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1 Litre of Tears (2005). Ok; finished this last night. The main actress was very good. Perky when she needed to be perky and sad when she needed to be sad. Cute little yaeba tooth also. The drama was good but didn't hit me like it did for some others. I know it seems counter-intuitive, but...

Thanks for that info! Very helpful.

Following up a bit on the above. The 1 Liter of Tears DVD set (Malaysian) has really bad subtitles. I can follow the story, but the subtitles seemed like they just translated vocabulary out of a dictionary, with no concept of context or phrasing or sentence structure. And even some of the...

It's so good to see you post! This just made my day. :)

After that point, the tone of the film became quite a bit different. Unfortunately, in this case "different" doesn't necessarily mean "better." Thanks for the review. I want to see this.

A Woman, A Gun, and a Noodle Shop; aka A Simple Noodle Story (2009) Ok; I really wanted to like this. I really did. Like most of the DVDs I get from Netflix, they were queued up months, if not years ago, and I tend to forget what's in there. Whatever shows up in my mailbox, I watch. So I...

Oh, I agree with you. I felt the same type of "let-down" you did. Like, "yeah that was ok but I was expecting something...more." Or different. Or like, come on QT, rock my world again like Pulp Fiction. But those feelings rapidly dissipated on my first re-watch, and then disappeared...

I liked the three-vantage-point scene replay. Could it have all been done in one take? Sure. But they would have had to cram more plot reveals into that one scene. The way Tarantino did it, each time we see "the switch," he gives us more of the mechanics of the scam. It allows one to savor...

@sitenoise, I could have almost written the above post. My first impressions were exactly the same. And my most recent impression (watching it about a month or so ago) was a vastly deeper and greater appreciation, just like you. I think the main difference was that I had another interim...

I'm up and already prepared for a Jackie Brown conversation. I just re-watched it a few weeks ago. I like it better and better with each reviewing. If you start the thread; I'll contribute. If you put it in another forum, let me know else I might not see it. Is it possible to give neg 100...

We haven't had one of these in a while. Since I'm waiting for a couple of orders to arrive, might I suggest a group watch of Sono's Himizu? I know that "group watch" is a bit of a stretch, because I think there are only 4-5 of us active here. In any event, I plan on watching Himizu soon and...

Parasite (2019) I liked it quite a bit. Did not love it; but it is certainly well-made, thought-provoking, and entertaining. Quite a bit of humor and almost sit-commy episodes in the first 2/3rds. I also enjoyed the last third, although I must say given the set-up in the first parts, it was not...

I'm thinking about ordering some K-dramas to watch. Based on your review, I really want to get this one. I'm debating on whether to get the Korean box, for mega $$ https://www.ebay.com/itm/Moonlight-Drawn-By-Clouds-DVD-Standard-Edition-Directors-Cut-Korean-2018/323408507645 OR, this set...

I agree. I'm a huge Tarantino fan, and Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood is not only a film school clinic in how to make a movie, but fun as hell to watch. I loved the flashback scene to Cliff (Brad) and his wife on the boat. The genius of the scene is what Tarantino didn't show. You would...

The Young Master (1980) Jackie Chan's first directorial effort, made just prior to Chan's foray into Hollywood (The Big Brawl; Cannonball Run, etc.). Typical Chan silliness and prop-fighting (fan; wooden bench; cane), interspersed with hand-to-hand "tumbling" and acrobatic kung fu. Better...

The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter (aka Invincible Pole Fighter) (1984) If you liked the 36th Chamber of Shaolin, you will like this as well. Same studio (Shaw); same director (Chia-Liang Liu, who also directed Drunken Master II); same main star (Gordon Liu). Like 36th Chamber, this is a classic of...

Ooooooh, I honestly don't remember enough of that detail to answer your question. But the "rich bored housewife" relying on Valium or something would not surprise me.

Japan! Wow. That must have been really cool. Any fun or interesting stories?

I've never seen a true "Hallmark movie," but if you mean "is it sappy," then, no, it is not sappy. I am very hesitant to say much more because the movie's effectiveness depends a lot on the plot revelations being in the moment. If you know ahead of time "who, what, and why" then there's much...

Searching (2018) I know, I know. It's a U.S. Hollywood film, but it stars a Korean-American (John Cho) and two other Asians as his wife and daughter. Plus it's directed by an Indian-American guy named Aneesh Chaganty, so there's definitely an international feel. Cho's 15-year-old daughter...