Movie Reviews
It is a twisty movie with romance. The movie does not show the pretty side of Italy, poor lives in Turin. Sonia (Ksenia Rappoport) and Guido (Filippo Timi) meet at the speed-dating site, and quickly hit it off for romance. Guido is a security guard (ex-police officer) and Sonia has a cleaning job at the […]
I saw this new Woody Allen movie ” Midnight in Paris” at one of my favorite theatres in LA, Arclight in Hollywood. This is a romantic comedy set in Paris, especially in rains, about a family visiting there. The father, and a daughter Inez(Rachel McAdams) and her fiance Gil (Owen Wilson), are finding themselves so apart each […]
It is a quiet and beautiful movie. I believe it is a winner of the Grande Prix at the Cannes Film Festival. The movie is based on the true story. Under a threat by fundamentalist terrorists, a group of Trappist monks who stationed in an impoverished Algerian community must decide whether they leave or stay. […]
It is my hobby to find great movies which are not advertised in public. “Queen to Play” is a stylish, sophisticated, warm-hearted, intelligent, and charming movie, well-played by Kevin Kline and Sandra Bonnaire. The movie is set on the beautiful island of Corsica. The cleaning lady (Bonnaire) found her passion and obsession in the game […]
14 year-old Mattie Ross’s father has been shot by Tom Chaney whom he trusted, and Mattie (Hailee Steinfeld) is determined to bring him to justice. She is strong. With the U.S. Marshal, Cogburn (Jeff Bridges), she sets out to hunt down Chaney. The story continues with Texas Ranger named LeBoeuf (Matt Damon). Steinfeld is an amazing young actress. […]
This is a story of British King George VI who overcame his stammer with the help of a speech therapist Lionel Logue. Two became great friends for the rest of their lives. The director, David Seidler, had his own stutter when he was young and he relates to King with his experience and imagination. I […]
It is a deep, emotional, difficult, yet beautiful movie. A director Alejandro González Iñárritu portrays a single father Uxbal (Javier Bardem), struggling in the present-day Barcelona slums, working as a middleman between illegal immigrants from Senegal and China, and those who take advantage of their work. A psychic ability allows Uxbal to hear the messages from the recently deceased and he passed […]
It is an amazing movie, and Natalie Portman’s acting is beyond acting. I was drawn to “Black Swan” for the whole time I was watching. And I am still carrying the emotion from the movie. Between insanity and reality, between love and hate… I don’t know how I express about this movie. This is the story […]
It is about the couple who lost a young son with a car accident, and they go through a horrible struggle. Nicole Kidman does a great job, and the story is very touching. The picture is beautiful, but somehow it seems the story is little shallow. It seems unrealistic. Is it the reason this movie […]
I saw “Lisztmania” when I hosted a party in Houston. One of guests brought it and we watched together. I remember we totally enjoyed it with some drinks. I just wanted to remind myself how silly it is. So I watched it again. It is very 70’s! I mean it is really. There are a […]