the game and I had no idea who was involved until I watched i...

The Cutting Edge

reviewed on November 2nd, 2011 11:48AM

This is the classic “opposites attract” romantic comedy mixed in with sports and drama. It is cliché and formulaic. There are no shocking moments. With that being written, it’s still entertaining and well done. Moira and DB have incredible c...

Final Destination 5

reviewed on August 19th, 2011 12:46PM

I wasn’t sure what to expect because the last two movies didn’t impress me. The trailer did pique my interest because it looked as if the franchise was returning to its roots. After watching this I’m relieved that I was right because I really li...

Little Giants

reviewed on August 14th, 2011 06:44PM

I am ashamed to admit that I saw this a few weeks ago (thanks youtube!) because this is a 90s kids' sports movie. Even though I didn't play sports (I'm not counting my horrendous time in gymnastics) I loved watching children's films about them. ...

Matilda

reviewed on August 14th, 2011 05:40PM

Matilda is one of the few movies that I can watch with my nieces and the kids that I care for. It's a modern adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel but I never read it, I can't make comparisons. All I can say is that I had a blast. Mara is fantas...

Fantastic Mr. Fox

reviewed on July 31st, 2011 08:01AM

Like most of Roald Dahl’s film adaptations I really enjoyed this little stop-motion animated gem. I always admire anyone who chooses to do stop-motion because there are so many details and it takes so much precision and time to do it. Also, it’s ...

Super 8

reviewed on July 11th, 2011 06:12PM

Mild Spoilers! You’ve been warned. Other than the teaser trailer, I detached myself from Super 8. Usually I read and watch EVERYTHING leading up to a movie’s release but I haven’t done that recently. Part of it is because I want that Chris...

Scream 4

reviewed on April 23rd, 2011 09:33AM

*MAJOR SPOILERS SKIP THIS IF HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET* As flawed as Scream 3 was, I liked how it ended with Sid alive and finally finding peace. The final girls in the slasher flicks eventually die and I wanted her to the be the exception. That...

Salt

reviewed on August 14th, 2010 04:33PM

I was looking forward to this movie because of Kurt Wimmer and Angelina. I'm a fan of both. Equilibrium is one of my favorite movies and Angelina is my favorite actress. I like seeing Angelina kick ass on the big screen. It's been sometime s...

The Karate Kid

reviewed on July 12th, 2010 08:55AM

Like almost everyone else who viewed this remake, I enjoyed it more than I expected. The plot barely strays away from the original film, it’s set in China where our young protagonist has to deal with a language barrier and cultural differences. ...

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