Movie Reviews

A Movie “Hava Nagira” 3/18/13 March 18, 2013

It is about recent 150 years of history in Jewish culture and community around the famous song “Hava Nagira”. It is documentary and very funny! Most everyone has heard this song in some occasions even non-Jewish people like me. The movie tells us the journey of Jewish people across the generations all over the world, especially settlers […]

A Movie – Zero Dark Thirty 1/9/13 January 10, 2013

I have been meaning to watch this movie since the release in December. I saw it today. Kathryn Bigelow is the director. Do you remember her “The Hurt Locker”? She is very talented and has a intelligent-cool mind with a good business brain. The cast is amazing, no doubt! The story is to find Osama […]

A Movie “Silver Linings Playbook” 12/25/12 December 26, 2012

I am pretty sure anyone can share some/many portions of this movie, mental disorder, marriage problem, affairs, family tension, loosing job, self-esteem, love, loneliness……. I have had some of those problems in my family, and I can relate with this movie very easily. Pat Solatano (Bradley Cooper) lost basically everything, his house, his job, and his […]

A Movie “Argo” 12/3/2012 December 4, 2012

Argo is more than Hollywood fiction movie. It is based on the true story from 1979, and this true story is almost unbelievable. The American embassy in Iran was invaded by Iranian revolutionaries and they took Americans as hostage. However, six embassy workers managed to escape to the official residence of the Canadian Ambassador. With the […]

A Movie “Skyfall” 11/26/12 November 26, 2012

I usually don’t miss any James Bond movie, and yes, I went to see the newest one, “Skyfall”. My local movie theatre got amazing seats which have huge space for each person and recliner. Oh well I was just so comfortable and happy sitting there as if I were at home. It was so interesting to see people […]

The Movie “The Master” 10/31/12 October 31, 2012

The movie “The Master” tells the story of Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix), a World War II veteran struggling to adjust to a post-war life, and meets Lancaster Dodd (Philip Symour Hoffman), a leader of a philosophical movement known as “The Cause” (Scientology). Dodd sees something special in Freddie, and accepts him into Dodd’s movement. They […]

A Movie “Searching for Sugar Man” 8/18/12 August 19, 2012

It is a very touching and interesting movie. In 1968, two producers went to a downtown Detroit bar to meet an unknown artist, a charismatic Mexican-American singer-songwriter named Rodriguez, who had attracted locals with his mysterious presence, soulful melodies and lyrics. They were immediately touched by this singer, and believed they had found a musical folk hero. This discovery led the recording […]

A Movie – Safety Not Guaranteed 7/9/12 July 9, 2012

When an unusual classified ad, which is the title of this movie, inspires a writer and 2 interns at Seattle magazine. They really needed a hot story and it seemed a perfect start! They discovered a mysterious eccentric guy named Kenneth (Mark Duplass), a paranoid supermarket clerk, who put this ad. He believes the time travel […]

A Movie “To Rome with Love” by Woody Allen 6/25/12 June 25, 2012

I enjoyed it tremendously! I have been a follower of Woody Allen’s movies for decades. “To Rome with Love” is the third of his European touristic movies. This time is in Italy. Woody Allen’s creativity and imagination is just amazing. He created “A Shower Singer” which you must experience in this movie.  He also created […]

A Movie “Bernie” 5/28/12 May 28, 2012

It is an amazing movie. And it is really based on the true story. I thought, at the beginning, this movie is like the movie “Departure” because it is about the mortuary and Bernie Tiede is a skillful funeral house assistant director. but I was wrong. The story moved on like the movie “Waiting for […]