by Gloria Oliver | Jan 1, 2006 | Movie Reviews
Based on the highly acclaimed book, the film sticks pretty much to it throughout. Hightened with a new score by John Williams, the movie was absolutely wonderful! The story centers around a young girl sold into a geisha house in the 1930’s . The movie follows...
by Gloria Oliver | Dec 18, 2005 | Movie Reviews
Have been eagerly awaiting this release once I saw the previews, but then almost got cold feet as they started the mega hype campaign (normally a bad sign). Went to see it Friday, trying to keep an open mind, and was thrilled to find it to be all I had hoped for and...
by Gloria Oliver | Dec 18, 2005 | Movie Reviews
Based on the beloved books, Hollywood brings us Narnia – The Lion, the Witch, and the Warddrove. Quite a nice film and from what I can recall (having read the book a long time ago) pretty faithful to the original work. Same awesome CGI work, especially on Aslan...
by Gloria Oliver | Nov 26, 2005 | Movie Reviews
Wonderful movie!!!! ****!!!Truly enjoyed it. All the actors in the film were marvellous. The two principals should win oscars for their performances. And the director should as well. The choreography on several scenes was amazing, and I don’t mean the dancing,...
by Gloria Oliver | Nov 24, 2005 | Movie Reviews
Been looking forward to this one!If you’ve read the book recently, you may be dissapointed. But only because of how much material they could not get into the movie. The book, which was about twice as thick as the others, had many storylines and info, and I knew...
by Gloria Oliver | Nov 24, 2005 | Movie Reviews
Now here was a pleasant surprise!Had not gotten too worked up over the film not sure how they could work this up, but they did a great job. Beginning sequence gives you a feel of the old black and white Sci-Fi movies and stories. The beginning is a little slow as they...
