movie review

A Sound of Thunder is Peter Hyams’ 2005 film version of Ray Bradbury’s 1953 time travel story of the same name. We rented the movie […]

The Ring, a 2002 American re-make of a Japanese film called Ringu, is a wonderfully disquieting film. I’ve seen literally hundreds of horror movies, and […]

Director Michael Mann’s Manhunter is among my favorite movies; this 1986 release was the first film based on Thomas Harris’ novel Red Dragon. The studio […]

I’ve been thinking about movie reviewers today. Specifically, I’m remembering the time that my husband and some friends of ours hit the dollar theater to […]

Altered States is a 1980 movie directed by British filmmaker Ken Russell. It deals with an American scientist, Eddie Jessup (played by William Hurt and […]

I saw Star Trek: Nemesis opening weekend after friends dragged me to the movies. I hadn’t planned on seeing it so soon, as I found […]

I enjoy the Powerpuff Girls animated TV show, but I’m by no means a hardcore fan. I had no real desire to see this film, […]

Plot Summary This third chapter of The Matrix trilogy takes up where The Matrix Reloaded ended. The free people of Zion brace themselves for the […]

Overall Impressions (Possible Slight Spoilers) The Matrix: Reloaded is one of the few movies I’d been looking forward to seeing for literally years. In this […]

This final installment in Peter Jackson’s filmed trilogy based on Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings is a hard film to review properly because there’s so […]

I wanted to see The Salton Sea the moment I saw its intriguing trailer on Apple’s Quicktime site, but it seemingly spent only about five […]

The Company of Wolves is one of only two Angela Carter stories to make it to the big screen so far (which is a shame, […]