Movie Reviews

New Moon Set to Shatter Box Office Records
When New Moon, the second movie in the Twilight Saga, opens this weekend, experts predict it will break the record for a non-summer opening weekend.

2012 Takes in $65.2 Million in U.S. Over the Weekend
2012, a movie about the end of the world, appropriately took top honors at the box office this weekend, grossing over $230 million worldwide.

Lassie, the Endearing Celebrity Canine
The beautiful and friendly collie dog loved by movie and TV fans alike wasn’t just one dog - it was actually eight generations of dogs.

Best Anime Movies of All Time
Animation, lately, has become quite a popular concept in the entertainment industry. Join us as we venture on a journey in the world of anime - the Japanese animation industry, with a hope to chance upon some of the best anime movies of all time.

How to Write a Film Review - Writing a Movie Review
Most people prefer to read a review of a film before actually going to watch the movie. A movie review gives the general public an indication if the movie is worth watching. So, it is very important that the film review should be truthful and of good quality. If you want to pursue writing a movie review as a profession or even as a pass time, it is essential for you to understand the basics of how to write a film review...

New Transformers Characters Offend the Super-Easily-Offended
Michael Bay’s "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" introduces a number of new characters, but critics are up in arms about Skids and Mudflaps, two brawling brothers who speak in ebonics.

Wolverine Tops Weekend Box Office Despite Online Leak
Hugh Jackman's Wolverine brings in $87 million in its first weekend, even though a pirated version of the film has been available online for weeks.

Fox News Reporter Fired Over Review of Leaked Film "Wolverine"
A Fox entertainment reporter was fired after illegally downloading and then reviewing the new Wolverine film, which was produced by none other than 20th Century Fox.

Twilight Opens to Huge Crowds in Los Angeles
The much-anticipated premiere of the vampire love story Twilight hit Los Angeles last night, with rabid fans waiting hours to catch a glimpse of their literary heroes come to life.

Top 10 Horror Movies
The genre of horror movies is one of the most popular movie genres. Here are the top ten horror movies...

As Good As It Gets
With numerous Oscar nominations and considered to be more than a romantic comedy, "As good as it gets" is a movie worth seeing. Find out more in the article below.

When was the First Horror Film Made
Have you ever awakened at midnight after seeing a horror film? I think you must have. These days horror films are becoming increasingly popular. No one can deny the panicky effect that these films evoke.

Fight Club - A Controversial Movie
"The things you own end up owning you" is the main theme of the movie; see more about it in this article.

President Bush Portrayed Fairly in W
Despite Oliver Stone’s well-documented liberal tendencies, even critics seem to agree that W. is a fair portrait of President George W. Bush from a political perspective.

Top 10 Best Hollywood Movies
Well, here is an account of what I consider are the top 10 Hollywood movies. Do check them out.

India Ver. 2.0.07: Chak De India
A small review of the movie I just caught; Chak De India. Starring Shah Rukh Khan and sixteen assorted girls.

The Business of Movie Criticism - Importance of Mass Criticism
Movie critics have long been the voices that separate the public from horrible films. Today's critics are only part of the puzzle in deciphering if a film is good or not. It's in the power of the people.

Scholars Criticize Documentary about Finding the Bones of Jesus
Oscar-winner James Cameron insists that his new documentary, "The Lost Tomb of Jesus," is based on sound facts. But scholars and clergymen around the world are denouncing the film for contradicting major beliefs held by Christians.

Film Review - School Ties
The tag-line for Robert Mandel's film 'School Ties' reads - Just Because You're Accepted Doesn't Mean You Belong. It offers a thought-provoking look at bigotry and prejudice.

Spider-Man 2 – A Review
In Spider-Man 2, the latest installment in the blockbuster Spider-Man series, based on the classic Marvel Comics hero, Tobey Maguire returns as the mild-mannered Peter Parker, who is juggling the delicate balance of his dual life as a college student and a superhuman crime fighter.

Film Review - Lakshya
Here at last is an unabashedly patriotic film that one can watch without wincing over the overt jingoism and foolhardy heroism.

Life is really beautiful!!!
Most of us live life very happily without any of the consideration of what life can be when it comes to save our beloved!

Harry Potter Mania
The film version of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone had its world premier in London on Sunday and is getting rave reviews.

'Cats and Dogs': Stereotypes Affect Animals Too
The new movie 'Cats and Dogs' confirms that people view dogs as generally good and loveable, while the kitties often get a bad rap.

Movie Guide Reviews: Internet Movie Guide
Movie-watchers of all ages need look no further than the Internet Movie Guides to locate a vast array of information on past and present films.

Vaada Raha - A Ray of Silver Lining
Every cloud has a silver lining. There is a way out of everything by hook or crook. The love gets broken and life spoils. All the same the silver lining exists. The bollywood movie Vaada Raha reveals the vicarious storyline.

The Hangover, My Movie Review, Once again Las Vegas as the Star
Phil (Bradley Cooper), Stu (Ed Helms) and the decidedly off Alan (Galifianakis) are improbable the merely groomsmen to suffer thrown a "spinster" binge in Vegas pro their soon-to-be-betrothed buddy, remembering nothing the subsequently morning of the preceding night's decadence.

Los Encinos, Independent Short Film
An article about Through Films, LLC's independent short film, Los Encinos.

The Twilight Movie: Vampires vs Werewolves
Vampires and werewolves in The Twilight Movie

It's Monsters vs. Aliens and Everybody Wins!
Monsters Vs. Aliens is projected to lead the pack of very good animated films this summer. Clever, witty, fun and looking glorious in 3-D, Monsters Vs Aliens is a solid CG-animated movie which both kids and adults should enjoy.

Movies With a Message
What makes a good environmental film? Leo Hickman explains

Nights of Rodanthe House Revisited
A second visit to the famous house in the movie.

Senior Moments
Why teach your grandma to suck eggs when you can teach her to sing Sonic Youth? John Patterson wonders if the future of movies is grey

Stone's Psychodrama of Party Animal Turned President is Missing Its Final Act
Bush biopic of free world's unlikeliest leader rushed into cinemas before election

How Taken Took Hold of Me
Liam Neeson goes from caring, ponderous presence to ultra-warrior in Taken. William Leith enjoys the ride

The "Nights in Rodanthe" House
A visit to the famous house in the movie.

Entre les murs - French winner at Cannes finally hits the big screen
This year's winner at the Cannes film festival, Entre les murs, finally goes on general release in France.

Hunger: Bobby Sands in Agony on film
Maze Prison, with its combination of hellish conditions and sadistic treatment is the dark setting for this biopic about the death of this IRA leader in 1981 during the fight for political prisoner status. Winner of the Camera d’Or at Cannes, 2008, it will be released in UK in October 2008.

Classical Comedy Movie given New Life through Black Widows - Mad or Not?
How long did it take for the two grannies to turn the classical comedy movie ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’ into a living nightmare?

Spanish Movie Directory Captures the Interior Life of Women
A male director beautifully portrays the complexity of the female psyche - capturing more than what she says and does, he also understands what she secretly feels.

A Pocket Guide to Stoner Movies
Pineapple Express is a textbook work of weed heads, as demonstrated by this pocket guide to drug-related films

The Dark Knight 2008 - Christian Bale, Heath Ledger
Batman the Dark Knight is a master piece. Batman, Harvey Dent and Gordan are forced to deal with a very calculated mastermind in the new Joker. The Jokers focus, to test the limits of each character; Batman will he cross the line and start to kill criminals to get to the truth;

Why The Dark Knight Sucks
Ever since the official release of The Dark Knight movie, it has been nothing but utter commercial success. The ratings it receives on IMDB prove that general audiences are in love with it. Yet despite all great ratings and box office records, there seems to be an always growing number of people and websites dedicated to proving everyone that The Dark Knight sucks. Let's take a closer look at what causes such extreme mindsets.

Love the Movie, But Spare Me the Lecture
Ruaridh Nicoll: Moral uncertainty has no place in Hollywood now. Even that cute panda is putting the world to rights

Saturno Contro: Ferzan Ozpetek’s stars are still not quite in alignment
Ferzan Ozpetek is an innovative Turkish director based in Italy who has made several well-received and interesting films that explore the interface between East and West, and gay and straight. However, the ambitiousness of his projects can undermine the effectiveness of his work. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Saturno contro, his latest release.

Tarantella Pizzica: Music and Dance of myth and psychic energy
Il Sibilo Lungo della Taranta, is a documentary film which explores the origins and revival of the tarantella. In the "Greek Salento" an area of central Puglia in Southern Italy, the traditions have never died and are in fact experiencing a marvelous rebirth. Archival film from the 1960s, interviews with today's residents and images of the performances on the Night of the Taranta create an unforgettable picture.

Walt Disney's Enchanted
Combining real-life and animation, Disney's Enchanted tells the story of modern day New York City clashing with fairytale.

Students Struggle to Find a Winning Hand
John Sutherland: Go and enjoy the film 21 - and try to ignore those nagging fears about the looming student loan crunch

Expelled the Movie – Ben Stein Exposes Flat World Academics
Ben Stein’s ‘Expelled’ could properly be called ‘Exposed the Movie’ because it is a nerve rattling jolt to academicians who are ready to bounce or ostracize anyone who so much as mentions or has a dream in the night about the theory of intelligent design.

Blade Runner Remains a Cult Classic
Blade Runner is a science fiction classic that asks the question: What does it mean to be human?

10000 BC Review
A mammoth flop of a film - great graphis though.

Film Review: The Reflecting Pool
If you believe in truth, then this is a must-see movie. It will disturb your equilibrium and make you think about some awful possibilities.

The Assassination of my Patience by Brad Pitt
Last evening, I rented the DVD of "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford." A numbing two hours and forty minutes later, my brain was in a fog (it wasn’t the wine); and one question kept reverberating in my brain – why?

Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight 2008
In The Dark Knight Batman movie Heath Ledger plays a deep and disturbing Joker, who Ledger describes as a "psychopathic, mass murdering, schizophrenic clown with zero empathy".

Michael Moore’s Sicko – A Documentary of the "Sickening" Health Care System of America!
A Review of Michael Moore's Latest Film "Sicko" Which Will Hit the Box Offices June 29th, 2007.

The Movie Has Landed and Us Basks in the Moonglow
A British director's documentary on the Apollo missions is set to provoke a surge in American patriotism, recalling a time when a nation lifted its eyes with pride to the skies. Robin McKie and Paul Harris in New York report.

Mormons' Darkest Day in Spotlight
Film about the 1857 slaughter of a wagon train draws parallels with modern religious conflicts.

Classic Movie Reviews : New York, New York
‘New York, New York’ is probably one of the most often recorded popular songs of all time. But no matter how many versions of ‘New York, New York’ you have listened to, you haven’t experienced it until you have watched Lisa Minnelli perform it in the eponymous movie.

Classic Movie Reviews: The Philadelphia Story
Back in the 1940s and1950s, star power was so formidable that most movies sold almost solely on the basis of who was portraying the lead roles. The Philadelphia Story had star power in abundance; Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn and James Stewart.

Terminator 1, 2, 3 — Movie Review
Though the main plot is easily understood, all three movies contain a strong underlying common theme that is hard to miss for a thinking viewer.

Andrei Tarkovsky's Mirror - a Landmark in World Cinema
Mirror (Zerkalo) was made in 1974 and is the perfect illustration of Andrei Tarkovsky's genius as a director. Mirror provides the viewer with vivid images of unbelievable power and beauty and is an evocation of childhood which is without equal in cinema.

Cinematic Bombshell From Kim
It's the runaway film sensation of the summer, it comes direct from one of the world's most secretive and repressive dictatorships - and it is heading for a screen near you.

Strange Brew: Keeping Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Alive
The movie Strange Brew is a delightful comedy about Bob and Doug MacKenzie, the two famous Canadian Brothers that popularized Canada's beer drinking culture. What many fans don't realize, The movie was loosely based on the Shakespeare play, Hamlet, and that Bob and Doug were loosely based on the characters Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.

Movie Review: "Capote" Is Beyond Definition
Moviegoers deciding to see "Capote" with the notion that they will walk away with more of an understanding of the megalomaniacal, self-destructive author will be disappointed.

Complete, Star Wars is
Commentary on the whole Star Wars saga plus exploration of New Age messages.

Tolkien Spoof Could Be Bad for Your Elf
It has been described as the worst movie ever made, but a Swiss parody of the Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings trilogy has been playing to packed cinemas.

Spirit of Guevara Rides High for Palme D'or
The revolutionary spirit lives on - at least for Walter Salles, whose Motorcycle Diaries, one of the hot tips for the Palme d'Or, was screened at the Cannes film festival yesterday. The film is based on the diaries of Ché Guevara and his friend Alberto Granado when, as young men in...

Film Review of The Passion of The Christ
This review is somewhat in the vein of the movie reviews found at "The Lazy Movie Critic" who works 60 hours a week. I, too, work 60 hours a week but it is in a non-paying capacity reading and writing about: books, movies, ideas, life, etc...

Scott Finch Releases Gods and Freaks
Scott Finch releases an ambitious blues-rock two CD set with videos

Tony Adamo is "Up In It" With A Jazz-Pop Groove
Jazz-Pop Vocalist Tony Adamo releases 4 song EP in anticipation of new album in the fall. Tony Adamo is well on his way to becoming a star, I have no doubt about that.

Omar Rock's The House on "Boogie Man"
Blues Artist Omar Dykes Releases Strong Blues-Rock CD. I heard about Omar and The Howlers when they first arrived on the blues-rock scene many years ago.

AKC: Don’t Get Star-Struck By Dogs In Movies
In anticipation of the family adventure comedy, "Good Boy!" being released this month by MGM Pictures and Jim Henson Pictures, the American Kennel Club is making an effort to remind moviegoers about the importance of making careful, informed decisions when considering adding a dog to their home.

Movie Prompting Demand for Clown Fish
Finding Nemo, an animated movie about a search for a lost clown fish that recently began playing in theaters, is causing a dramatic increase in demand - especially among children - for pet clown fish.

The Matrix Reloaded
Let's admit it. This sequel to the smash-hit Matrix - the second of what producers Warner Brothers now airily claim was the trilogy envisaged all along - is not as good as the original. It hasn't got that enigmatic feel, and the recondite philosophy of the Matrix, once so beautiful and strange, is now a tiny bit camp.

Movie Review: Shaolin soccer will be this summer's sleeper hit
The year 2003 will be remembered as the Year of the Matrix when all is said and done, but eSports Sinista1 promises that "Shaolin Soccer" will be the sleeper hit of this year's blockbusters.

The Magdalene Sisters
This extraordinary film is celluloid incendiarism, rabble-rousing cinema with a delirious, delicious edge of black comedy which I estimate to be about 90-95% intentional. Director Peter Mullan's debut feature Orphans had the same explosive seriocomic combination. Then, as now, he's putting out the fire of emotional pain with the gasoline of satire and scorn.

Movie Review: Conjuction -- The Junction Boys didn't function
Did everyone see movie, "The Junction Boys," on ESPN? I thought it was better than the Bobby Knight movie, but fell way short of being a classic sports movie.

Greetings from Desperation, N.J.
Armed with devastating performances from Uma Thurman, Juliette Lewis and Gena Rowlands, director Mira Nair trains her sociologist's eye on the Garden State in HBO's "Hysterical Blindness."

Coma versus coma
Almodóvar's story of two men worshipping two unconscious women is a truly great picture. Talk to Her (113 mins, 15) Directed by Pedro Almodóvar; starring Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti, Leonor Watling, Rosario Flores, Geraldine Chaplin Pedro Almodóvar has been making movies for a quarter of a century now, and like his compatriot and idol, Luis Buñuel, he has refined his art without losing its early force.

Media: Film Review -- "Ali"
A brief review of the Michael Mann film "Ali" starring Will Smith, which is based on the life and times of Muhammad Ali.

The Truman Show
"The Truman Show" is a profoundly disturbing movie. On the surface, it deals with the worn out issue of the intermingling of life and the media.

The Matrix
It is easy to confuse the concepts of "virtual reality" and a "computerized model of reality (simulation)". The former is a self-contained Universe, replete with its "laws of physics" and "logic". It can bear resemblance to the real world or not. It can be consistent or not. It can interact with the real world or not. In short, it is an arbitrary environment.