Movie Reviews

A Movie – The Ghost Writer 2/27/10 February 27, 2010

It is Roman Polansky’s new suspense movie.  It is pretty good. The actors and actresses have done a great job. I like Ewan McGregor’s slightly nervous, but brave character, a writer, in this movie. He was excellent  in the movie “The Men Who Stare At Goats”, and his character was similar to this movie. The […]

A Movie – Avator 2/2/10 February 2, 2010

This movie is an opposite of the movie I saw a little bit ago. “Avator” is a fantasy with a real world concept. I enjoyed this movie more than I thought. The picture is impressive and beautiful with 3D effect, but the story is pretty simple. I suppose they made it simple purposely to feature […]

A Movie – The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus 1/11/10 January 11, 2010

The title is telling us what kind of movie it might be! It is a colorful, psychological, Monty-Python-like, imaginative–movie. It is sometime like “Wizard of Oz”, sometime “Alice the Wonderland”. If you like cartoon “Lio” on paper you would like it! The character acted by Heath Ledger is again a very difficult role. The music is […]

A Movie – An Education 11/28/09 November 29, 2009

I have been curious about this movie, and I had free hours yesterday before the concert SO I went to Playhouse in Pasadena to see it. I forgot the actress’ name, but she is just cute! The story is rather simple, and the script is well-written. I enjoyed the conversation in the movie. But I […]

A Movie – Coco before Chanel 10/17/09 October 17, 2009

I have been interested in seeing this movie, and I was so glad to have time to go to the theatre today. I have read about her interesting personality, and I was curious to learn more. This is a French movie, and I love to hear French language. It is beautiful! Through the movie her […]

A Movie – Whatever Works by Woody Allen 7/12/09 July 12, 2009

Yes, we should take “whatever works”! And we have to be true to ourselves. Some outfit looks great on Ms. A, and if I try to copy it it may look good in my mind, but that outfit may not fit to my body or I may actually look funny in that dress–. You know what I mean. […]

A Movie – Departure (おくりびと) 6/8/09 June 8, 2009

I could not wait to see this movie, and I went to see it on the first day! As a Japanese I did not need the subtitle! Whenever I see Japanese movies I feel very nostalgic, and feel home sick–. The movie “Departure” made me feel it too. The relationship between a husband (a cellist […]