4 Star Reviews

Really good films

A Good Year (2006)

This was a really cool romantic sort of chick flick.  What made the film was...

Children of the Corn (1984)

I really liked this movie.  It’s not the type of film that would really stand...

Cujo (1983)

Today I rewatched Cujo to see how it stands up to today’s standards.  Over overall...

The Sum of All Fears (2002)

This film has it all, suspense, comedy, patriotism, love story, drama, not to mention, in...

Elysium (2013)

I watched this film, at the Imax theatre in Ontario. I wanted to see it...

Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

This is the first official film I watched in 2013.  I was lucky to be...

Star Trek Into Darkness

I had very high expectations going into this film, probably too high.  I watched this...

Fast & Furious 6

I saw this film today at the theatre in Ontario.  Unfortunately, I was unable to...

After Earth

This is one of this summers many sci-if flicks, starring Will Smith and his son...

Iron Man 3 (2013)

I watched this film over the weekend at the Imax theater in Ontario.  This was...

World War Z

I was really looking forward to seeing this film, starring Brad Pitt.  A movie about...

Robot and Frank

I was interested in this film simply because it had a robot in it and...

This is the End

I had been meaning to check out this film since it was released and to...

Lone Survivor (2013)

Yesterday I finally got to see this film starring Mark Wahlburg.  It is mostly based...

Enders Game

I read a few quick user reviews on IMDB about this film.  They were not...

The Purge

I had this film sitting around the house for at least a month, from Netflix...

Before Midnight

I picked this film up off of Netflix because it was on a top 10...

We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks

This is a very entertaining documentary into the life and deeds of Julian Assange.  We...

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Went to the theater yesterday with my niece, Leah, who had already seen this film...

Django Unchained

In order to round out my 2012 best movies of the year list, I had...

The Dark Knight Rises

This was a decent movie but I expected better.  The batman was basically disabled through...

Life of Pi (2012)

I watched this film over the weekend at the theater in Ontario and it was...

Magic Mike

I really enjoyed this movie.  If you like Channing Tatum or Mathew McConaughey then you...

A Dangerous Method

This was an excellent film.  It starred Kiera Knightley.  She may have overacted her character...

Precious

Heavy language and over the top black stereotypes.  It reminds me of a black breakfast...

The Company Men

I actually really liked this movie. I thought Ben Affleck was pretty good in this...

Mao’s Last Dance

This film turned out better than I had anticipated.  What made it so good was...

Conviction (2010)

This was an excellent film.  Very strong acting by all the main players Hillary Swank...

The Perfect Host

This film actually surprised me.  It surprised me because I didn’t know Niles was going...

Due Date

This film was pretty funny.  Good chemistry between the two stars.  I would recommend friends...

After the Wedding (2006)

This was a foreign language film and it was very good.  It tugs at your...

Shame

Michael Fassbender plays a seriously troubled sex addict.  He also has an equally troubling relationship...