I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty... you fall half in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are. - J. D. Salinger

Seven Samurai

Director: Akira Kurosawa
Writers: Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, and Hideo Oguni
Editor: Akira Kurosawa
Cinematographer: Asakazu Nakai
Cast: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura and Keiko Tsushima
Year: 1954 (Japan)
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My Rating: 10/10

The English Patient

Director: Anthony Minghella
Writers: Michael Ondaatje (novel), Anthony Minghella (screenplay)
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche and Willem Dafoe
Year: 1996
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My Rating: 6/10

After The Rehearsal

Director/Writer: Ingmar Bergman
Cinematographer: Sven Nykvist
Cast: Erland Josephson, Ingrid Thulin and Lena Olin
Year: 1984 (Sweden)
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My Rating: 8/10

This is a very good short film (72 mins), if you like Bergman's works.

The American

Director: Anton Corbijn
Writers: Rowan Joffe (screenplay), Martin Booth (novel)
Stars: George Clooney, Paolo Bonacelli and Violante Placido
Year: 2010
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Before I was going to see this, I already heard the negative reviews of this movie. But, come on, Anton Corbijn and Clooney? How bad could it be? I was wrong. It's not terribly bad, but rather dull. I think mainly it's the problem with storyline. Anton somehow assumes his audiences all know what happened to Clooney before, but we don't (unlike Control). And the pace is very slow, and really not much going on. If he can elaborate the story more, it might be better. Good cinematography in the beginning and at the end. That's about it.

My Rating: 5/10

Late Spring

Director:Yasujirô Ozu
Writers: Kazuo Hirotsu (based on the novel "Chichi to musume" by), Kôgo Noda and Yasujirô Ozu
Cast: Chishû Ryû, Setsuko Hara and Yumeji Tsukioka
Year: 1949 (Japan)
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My Rating: 8/10

Maybe I'm old-fashioned, that's why I love Ozu's movies. He used the art form called movie, to recapture what he thought of best human natures, and even beauty of human. For me and probably for him, the relationship between Mr Somiya and Noriko is really the most precious love of all kinds, unconditional.

The Rum Diary

Fuck, this book is fucking insane. A bunch of drunken journalists doing crazy things. I can't believe Hunter S. Thompson wrote this book at the age of fucking 22!? I think this is a very mature novel, the story have twists and turns, ups and downs, pretty much a extremely exciting thrill ride. Although everyone behaves like retarded high school kids, it never kills the fun for me. And guess what, there's an adaption movie coming out next year, with Johnny Depp in it! This is the second time he played in a movie adaption of a novel by Hunter S. Thompson, last one was the another insane ride - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. I hope this movie turns out to be as good as Las Vegas, if not better.