Movie

Title	Director	Starring	date
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Liam	Stephen Frears	Ian hart, Claire Hackett, Anthony Borrows	26 February, 2002
A people's life in 1930's in Liverpool. Ian Hart of Backbeat is a docker and lost his job. Life is very hard but family of five live a life with Scouse spirits.
Apocalupse Now Redux	Francis Ford Coppola	Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando	11 February, 2002
Re-producted film of Vetnam War. 3 hours 23 minutes, added 53 minutes from original 1979 version, shows us reality of war.
Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone	Chris Columbus	Daniel Radcliffe	3 February, 2002
Fantasic and magical story for children and adult. Director is from Hollywood but this film is made in England by English actor and actress.
Vanilla Sky	Cameron Crowe	Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz	20 January, 2002
Mysterious story in New York. There's lots of rock related things like similar shot of Bob Dylan's "The Freewheelin'" album cover. And Paul McCartney wrote a title song.
Moulin Rouge!	Baz Luhrmann	Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman	13 January, 2002
Austrarian film makers made a bohemian's world in a screen.
Calmi Cuori Appassionati	Isamu Nakae	Yutaka Takenouchi, Kelly Chen	12 January, 2002
Beatiful scene of Firenze with Japanese actor and Cantonese actress. Background music is Irish singer Enya's song.
In The Mood For Love	Wong Kar-Wai	Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung	18 November, 2001
Wong Kar-Wai is making a film of Faye Wong "2046". But he finished this one.
Bridget Jones's Diary	Sharon Maguire	Renee Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth	29 September, 2001
Not so cool but real singleton's life in London.
Planet Of The Apes	Tim Burton	Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter	9 September, 2001
Tim Burton's "re-imagination" of the classic film.
Chocolat	Lasse Hallstrom	Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench	1 July, 2001
A sweet fantasy of old French village. The magical chocolate melt people's heart.
Malena	Giuseppe Tornatore	Monica Bellucci, Giuseppe Sulfaro	30 June, 2001
Just remembering a dream of young boy.
Lost Souls	Janusz Kaminski	Winona Ryder, Ben Chaplin	18 June, 2001
I love Wynona but don't like exorcism.
The Road Home	Zhang Yimou	Zhang Ziyi, Sun Honglei	16 June, 2001
Chinese movie, a very pure love story.
JSA	Park Chan Wook	Song Kang Ho, Lee Byung Heon	27 May, 2001
Korean movie of the secret friendship between soldiers of South and North Korea.
Chicken Run	Peter Lord, Nick Park	(Animation)	2 May, 2001
Funny movie to watch in the middle of the "Golden Week" in Japan.
Hashire! Ichiro(Run, Ichiro)	Kazuki Omori	Masatoshi Nakamura, Yuko Asano	1 May, 2001
Ichiro of Seattle Mariners made his dream to be a Major League Baseball player, and also people in Kobe made his/her own dream.
Billy Elliot	Stephen Daldry	Jamie Bell, Julie Walers	26 April, 2001
Like "Full Monty" or "Brassed Off", northern England's working class heart warming movie.
Snatch	Guy Ritchie	Jason Statham, Stephen Graham, Brad Pitt	17 April, 2001
Guy is husbund of Madonna, he uses her song "Lucky Star" in this film. Guy IS a lucky star.
Proof Of Life	Taylor Hackford	Meg Ryan, Russell Crowe	15 April, 2001
Just watched it with "A Hard Day's Night" but Meg Ryan is not only cute but cool.
A Hard Day's Night	Richard Lester	The Beatles	15 April, 2001
Digital re-mastered film of the Beatles' first film. It's still cool movie.
This Is My Father	Paul Quinn	Aidan Quinn, James Caan, Moya Farelly	10 December, 2000
Japanese title is " When Fiona was fall in love". Fiona is good name for Irish woman sounds like Fairly for me. This movie is a tearful love story.
M:i-2	John Woo	Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton	9 September, 2000
Sometimes I felt I was watching James Bond of 007. Not so bad to spend a spare time.
Days Of Being Wild	Wong Kar-Wai	Leslie Cheung, Carina Lau, Andy Lau	6 May, 2000
Chungking Express	Wong Kar-Wai	Tony Leung, Faye Wong, Brigitte Lin, Takeshi Kaneshiro	6 May, 2000
Falling Angels	Wong Kar-Wai	Leon Lai, Michele Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Charlie Young, Karen Mok	6 May, 2000
Happy Together	Wong Kar-Wai	Tony Leung, Leslie Cheung	6 May, 2000
Wong Kar-Wai movie special at the Cine Nouveau, Osaka. Chungking Express is one of my favourite movie.
Anna And The King	Andy Tennant	Jodie Foster, Chow Yun-Fat	26 Feb, 2000
I never seen Academy Award "The King And I" but I think Jodie's Anna is more modern than Deborah Karr. And Hong Kong star Chow is suitable for Asian King.
The Blair Witch Project	Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sanchez	Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, Joshua Leonard	20 Feb, 2000
I wouldn't see such a terrible movie. I was really scared.
Shuri			20 Feb, 2000
This is the very first Korean movie I've ever seen. Looks like real story in Korea of two countries. Hard action and tearful love story. Also good music by Scotish singer Carol Kidd.
007/The World Is Not Enough	Michael Apted	Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Robert Carlyle	13 Feb, 2000
James Bond is back and became more cool guy.
No Problem	Alfred Cheung	Takashi Okamura, Jessica Son	27/11/1999
Japan-Hong Kong movie. Japanese boy went to Hong Kong to meet lost girl friend but became a stant man and meet another girl.
Away With Words	Christopher Doyle	Tadanobu Asano, Kevin Sherlock	10/10/1999
Japanese title is "Kujaku"(peacock). Photographer of Chung King Express and other Wong Kar-Wai's film, Christopher Doyle's first directing film.
Waking Ned Devine	Kirk Jones	Ian Bannen, David Kelly	9/10/1999
It's a comedy in a small Irish village starring two old men and other 50 people.
The Matrix	The Wachowski Brothers	Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss	3/10/1999
It's very cool cyber-action movie. Mixed with hollywood and Hong-Kong action.
Austin Powers:The Spy Who Shagged Me	Jay Roach	Mike Mayers, Heather Graham	19/9/1999
Japanese title is "Austin Powers Deluxe. Austin is back to screen with many tribute scene of other famous movies.
Notthing Hill	Roger Michell	Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant	12/9/1999
Too much sweet after watching Eyes Wide Shut but this is a lovely story itself. I love to see London in a screen.
Eyes Wide Shut	Stanley Kubrick	Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman	11/9/1999
Kubrick's final film. Have to see your eyes wide open.
Elizabeth	Shekhar Kapur	Cate Blanchett, Joseph Fiennes	7/9/1999
Story about Queen of England on 16th century.
Lock, Stock And Two Barrels	Guy Ritchie	Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Sting	6/9/1999
British crime movie with Cockney English.
Yellow Submarine	George Dunning	Animation	4/9/1999
Newly Yellow Submarine start to go round the world from Liverpool on 30th August, this is my birthday, 1999. This is the big birthday present for me!!
Star Wars episode 1 the Phantom Menace	George Lucas	Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman	11/7/1999
The new saga of highest SF & fantasy movie. Like the first 3 episodes, Jedi's acts are deep influenced of eastern culture.
Moonlight Express	Daniel Lee	Leslie Cheung, Takako Tokiwa	10/7/1999
This is a mixed movie of Japan and Hong Kong. Leslie acts two charactor, Japanese and Chinese.
Shakespeare In Love	John Madden	Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes	22/5/1999
Shakespear is a poet and fall in love with a lady. He become a script writer. I got a trip to London in the 16th century. Very enjoyed.
You've Got M@il	Nora Ephron	Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan	7/3/1999
Love story via e-mail. Tom and Meg both have thier own bookstore. Tom's is big and Meg's is small. Both shops are looking good for booklover but Meg's shop have to be closed. I've never been to New York but want to visit Upper West seen on this film. Is it a time for me to go there?
Muthu	K.S.Ravikumar	Rajinikanth, Meena	31/1/1999
Very first Indian movie for me. Full of entertainment with colour, music, dance, love, action and comedy. This is Indian movie.
Austin Powers	Jay Roach	Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley	29/8/1998
Wayne's World goes to swinging London! This movie starts like the Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night". And has many many parodies of spy movie. Spent a funny time in the cinema, baby!
L.A. Confidential	Curtis Hanson	Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger	12/8/1998
It was hard for me to understand this film. Am I not a right person to see these detective story??
Fuyajo(Sleepless Town)	Chi Lee	Takeshi Kaneshiro	2/8/1998
Full of asian taste movie. The story goes on Kabuki-cho, Shinjuku, Tokyo. But it seems other asian city like Hong-Kong. This movie filmed in Japan but many actors or actresses speak Cantonese (I don't know exactly but definitely not Japanese.) This made the film exotic.
Spice The Movie	Bob Spiers	The Spice Girls	25/7/1998
Looks like the Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night". I like both. I finaly got thier Name and face. Love Mel C the Sporty Spice or the Scouse Spice.
Chugoku no Chojin(The Bird People In China)	Takashi Miike	Masahiro Motoki	5/7/1998
This is the fantasic story young Japanese business man went to West China and saw people with wings on thier back.
Bean	Mel Smith	Rowan Atkinson	29/3/1998
Mr. Bean is a comedy show from England. In a TV version, Mr Bean was made in some short stories but this film has a long story. It makes this film a little bit different, doesn't it? go to related site
007/Tomorrow Never Dies	Roger Spottiswoode	Pierce Brosnan	22/3/1998
Brand new James Bond. The title sounds like mixture of an old 007series and one of my favourite Beatles song. "Tomorrow Never Knows" and "Live And Let Die"! go to related site
Titanic	James Cameron	Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet	19/1/1998
This is the story of historical tragedy and love with poor young boy and rich lady. And this is one of Liverpool related movie, the Titanic was a ship registered in Liverpool. Check out my small research about the relation between Liverpool and the Titanic. Music is also good. Sounds like good old Irish music. go to related site
Contact	Robert Zemeckis	Jodie Foster	12/10/1997
Jodie is very cool woman. She is a scientist and human herself. This is a SF for Science Fact. I'm proud that where she trip to the space is Japan. go to related site
The Lost World	Steven Spielberg	Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore	15/8/1997
I actually don't like these kind of thriller, heart freezing film. So I didn't watch previous film "Jurassic Park". But my friend wrote a book about this film. That's the only reason I watched it. go to related site
Star Wars	George Lucas	Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher	31/5/1997
I've ever seen this film before but this is the special edition. Hope to see the first three episodes of this exciting space saga quickly. go to related site

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