Saturday 29 December 2012

From up on Poppy Hill (2012)

In Brief: A young girl, Umi (Masami Nagasawa) helps her Grandmother run a board house while her mother finishes her Studies in America. Amoung her morning activities are preparing breakfast for the houses tennants, prepping lunch for her sibling and raising a signal flag for her deceased father. During a school demonstration to save the students existing and decaying club house, she makes a connection with the enthusiastic Shun(Junichi Okada). The two are undeniably attracted to one another, but soon find they're relationship may be more complicated then it seems.

Thursday 27 December 2012

Cloud Atlas (2012), Life of Pi (2012)

Cloud Atlas, In Brief : An old, Scarred man (Tom Hanks) Speaks around a Camp fire, about connected lives. A Engaged Lawyer (Jim Sturgess) writes to his Fiance on a Boat. A young Composer (Ben Whishaw) finishes composing a letter to his lover, and gets in to the bathtub to shoot himself. A Female Journalist (Halle Berry) Drives away from what might yet be the story of her life. A Book Editor(Jim Broadbent) struggles with one of his writers. A Genetically Engineered Waitress (Doona Bae) goes about her meticulously planned life.
Life of Pi, In Brief : A Indian Man, Pi (Irrfan Kahn), is interviewed by a Canadian writer(Rafe Spall) about his Life, and how he came to, as a young man (Suraj Sharma), Survive a  with a ship wreck on a life boat with a full grown Bengal Tiger.

Sunday 16 December 2012

Love Story (2011)

In Brief: Florain Habitch, a New Zealand film maker, spots a woman, Masha Yakovenko, carrying a Cake at the train station near Cony Island. He goes to ask her out, and she challenges him. Take the train to the next stop, turn around and walk towards the current one, and if they meet, she'll spend the day with him. Only, this is part of a story, that Florain is directing. And he's not sure what direction to take it, so, he takes the question to the Streets of New York.

Monday 10 December 2012

Rurouni Kenshin (2012)

In Brief: Based on the Manga/Anime of the same name, The story follows Himura Kenshin (Takeru Satō), A wandering Samurai, who carries a revered blade so's not to kill his opponent. He finds his way to a town, where a killer known as Battōsai is terrorizing the town, a Drug lord trying to buy up real estate to expand his empire, and a old adversary is the law. On his way through town, Kenshin is mistaken for Battōsai the Killer by local Dojo owner Kaoru (Emi Takei), and the two connect by her fathers moto, a sword is used to bring life.