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Japanese Story - Love Actually

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* * * * * Brilliant!
* * * * Very good
* * * Good
* * Fair/Watchable
* Terrible


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Key:
O=Oscar ® winner
C=Comedy
D=Drama
T=Thriller
H=Horror
A=Action/Adventure
An=Animation
SF=Sci-Fi
R=Romance
W=War movie
Fl=Foreign Language film
Cr=Crime
M=Mystery
F=Fantasy
Mu=Musical

Japanese Story (2001)

Directed by: Sue Brooks
Written by: Alison Tilson
Starring: Toni Collette, Gotaru Tsunashima
My rating: * * * *
R, D


Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)

Directed by: Kevin Smith
Written by: Kevin Smith
Starring: Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Shannon Elizabeth, Ben Affleck
My rating: * * *
C


Jindabyne (2006)

Directed by: Ray Lawrence
Written by: Beatrix Christian, based on a short story by Raymond Carver
Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, John Howard, Deborra-Lee Furness, Leah Purcell
My rating: * * * *
D


Jurassic Park (1993)

Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Written by: Michael Crichton, David Koepp, based upon the novel by Michael Crichton
Starring: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough
My rating: * * * *
SF, A, O


JP2:The Lost World (1997)

Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Written by: David Koepp, based upon the novel by Michael Crichton
Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Juliette Lewis
My rating: * * * 1/2
SF, A


Jurassic Park III (2001)

Directed by: Joe Johnston
Written by: Peter Buchman, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
Starring: Sam Neill, William H. Macy, T�a Leoni, Alessandro Nivola
My rating: * * *
SF, A


Kate and Leopold (2001)

Directed by: James Mangold
Written by: James Mangold, Steven Rogers
Starring: Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman, Liev Shreiber, Breckin Meyer
My rating: * * * 1/2
R, C


Kill Bill: Volume I (2003)

Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Written by: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Daryl Hannah, Vivica A. Fox, David Carradine, Michael Madsen
My rating: * * * 1/2
T, D, Cr


Kill Bill: Volume II (2004)

Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Written by: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, Gordon Liu
My rating: * * * *
D, T, A, Cr


Lantana (2001)

Directed by: Ray Lawrence
Written by: Andrew Bovell
Starring: Anthony LaPaglia, Kerry Armstrong, Geoffrey Rush, Barbara Hershey, Rachael Blake, Leah Purcell, Vince Colosimo
My rating: * * * *
D, Cr, M


The Last Samurai (2003)

Directed by: Edward Zwick
Written by: story by John Logan, screenplay by John Logan and Edward Zwick & Marshall Herskovitz
Starring: Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe
My rating: * * * *
D, W


The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)

Directed by: Stephen Norrington
Written by: James Dale Robinson, based on the comics by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill
Starring: Sean Connery, Stuart Townsend, Shane West, Naseeruddin Shah, Peta Wilson, Tony Curran
My rating: * * *
SF, A


Legally Blonde (2001)

Directed by: Robert Luketic
Written by: Karen McCullah Lutz, Kirsten Smith, based on the novel by Amanda Brown
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis, Victor Garber
My rating: * * * 1/2
C, R


Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)

Directed by: Brad Silberling
Written by: Robert Gordon, based on the book by Daniel Handler
Starring: Jim Carrey, Meryl Streep, Billy Connolly,
My rating: * * * 1/2
A, K, C, M


Life As A House (2001)

Directed by: Irwin Winkler
Written by: Mark Andrus
Starring: Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas, Hayden Christensen, Jena Malone, Mary Steenburgen
My rating: * * * 1/2
D


Life Is Beautiful (La Vita � Bella) (1997)

Directed by: Roberto Benigni
Written by: Roberto Benigni, Vincenzo Cerami
Starring: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi
My rating: * * * * *
O, C, R, W, FL


Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Directed by: Peter Jackson
Written by: Phillipa Boyens, Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson, based on the book by J.R.R. Tolkien
Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellan, Sean Astin, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Bean, Liv Tyler, Ian Holm, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom
My rating: * * * * *
O, D, F, A, R


Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Directed by: Peter Jackson
Written by: Phillipa Boyens, Fran Walsh, Stephen Sinclair and Peter Jackson, based on the book by J.R.R. Tolkien
Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellan, Sean Astin, Viggo Mortensen, Liv Tyler, John Rhys-Davies, Orlando Bloom, David Wenham, Miranda Otto, Karl Urban, Christopher Lee, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan
My rating: * * * * 1/2
O, D, F, A, R


Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Directed by: Peter Jackson
Written by: Phillipa Boyens, Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson, based on the book by J.R.R. Tolkien
Starring: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellan, Sean Astin, Liv Tyler, Bernard Hill, Miranda Otto
My rating: * * * * 1/2
O, D, F, A, R


Lost in Translation (2003)

Directed by: Sofia Coppola
Written by: Sofia Coppola
Starring: Bill Murray, Scarlett Johannsen
Review: A beautifully filmed movie accompanied by an evocative, thoughtful musical score. This is a slow film that at times takes on a dreamy pace, creating moods. The conversations enabled me personally to relate to the characters and in a sense, the writer, as Sofia Coppola mirrors some of her own life in the script. This is a small film about humans on a human scale, a refreshing change from the epics also released at the time (which I loved too, but still, it�s nice to have something different nonetheless). The film enhances this sense of the smallness of humans because the main characters (Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson) seem so lost in a foreign place, unable to connect to their surroundings, but eventually making a human connection to one another.
My rating: * * * *
O, D


Love Actually (2003)

Directed by: Richard Curtis
Written by: Richard Curtis
Starring: Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Bill Nighly, Alan Rickman, Laura Linney, Keira Knightly
My comments: A genuinely heart-warming, feel-good movie. (long review coming soon)
My rating: * * * *
D, C, R



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