Movie-Holic

Comedic films, like ‘Dinner for Schmucks’, are a genre where you must really like the ensemble so as you can enjoy the film itself. If there are a few in the cast where their type of comedy is not one which you generally enjoy, the movie then suffers because of it. However, there is always [...]

Sucker Punch is one of those movies that only Zack Snyder could write and direct. With a lot of the same elements that made 300 and Watchmen enjoyable were pretty evident in this movie about young girls locked within an institution that is not what is seems. Sucker Punch is a movie that you either [...]

There are some movies that you really want to like. Then once you watch it you wish that you didn’t give up that important appointment, or date, just to see it. Thankfully The Sorcerer’s Apprentice is not one of those movies. When my kids saw the advertisement for this movie starring Nicolas Cage, Alfred Molina, [...]

I have to admit that at the beginning of this – I do like anime. I am kind of a closet anime fan. I don’t really watch any with anybody in my family, but love to watch anime like Naruto, and Bleach. I also like anime books of the following and others. One of my [...]

I would like to say that this movie lived up to the hype surrounding it, but the truth is; The Haunting in Connecticut was mediocre at best. As the hype machine was set into motion when this movie was getting ready to hit the theaters, I just knew that this movie was going to be [...]

I just got done watching the G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra DVD last night. And, it was really quite good! With the way that everyone kind of put down this movie when it came out, I was a little hesitant to watch it. Even I to caught up in the critical aspect of the [...]

In a movie world that is full of comedic actors that make their living with raunchy exploits, and relying on vintage music and one liners, Jack Black stands quite near the top. In his latest DVD release, Year One, Black gives us a raunchy romp through the first year of the Earth. Using Biblical characters [...]

There has been a lot of different opinions about Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. I think most of the strong opinions is a mixture the high profile of the movie and people just wanting to stir up emotions. I don’t have a problem with it either. As I mentioned in a previous post about Transformers [...]

There are incredible horror movies that scare the crap out of you and then there are those that will bore you. In the middle of that spectrum are the ones that can cause seconds of jumpiness, while still dragging along. Drag Me To Hell is one of those movies. What made it worse is that [...]

If you are looking for a great movie to watch with your family then you simply must add The Game Planyour family night in. I’ve had this movie for quite some time, but never really took the time to watch it. I don’t really know why, except that it just didn’t look interesting. However, this [...]