Promoted reviews

Lost - Season 1
Reviewed by Moz La Punk
You might have picked something up about Lost somewhere the past couple of years. It's a big success, so logically, it's everywhere. Don't be turned off by the fact that this is an extremely commercial product, though, because this first se... More

The Columns of Egypt
Reviewed by doudouce55
Using archaeological evidence to back up his portrayal of the Ancient Egyptian columns, the author describes the development of columns from the earliest stone columns, through the Middle and New Kingdoms, the Ramesside Period, ending with ... More

The Fountain
Reviewed by Rollo Tomasi
On the surface 'The Fountain' is a confusing film, but underneath the convoluted plot and stunning visuals is a message that hits hard and keeps stirring the grey matter for days after the first watch. Ultimately it's about death as a form ... More

The Matrix
Reviewed by JLAAvenger
The Matrix-1999+ Matrix Reloaded & Matrix Revolutions “Talk about a mind blowing movie. The Matrix was off the charts. The special effects were revolutionary the first of their kind. The story was thought provoking and the action non-sto... More

Ever After: A Cinderella Story
Reviewed by nataliegoes
The tale of Cinderella told so that our modern sensibilities can still revel in it. This Cinderella is well read and gets the prince to fall in love with her for telling him off about the horrible lives of his peasants. When she needs sav... More

Sicko
Reviewed by Prelude
Having a 2.5 year old daughter suffering from a rare blood disorder and needed monthly medical treatment (it's getting better; it used to be a weekly ordeal), Michael Moore's 'Sicko' documentary really hits very close to home. I am very v... More

Pan's Labyrinth
Reviewed by doudouce55
Spain. 1944. Ofelia, a girl fascinated by fairy tales, is sent with her pregnant mother to meet and live with her new stepfather, Capitan Vidal, a particularly sadistic character. One night Ofelia meets a fairy, is told she is a princess an... More

The Painted Veil
Reviewed by doudouce55
The year is 1925. Kitty (Naomi Watts) is a naive woman, whose mother expects her to marry soon. She meets a young dull and shy man, Doctor Walter Fane (Edward Norton), a bacteriologist. They marry, and soon find themselves in China. Walter... More

Aquarium
Reviewed by KingFahtah
This is a group from Denmark. They sing ridiculous childish anthems with adult subtext. They are one of Denmark's greatest contributions to the world, alongside blue cheese, Color Climax Corporation, and Lego. This is the first album. It is... More

The Fountain
Reviewed by doudouce55
First, I agree with Prelude76's comment/review totally. The plot was quite confusing, and the past/present/future intrigue was ambiguous. And it is *not* Rachel Weisz’s or Hugh Jackman’s best performance. That said, the only thing that... More

Apocalypto (2006)
Reviewed by Prelude
I believe this was the best action film of 2006, and it deserved a lot more attention than it got. It has more bloody deaths than the overrated Oscar-winner, 'The Departed'. It has more frantic fast-paced action then that horrendous cra... More

The Good German (2006)
Reviewed by doudouce55
I had high expectations for this film, considering the great cast. However, I was disappointed in their melodramatic acting and in the trite, dull and clichéd script itself. If you're writing a script that's a homage to the 1940s, shouldn... More

The Illusionist
Reviewed by DefenderOfKnowledge
Just finished watching it, loved it. This movie is simply amazing. It goes right in hand with "The Prestige" (though I do like the Prestige more) with it's sudden plot twists and "wha?" moments. The beginning is a little hard to understa... More

Sailor Moon
Reviewed by tartan_skirt
I recently started watching this again after such a long time (6 years maybe), and although it seems such bad quality now, I have to say I still love it. My mum always gave me odd looks when she saw me watching it, but as far as I was conce... More

Africa Solo: A Journey Across the Sahara, Sahel an...
Reviewed by doudouce55
Falling under the wide-ranging scope of travel literature, this entertaining and informative book expands on the author's experiences during a journey through the African continent in the late 1980s : he visits the countries of Algeria, the... More

The Fountain
Reviewed by Prelude
This is one of those movies you watch, you keep watching, your brain really starts to hurt as you TRY really hard to figure out what is going on. Half way thru you're really frustrated because NOTHING makes any sense yet you keep watching i... More

Pan's Labyrinth
Reviewed by JLAAvenger
My first thought after renting and watching this movie wasn’t very honest. I was upset that it didn’t have an English language version and that the English sub-titles often ran way too fast prompting several rewinds on my player. But in... More

Face/Off
Reviewed by Ipanema
Nice action scenes and creative story but you have to keep the button for your "sense of realism" switched off during most of the time... apart from that the main actors do a quite good job. More