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10 things I hate about you

By CJ on September 2, 2008 10:50 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Cast

Heath Ledger ... Patrick Verona
Julia Stiles ... Kat Stratford
Joseph Gordon-Levitt ... Cameron James
Larisa Oleynik ... Bianca Stratford
David Krumholtz ... Michael
Andrew Keegan ... Joey Donner
Director:

Gil Junger
Genre:

Comedy / Romance
Tagline:

How do I loathe thee? Let me count the ways.
Plot:

A remake of the classic Shakespare play "The Taming of the Shrew.", set in a modern day highschool.
Comment:

It is a hectic students drama and a little young for me, but it was fun.

Heath Ledger who died this spring was one of the main character and I think he is something, we lost a great actor. Story itself is not much interesting, but it's OK just watching Heath Ledger who was 21 when he played this Patrick.

I think he has very gentle eyes so when he tried to be a bad boy I felt a little strange.

Heart

By CJ on February 26, 2008 11:17 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Cast:

Saskia Reeves ... Maria Ann McCardle

Christopher Eccleston ... Gary Ellis

Kate Hardie ... Tess Ellis

Rhys Ifans ... Alex Madden

Anna Chancellor ... Nicola Farmer

Matthew Rhys ... Sean McCardle

Director:

Charles McDougall

Genre:

Drama / Thriller

Plot Outline

A woman, plastered in blood, is arrested by a grave, and a tale of loss, lust and jealousy slowly unfolds.

Comment:

Christpher Eccleston from Cracker. The story starts with Maria carrying a bag dripping blood with a lot of blood stain on her clothes.

From the beginning, we can easily guess what happened to her and it seems a part of someone's body is in the bag though, actually it's not like that. There are some twists and in the end of the story you'll find out what exactly happened to her and the other people.

I didn't know this story at all and I expected to see Matthew Rhys a lot, but he was a dead son, so a little.

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

By CJ on February 13, 2008 1:01 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Cast:
Tom Courtenay ... Harold Smith

Michael Legge ... Vince Smith

Laura Fraser... Joanna Robinson

Stephen Fry ... Dr. Peter Robinson

Lulu ... Irene Smith

David Thewlis ... Nesbit

Matthew Rhys ... Ray Smith
Director:
Peter Hewitt
Genre:
Comedy
Plot Summary:
Harold Smith, a quiet middle-aged Englishman becomes an instant celebrity when he suddenly starts exhibiting psychic and telekinetic powers...
Comment:
It's 70's story. Actually I've never seen Saturday Night Fever though, I know this background. At that time the place where they danced was called Disco and songs that were played were called Discothèque music (I'm not sure spellings).

In this film, Matthew Rhys has got long hair with. And it's kind of cute.

Anyways This film is fun. You can enjoy comedy with feeling about old good days.

Titus

By CJ on January 25, 2008 7:37 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Cast:
Osheen Jones ... Young Lucius

Anthony Hopkins ... Titus Andronicus

Jessica Lange ... Tamora

Raz Degan ... Alarbus

Jonathan Rhys Meyers ... Chiron

Matthew Rhys ... Demetrius

Harry J. Lennix ... Aaron (as Harry Lennix)

Angus Macfadyen ... Lucius

Ettore Geri ... Priest

Alan Cumming ... Saturninus
Director:
Julie Taymor
Genre:
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / War
Plot Outline:
This film is an adaptation of the Shakespeare play "Titus Andronicus." Titus returns victorious from war, only to plant the seeds of future turmoil for himself and his family. Who says revenge is sweet?
Comment:
This is Shakespeare, so it looked like a theater play. At the beginning, I was a little confused and difficult to understand. It's mixed time with using car but very ancient.

The Devil's Arithmatic

By CJ on June 24, 2007 6:31 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Cast:
Kirsten Dunst ... Hannah Stern

Brittany Murphy ... Rivkah

Paul Freeman ... Rabbi

Mimi Rogers ... Leonore Stern

Louise Fletcher ... Aunt Eva
Director:
Donna Deitch
Genre:
Drama / War
Tagline
Live to tell
Plot Outline:
This is another telling of the holocaust, but this time from the perspective of a modern teenage girl...
Comment:
It is not possible to say indescribably, and it becomes heavy feelings. I can't think of anything about their lives.

This story is a mysterious friendship that exceeds the time. Younger people usually don't care much about their traditional ceremony or issues, also are not interested in their history or their folks' experiences. But after she realises she is existing in Poland 1941, she regrets a lot of things, such as she should've studied more, she should've listened her uncles' talks, she should've remembered what her aunt said, etc. We, Japanese hasn't be persecuted from other people who are not Japanese, so we don't have such experience. But we persecuted some people in Asia, we should think about them.

Cast:

Michael J. Fox .... Stuart Little (voice)
Geena Davis .... Mrs. Eleanor Little
Hugh Laurie .... Mr. Frederick Little
Jonathan Lipnicki .... George Little
Nathan Lane .... Snowbell 'Snow', the Little's house-cat (voice)
Chazz Palminteri .... Smokey, the Chief Alley-Cat (voice)
Steve Zahn .... Monty the Mouth (voice)
Director:

Rob Minkoff
Genre:

Adventure / Comedy / Family / Fantasy
Tagline

The Little Family Just Got Bigger
Plot Outline

The Little family adopt a charming young mouse named Stuart, but the family cat wants rid of him.
Comment

Perhaps I wouldn't have seen this film, if Hugh Laurie wasn't one of the main character.
But it wasn't bad, it was enjoyable.
Recently the technique of CG has developed quite a lot. It's almost ten years ago, but it looks nice.

The Ninth Gate

By CJ on October 7, 2006 1:05 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Buddy Boy

By CJ on December 27, 2005 4:19 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Cast:

Aidan Gillen ... Francis

Emmanuelle Seigner ... Gloria Susan

Tyrrell ... Sal Mark

Boone Junior ... Vic Harry

Groener ... Father Gillespie
Director:

Mark Hanlon
Genre:

Drama / Thriller
Plot Outline

An introvert relieves the tedium of caring for his invalid mother by spying on his neighbor.
Comment

The story is a little strange, but interesting. A homely, introverted, socially inept, stammering young man who dutifully tends to a disabled, alcoholic, and abusive mother while window peeping at a beautiful neighbor. But in the middle of this film, I found his mom is not his mom, actually it is his older brother.

I found it in the middle, but actually or maybe it was obvious for native speakers, because the mom's name is Sal, and I guess this name is not for ladies.

Anyway, the end of this film, a guy who called Francis looked into a small hole on the floor and finished there. This scene makes me a little unsatisfactory.

The Sixth Sense

By CJ on July 18, 2005 5:01 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Cast:

Bruce Willis .... Malcolm Crowe
Haley Joel Osment .... Cole Sear
Toni Collette .... Lynn Sear
Olivia Williams .... Anna Crowe
Mischa Barton .... Kyra Collins
Director:

M. Night Shyamalan
Genre:

Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Tagline

Not every gift is a blessing.
Plot Outline

A boy who communicates with spirits that don't know they're dead seeks the help of a disheartened child psychologist.
Comment

I bought this DVD for about one year ago. Finally I watched this. Many people recommended me to watch this, so I was so expected, and I was satisfied. At the first of DVD, there was a caution which we could tell nobody the end of this film, because there was a secret. The end of this film, I found the secret, and I wanted to check how it worked. I watched several scenes of this and found it was good. Some of scenes, I couldn't understand or couldn't catch the line, so I watched several scenes with Japanese subtitles.

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