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Up in the Air 2009 R USA directed by: Jason Reitman. Screenwriter by Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner base on the novel by Walter Kirn Cast: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick.
With a job that has him traveling around the country firing people, Ryan Bingham leads an empty life out of a suitcase, until his company does the unexpected: ground him.
Running time: 108 minutes
Direction: ***
Script, overall story: ***
Cast performance: ***
Music: ***
Cinematography: ***         
Overall Production: ***
Final chouski rating: Threeski

Brothers 2009 R USA directed by: Jim Sheridan. Screenwriter by David Benioff and base on Susanne Bier and Ander Thomas Jensen Motion Picture “Brodre” Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Tobey Maguire and Natalie Portman.
A young man comforts his older brother’s wife and children after he goes missing in Afghanistan.
Running time: 110 minutes
Direction: **
Script, overall story: **
Cast performance: **
Music: **
Cinematography: **           
Overall Production: *
Final chouski rating: Twoski

Fantastic Mr. Fox 2009 PG USA directed by: Wes Anderson. Screenwriter by Roald Dahl and Wes Anderson Voice Cast: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray.
Angry farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with a sly fox, look to get rid of their opponent and his family.
Running time: 87 minutes
Direction: ****
Script, overall story: ****
Cast performance: None
Music: ****
Cinematography: ****       
Overall Production: ***
Final chouski rating: Yakuza

A Single Man 2009 NR USA directed by: Tom Ford. Screenwriter by Christopher Isherwood, Tom Ford and David Scearce Cast: Colin Firth, Julianne Moore and Mathew Goode.
A story that centers on an English professor who, after the sudden death of his partner tries to go about his typical day in Los Angeles.
Running time: 99 minutes
Direction: ***
Script, overall story: ***
Cast performance: ***
Music: **
Cinematography: ***         
Overall Production: ***
Final chouski rating: Threeski

Everybody’s Fine 2009 NR USA directed by: Kirk Jones. Screenwriter by Kirk Jones Cast: Robert De Niro, Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell and Drew Barrymore.
A widower who realized his only connection to his family was through his wife sets off on an impromptu road trip to reunite with each of his grown children.
Running time: 100 minutes
Direction: **
Script, overall story: **
Cast performance: **
Music: **
Cinematography: **           
Overall Production: **
Final chouski rating: Twoski

Liverpool 2008 NR Argentina/France/Netherlands/Germany and Spain directed by: Lisandro Alonso. Screenwriter by Lisandro Alonso Cast: Nieves Cabrera and Giselle Orrazabal.
A merchant sailor returns to his home in Tierra del Fuego after spending most of his life at sea.
Running time: 84 minutes
Direction: **
Script, overall story: *
Cast performance: **
Music: None
Cinematography: **
Overall Production: **
Final chouski rating: Twoski

Arlen Faber 2009 NR USA directed by: John Hindman. Screenwriter by John Hindman Cast: Jeff Daniels and Lauren Graham.
A reclusive author of spiritual books is pursued for advice by a single mother and a man fresh out of rehab.
Running time: 95 minutes
Direction: **
Script, overall story: ***
Cast performance: ***
Music: **
Cinematography: **           
Overall Production: **
Final chouski rating: Twoski

2012 2009 PG-13 USA directed by: Roland Emmerich. Screenwriter by Roland Emmerich and Harald Kolser Cast: John Cusack, Amanda Peet a nd Chiewtel Ejiofor.
An epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors.
Running time: 158 minutes
Direction: **
Script, overall story: *
Cast performance: **
Music: ***
Cinematography: ****
Overall Production: ****
Final chouski rating: Twoski

Hausu 1977 NR Japan directed by: Nobuhiki Obayashi. Screenwriter by Chigumi Obayashi and Chiho Katsura Cast:Kimiko Ikegami and Kumiko Ohba.
Oshare is excited about spending summer vacation with her father, until she finds out that his beautiful, freakishly serene girlfriend Ryouko would be going as well. Oshare decides she will be going to her grandmother’s house in the country instead. She brings with her her friends from school – Fanta (who likes to take pictures, and daydreams a lot), KunFuu (who has very good reflexes), Gari (who is a major nerd), Sweet (who likes to clean), Mac (who eats a lot), and Melody (a musician). However, the girls are unaware that Oshare’s grandmother is actually dead and the house is actually haunted. When they arrive at the house, crazy events take place and the girls disappear one by one while slowly discovering the secret behind all the madness.
Running time: 100 minutes
Direction: **
Script, overall story: *
Cast performance: ***
Music: ***
Cinematography: ***         
Overall Production: ***
Final chouski rating: Twoski

An Education 2009 PG-13 UK directed by: Lone Scherfig. Screenwriter by Lynn Barber and Nick Horneby Cast: Carey Mulligan, Olivia Williams, Alfred Molina and Peter Sarsgaard.
A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age.
Running time: 95 minutes
Direction: ***
Script, overall story: ***
Cast performance: ****
Music: ***
Cinematography: ***         
Overall Production: ****
Final chouski rating: Threeski

35 rhums 2009 NR France directed by: Claire Denis. Screenwriter by Calire Denis and Jean-Pol Fargeau Cast:Alex Descas, Mati Diop and Gregoire Colin.
The relationship between a father and daughter is complicated by the arrival of a handsome young man.
Running time: 100 minutes
Direction: ****
Script, overall story: ***
Cast performance: ***
Music: ***
Cinematography: ***         
Overall Production: **
Final chouski rating: Threeski

Brother 2000 R USA/Japan directed by: Takeshi Kitano. Screenwriter by Takeshi Kitano Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Omap Epps and Claude Maki.
A Japanese Yakuza gangster is exiled to the United States. Takeshi settles in Los Angeles where his younger, half brother lives and finds that although the turf is new, the rules are still the same as they try to take over the local drug trade..
Running time: 114 minutes
Direction: **
Script, overall story: *
Cast performance: **
Music: ***
Cinematography: **           
Overall Production: *
Final chouski rating: Twoski

Beeswax 2009 R USA directed by: Andrew Bujalski. Screenwriter by Andrew Bujalski Cast: Tilly Hatcher and Maggie Hatcher
A pair of identical twin sisters — one, who has been paraplegic since youth and gets around in a wheelchair, and the other — ‘same face, different bodies.’
Running time: 100 minutes
Direction: *
Script, overall story: *
Cast performance: **
Music: none
Cinematography: *             
Overall Production: *
Final chouski rating: Oneski

Cape Fear 1991 R USA directed by: Martin Scorsese. Screenwriter by John D MacDonald, James R. Webb and Wesley Strick Cast: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange and Juliette Lewis.
Max Cady is a psychopath just released from prison for rape. He is out seeking revenge from his lawyer Sam Bowden who he believes deliberately held back important information about his case during the trial, which could have kept him out of jail. He sets off to terrorise Bowden, his wife and even goes after their 15 year old daughter.
Running time: 128 minutes
Direction: ****
Script, overall story: ****
Cast performance: ****
Music: ****
Cinematography: ****       
Overall Production: ****
Final chouski rating: Yakuza