The Librarian – Return to King Solomon’s Mines – television film review
The Librarian – Return to King Solomon’s Mines is the first of The Librarian films I have seen. I became interested in them…
Category: Movie reviews
Reviews of films and direct-to-video works, including anime (excluding television series).
Edge of Tomorrow – film review
If you read my previous review of All You Need Is Kill, you may be wondering what the movie Edge of Tomorrow, starring…
Cinderella – animated film review
The story of Cinderella has been told many times and in many different ways, but the animated Disney classic film is one of…
Big Hero 6 – animated film review
When I heard Disney was basing an animated feature on a comic from Marvel, I was intrigued. I had never heard of Big…
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – film review
With The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, the trilogy of movies based on The Hobbit draws to a close. Those familiar…
The Maze Runner – film review
I read The Maze Runner book shortly after it was published back in October 2009. It was very compelling and kept me interested…
The Last Unicorn – animated film review
As part of the movie tour, I recently had the opportunity to see The Last Unicorn on the big screen. I went with…
Vampire Academy – film review
I caught Vampire Academy on a whim one day. It’s based on the book by Richelle Mead. The trailer for the movie seemed…
Peter Pan – animated film review
I can’t remember a time when I haven’t liked Peter Pan. I remember reading several different Golden Books based on the film, and…
I, Frankenstein – movie review
I, Frankenstein is a movie that looks stupid but is a lot of fun. It’s based on the graphic novel by Kevin Grevioux…
X-Men: Days of Future Past – film review
X-Men: Days of Future Past is the latest installment in Marvel’s X-men franchise. It suffered from too-many-characters-itis like the previous movies, but was…
Red Riding Hood – film review
I don’t often say this about a film, but Red Riding Hood was complete dreck. It could have been good. The plot had…
Into the Woods – film review
Into the Woods seems destined to be compared to the stage musical by James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim on which it is based,…
Odd Thomas – film review
Odd Thomas is a movie based on the book by Dean Koontz (actually, a series of books). It stars Anton Yelchin as Odd…
Alice in Wonderland – animated film review
I have always wanted to review Alice in Wonderland. This film has been one of my favorites for a while, even though I…
Miss Minoes (Undercover Kitty) – film review
Miss Minoes (also known as Undercover Kitty) is an award winning children’s Dutch film about a cat who laps up toxic waste and…
The Hobbit – animated film review
Way back in 1977, 37 years ago yesterday, Rankin/Bass aired on television for the first time their animated musical adaptation of The Hobbit.…
The Wind Rises – film review
I am a huge fan of Studio Ghibli films, so I was very excited to finally be able to see The Wind Rises,…
Catching Fire – film review
Some people weren’t fans of the first adaption of The Hunger Games, but I rather liked it. Going into the second movie, Catching…
Godzilla (2014) – film review
When I heard there was going to be a new Godzilla movie, I thought, “Oh no.” My friend dragged me to see it…
Paranoia – film review
Paranoia is a slightly-around-the-corner scifi thriller where competing telecoms vie for control over the market and over the lives of their customers. Starring…