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Bottom Line: A worthwhile prequel to The Silence of the Lambs. Directed by: Brett Ratner Starring: Anthony Heald, Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Emily Watson, Frankie Faison, Harvey Keitel, Ken Leung, Mary-Louise Parker, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ralph Fiennes When it first hit theaters in 1991, Th read more

Yesterday at around 12:30 PM, a tragedy struck the world of film, when producer-director Tony Scott jumped to his death from the Vincent Thomas Bridge.  The younger brother of filmmaker Ridley Scott, Tony is responsible for directing and producing such memorable action films as Top Gun and Prometh read more

Yeah, I’m back, for those wondering. I really enjoyed participating in the Movie Confessions blogathon over at Myfilmviews, but I also thought it’d be nice to do one of my own. I know my blog is nowhere near as popular as Nostra’s, so I won’t expect it to be as successful, b read more

Bottom Line: Must be watched–in its immaculate entirety. Directed by: Christopher Nolan Starring: Callum Keith Rennie, Carrie-Anne Moss, Guy Pearce, Harriet Sansom Harris, Joe Pantoliano, Jorja Fox, Mark Boone Junior, Russ Fega, Stephen Tobolowsky, Thomas Lennon Memento is the tale of a man read more

To my followers: Today is the beginning of a week long hiatus for Cinemaniac Reviews. It’s saddening, and it will be a very long and uneventful week for me, due to the lack of movie watching and writing. Just think of it as a break between seasons one and two. In the meantime, please feel f read more

Bottom Line: An interesting plot wrapped up in a silly, unrealistic mess. Directed by: Bruce Beresford Starring: Annabeth Gish, Ashley Judd, Bruce Greenwood, Davenia McFadden, Gillian Barber, Jay Brazeau, Roma Maffia, Spencer Clark, Tommy Lee Jones It’s rare for me to find myself so convince read more

It appears three great bloggers and friends Fernando Rafael EDIT: and Martin 2nd EDIT: and Victor have passed me (as well as a number of other great film bloggers) on the Liebster Blog Award!  Thank you, Fernando EDIT: and Martin 2nd EDIT: and Victor!  Now, in order to accept, I must follow these read more

Bottom Line: A sequel that is equal parts monstrously gory and pancake flat. Directed by: Ridley Scott Starring: Anthony Hopkins, David Andrews, Francesca Neri, Frankie R. Faison, Gary Oldman, Giancarlo Giannini, Hazelle Goodman, Julianne Moore, Ray Liotta, Zeljko Ivanek I’m not a huge fan of film read more

For those who are not familiar with the concept of this new feature I have added to spice up my blog, please check back at the “pilot post”. Blog Reviews from the .44 Magnum Tagline Do ya feel lucky, punk? Based on Dirty Harry series (films noted) Grading Scale (Best to Worst) Makes my read more

Bottom Line: The Dark Knight Rises…rises but never falls. Directed by: Christopher Nolan Starring: Alon Moni Aboutboul, Anne Hathaway, Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Matthew Modine, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Tom Hardy Editor’s note: Unless you read more

Please forgive me, followers.  I’ve been away camping since Tuesday so I haven’t been able to post any reviews for a few days.  I came back home not too long ago to find myself flooded with emails–quite a few of them comments and likes.  So I’ll respond to all your comments read more

Bottom Line: Seeking this film is recommended, but not so desperately. Directed by: Susan Seidelman Starring: Aidan Quinn, Anna Levine, Laurie Metcalf, Madonna, Mark Blum, Peter Maloney, Robert Joy, Rosanna Arquette, Steven Wright, Will Patton As is perhaps suggested in the title, the film does no read more

Bottom Line: Far from a masterpiece. Directed by: Ingmar Bergman Starring: Bengt Ekerot, Bertil Anderberg, Bibi Andersson, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Gunnel Lindblom, Inga Gill, Inga Landgre, Maud Hansson, Max von Sydow, Nils Poppe Have you ever talked with someone who makes it clear he or she has a poin read more

It was one year ago today that I decided to start reviewing movies.  I started on BlogSpot, with a review of Cowboys and Aliens.  All my reviews from BlogSpot, up to when I moved to WordPress on October 7th, have been archived here on my blog.  I was not even fourteen years old when I founded this read more

A continuation of my Star Wars review from not too long ago. I guess I’ve made it clear that I love the series, and the original trilogy is one of my favorite trilogies ever made. I do also enjoy the prequel trilogy and its back story, despite the massive hate that has been established for it read more

Bottom Line: It’s a purple rose to the cinema. Directed by: Woody Allen Starring: Danny Aiello, Deborah Rush, Dianne Wiest, Edward Herrmann, Jeff Daniels, John Wood, Mia Farrow, Stephanie Farrow, Van Johnson, Zoe Caldwell Writer-director Woody Allen’s mind is like a conveyor belt, quic read more

Bottom Line: The Secret World of Arrietty is actually one of Miyazaki’s less marvelous worlds. Directed by: Hiromasa Yonebayashi Starring (United States dub): Amy Poehler, Bridgit Mendler, Carol Burnett, Dale Sison, David Henrie, Frank Marshall, Gracie Poletti, Karey Kirkpatrick, Moises Aria read more

Special thanks goes out today to Ckckred for reminding me to revisit this film. I must have been about ten or eleven years old when I first saw Mel Brooks’s Silent Movie, right after finding his underrated Spaceballs to be a wild hoot.  Clearly, I remembered not much of it from that long ago, read more

Sometimes I wonder what it would be like if film blogs took their titles, grading scales, and perhaps taglines from favorite films. Now this is just a musing of mine. It’s not my usual post, but I couldn’t get it out of my mind, and I thought it might be fun to share with you all. Below read more

Bottom Line: Truly classic B-movie. “They’re eating her! And then they’re going to eat me! Oh my Goooooooood!” –Darren Ewing as Arnold Directed by: Claudio “Drake Floyd” Fragasso Starring: Connie McFarland, Darren Ewing, David McConnell, Deborah Reed, Ge read more