Online Movie Reviews and Search Terms

In the past you had to go to a store if you wanted to rent or buy a movie. Instead of buying or renting the dvd, people now can choose a movie download instead. Below, is a sample of some of the movies you can find using movie download sites.

National Treasure; Book Of Secrets: Ben Gates (Nicholas Cage) has just learned that a missing page of John Wilkes Booth’s diary has been found, and it implicates Ben’s grandfather in the murder of Abraham Lincoln. Desperate to prove his grandfathers innocence, he travels the globe following clues that he hope lead to the right conclusion. The trail eventually returns to the U.S. where the uncover one of the world’s most treasured secrets.

AL Capone: Excellent newer-night gangster biography with Steiger ranting as Scar-faced Capone; excellent aiding cast, bringing back the nostalgia of Cagney-Robinson-Bogart films of the ’30s. Cast includes Pole Steiger, Fay Spain, James Gregory, Martin Balsam, Nehemiah Persoff, and Mervyn Vye. (105 minutes, 1959)

Only When I Laugh: A bittersweet Neil Simon comedy in regards to alcoholic actress. Mason battles to stay off the bottle and fix her relationship with teenaged baby girl McNichol. Screenplay is by Simon, loosely based on his play The Gingerbread Female. Cast includes Marsha Mason, Kristy McNichol, James Coco, Joan Hackett, David Dukes, John Bennett Perry, and Kevin Bacon. (120 minutes, 1981)

Dante’s Peak: Formulaic yet amusing catastrophe film where we see a scientist from the U.S. Geological Study who hangs around a mountainside town in Washington just beside a volcano that he feels is going to blow at some second. Cast includes Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, Jamie Renee Smith, Jeremy Foley, Elizabeth Hoffman, and Charles Hallahan. (108 minutes, 1997)

Saw 2: There has been a new murder, and all the evidence makes it look like Jigsaw is at it again. Detective Eric Mathews starts to hunt Jigsaw down. He catches him easily, but quickly learns that there are eight other victims already fighting for their lives. So once again, Jigsaw holds all the cards.

Defending Your Life : Brooks dies in an automobile crash and finds himself in Judgment City, where Tom is designated to guard his life before a tribunal and, where he falls in love with associate candidate Streep, who’s too excellent to be real. Flawed, like most of Brooks’ films, although full of ludicrous notions and difficult to loathe. Cast includes Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep, Tear Tom, Lee Permit, Buck Henry, George D. Wallace, and Ethan Randall Embry. (101 minutes, 1991)

The Addams Family: This is a movie version of the popular sit-com with the same name. They Addams family is still trying to keep a greedy lawyer who is out to get the family fortune. The wacky and ghoulish family always seems to survive. This movie stars Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Dan Hedaya, and Elizabeth Wilson. (1996 comedy Barry Sonnenfeld is the director)

I Never Sang for My Father: (1970) C-93 Cast includes Melvyn Douglas, Gene Hackman, Dorothy Stickney, Estelle Parsons, Elizabeth Hubbard, and Lovelady Powell. Tender adaptation of Robert Anderson play in reference to grown man (Hackman) faced with the problems involved in caring for his older dad (Douglas). (93 minutes, 1970)

Get Smart: Maxwell Smart is back. It’s CONTROL versus KAOS in the classic battle of good versus evil. Analyst Maxwell is thrust into the role as secret agent and must put down the attack by KAOS, and their leader Siegfried.

Okay, if your looking for downloads, try phrases like “Rent Films Online”. If that phrase gets you nowhere, try another phrase. You should punch in “Latest Movie Rentals” for another set of results.

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