I really liked Harry Potter and The Chamber Of Secrets, but yeah, been a pretty lackluster eyar, unless you've been scoping the direct-to-video underground market...some real gems there
I, too, have high hopes for The Twin Towers...
Catch Me If You Can looks pretty good
I liked "The Ring" but since I'd already seen the Japanese version and preferred that one, the American version soured me a bit, but still a good flick. Technically, it was made in 2001, but didn't really (and still hasn't) see light here until this year, but I really enjoyed Battle Royale....a bunch of Japanese 9th graders dropped off on an island with exploding neck collars and weapons dropped from the sky have to fight it out to the death....I don't expect an American version of that movie anytime soon ;)))
While the movie had it's exploitative factor, there was actualy some good acting (for such a low budget) and even some really emotional scenes (the couple who are falling in love but know one must kill the other or face having their head exploded like a zit.....) and you'll never look at a Japanese schoolgirl the same way again after watching a pack of them toting machine guns in "Battle Royale"
Japanese cinema has consistantly been putting out much better product than here in the states......
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