Movies

My top pick-- a Sony Pictures production. A geisha is not only a rich and powerful man's mistress, but also an artist.

Why Movies?

Home Theatres– Have home theatres indeed taken over conventional movie theatres? The wide celluloid-made screen matched with a high-definition multi-sound system may still be a best choice to fully see the quality of a film, but gone are those days when movie fanatics are drawn to this only option. Home theatres can now almost offer what movie theatres can give. And the price is right. For a single movie ticket costing $13, you can loan 2 New Releases and 2 Weekly Releases for only $8 from a DVD rental shop. Take the DVDs straight to your home theatre and enjoy!

I have re-discovered the love for films shown not on a commercial silver screen, but in our home theatre. So here is the list of films which I had watched on DVDs since June 2009, along with their corresponding star-ratings based on my own movie metrics such as overall production, direction, art direction, cinematography, musical scoring, casting and acting…..

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A Passage to India *****
Amelia ***
Angels in America **
Arabian Nights
Ask the Dusk
A Walk in the Clouds ****
Bandidas***
Beautiful Dreamer *****
Being Julia *****
Beyond the Sea ***/2
Blood Diamond ***/2 RI
Bobby Jones ****
Boys on the Side (E)****
Bucket List ***
Butterfly Lover ***
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin ****
Casanova
Children of the Silk Road ****
Closer ***/2
Dirty Dancing ***
Elegy ****
From Here to Eternity ***
Ghandi *****
Godfather I/ II/ III *****
Good Will Hunting ***/2
Gran Torino ****
Heading South **
Head in the Clouds ***
How Much is your Love? ***
Human Touch ****
It Could Happen to You ***
Japanese Story
Jesus Christ Superstar ***
Kokoda (H/E)***
Ladies & Gentlemen *****
La Vie en Rose ****
Last Chance Harvey ****
Les Miserables *** (S)
Lilya 4-Ever ****
Love and Honor *****
Love in the Time of Cholera ****
Love Story ****
Man About Town (EC)****
Maria Full of Grace ****
Marley & Me ***
Matchpoint ****
Memoirs of a Geisha *****
Mr Bean **
Music and Lyrics (E)****
Nights in Rodhante **
Notebook *****
Nothing Like the HOlidays
Original Sin *****
Pancho Villa ***
Phantom of the Opera *****
Prime (E) ****
Rabbit-Proof Fence (H/E)***
Ramen Girl ****
Revolutionary Road ***
Rocky Balboa ***
Romeo and Juliet ****
Sex in the City 1 & 2
Shadow Magic ****
Shall We Dance ***
Seven Pounds ***
Sommersaults ***
Stepford Wives ****
Sunshine ****
Sweet Home Alabama **
Table for three
Take the Lead ****
Talk of Angels ****
The Case of Benjamin Button *****
The Day the Earth Stood Still ***
The Duchess ****
The Elysian Fields ****
The Intelligent Mr. Ripley ***
The Legend of Fall ****
The Man from Snowy River ****
The Merchant of Venice ***/2
The Piano Teacher ***
The Secret (Motivational)
The Shawshank Redemption ****
The Treatment
The Unforgiven ***
The 13th Warrior ***
To Kill a Mochingbird ***
Tortilla Soup ****
Tuck Everlasting ***
Twilight ***
Under the Tuscan Sun ****
Valkyrie ***
Vicky Cristina Barcelona *****
Unforgiven ***/2
Waiting to Exhale (E)****
West Side Story
Yes Man ***

Legend:
E – Entertaining
EC – Excellent Comedy
H/E – Historical/Educational
RE- Relevant Issue

An unforgettable movie that deserves to grab all the accolades, including 'Best Make Up' and 'Best Digital Creative Suite'.