Reviews

Mother Of The Bride is a 2024 romantic comedy starring Brooke Shields(A Castle for Christmas),Miranda Cosgrove(I Carly),Benjamin Bratt(Miss Congenality) and Chad Michael Murray(A Cinderella Story).

Directed by Mark Waters(Freaky Friday,Just Like Heaven),the story follows a doctor named Lana Winslow(Shields),who finds out that her only daughter(Cosgrove) is getting married to RJ. So both Lana and her daughter travel to Thailand where Lana gets the shock of her life. She discovers that her daughters future father in law is no other than Will(Bratt),the man that broke her mom's heart during college. Will romance blossom again?.

Overall this film was so so. The actors were good,but the concept was just weird. If the two main leads get married then that means that they are now step siblings since Lana and Will get together.

Sex And The City is a 2008 romantic comedy based on the 90s TV show of the same name. Starring the original cast Sarah Jessica Parker,Kim Cattrall,Kirstin Davis,Chris Noth andCynthia Nixton along with Jennifer Hudson.

The story follows 4 middle aged women who all love sex. Carrie(Parker) and Mr Big(Noth) decide to get married,but Mr Big gets cold feet and leaves Carrie. Devastated by this Carrie meets her friends who are also struggling with their love lives especially Samantha(Cattrall) who's younger boyfriend is cheating on her.

So will the 4 women get their actual dream men?.

Overall it was an OK film. The problem with this film is that it drags on and on,plus the running time is 2 and a half hours long. Should have been on for like 1hour and 50 minutes.

Turtles All The Way Down is a 2024(or 2023 as the ends credits says its made in 2023) drama starring Isabella Merced and Cree.

Directed by Hannah Marks(who also makes a cameo) the story follows Aza(Merced) a young teen who suffers from OCD and struggles with everyday activities along with relationships.

Her best friend Daisy(Cree) asks for Aza's help as a fugitive is on the loose. But back to Aza,will she get the help she needs on her OCD?.

Overall it was a very good film. The acting was good,the soundtrack was great and the story was interesting. Its a shame it didn't get a theatrical release as you can only watch it on Max.

Hulk is a 2003 action horror starring Eric Bana,Josh Lucas,Nick Nolte, Sam Elliot and Jennifer Connelly. Directed by Ang Lee,the story follows a mild mannered scientist named Bruce Banner(Bana) who grew up in a troubled background as his father(who was also a scientist and was working on a deadly serum)had an awful temper and his mother was killed because of this rage that his father possessed. Years later we see Bruce doing an experiment and it slowly transforms him into a giant green monster. But will Bruce have control of his temper and is there someone else out there that always turns green just like Bruce?.

Overall it was a very underrated superhero film that not many people talk about. Sure there's alot of jumpscares here and there and alot of twists and turns,but it's still a good flick.

American Pie is a 1999 sex teen comedy starring Jason Biggs,Seann William Scott,Chris Klein,Eugene Levy,Alison Hannigan,Natasha Lyonne and Shannon Elizabeth. The story follows a group of teenage boys who want to lose their virginity before prom. But will one of them find romance with one of the popular girls?.

Overall I thought it was an OK film. Maybe it's because it was my first time to ever watch this film( yeah I'm late for the party). The soundtrack is good and the story is good too. If you like any of the actors then do check it out. This film would later gain 5 sequels in total (2 without Eugene Levy).

Good Luck To You Leo Grande is a 2022 erotic drama starring Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack. The plot follows a lonely retired schoolteacher named Nancy Robinson (Thompson) who lost her husband a few years ago and misses having intimate sex. So she decides to book a hotel room and hire a young gigolo named Leo Grande(McCormack)where she has sex with him. But will she go through with it all?.

Overall it was a real surprise. The story was easy to follow(despite the fact the entire film is set in a hotel room) and the acting was good.

Yes I know the age gap is 34 years between Emma and Daryl but they don't become an item (unlike Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galtzine in The Idea of You,only Hathaway is a 40 year old divorcèe who falls for a pop star that's 24).

Good film.

Step Up 3(Step Up 3D) is a 2010 follow up to the 2008 and 2006 films respectfully and stars Sharni Vinson(Home And Away),Alyson Stoner (Step up) and the late Twitch(Stephen Boss). Directed by Jon M Chu(Wicked,Crazy Rich Asians),the story follows a tight-knit group of New York City street dancers, including Luke (Malambri) and Natalie (Vinson), who team up with NYU freshman Moose (Sevani), and find themselves up against the world's best hip hop dancers in a big showdown that will change their lives forever.

Overall it wasn't a bad film,but I prefer the 2006 and 2009 films better. If you love dance movies then you'll like it.

STEP UP 2 THE STREETS is a 2008 sequel to the 2006 romance drama Step Up.

The story follows Andie West(Briana Evigan)who is living with her mother's best friend, Sarah,after her parents died inna car accident.

Andie you see hates school and she's trying to figure out what she loves. Of course she loves dancing,and loves the street crew, the 410, led by Tuck. However The 410 are known in Baltimore for vandalism and public mischief. All that changes when Andie meets a blast from the past and he recommends Andie to audition for an entry into the Maryland School of the Arts (MSA), an institution which ended up turning his life around for the better. At first Andie (who passes the audition) isn't sure she fits in here along with the school's director, Blake Collins(Will Kemp), who feels the same way. However Andie meets another Chase Collins(Robert Hoffman), a dance student at MSA, and romance blossoms. Will Andie win at the dancing competition. Overall it was a good film,and I'll definetly rewatch it again.

Little italy is a 2018 rom com starring Emma Roberts,Hayden Christensen,Andrea Marin and Jane Seymour. Directed by Donald Petrie(Just My Luck and How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days),the story follows two childhood friends named Nikki Angioli(Roberts) and Leo Campo (Christensen),who's parents and their friends Sal Angioli and Vince Campo are running a Pizza competition, where whoever makes the best pizza in the neighborhood. But will romance blossom between the two leads.

Overall it was a very predictable rom com from start to finish but I still liked it. If you love No Reservations then you will love this film.

Forrest Gump is a 1994 Oscar Winning film starring Tom Hanks,Robin Wright,Sally Field,Haley Joel Osmont and Garry Sisle.

Directed by Robert Zemeckis(Back To The Future,The Polar Express),the story follows Forrest Gump(Hanks),who is a slow learner with a low I. Q. He is running through childhood with his best and only friend Jenny(Wright). His mother Mrs Gump (Field),teaches him the ways of life and leaves him to choose his own destiny. Forrest decides to join the army for service in Vietnam, finding new friends called Dan(Sinsle) and Bubba(Myketti Williamson), he wins medals, creates a famous shrimp fishing fleet, inspires people to jog, starts a ping-pong craze, creates the smiley, writes bumper stickers and songs, donates to people and meets the president several times.

However, this is all irrelevant to Forrest who can only think of his childhood sweetheart Jenny Curran, who has messed up her life. Although in the end all he wants to prove is that anyone can love?.

Overall it was a good film,overrated but worth a watch. Available now on Netflix.

The Dark Knight is a 2008 thriller starring Christian Bale,Maggie Gyllenhaal, Morgan Freeman,Micheal Caine,Gary Oldman,Aaron Eckhart and Heath Ledger(who sadly passed away a few months after the film was released at the age of 28 from an accidental drug overdose).

Set a year after the events of Batman Begins (2005), Batman(Bale), Lieutenant James Gordon(Oldman), and new District Attorney Harvey Dent(Eckart) successfully begin to round up the criminals that plague Gotham City, until a mysterious and sadistic criminal mastermind known only as "The Joker" (Ledger) appears in Gotham, creating chaos. Batman's struggle against The Joker becomes deeply personal, forcing him to "confront everything he believes" and improve his technology to stop him. A love triangle develops between Bruce Wayne, Dent, and Rachel Dawes.

Overall it was a very good film that should be watched at least once a year. The cinematography is very dark and gritty and the acting is on par especially Heath Ledger as The Joker.

Nicholas Galtzine (in his feature debut) and the late Luke Perry star in this 2014 musical drama about a young shy singer songwriter named Tom Heath(Galtzine) who teams up with his rock Idol Max Stone(Perry) who faked his death 8 years prior due to being in tax debit. Now the unlikely duo set out and win the Battle Of The Bands. Will Tom win ?

Overall it was a good film. The story was good,the acting was great and the songs were good too.

I had no idea that Nicholas has been in existence since 2014, as I discovered him in Sony's Cinderella back in 2021 with Camila Cabello and Idina Menzel. If your a fan of Nicholas Galtzine then do try and watch this film.

After their first movie Twins(which is also directed by Ivan Reitman) Arnold Schwartzenegger and Danny De Vito star in this bizarre comedy about a scientist named Alex Hesse (Schwarzenegger) and his co worker Larry Arbogast (DeVito) who are working on a new drug which will reduce the chances of a woman's body rejecting her baby, and thus causing a miscarriage.

When their research funding is withdrawn, and the experiment being denied to them, they decide to test the drug on Alex. Will Alex sail through the delivery of the baby?.

Overall this film is very stupid I mean how can a man get pregnant without the female reproduction system?.

But having said that it's a real guilty pleasure.

Whats Eating Gilbert Grape is an Oscar Nominated 1993 drama starring Johnny Depp(Pirates Of The Carribean),Leonardo Di Caprio(Titanic),Juilette Lewis(Starsky and Hutch),John C Reily(Step Brothers),Mary Steinbergn(Elf) and Crispin Clover(Charlie's Angels).

The story follows a mild mannered man named Gilbert Grape(Depp) who lives with his morbidly obese mother and his autistic brother Arnie(Di Caprio). Along the way he meets and falls for a woman(Lewis). However will tragedy strike with the Grape family?.

Overall this film was very good. It started off slow but once you watch it you will be drawn to the story.

Bottoms is a 2023 Teen Comedy starring Rachel Sennott,Ayo Edebri,Mike Fowler,Nicholas Galtzine and Kaia Gerber.

The story follows two lesbian friends named PJ and Josie(Sennott and Edebri) who accidentally injure their high school's star quarterback Jeff (Galtizine)by hitting him with a car.

So they decide to lie about having spent time in a juvenile facility over the summer, and with their equally-awkward friend Hazel and teacher Mr G, they start a self-defense club for women in an attempt to lose their virginities to Brittany and Isabel, their cheerleader crushes.

Will they be caught out?

Overall it was a funny movie.

American Beauty is a 1999 Oscar Winning film starring Kevin Spacey,Thorn Birch, Wes Beastly,Mena Suvari,Annette Benning,Chris Cooper and Peter Gallagher. Directed by Sam Mendes(Revolutionary Road),the story follows Lester(Spacey) a 40 year old married disgruntled man who falls in love with his daughter's(Birch) friend Angela(Suvari) and begins to fantasise about her non stop. But will this cause his life to spiral out of control?.

Overall it wasn't a bad film. The story is slightly dark and disturbing to watch as we see a 40 plus year old falling for a 17 year old woman and keeps having dreams about her and erects alot.

The ending totally took me out of surprise as I had no idea that this was how the film was going to end this way.

Would I watch it again..Well I would once it comes back onto Netflix or Amazon Prime again(as it was last shown today on Amazon Prime and I wanted to watch it as I never seen it before).

Goodnight Mommy is a 2022 Psychological thriller starring Naomi Watts,Cameron Crovitti and Nicolas Crovitti. Based on the 2014 foreign Austrian film I See, I See, the story follows twin boys named Luke and Ellias who are certain that their mother(Watts) isn't their real mother only an imposter as she wears bandages due to getting plastic surgery. But is there something else sinister going on?

Overall it was a good flick. The twist I didn't even see it coming(one is actually a ghost as they died by a gunshot wound).

If you like these kind of films then you may like it. The running time is only 90 minutes.

The Idea Of You is a 2024 romantic drams starring Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galtizine.

The story follows a divorced 40 year old woman named Solène(Hathaway) who brings her daughter to Cochella to see her favourite band August Moon. However things take a turn when Solène meets the lead singer of August Moon Hayes Campbell(Galtizine) and she falls in love with him. So they both decide to have an affair behind the spotlight. But will their age gap and the spotlight take a toll on their 19 plus age gap?.

Overall it was a good flick. The chemistry with Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galtzine was good(yet they looked like mother and son). The songs were good too. The only problem I had with this film was the ending where it ended with a cliffhanger(spoiler Hayes goes back to see Solène 5 years later at her workplace and she is crying yet smiling at him and then it cuts to black). Do they get together or what..you deicide.

6.4/10 3.5 out of 5 stars.

Would I watch it again yes.

The Mummy 2017 is a remake of the 1937 film and the 1999 film with Brendan Fraser. Joining the reboot is (you guess it) Tom Cruise who plays a sergant name Nick who teams up with a group of people to defeat an evil enchantress who was mummified centuries ago.

Will Nick and the team save the day?.

This film was suppose to be part of the Dark Universe franchise but sadly it bombed at the Box Office and Dark Universe (which was owned by Universal Pictures) got scrapped. The whole film is all over the place,Tom Cruise wasn't the right fit(I felt like I was watching a Mission Impossible film without the mask off reveals).

My advice go watch the Brendan Fraser/Rachel Weisz version instead.

Police Academy 2 Their First Assignement is the sequel to the 1984 film of the same name. Thia time Kim Cattrall isn't in this one due to reasons.

Commandant Eric Lassard, Officer Carey Mahoney, along with five other top graduates, find themselves transferred to the worst precinct in the city, run by Eric's brother, Captain Pete Lassard.

As the town holds a record for crimes, mainly because of the mean local gang called "Scullions", and their unhinged crime boss, Zed(Bobcait Goldwait), Mahoney(Steven Guttenberg)goes undercover in order to catch Zed and the Scullions.

Will Mahony's cover be blown earlier than planned?.

Overall I thought this was very mediocre and I didn't even laugh not once.

Police Academy is a 1984 comedy starring Steve Guttenberg,G. W Bailey,Kim Cattrall, Michael Winslow,and Marion Ramsey.

The story follows a group of amateur police officers,one named Carey Mahoney(Guttenberg) a light-hearted, devil-may-care young rebel join an academy so that they can improve on their training.

However Lieutenant Harri(Bailey), can't wait to see them quit. Then, a full-scale riot breaks out, and the inexperienced but dauntless cadets will have to put their training to good use. Do they have what it takes to be law-enforcement officers?

Overall it was a good film that features some familiar faces including Bobcat Goldthwait,Sharon Stone and David Spade. Keep an eye for a trainee cop who makes weird noises.

Seven Pounds is a 2008 Mystery Drama starring Will Smith as Tim/Ben Thomas a man who has many secrets that the viewers don't know until the end of the film.

He was involved in a car accident which resulted in 7 people,including his fiance who died on the scene. So he sets out to save 7 people and ends up falling for a woman named Emily Posa played by Rosario Dawson (who worked with Will Smith in Men In Black 2). Emily has a heart condition and needs a heart transplant so Tim/Ben sets out to find a donor for Emily?.

Overall this film litreally had my jaw dropped. From the opening scene with Tim/Ben ringing up 911 and saying there has been a suicide and his the victim to the ending I was shocked.

It's actually a good film with some good performances by Will Smith (who's sporting a clean shaved look) and Rosario Dawson. If your a fan of Will Smith then check it out.

Hankies on standby.

How To Date Billy Walsh is a 2024 romantic teen comedy starring Sebastian Croft(Heartstoppers),Charithra Chandran(Eternals),Tanner Buchanan(He's All That), Lucy Punch(Ella Enchanted),and Tim Downie(Paddington).

The story follows two best friends named Archibald "Archie" Arnold(Croft) and Ameila Brown(Chandran) who have known each other since birth. However Archie isn't too honest with Ameila,as he never told her that his in love with her. Things change when a transfer student from America named Billy Walsh(Buchanan) arrives and Ameila falls in love with him. So her friend Archie sets her up with a love doctor(Archie in disguise as an old man)and he tells her how to be more approachable. But will he ever tell Ameila how he really feels before it's too late?.

Overall this film reminds me of Can't Buy Me Love with Patrick Dempsey meets Win A Date With Tad Hamilton. If you like any of these film with a hint of John Hughes then this is for you.

Predictable from start to finish but I enjoyed it.

Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1 is a 2 parter sequel and a follow up to Fallout.

Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise)and the IMF team(Ving Rhames and Simon Pegg along with Rebecca Ferguson) team up with a theif named Grace(Hayley Atwell) and together they must track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity if it falls into the wrong hands.

With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than the mission -- not even the lives of those he cares about most.

Overall this was a good film. The subplot is AI as the villian creates things that aren't there e.g in the opening scene we see a submarine that isn't there at all. Some people might not like this one but at least it's better than Mission Impossible 2.

Amy is a 2015 documentary based on the life of Amy Winehouse who tragically died in 2011. This documentary contains archive footage of the real Amy Winehouse and all the demons she faced while she was still alive. We also get to hear from her dad Mitch Winehouse (who I swore only wanted Amy for the money) and her sleazy junkie husband Blake Felder Civil who made her take drugs which almost killed her(according to Amy's best friend Lauren).

There is even footage of Amy singing with her Idol the late Tony Bennett who had great things to say about her back in March 2011.

Overall this was a very good documentary and far more better than the film adapation which played it safer. If you are a fan of Amy Winehouse then go watch this documentary.