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 The Unknown Woman 2006,
Italy, Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore Screenwriter by: Giuseppe Tornatore and Massimo De Rita Cast: Kseniya Rappoport
psychological thriller directed by Giuseppe Tornatore that explores the problem of human trafficking and violence against women.
Running time: 118 minutes
Direction: *
Script, overall story: *
Cast performance: *
Music: ***
Cinematography: *
Overall Production: *
Final chouski rating: Onski

The Brothers Bloom
USA Directed by: Rian Johnson. Screenwriter by: Rian Johnson Cast: Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo.
The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, Now they’ve decided to take on one last job – showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world.
Running time: 113 minutes
Direction: **
Script, overall story: **
Cast performance: ***
Music: **
Cinematography: ***
Overall Production: **
Final chouski rating: Twoski

¿Te acuerdas de Lake Tahoe? aka Lake Tahoe 2008, Mexico, Directed by: Fernando Eimbcke. Screenwriter by: Fernando Eimbcke Cast: Diego Catano, Hector Herrera
A story of a teenager and the strange events that take place in his small town.
Running time: 89 minutes
Direction: **
Script, overall story: **
Cast performance: **
Music: *
Cinematography: ***
Overall Production: *
Final chouski rating: Twoski

 aka Daytime Drinking 2008, South Korea, Directed by: Young-Seok Noh. Screenwriter by: Young-Seok Noh Cast: Kang-hee Kim and Sam-dong Song
On a drunken night out with his friends, a broken-hearted young man is swayed into going to the countryside with them for a getaway. But when he gets there, he finds that not only have none of them showed up, he find himself start drinking with the locals.
Running time: 116 minutes
Direction: ***
Script, overall story: ***
Cast performance: ***
Music: **
Cinematography: ***
Overall Production: **
Final chouski rating: Threeski

Kataude mashin garu aka The Machine Girl 2008, Japan, Directed by: Noboru Iguchi. Screenwriter by: Noboru Iguchi Cast: Minase Yashiro and Asami
Revenge flick about a machine gun limbed schoolgirl who take on the Yakuza.
Running time: 96 minutes
Direction: *
Script, overall story: *
Cast performance: *
Music: **
Cinematography: *
Overall Production: **
Final chouski rating: Oneski

Bruno 2009, USA, Directed by: Larry Charles. Screenwriter by: Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Dan Mazer and Jeff Schaffer Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen
Flamboyant Austrian fashioners Brüno takes his show to America.
Running time: 81 minutes
Direction: **
Script, overall story: *
Cast performance: *
Music: *
Cinematography: *
Overall Production: *
Final chouski rating: Oneski

Julia & Julia 2009, USA, Directed by: Nora Ephron. Screenwriter by: Nora Ephron and Julie Powell Cast: Meryl Streep and Amy Adams
An amateur chef decides to cook every recipe on a cookbook from acclaimed celebrity chef Julia Child.
Running time: 116 minutes
Direction: ***
Script, overall story: ***
Cast performance: ****
Music: ***
Cinematography: ***
Overall Production: **
Final chouski rating: Threeski

Management 2009, USA, Directed by: Stephen Belber. Screenwriter by:Stephen Belber. Cast: Jennifer Aniston and Steve Zahn.
Jennifer Aniston plays a saleswoman tries to shake off a flaky motel manager who falls for her and won’t leave her alone.
Running time: 94 minutes|
Direction: **
Script, overall story: *
Cast performance: **
Music: **
Cinematography: **
Overall Production: *
Final chouski rating: Twoski

Cloud Nine 2008, German, Directed by: Andreas Dresen. Screenwriter by:Andreas Dresen, conny Ziesche, Laila Stieler and Jorg Hauschild. Cast: Ursula Werner and Horst Rehberg
A film focuese on love and sex in old age.
Running time: 98 minutes
Direction: ***|
Script, overall story: ***
Cast performance: ***
Music: None
Cinematography: **
Overall Production: **
Final chouski rating: Threeski

Seppuku aka Harakiri 1962, Japan, Directed by: Masaki Kobayashi. Screenwriter by: Shimobu Hashimoto. Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai and Rentaro Mikuni
It tells of a ronin, Hanshiro Tsugumo, who instead of committing seppuku (better known in the West by the colloquial term harakiri) after his lord was deposed, was ordered to stay alive in order to care for his daughter and grandson as well as his son-in-law, the son of another samurai who had committed the ritual suicide.
Running time: 135 minutes
Direction: ****
Script, overall story: ****
Cast performance: ****
Music: ***
Cinematography: ****
Overall Production: ****
Final chouski rating: Yakuza

Hanyo aka The Housemaid 1960, South Korean, Directed by: Ki-young Kim. Screenwriter by: Ki-young Kim. Cast: Eun-shim Lee and Jin-Kyn Kim
A composer sleeps with his housemaid gone wrong.
Running time: 110 minutes
Direction: ****
Script, overall story: ****
Cast performance: ***
Music: ***
Cinematography: ***
Overall Production: ***
Final chouski rating: Threeski

Cul-de-Sac 1966, UK, Directed by: Roman Polanski. Screenwriter by: Gerard Brach and Roman Polanski. Cast: Donald Pleasence, Francoise Dorleac and Lionel Stander
A gangster hold two hostage while awaiting rescue by his boss
Running time: 111 minutes
Direction: ***
Script, overall story: ***
Cast performance: ***
Music: ***
Cinematography: ****
Overall Production: **
Final chouski rating: Threeski

The Hangover 2009, USA, Directed by: Todd Philips. Screenwriter by: Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. Cast: Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms Bachelor party @ Vegas gone wrong.
Running time: 100 minutes
Direction: ***
Script, overall story: **
Cast performance: ***
Music: **
Cinematography: **
Overall Production: **
Final chouski rating: Twoski