Cin's Movie Reviews

This is a guest post by Inez Ponce de Leon. TV and cinema have both attempted to portray the upstairs-downstairs view of an English country seat: upstairs are the lords and ladies, oblivious to the world’s hardships; downstairs are the maids and footmen, alienated from their work and living from day to day. From North [...]

Sweet November is a bittersweet romance about a free spirited woman that helps a workaholic reevaluate his priorities in life.

The Others is a dark and suspenseful movie about a mother living in a mansion with her two children, who are allergic to sunlight.

Red Dragon is a prequel to The Silence of the Lambs, about FBI agent Will Graham getting help from the notorious Hannibal Lecter to catch a serial killer.

The Pianist is a movie detailing a Polish Jewish classical pianist and the years he spent during the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto in World War II.

The Nines is a mind-bending movie divided into three parts, about an actor, a writer, and a video game designer that are all somehow connected by the number 9.

Looking for the best movies to watch on Netflix Instant Streaming?  This week I recommend: Secretariat, an excellent family movie about a woman who put her money, time and energy into her father’s racehorse, and won the Triple Crown Championship in 1973.

Moon is a mind bending movie about astronaut Sam Bell, who is nearing the end of his three year contract working alone at a lunar station.

Gattaca is the story of a man that follows his dreams, even if his genetics are in the way.

Stargate is a science fiction adventure that starts when a historian deciphers the symbols on an ancient ring, and opens a wormhole to another planet.

A Few Good Men is about a military lawyer trying to reveal the truth of what really happened the night a Marine was killed.

U-571 is an intense movie about a World War II submarine crew sent on a retrieval mission.

The Final Countdown is a 1980 movie about an aircraft carrier that travels back in time to the day before Pearl Harbor was attacked.

Behind Enemy Lines is a 2001 movie starring Owen Wilson about a pilot whose plane is shot down in enemy territory.

The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 movie about Prisoners of War that build a magnificent bridge while in captivity.

Memphis Belle is about group of young men in World War II who try to survive their 25th and final bombing mission.

Phoebe in Wonderland is a 2008 movie about a young girl with Tourette’s syndrome who seeks comfort in her school’s play.

The Killing Fields is a 1984, Academy Award winning movie based on the true story of an American journalist in Cambodia during the rise of the infamous Khmer Rouge.

Pan’s Labyrinth is about a young girl that escapes her father’s brutal world into a fantastical world full of bizarre and mystical creatures.

12 Angry Men is a 1957 film about 12 jurors who must unanimously decided the fate of an accused murderer.