Movies V - X

Vacancy (2007)

85 mins

Horror, Thriller

"Vacancy" looks like your typical teen slasher horror as we have a couple ending up stranded in the middle of nowhere heading to a creepy motel and in doing so tipping it's hat to Hitch...

Valiant (2005)

76 mins

Adventure , Animation, Comedy

This may not sound much praise but children's animation "Valiant" gets one thing right, at 76 minutes it is the right length. Sadly the right length does not make up for the fact that i...

The Valley of Gwangi (1969)

96 mins

Sci-Fi, Thriller, Western

Sometimes as a movie reviewer you just have to forget everything you judge a movie by and enjoy something which is basically nonsense. "The Valley of Gwangi" is one such movie as we hav...

Van Helsing (2004)

126 mins

Action , Adventure , Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller

So to be up front, before watching Hugh Jackman and Kate Beckinsale in "Van Helsing" I had no clue as to who Van Helsing was and didn't really care. This may explain why many of the gri...

Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj (2006)

97 mins

Comedy

Tits and cock jokes alone do not make a good movie and sadly in the case of "Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj" that's all there really is. Okay bit of a lie as we have that old favourite o...

Van Wilder: Party Liaison (2002)

92 mins

Comedy, Romance

"Van Wilder: Party Liaison" starring Ryan Reynolds and Tara Reid is firmly made in the same style as the "American Pie" and "Road Trip" movies, with a mixture of gross out and sexual co...

Vantage Point (2008)

86 mins

Drama, Thriller

For a movie which starts so well "Vantage Point" soon becomes a tedious, monotonous and rather run of the mill thriller with a gimmick, which is showing the same sequence of events from...

Varsity Blues (1999)

106 mins

Drama, Romance, Sport

"Varsity Blues" with it's storyline of high school and Friday night football wouldn't feel out of place in one of the teen TV dramas which come and go every few years. And to be honest ...

Vegas Baby (2006)

91 mins

Comedy

Also known as "Bachelor Party Vegas" there is no way you can watch "Vegas Baby" not knowing what to expect, come on 5 guys in Vegas for a Batchelor weekend, we are not talking subtle, s...

Vengeance Valley (1951)

83 mins

Western

"Vengeance Valley" has many of the elements to make a very good movie, in amongst many recognizable names and faces there is Burt Lancaster, John Ireland and Joanne Dru and it features ...

Venus (2006)

95 mins

Comedy, Drama, Romance

When you watch a lot of movies it's quite easy to become depressed by the often shallow, unoriginal stories which end up filling our screens, especially when it comes to the genre of ro...

Vera Cruz (1954)

94 mins

Western

With a cast lead by Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster there is plenty which is great about 50s western "Vera Cruz" and by no means is it a run of the mill western. The basic storyline for ...

Vernie (2004)

86 mins

Drama, Romance

In "Vernie" John Riedlinger stars as Sean who having been diagnosed with terminal cancer asks his best friend since childhood, Kristi (Amy Colon), for a favour, he wants her to have his...

Veronica Guerin (2003)

98 mins

Biography, Crime, Drama

Veronica Guerin was an Irish journalist who following her investigation into the rising Dublin drug industry was gunned down on the 26th June 1996. It is as you may expect her true stor...

Vertical Limit (2000)

124 mins

Action , Adventure , Thriller

"Vertical Limit", like so many action movies which take us up into the mountains, isn't a bad movie but one which leaves you wanting more of some things and less of others. What you wan...