Starring: Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune Directed by: Akira Kurosawa Plot: A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves. But is it any good? So I have finally seen Seven Samurai, which has been waiting patiently for me near the top of the 100 list since I started [...]
Starring: Audrey Tautou Directed by: Jean-Pierre Jeunet Plot: Amelie, an innocent and naive girl in Paris, with her own sense of justice, decides to help those around her and along the way, discovers love. But is it any good? Is Amelie a girl movie? I know a lot of girls who say it’s in their [...]
Starring: Rumi Hiragi (voice) Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki Plot: In the middle of her family’s move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and monsters; where humans are changed into animals; and a bathhouse for these creatures. But is it any good? I watched Spirited Away yesterday, [...]
Starring: Jurgen, Herbert and Klaus Directed by: Wolfgang Peterson Plot: German men hang out in U-boat during WW2. Things turn to shit. But is it any good? I simply could not watch it all. I know, I’m unqualified to comment properly on something I resorted to fast-forwarding through, but it was impossible. It just dragged [...]
<br /> Starring: Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh, Chen Chang, Ziyi Zhang Directed by: Ang Lee (Sense and Sensibility, The Ice Storm, Hulk) Plot: It’s 19th century China. Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are lead to the stubborn, beautiful, skilled daughter of a nobleman, who is at a crossroads [...]
<br /> Starring: Toshiro Mifune Directed by: Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai) Plot: A drifting Samurai warrior arrives in a new town in 1860 and pits the two criminal gangs against each other, moving from one side to the other depending on who’s offering the best sake. But is it any good? Put it this way: [...]