WELL SINCE I HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR HOLLYWOOD VIDEO FOR THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS I HAVE SEEN MANY MOVIES. I HAVE GIVEN REVIEWS ON SOME OF THE MOVIES I HAVE SEEN BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF I GIVE A NICE LIST OF THE MANY MOVIES I HAVE SEEN AND GIVE YOU MY TAKE ON THEM. FOR MORE IN DEPTH REVIEWS YOU CAN VISIT MY WORK SITE AT HTTP://WWW.HOLLYWOODVIDEO.COM …..ANYWAY, HERE IS MY LIST OF 25 MOVIES I HAVE RENTED AND A BRIEF REVIEW OF EACH MOVIE:
1. ” THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR”- THIS THIRD INSTALLMENT OF THE MUMMY STARRING BRENDAN FRASER HAS HIS TEAM BATTLING A RESURRECTED HAN EMPEROR. IT WAS A DECENT MOVIE BUT NOT AS GOOD AS THE FIRST TWO MUMMY MOVIES. I WAS HOPING FOR MORE IN THIS MOVIE BUT IT HAD SOME GOOD ACTION AND HUMOR SIMILAR TO THE FIRST TWO. OVERALL GRADE C+
2. “APOSTLES OF COMEDY”- GOOD CLEAN STAND UP COMEDY FROM SEVERAL CHRISTIAN COMEDIANS. THESE GUYS ARE FUNNY AND IT IS GOOD CLEAN ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY. YOU WILL LAUGH!! OVERALL GRADE B+
3. “BANGKOK DANGEROUS”- NICHOLAS CAGE MOVIE WHICH DEPICTS HIM AS A HIT-MAN. THIS MOVIE IS NOT ONE OF HIS BEST BUT CAGE IS SOLID. NOT REALLY MISSING MUCH NOT SEEING THIS FILM BUT IT WAS JUST OKAY. GRADE IS C-
4. “EAGLE EYE”- SHIA LABEOUF STAR OF “TRANSFORMERS” STARS IN THIS ACTION THRILLER ABOUT HOW TWO STRANGERS BECOME PAWNS OF A MYSTERIOUS WOMAN THAT KNOWS EVERY MOVE THEY MAKE. THIS MOVIE WILL KEEP YOU ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT. MUST SEE FILM!! GRADE IS A B+
5. “RIGHTEOUS KILL”- ROBERT DE NIRO AND AL PACINO ARE TWO VETERAN DETECTIVES THAT WORK TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY A RECENT MURDER AND A CASE THEY WORKED ON YEARS AGO. THIS MOVIE HAS A PLOT TWIST AND SUSPENSE THAT WILL KEEP YOU GUESSING TO THE END. THIS WAS AN EXCELLENT MOVIE. OVERALL GRADE WAS A B+
6. “THE HOUSE BUNNY”- ANNA FARIS STARS IN THIS MOVIE AS A PLAYBOY BUNNY THAT BECOMES A SONORITY HOUSEMOTHER WHEN SHE IS THROWN OUT ON THE STREETS. I DID NOT SEE THIS MOVIE BUT MY WIFE, PAM, SAW THIS MOVIE AND SAID IT WAS BASICALLY STUPID. THERE WAS SOME FUNNY PARTS IN THE MOVIE BUT OVERALL SHE IS GLAD SHE DID NOT PAY FOR IT. SHE GAVE IT A C-
7. “BABYLON A.D.”- VIN DIESEL STARS IN THIS ACTION MOVIE AS A MERCENARY CHARGED WITH DELIVERING A YOUNG WOMAN FROM RUSSIA TO CANADA. THIS MOVIE WAS INTERESTING AND THE PLOT SOMETIMES MAKES NO SENSE BUT THERE IS SOME GOOD ACTION SCENES. NOT MY FAVORITE VIN DIESEL MOVIE BUT WAS JUST OKAY. GRADE WAS C+
8. “MIRRORS”- KEIFER SUTHERLAND STARS IN THIS HORROR FILM AS A MALL SECURITY GUARD THAT LEARNS ABOUT AN EVIL MYSTERY INVOLVING MIRRORS WHICH SEEM TO SHOW THE EVIL SIDE OF PEOPLE. THIS MOVIE WAS OKAY AND IT WAS AN INTERESTING PLOT. I WILL SAY I WILL NEVER VIEW MIRRORS THE SAME WAY AGAIN. LOL…….THERE WAS SOME ACTION AND SCARY SCENES BUT THE PLOT HAS SOME FLAWS. SEE FOR YOURSELF WHAT YOU THINK. MY GRADE WAS A C
9. “THE FAMILY THAT PREYS”- THIS TYLER PERRY MOVIE SHOWS HOW TWO FAMILY’S VERY DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER LEARN TO WORK TOGETHER. I DID NOT SEE THIS MOVIE BUT PAM DID AND SHE LIKED IT. SHE SAID IT WAS A GOOD MOVIE AND GAVE IT A B……
10. “SWING VOTE”- THIS KEVIN COSTNER FILM HAS KEVIN PLAYING A ROLE OF A DAD WHO’S VOTE WILL DETERMINE THE OUTCOME OF THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THIS WAS A GOOD MOVIE WITH A GOOD MESSAGE. KEVIN PLAYS THE ROLE OF THE DAD WHO FIGURES OUT HOW TO BE A REAL DAD AND A REAL ROLE MODEL FOR HIS DAUGHTER. HAS SOME FUNNY THINGS IN THIS MOVIE AND A HEARTFELT MESSAGE. MY GRADE IS A B-
11. “THE TENTH CIRLCE”- KELLY PRESTON STARS IN THIS MYSTERY MOVIE AS A MOTHER WHO’S DAUGHTER EXCUSES HER EX-BOYFRIEND OF RAPING HER. THIS TURNS THE TOWN UPSIDE DOWN. THE PLOT TWISTS IN THIS MOVIE ARE INTERESTING AND YOU WILL BE GUESSING. NOT A POPULAR MOVIE BUT WAS VERY INTERESTING. MY GRADE IS A C+
12. “SECRET LIFE OF BEES”- QUEEN LATIFAH AND DAKOTA FANNING STAR IN THIS MOVIE OF A TEENAGE GIRL THAT IS HAUNTED BY THE MEMORY OF HER LATE MOTHER. I DID NOT SEE THIS MOVIE BUT MY PARENT DID. THEY ENJOYED THIS MOVIE AND GAVE IT A GREAT REVIEW. GRADE B-
13. “INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL”- HARRISON FORD RETURNS AS INDIANA JONES IN HIS QUEST TO RACE AGAINST THE SOVIETS TO FIND THE SECRETS AND MYSTERIES OF THE CYRSTAL SKULL. THIS WAS AN EXCELLENT MOVIE WITH A LOT OF ACTION AND SUSPENSE. THIS MOVIE WAS VERY SIMILAR TO RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. THIS IS AN INTERESTING STORY LINE THAT HAS SEVERAL TWISTS AND TURNS THAT MAKE IT INTERESTING. A MUST SEE FOR ANY INDIANA JONES FAN……GRADE A-
14.”BODY OF LIES”- LEONARDO DICAPRIO AND RUSSELL CROWE STAR IN THIS ACTION ADVENTURE OF A FORMER JOURNALIST HIRED BY THE CIA TO TRACK DOWN AN AL QAEDE LEADER IN JORDAN. THIS MOVIE HAD AN INTERESTING PLOT BUT THE BEST PART OF THIS MOVIE IS DICAPRIO AND CROWE. GREAT ACTING FROM BOTH OF THEM. THIS WAS NOT ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES BUT IT WAS OKAY. MY GRADE WAS C+
15. “QUARANTINE”- JENNIFER CARPENTER PLAYS A NEWS REPORTER IN THIS HORROR MOVIE THAT DOES A NEWS REPORT ON LOCAL FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE CALLED TO INVESTIGATE AN APARTMENT BUILDING WHERE SOMETHING DEADLY TAKES PLACE. INTERESTING PLOT IN THIS MOVIE AT FIRST BUT I FOUND THIS HORROR MOVIE SIMILAR TO NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD AND OTHER MOVIES. PREDICTABLE WITH NOT MANY ANSWERS. IT WAS OKAY BUT I WOULD NOT HAVE PAID FOR IT……..GRADE IS A C
16. “THE CHANGELING”- ANGELINA JOLIE STARS AS A MOTHER WHO’S SON IS KIDNAPPED THEN RETURNED BUT QUESTIONS WHETHER OR NOT IT IS HER SON. THIS MOVIE IS BASED UPON A TRUE STORY AND SOME OF THE CONTENT IN THIS MOVIE IS DISTURBING BECAUSE THEY ARE BASED ON TRUE EVENTS. I AM NOT AN ANGELINA JOLIE FAN BUT I WILL SAY SHE WON ME WHILE WATCHING THIS MOVIE. SHE IS OUTSTANDING!! THIS MOVIE IS SAD BUT THE DETERMINATION OF THIS CHARACTER IS AWESOME!! SIMPLY A MUST SEE MOVIE……GRADE B+
17. “THE HAUNTING OF MOLLY HARTLEY”- HALEY BENNETT STARS AS A TEENAGER WHO DISCOVERS THAT HER PARENTS MADE A PACT WITH THE DEVIL TO SAVE HER LIFE. I WAITED TO SEE THIS MOVIE BUT I AM SO GLAD I DID NOT PAY FOR IT. THIS MOVIE WAS SO PREDICTABLE AND NOT VERY GOOD. IT WAS LIKE WATCHING A HALLOWEEN EPISODE OF 90210. THE PLOT WAS KIND OF PREDICTABLE AND THIS MOVIE WAS NOT SCARY. SIMPLY PUT GO RENT SOMETHING ELSE…..GRADE C-
18. “THE EXPRESS”- DENNIS QUAID STARS IN THIS MOVIE AS THE COLLEGE COACH FOR ERNIE DAVIS WHO WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO WIN THE HEISMAN TROPHY. THIS IS BASED ON THE TRUE STORY OF ERNIE DAVIS. THIS IS AN EXCELLENT MOVIE WITH OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES FROM DENNIS QUAID AND ROB BROWN. IT IS A FEEL GOOD MOVIE WITH MANY POSITIVE MESSAGES OF DETERMINATION AND PERSEVERANCE. A MUST SEE FOR ANY FOOTBALL FAN. I ENJOYED THIS MOVIE AND GAVE IT AN A-
19. “THE WOMEN”- MEG RYAN, ANNETE BENING AND BETTE MIDLER STAR IN THIS STAR CASTED DRAMA COMEDY WHICH FINDS A CONTEMPORARY TV PERSONALITY FINDS OUT THAT HER HUSBAND IS HAVING AN AFFAIR. THIS IS NOT MY PREFERRED GENRE OF A MOVIE BUT WHAT I SAW WAS FUNNY. HOWEVER, MY WIFE FOUND THIS MOVIE TO BE A GOOD MOVIE. OVERALL GRADE WAS A B-
20. “LAKEVIEW TERRACE”- SAMUEL JACKSON STARS AS A LAPD OFFICER THAT STOPS AT NOTHING TO FORCE OUT AN INTERRACIAL COUPLE THAT MOVES INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS MOVIE WAS BETTER THAN I THOUGHT AND JACKSON PLAYS A GOOD BAD GUY. INTERESTING PLOT TWIST IN THIS MOVIE BUT WHAT IS INTERESTING IS THAT THIS COULD REALLY HAPPEN. YOU WILL HAVE TO SEE THE MOVIE TO UNDERSTAND IT. THIS IS A SUSPENSE MOVIE THAT WILL KEEP YOU ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT. I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD MOVIE OVERALL. MY GRADE B-
22. “AUSTRALIA”- NICOLE KIDMAN AND HUGH JACKMAN STAR IN THIS DRAMA IN WHICH AN ENGLISH ARISTOCRAT PACKS WITH A STOCKMAN IN ORDER TO PROTECT HER NEW PROPERTY FROM A TAKEOVER PLOT. THIS HAPPENS BEFORE WORLD WAR II. THIS MOVIE WAS INTERESTING AND LONG BUT GOOD OVERALL. GREAT ACTING PERFORMANCES. GRADE B-
23. “VACANCY”- LUKE WILSON AND KATE BECKINSALE STAR IN THIS HORROR FILM IN WHICH A COUPLE IS STRANDED AT A ISOLATED HOTEL IN WHICH MURDERS ARE FILMED IN THE HOTEL THEY STAY AT. THIS MOVIE HAD AN INTERESTING PLOT BUT IT WAS WILSON AND BECKINSALE’S PERFORMANCE THAT MADE THIS MOVIE. I AM GLAD I DID NOT PAY FOR THIS MOVIE. MY OVERALL GRADE WAS A C
24. “VACANCY 2: THE FIRST CUT”- THIS IS THE PREQUEL TO THE ORIGINAL VACANCY. AGNES BRUCKNER STARS IN THIS HORROR FLICK WHICH SHOWS THE BEGINNINGS OF MR SMITH AND HIS HOTEL MURDERS. THIS MOVIE BASICALLY WAS TERRIBLE AND NOT WORTH RENTING. MY GRADE D
25. “FIREPROOF”- KIRK CAMERON STARS IN THIS DRAMA THAT SHOWS A FIREFIGHTER AND HIS WIFE TAKE A 40 DAY EXPERIMENT TO SAVE THEIR MARRIAGE. THIS MOVIE WAS GOOD AND HAD A GOOD MESSAGE THAT IS REDEEMING AND POSITIVE. OVERALL GRADE B-
I HAVE IN MY PAST BLOGS REVIEWED SOME OF THESE MOVIES SO YOU CAN LOOK BACK. HOWEVER, THESE 25 MOVIES I PICKED TO REVIEW BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF YOU MAY RENT THEM OR ALREADY HAVE RENTED THEM. PLEASE, LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS…….BE NICE TO HEAR SOME OF YOU GIVE FEEDBACK……..