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Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura Producers: Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Akiko Ikuno Screenplay: Yoshihiro Nakamura, Tamio Hayashi Starring: Ryo Nishikido as Kijima Yasube Rie Tomosaka as Hiroko Yusa Fuku Suzuki as Tomoya Yusa Hiroki Miyake as Sadao Abe Masashi Arifuku as Man in Black Mitsu Murata as Time Agent Makoto Otake as Time Agent Music: Midori Yasukawa Cinematography: Kobayashi Yuan Editing: Yoshihiro Nakamura Release Date: January 30, 2010 (Japan) Running Time: 139 minutes Language: Japanese   ***SPOILER ALERT*** Floating in a River of Good Cinema Here we have it, the second movie this week by Yoshihiro Nakamura, and I’m now floating in a river of good cinema. A Boy and His Samurai is a beautifully heartwarming film that left me longing for the ...

Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura Producers: Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Akiko Ikuno Screenplay: Yoshihiro Nakamura, Tamio Hayashi Starring: Masato Sakai as Aoyagi Yuko Takeuchi as Haruko Gaku Hamada as Kill-O Hidetaka Yoshioka as Morita Toshiyuki Nishida as Hayakawa Teruyuki Kagawa as Watabe Akira Emoto as Mr. Tanaka Music: Kazuyoshi Saito Cinematography: Takashi Komatsu Editing: Yoshihiro Nakamura Release Date: January 30, 2010 (Japan) Running Time: 139 minutes Language: Japanese   ***SPOILER ALERT*** Reinvigorating My Faith in Cinema Here we are for another week dedicated to a movie director. We're off to Japan with Yoshihiro Nakamura. Golden Slumber is so good that I've started believing in great powers from above and all around. After watching so ...

Director: Luc Besson Producer: Luc Besson Screenplay: Luc Besson Starring: Louise Bourgoin as Adèle Blanc-Sec Mathieu Amalric as Dieuleveult Gilles Lellouche as Inspector Caponi Jean-Paul Rouve as Justin de Saint-Hubert Jacky Nercessian as Professor Ménard Philippe Nahon as Professor Espérandieu Nicolas Giraud as Andréj Zborowski Music: Éric Serra Cinematography: Thierry Arbogast Editing: Julien Rey Release Date: April 14, 2010 (France) Running Time: 107 minutes Language: French   ***SPOILER ALERT*** What the fuck, Besson? 13th movie by Luc Besson and I ask: what the fuck Besson? What has happened to this director since "Arthur and the Mini Vomits"? Another uninspiring and totally boring movie. I ordered some food 40 minutes in just to bri...

Plot Summary: When Syamoto's teenage daughter is caught stealing, a generous middle-aged man helps resolve the situation. The man and his wife offer to have Syamoto's troublesome daughter work at their fish store. Syamoto soon discovers the horrific truth of the seemingly perfect couple. Based loosely on the exploits of real-life Tokyo serial killers Sekine Gen and Hiroko Kazama. Director: Sion Sono Writers: Sion Sono, Yoshiki Takahashi Starring: Mitsuru Fukikoshi Denden Asuka Kurosawa Megumi Kagurazaka ***SPOILER ALERT*** The True Story & Initial Impressions FREDDY: You get the info at the beginning that the movie is based on a real story. I didn't know anything about the murders which inspired the story, so I was pretty astonished with all the grotesque stuff going on, and wondering how much of what was happening was true. After the crazy killer duo snuf...

The Freebie is a 2010 independent film written and directed by Katie Aselton, starring Dax Shepard and Katie Aselton. Dax Shepard joined the cast a mere 18 hours before filming commenced (from the DVD commentary). source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Freebie_(film) In Los Angeles, Annie and Darren are a married couple in a comfortable relationship that's lost its spark. They talk constantly, express affection verbally, start the day with high-end coffee, end the afternoon with gelato, shop at the farmer's market, prepare dinner as a team, do crossword puzzles, and talk in bed. Darren wonders if a one-night stand would help bring more sex to their marriage. Soon, the two of them are laying out the ground rules and talking through the mechanics of each finding a lover for one night. They agree to give each other no details about the experience. The night comes. Will this give their relationship a needed boost? source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1474889/ ...

We Are the Night is a 2010 German vampire horror film directed by Dennis Gansel, starring Karoline Herfurth and Nina Hoss. The film explores themes of depression, self-harm, the consequences of immortality, suicide, and "explores" Valerie Solanas' idea of an all-female society. Two other endings were shot for this film, like with Gansel's previous film The Wave. Both were discarded to bring a more ambiguous ending to the film. We are the night flopped in German cinemas. Dennis Gansel stated in German press that the commercial failure hurt his soul because of all the work he and his co-workers put into the film. Dennis Gansel attributed the failure to the film opening the same week as The Twilight Saga: Eclipse and not able to compete with such an established franchise. The film fared better on DVD. source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1692504/ In Berlin, a cop closes in on an all-female vampire trio who just took in a new member, Lena. source: http://www...

Lemmy is a 2010 documentary film profile of British rock musician Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister, bass guitarist and lead vocalist of the British heavy metal band Motörhead. Lemmy was directed and produced by Greg Olliver and Wes Orshoski and features interviews with friends, peers, and admirers such as Slash and Duff McKagan of Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver, Ozzy Osbourne, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Robert Trujillo, and Kirk Hammett of Metallica, David Ellefson of Megadeth, and Scott Ian of Anthrax. It also features Dave Vanian and Captain Sensible of The Damned, Peter Hook of Joy Division and New Order, and Nik Turner and Dave Brock of Lemmy's former band Hawkwind. The filmmakers were able to capture many candid moments as colleagues such as Dave Grohl and Billy Bob Thornton converse with Lemmy in bars and recording studios. The film includes footage shot in the United States, Germany, England, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Russia, Wales, Scotland and Denmark. Footage...

I Saw the Devil is a 2010 South Korean psychological thriller/horror film directed by Kim Ji-woon, written by Park Hoon-jung, and starring Choi Min-sik and Lee Byung-hun. The film was Choi Min-sik's first major role since the changes to the Korean screen quota system. The Korea Media Rating Board forced Kim to recut the film for its theatrical release, objecting to its violent content. Otherwise, the film would have received a "Restricted" rating, preventing any sort of release in theatres or on home video. Seven cuts were made with the total runtime of removed material between eighty and ninety seconds. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Saw_the_Devil When his pregnant fiancee becomes the latest victim of a serial killer, a secret agent blurs the line between good and evil in his pursuit of revenge. source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1588170/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** Pure evil psychopath, this Choi Min-sik character is; he...

Confessions is a 2010 Japanese drama film directed by Tetsuya Nakashima, based on housewife-turned-author Kanae Minato's 2008 debut mystery novel that won the 2009 Honya Taisho award (Japan Booksellers Award). The film received a widespread positive response globally, with critics praising a variety of factors including good adaptation from the book, the director's style, and the acting, particularly by the child actors. The soundtrack uses Radiohead's Last Flowers as an overture for the film. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_(2010_film) A psychological thriller of a grieving mother turned cold-blooded avenger with a twisty master plan to pay back those who were responsible for her daughter's death. source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1590089/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** Best psychological thriller I've seen this year so far. There's so much depth. What the fudge happened here?? ...

127 Hours is a 2010 British-American biographical survival drama film directed, co-written and produced by Danny Boyle. The film stars James Franco as real-life canyoneer Aron Ralston , who became trapped by a boulder in an isolated slot canyon in Blue John Canyon, southeastern Utah, in April 2003. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/127_Hours 127 Hours is the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah. Over the next five days Ralston examines his life and survives the elements to finally discover he has the courage and the wherewithal to extricate himself by any means necessary, scale a 65 foot wall and hike over eight miles before he can be rescued. Throughout his journey, Ralston recalls friends, lovers, family, and the two hikers he met before his accident. Will they be the last two people he ever had the chance to meet? Written by Fox Searc...