Thoughts: Tommy (Hugh Jackson) is a brilliant doctor trying to figure out a way to save his dying wife Izzi (Rachel Weiss). Oh and there is a conquistador trying to find the tree of life for the Queen of Spain and a space traveler moving towards a dying star in a nebula. Yup, this movie was all OVER the place and had no idea what it wanted to do. If you just focus on the present time story the movie was moving and sweet. The past was okay and the future was BAD.
(M) Croupier. (Mike Hodges, 1998) Grade: B
Thoughts: Jack Manfred (Clive Owen) is an aspiring writer who gets hired as a croupier at a casino. There he begins to write about his life as a croupier and the interesting people and things he sees. It was a dark look into being a dealer and Clive Owen was ridiculously good looking. My goodness!
Chinese movies now so you can stop reading if you want :)
(M) Jin Yu Man Tang (The Chinese Feast). (Hark Tsui, 1995) Grade: C+
Thoughts: An entertaining and silly cooking movie starring Leslie Cheung and Anita Yuen. Who knew preparing bear’s paw, elephant’s trunk and monkey’s brain for dinner would be so interesting and the presentation so impressive.
(M) Yat Luk Che (Just One Look). (Riley Yip Kam-Hung, 2002) Grade: C
Thoughts: A coming of age movie that takes it time with the characters and storyline. It was simple enough but nothing too remarkable. Fan (Shawn Yu) and best friend Fishball Ming (You Nam Wong) are both attracted to Nam (Charlene Choi) and then Fan meets Decimator (Gillian Chung) and falls for her and so on.
(M) Ngo Joh Aan Gin Diy Gwai (My Left Eye Sees Ghost). ( Johnnie To & Wai Ka-Fai, 2002) Grade: B
Thoughts: After her husband of seven days dies on their honeymoon, May Ho (Sammi Cheng) inherits his wealth and becomes spoiled and troubled. One night she gets into a car accident and gains the ability to see ghost through her left eye. It might sounds silly but it worked and was enjoyable. Sammi gives a nice and touching performance here; hopefully she comes out of retirement/depression and starts making movies again.
Movie Count: 76
3 comments:
whats a croupier??
Getting through the Fountain was very very difficult. I really really wanted to turn it off but had to know the ending.
Croupier is Europe version of US dealer.
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