Love Letters at Sixty / Dear My Love/ 60-sai no rabu reta/ 60歳のラブレター (2009)

Rating:	★★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Romantic Comedy

Finally! Took forever to find a description on the Internet. Based on a novel, talks about love for various people at age 60. Pretty heart-warming. Not your usual J-pop comedy. Too arty-farty to be brought in via main-stream distributorship, am glad I was able to catch this in Mio Home TV.

Movie Site (non-official) (Japanese)
http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/telecine/cinema/roku_love/index.html

IMDB Entry:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1382586/

Asian Media Wiki Entry:
http://asianmediawiki.com/Dear_My_Love

The Cherry Orchard/ Sakura no sono/ 櫻の園 -さくらのその- (2008)

Rating:	★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Foreign

Another offering from Mio Home TV movie channel. No male leads in the show, all Japanese female cast. Talks about high school girls wanting to put up a school play, a rendition of Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard". At times philosophical, at time whimsical, all chick-flick. Might be a slow-paced for those who wants "Waterboys" or "Swing Girls" kinda show.

IMDB Entry:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1313145/

Asia Media Wiki Entry:
http://asianmediawiki.com/The_Cherry_Orchard_%282008-Japan%29

One for the Money (2012)

Rating:	★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Comedy

Okay, I confess, I watched this only to look at Katherine Heigl in jeans and boots. Plot's pretty straight-forward and predictable, lotsa conversation, chick-flick. I think I might enjoy the book better? Not to say this movie sucks, but it is pretty forgettable.


Official Site:
http://www.oneforthemoneyfilm.com/index2.html

IMDB Entry:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1598828/

Wiki Entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_for_the_Money_%28film%29

Lunch at 老街肉骨茶 (03 Feb '12)

We had a splendid lunch at the new BKT place near our office at Little Road. Thankfully we managed to get a place before the lunch crowd hits. It's a minimal wait of 30 minutes if you don't get there early. The deocr is posh, you can drink gong-fu tea (功夫茶), and the food is absolutely OOOMMMPPPHHH!