21 July 2010
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Dileep Rao, Ellen Page, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ken Watanabe, Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard, Michael Caine, Pete Postlethwaite, Tom Berenger, Tom Hardy
Script: Christopher Nolan
Genre: sff, thriller
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Hmmm, how to review a film where you really don’t want to talk about the plot because you might give stuff away… First off all I guess I say, don’t try and find out about this film before you go … Continue reading
21 March 2007
Cast: Hiroshi Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Ken Watanabe, Ryo Kase, Shido Nakamura, Takumi Bando, Tsuyoshi Ihara
Script: Iris Yamashita, Paul Haggis
Genre: Action, war
Setting: C20th
7 Stars
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based on the book Picture Letters from Commander in Chief by Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Tsuyoko YoshidoI’m not sure what I was really expecting from this film; but I know I didn’t get it. The companion film to Eastwood’s Flag’s of our … Continue reading
3 February 2006
Cast: Ken Watanabe, Li Gong, Michelle Yeoh, Yôko Narahashi, Youki Kudoh, Ziyi Zhang
Script: Robin Swicord
Genre: drama
Setting: 1920s, Japan
4 Stars
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In short, this is a film that is pretty to look at, but boring to watch. Okay, I’ll say a bit more about it: Memoirs of a Geisha has been somewhat controversial. Some people complained about casting Chinese actors in … Continue reading
13 January 2004
Cast: Billy Connolly, Ken Watanabe, Tom Cruise
Script: Edward Zwick, John Logan, Marshall Herskovitz
Genre: Action, historical fiction
Setting: 1870s, C19th, Japan
6 Stars
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I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I went to see this film. Sure Japanese swords, fights and Tom Cruise, but apart from the basic plot, which is American soldier with troubled past goes to Japan and finds himself, … Continue reading