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Small Miracles (The Testimony of Taliesin Jones)

By CJ on March 4, 2008 6:39 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
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  • Cast:
    • John-Paul Macleod ... Taliesin Jones
    Jonathan Pryce ... Tal's Dad
    Geraldine James ... Tal's Mum
    Matthew Rhys ... Jonathan
    Griff Rhys Jones  ... Caesar
    Ian Bannen ... Billy Evans
  • Director:
    • Martin Duffy
  • Genre:
    • Drama / Family 
  • Plot Summary
    • Also known as "Small Miracles", released by Questar, Inc in 2004. This quietly lovely film won Best...
  • Comment:
    • Again, Welsh accent.... It's a little hard for me to understand. I think the main stream is all right though, sometimes I can't catch small conversations.
    Anyway it starts with a very happy scene of a family taking a photo in their garden. They look so happy and satisfied. But a little later, perhaps the day after Tal's twelfth birthday, we realize his Mum's living somewhere else. It sounds like there are some good reasons why she has to live far away from her family, but actually she met someone and is going to marry him. I kind of understood that feeling.
    On the other hand, Tal experienced a miracle with his piano teacher Billy. So he believes in God and attends church, and also tries to heal someone with a miracle. There are a lot of small things that happen and finally he loses his faith because of Billy's death. At school a boy who bullied Tal all the time wanted him to heal his cut right middle finger with prayer. Of course he can't fix it,but the boy comes to trust Tal.
    As a story, I didn't get much satisfaction. I mean I wasn't satisfied with this story, this film got some prizes but I didn't really see why.   It was good but not that great.   I learned Tal's dad was in Very Annie Mary, he also played the Dad of the heroine. I'm sure he is one of the most famous actor in Wales.
     

Shooters

By CJ on January 31, 2008 7:15 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
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  • Cast:
    • Adrian Dunbar ... Max Bell
    Andrew Howard ... J
    Louis Dempsey ... Gilly
    Gerard Butler ... Jackie Junior
    Jason Hughes ... Charlie Franklin
    Matthew Rhys ...  Eddie
    Ioan Gruffudd ... Freddy Guns
    Jamie Sweeney ... Skip
    Melanie Lynskey ...  Marie
    Emma Fielding ... Detective Inspector Sarah Pryce
    David Kennedy ... Sergeant Webb
    Joe Swash ... Boy #1 (as Joseph Swash)
    Ranjit Krishnamma ... Pac
    Nitin Ganatra ... Ajay
    Walter Roberts ... Jason
  • Director:
    • Glenn Durfort
    Colin Teague
  • Genre:
    • Crime / Drama / Thriller
  • Tagline:
    • In the tradition of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
  • Comment:
    • There is no subtitles, so I couldn't get some part of them because of thick accent.   Story itself is quite simple, I thought first, but in the end, there are some twists.   I expected more complicated human drama though not much.    I heard this film was under low budget.

Titus

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

Three To Tango

By CJ on March 28, 2007 6:14 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
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  • Cast:
    Matthew Perry ... Oscar Novak
    Neve Campbell ... Amy Post
    Dylan McDermott ... Charles Newman
    Oliver Platt ... Peter Steinberg
  • Director:
    Damon Santostefano
  • Genre:
    Comedy / Romance
  • Tagline
    All's fair in the war of love.
  • Plot Outline
    A rich businessman, Dylan McDermott, mistakenly believes that Matthew Perry, who is bidding on a $90 million restoration contract...
  • Comment
    It's obviously comedy. Because of knowing three main casts out of four, they are Matthew Perry, Dylan McDermott and Oliver Platt, I decided to watch this film. It was fun, but I wanted to have more something about gay thing.

Sleepy Hollow

By CJ on March 27, 2007 6:28 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
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  • Cast:
    Johnny Depp ... Ichabod Crane
    Christina Ricci ... Katrina Van Tassel
    Miranda Richardson ... Lady Van Tassel/Crone
    Michael Gambon ... Baltus Van Tassel
    Casper Van Dien ... Brom Van Brunt
    Jeffrey Jones ... Reverend Steenwyck
    Richard Griffiths ... Magistrate Philipse
    Ian McDiarmid ... Doctor Lancaster
    Christopher Walken ... Hessian Horseman
  • Director:
    Tim Burton
  • Genre:
    Fantasy / Horror / Thriller
  • Tagline
    Watch your head!
  • Plot Outline
    Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of 3 people with the culprit being the legendary apparition, the Headless Horseman.
  • Comment
    Christina Ricci is very cute!!

Sliding Doors

By CJ on February 18, 2007 5:30 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
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  • Cast:
    Gwyneth Paltrow .... Helen Quilley
    John Hannah .... James Hammerton
    John Lynch .... Gerry
    Jeanne Tripplehorn .... Lydia
    Zara Turner .... Anna
    Douglas McFerran .... Russell
  • Director:
    Peter Howitt
  • Genre:
    Drama / Romance
  • Tagline
    There are two sides to every story. Helen is about to live both of them ...at the same time. Romance was never this much fun.
  • Plot Outline
    A London woman's love life and career both hinge, unknown to her, on whether or not she catches a train. We see it both ways, in parallel.
  • Comment
    John Hannah & Zara Turner are in this film.   Both of them are from "McCallum".   I actually was disappointed with one of the last scene a little.   The last setting of the woman who could get on the tube at first didn't satisfy me. It was unfair. The woman who tried a lot of things after her traumatic breaking up died in a car accident. I don't get it.

She's So Lovely

By CJ on February 11, 2007 5:28 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
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  • Cast:
    Robin Wright Penn .... Maureen Murphy Quinn
    Sean Penn .... Eddie Quinn
    James Gandolfini .... Kiefer
    Harry Dean Stanton .... Tony 'Shorty' Russo
    Debi Mazar .... Georgie
    John Travolta .... Joey Germoni
  • Director:
    Nick Cassavetes
  • Genre:
    Comedy / Drama / Romance
  • Tagline
    The story of one outrageous woman. Caught between two men. Both of them certain of one thing...
  • Plot Outline
    Maureen is pregnant and her husband Eddie is missing. Nervous, Maureen shares a couple of drinks with neighbor Kiefer...
  • Comment
    I felt something unjustness. I've never seen John Travolta's acting, but I felt sympathy for him.

Stuart Little 2

By CJ on February 3, 2007 1:01 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
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  • Cast:
    Michael J. Fox .... Stuart Little (voice)
    Geena Davis .... Mrs. Eleanor Little
    Hugh Laurie .... Mr. Frederick Little
    Jonathan Lipnicki .... George Little
    Nathan Lane .... Snowbell (voice)
    Melanie Griffith .... Margalo the Bird (voice)
    James Woods .... The Evil Falcon (voice)
  • Director:
    Rob Minkoff
  • Genre:
    Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Adventure
  • Tagline
    A Little Goes A Long Way
  • Plot Outline
    Stuart and Snowbell set out across town to rescue a friend.
  • Comment
    Actually it was aired on Disney Channel TV in Japan after they aired Stuart Little first one.   I didn't mean to watch this as I wrote in Stuart Little, but I had a fun with it, so I decided to watch this.

Stuart Little

By CJ on February 3, 2007 12:57 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
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  • 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.

Trainspotting

By CJ on November 29, 2006 6:45 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
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  • Cast:
    Ewan McGregor ... Renton
    Ewen Bremner ... Spud
    Jonny Lee Miller ... Sick Boy
    Kevin McKidd ... Tommy
    Robert Carlyle ... Begbie
    Kelly Macdonald ... Diane
  • Director:
    Danny Boyle
  • Genre:
    Comedy / Crime / Drama
  • Tagline
    Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a starter home. Choose dental insurance, leisure wear and matching luggage. Choose your future. But why would anyone want to do a thing like that?
  • Plot Outline
    Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.
  • Comment
    I bought this DVD for a long time ago, and finally I watched it. First of all, I was very surprised to see young Ewan McGregor, because I'm not a big fun of him, but he is so nice when he was young, I mean he was fresh, wasn't like now. Anyway the story itself was quite fun, especially the last scene I liked it. I saw many people mentioned about this scene on their blogs.

Swimming Pool

By CJ on January 28, 2006 12:00 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
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  • Cast:
    Charlotte Rampling ... Sarah Morton
    Ludivine Sagnier ... Julie
    Charles Dance ... John Bosload
    Jean-Marie Lamour ... Franck
    Marc Fayolle ... Marcel
    Mireille Mossé ... Marcel's Daughter
  • Director:
    François Ozon
  • Genre:
    Drama / Mystery / Thrille
  • Plot Outline
    A British mystery author (Rampling) visits her publisher's (Dance) home in the South of France, where her interaction with his unusual daughter (Sagnier) sets off some touchy dynamics.
  • Comment
    It was a much better film than I was expecting.   The twist is very nice, I think it works on everyone.

The Sixth Sense

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

The Silence of the Lambs

By CJ on June 26, 2004 4:26 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

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  • Cast:
    Jodie Foster .... Clarice Starling
    Anthony Hopkins .... Dr. Hannibal Lecter
    Scott Glenn .... Jack Crawford
    Anthony Heald .... Dr. Frederick Chilton
  • Director:
    Jonathan Demme
  • Genre:
    Thriller / Horror / Crime
  • Tagline
    Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Brilliant. Cunning. Psychotic. In his mind lies the clue to a ruthless killer. - Clarice Starling, FBI. Brilliant. Vulnerable. Alone. She must trust him to stop the killer.
  • Plot Outline
    A Clarice Starling, a young FBI agent, is assigned to help find a missing woman, and save her from a psychopathic killer with the help of another killer.
  • Comment
    Many people said this film was so scary. But I didn't feel about it, but I guess I wasn't able to understand precise things. I want to see other films, Hannibal (2001) and Red Dragon (2002).
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