The Shopaholics 最愛女人購物狂

 Released Year: 2006 

Directed by 韋家輝 Wai Ka Fai

Casted by:

張栢芝 Cecilia Cheung as 方芳芳 Fong

劉青雲 Sean Lau as 李簡仁 Yan

陳小春 Jordan Chan as 何窮富 Fu

官恩娜 Ella Koon as 丁叮噹 Dong

徐小鳳 Paula Tsui as 陸小鳳 Feng

羅家英 Lo Kar Ying as 何西 Sai

 Story:

Fong is a shopaholic and she was in horrible debts. She finally got a job after she helps Yan's nurse to give birth in a shopping mall. Yan as a psychological doctor treated her but in the same time fall in love with her as well. Fong met Fu, one of the richest guy who got psychological illness as well. Both Fu and Yan wanted to marry Fong; in the same time both of them wanted to marry Yan's girlfriend Dong too.

The situation goes crazy, and it needs the ultimate shopaholics Feng for help. Feng used her psychological knowledge to let them 4 knows who they really wanted to marry to...

L² Scored: 9/10

L² Comment: 

Even though its a bit similar like "The confession of a shopaholics", but i think the HK version took it to a better extend and i love it. The best part would be seeing Paula Tsui shopping session. "This, this, this... i don't want, the rest please pack it for me"... lol! how cool is that~

Storyline of course its good, a bit confusing will be the part when Paula Tsui directed them by phone to the wedding destination. I have to watched twice to discover, all these while Paula was directing Sean to Cecilia & Jordan to Ella. A very good movie which shopaholic like us shouldn't miss...

Breakfast at Tiffany's

 Released Year: 1961

Directed by Blake Edwards

 

Casted by:

Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly
 George Peppard as Paul Varjak "Fred"
 Patricia Neal as Mrs. Emily Eustace 

Buddy Ebsen as Doc Golightly

 Story: 

One early morning, a yellow taxi pulls up at Tiffany & Co. on Fifth Avenue in New York City, from which elegantly dressed Holly Golightly emerges. Standing outside the shop looking into the windows, she nibbles on pastry and drinks coffee she brought with her, then strolls home to go to bed. Outside her apartment, she fends off her date Sid Arbuck from the disastrous night before, who has been waiting in his car overnight. Later in the day she is awakened by new neighbor-tenant, Paul Varjak, ringing her doorbell to get into the building. The pair chat as she dresses to leave for her weekly visit to Sally Tomato, a mobster incarcerated at Sing Sing prison. Tomato's lawyer O' Shaughnessy pays her $100 a week to receive "the weather report."

As she is leaving for Sing Sing, Holly is introduced to Paul's "decorator", wealthy older woman Emily Eustace Failenson, who Paul nicknames "2E". That night, Holly goes out onto the building's fire escape to elude an over-eager date. She peeks into Paul's apartment and sees 2E leaving money and kissing Paul goodbye. After 2E leaves, Holly enters Paul's apartment and learns that he is a writer who has not had anything published in five years since writing a book of vignettes titled Nine Lives. Holly, in turn, explains that she is trying to save money in order to support her brother, Fred, when he gets out of the Army. The pair fall asleep, but are awoken when Holly has a nightmare about Fred and leaves the apartment. She later buys Paul a new typewriter ribbon to apologize and invites him to a party at her apartment. At the party, Paul meets her Hollywood agent, O. J. Berman, who describes Holly's transformation from country girl into Manhattan socialite. He is also introduced to José da Silva Pereira, a rich Brazilian, and Rusty Trawler, a rich American.

In the days that follow, Paul and Holly become closer. One day, 2E enters Paul's apartment, worried that she is being followed. Paul tells her that he will investigate and eventually confronts the man, who introduces himself as Doc Golightly, Holly's husband. Doc explains that Holly's real name is Lula Mae Barnes, whom he married when she was 13 ("going on 14"), and that he would like to take her back to Texas, as Fred will be returning from the army. After Paul reunites Holly and Doc, she tells Paul the marriage was annulled; Doc is in denial over it. Holly asks Paul to accompany her and Doc to the bus station. There she tells Doc she is not returning. Doc reveals that Fred is returning soon and tells her that if she does not return, he will not support him when he returns. Holly still refuses, and tells him she plans for Fred to live with her in New York. Doc leaves broken-hearted.

After drinking at a club, Paul and Holly return to her apartment, where she drunkenly tells him that she plans to marry Rusty Trawler for his money. A few days later, Paul learns that one of his short stories has been accepted for publication. On the way to tell Holly, he sees the newspaper at her door, its headline stating that Trawler has married someone else. Holly and Paul agree to spend the day together, taking turns doing things that each has never done before. At Tiffany's, Paul has the ring from Doc Golightly's box of Cracker Jack engraved as a present for Holly. After spending the night together, he awakens to find that she is not in his apartment, nor has she returned to her apartment. When 2E arrives at his apartment later, Paul ends his relationship with her.

Holly schemes to marry José for his money, which angers Paul, who has firmly decided on his love for her. After Holly and José return to her apartment to find a telegram notifying her of Fred's death, she trashes her apartment in grief, her behavior disturbing José. Months later, Paul has moved out of the building. He is invited to dinner by Holly, who is leaving the next morning for Brazil to continue her relationship with José. However, they are soon arrested by police in connection with Sally Tomato's drug ring and taken to the 19th precinct, where Holly spends the night in jail.

The next morning, Holly is released on bail with help from O.J. and finds Paul waiting with a taxi. He has her cat and a letter from José explaining he must end their relationship due to her arrest. Holly insists she will go to Brazil anyway and releases the cat from the taxi into the rain. Paul confronts Holly about his love and her behavior, then leaves the cab, tossing the ring he had engraved for her into her lap and telling her to examine her life. She quickly runs after him and together they find the cat, look into each other's eyes and embrace.

  L² Scored: 8/10

L² Comment:

 I must say the song "Moon River" is one of my favorite oldies and i never thought it was from this film until i watch it, this is so exciting... The song has won the Best Original Song in the Academy Awards, which is huge ~ Of coz Ms Audrey Hepburn was nominated as Best Actress but did not win.

 

Overall the movie stunned me, of how greedy this woman is... i thought there will be a lot of scenes shot at Tiffany's but sadly it is not... but looking at all thoese jewellries is fabulous... love it~

Confessions of a Shopaholic

 Released Year: 2009

Directed by P.J. Hogan

Casted by:

Isla Fisher as Rebecca Bloomwood
Hugh Dancy as Luke Brandon
Krysten Ritter as Suze Cleath-Stuart
John Goodman as Graham Bloomwood
Joan Cusack as Jane Bloomwood

 Story:

 Rebecca Bloomwood is a shopping addict who lives with her best friend Suze. She works as a journalist for a gardening magazine but dreams to join the fashion magazine Alette. On the way to an interview with Alette, she buys a green scarf. Her credit card is declined, so Rebecca goes to a hot dog stand and offers to buy all the hot dogs with a check, if the seller gives her back change in cash, saying the scarf is to be a gift for her sick aunt. The hot dog vendor refuses but a man offers her $20.

When Rebecca arrives at the interview, she's told that the position has been filled. However, the receptionist tells her there is an open position with the magazine Successful Saving, explaining how getting a job at Successful Savings could eventually lead to a position at Alette magazine. Rebecca interviews with Luke Brandon, the editor of Successful Savings and the man who just gave her the $20. She hides her scarf outside his office, but Luke's assistant comes into the office and gives it back to her. Rebecca knows the game is up and leaves.

That evening, drunk, she and Suze write letters to Alette and Successful Saving, but she mails each to the wrong magazine. Luke likes the letter she meant to send to Alette and hires her. Rather than completing a work assignment for a new column, Rebecca goes to a clothing sale. While inspecting a pair of cashmere gloves she has just purchased, she realizes it is not 100% cashmere and she has been duped. This gives her an idea for the column, which she writes under the name "The Girl in the Green Scarf" and is an instant success.

Rebecca later returns home to renewed confrontations with her debt collector, so Suze makes her attend Shopaholics Anonymous. The group leader, Miss Korch, forces Rebecca to donate all the clothes she just bought, including a bridesmaid's dress for Suze's wedding and a dress for a TV interview. After the meeting Rebecca can't afford to buy back both and buys back the interview dress. During the interview, Rebecca is accused of not paying her debts and loses her job. Suze is angry when she finds out that Rebecca lost the bridesmaid dress. Alette offers Rebecca a position at the magazine, but Rebecca declines. She sells most of her clothes to pay her debts, including the green scarf. Meanwhile, Luke starts a new company, Brandon Communications.

Rebecca's clothes sale makes it possible for her to pay her debts. Rebecca attends Suze's wedding after reclaiming her bridesmaid dress, and Suze forgives her. Rebecca and Luke reunite, and Luke returns the green scarf after revealing that the person who bought it at an auction was acting as his agent. Rebecca becomes romantically involved with Luke and starts working at his new company.

L² Scored: 9/10

L² Comment:

FYI, i'm a shopaholic too :P But i feel lucky that i managed to control myself better than Rebecca Bloomwood in this movie~ lol. The storyline is fine and nice, its better than Sex & The City actually. And it also reflects to the world that owning debts from credit card company is a big No No~ lol... i'll learn too, haha...

Eyes Of Laura Mars

Released Year: 1978
Directed by Irvin Kershner

Casted by:
Faye Dunaway as Laura Mars
Tommy Lee Jones as Lieutenant John Neville
Brad Dourif as Tommy Ludlow
Rene Auberjonois as Donald Phelps
Raúl Juliá as Michael Reisler
Story:

Laura Mars is a fashion photographer who specializes in stylized violence. In her luxurious Manhattan apartment, she has a nightmare that Doris Spencer is viciously murdered with an ice pick, her eyeballs stabbed. Laura wakes up and looks through a soon-to-be-published coffee table book of her photos, titled The Eyes of Mars, which Doris had edited. In it, there is a picture of Doris...identical to an image she had in the dream. Laura calls Doris but she gets no answer. That evening, she attends a reception at the Elaine Cassell Gallery in SoHo for an exhibit of her work. A controversial figure, she is besieged by questions from reporters about whether her photos glorify violence and are demeaning to women. A handsome stranger questions the work as well. The success of the exhibit is disrupted by the news that Doris has been found dead, in the same manner that she was murdered in Laura's dream. Laura hears this from her good friend and agent, Donald Phelps. Later, she hears that sales of her photographs increased as news of the killing spread. Laura gets a call from Elaine, the owner of the gallery, who is all business and who talks Laura into going on with a shoot the next day.

Unbeknownst to Laura, Elaine has been having an affair with Laura's ex-husband, Michael. The shoot in Columbus Circle starts off well. The whole thing is being overseen by Bert, a representative from the ad agency. Donald is on hand, as are two of her favorite models, Lulu and Michele. Typical of her layouts, Laura has the models dressed in sexy lingerie and engaged in a catfight, posed against the backdrop of a car wreck and burning vehicles.

Suddenly, Laura gets a psychic vision. As with her previous nightmare, it is in the first person. This time, it is Elaine who is in danger. Laura stops shooting and tells Donald she is feeling dizzy. Heading downtown towards Elaine's apartment, Laura's taxicab stalls in traffic and she decides to walk the rest of the way. But another vision comes to her. She sees Elaine murdered, punctured in the eye like Doris and then thrown down a flight of stairs just outside her apartment. She runs towards Elaine's building, but she is too late. The place is swarming with onlookers and police officers. When one cop tries to stop her from going into the building, Laura tells him she saw what happened. Naturally, the police believe they may have a witness. Detective Sergeant Sal Volpe questions her but he is perplexed when Laura cannot describe the killer, and especially when she tells him she was actually "a few blocks away." Still, Sergeant Volpe is interested in this lead and Laura is taken to the precinct for a statement. Some of the other people who knew Elaine are there too. In addition, Laura's driver Tommy Ludlow, is also questioned. Tommy, who carries a switchblade and has an arrest record, is immediately under suspicion.

Laura recognizes Lieutenant John Neville as the handsome stranger from the gallery. He belittles her statement but even Laura understands how preposterous her "eyewitness account" sounds to others. Lt. Neville shows her a copy of her book that has a tear over the cover photo of Laura, directly over an eye. Laura tells him she has seen it before, in a nightmare. Lt. Neville then shows her photographs of unsolved murders that mirror those that are in her book. Laura says that she began to have images of violence about two years before, around the time when the earlier crimes were committed. They go to Elaine's apartment and Neville asks Laura to help identify some male clothing hanging in a closet. She recognizes them as belonging to her ex-husband and is surprised because she thought he had been living in San Francisco.

Laura replies that Michael couldn't kill anyone; Lt. Neville accompanies Laura back to her residence and gives her his card. She is to call him anytime. Inside her apartment, Laura is startled by Michael, who still retains a set of keys and is now avoiding the police. He says he is innocent with regard to Elaine's murder. He remarks that she had been his best "meal ticket." Laura gives him 50 dollars to leave her alone. Donald and Tommy pick Laura up to take her to her studio for her next session; this is located in a huge warehouse on a Manhattan pier. In the car, Tommy confesses to his boss that he served time in prison for armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon. The news does not faze Laura. However, she seems surprised that Donald hired Tommy knowing about his arrest history, and yet failed to tell her.

Left alone to do some prep work, Laura has another vision. But this time, she is the one being stalked. She runs out of her office and through the mostly deserted warehouse, screaming for Donald. He comes to her aid and Laura tells him she saw the killer looking at her. There is not enough time to become too hysterical, as the session is to begin. With throbbing music in the background, Laura gets down to work. She sets up a shot in which a male model lies dead by a pool, while Lulu stands over him holding a gun. The imagery is too much for Laura. She starts to see some of her previous psychic death visions in her head and she cannot continue. Lt. Neville is there and he tries to comfort Laura by suggesting that she is overworked. In turn, she attempts to show him what she "sees" by having him look through the lens of a video camera. In answer to Laura's question about why the killer is terrorizing her, Neville offers the theory that the person could be someone who is jealous of her success or who feels that her work "is promoting porno and decadence and he has a mission to clean up the world." Her security will be doubled, and she is advised to stay indoors as often as possible.

Later, Lulu and Michele are brought into the stationhouse to see if they've received any threats. While developing some photos, Laura has yet another psychic moment. The two beautiful models are both murdered in the apartment they share, which, of course, actually occurs. That the killer is someone they know can be deduced from Lulu having allowed the perpetrator inside. After their funeral, a mourner who is implicated to be either a close friend or a boyfriend of one of the women, who blames her for the deaths of the women, confronts Laura. Neville takes her for a walk in the woods and they kiss. After they make love, Neville gives Laura a handgun for added defense. On Donald's birthday, all his friends attend a party in his apartment. Everybody has a grand time except for Tommy, who receives instructions to come back for his boss in an hour. During the celebration, Laura receives a call from Michael. He is in Brooklyn and he says he is suicidal. A patrol car is stationed outside, and Laura, who does not want to lead the police to her ex, forms a plan. Donald dresses up in drag by wearing some of her clothing. The cops follow him, giving Laura the opportunity to give them the slip.

Unfortunately, the killer is watching Donald as well. Followed back to his building, Donald is murdered in the elevator. Blocks away, Laura sees it happen and crashes her car. Again, Neville comforts her in her apartment. The doorbell disrupts the coziness of the moment. At the door is Sgt. Volpe. There has been a break in the case, he says, and Neville is needed. A search is underway in Tommy's home and the police have found photos of Laura's models taken at various locations all over the place. Tommy is nearby and calls his apartment. He speaks with Neville and asks to see him alone. The officers pretend to leave and Tommy returns to his flat. He proclaims his innocence and explains to Neville where he was the night before. Neville produces a piece of evidence: a playing card from a deck that belongs to Tommy. It was found in the elevator under Donald's body. Sgt. Volpe appears and Tommy runs for his freedom. On his way out of the building, he stabs an officer who tries to stop him.

A chase through the streets of Hell's Kitchen ensues, and Tommy is shot to death. Laura hears that the case has been wrapped up. Neville tells her to pack her bags because he wants to take her away. He arrives at her building and finds Michael in the elevator. Just then, Laura has a terrifying vision. She sees a struggle between two men and one of them is killed. And even more frightening, the killer is headed towards her apartment. As Laura is about to call the police, someone breaks into her apartment through a window. That someone proves to be Lt. Neville. He tells her that Tommy is dead and begins to go into the background of Tommy's life to explain why he committed murder. But something is not right. Laura knows some of Tommy's life story, and Neville's statements are not making sense. Neville continues, explaining that Tommy's father slashed his mother's throat in front of the child for being a prostitute. But suddenly he begins to talk in the first person. "I sat there and watched the blood dry on her face until it was just about the color of your hair," he tells Laura. The real killer stands before her. "I'm the one you want," he says. Laura runs to her bedroom and picks up the phone but Neville is right behind her. As he is about to stab her with an ice pick, she tells him that she loves him and then reaches for the gun.

In a daze, Neville strikes the image of himself in a mirror. He approaches Laura and pleads with her to kill him. Her reluctance to pull the trigger leads Neville to take her hands and help her do it. Shot at point-blank range, Neville drops to the ground and Laura calls the authorities.

L² Scored: 7/10

L² Comment:

I dunknw why, after i watch this movie, i feel sad... a bad bad childhood can really spoiled a person's life. Neville as acted by Jones is this kind of character. Sad isn't it? But anyway, Barbra Streisand sang the theme song "prisoners" is so memorable. Love this movie, but dont think i'm gonna watch it for the 3rd time.

Sex & The City 2

Released Year: 2010
Directed by Michael Patrick King
Casted by:
Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw
Kim Cattrall as Samantha Jones
Kristin Davis as Charlotte York Goldenblatt
Cynthia Nixon as Miranda Hobbes
Chris Noth as John James Preston / Mr. Big
John Corbett as Aidan Shaw
David Eigenberg as Steve Brady
Evan Handler as Harry Goldenblatt
Max Ryan as Dr. Rikard Spirt
Alice Eve as Erin
Story:

The 4 girls have been living happily until one day they feel threat over Erin, a young nanny whom Charlotte employed to take care of her 2 daughters. Samantha got invited to Abu Dhabi for a new job and she brought her 3 friends along.

They enjoyed and live like queens at there with all the charges paid. Carrie happened to meet her ex Aidan shopping in the flee market, feeling its faith, she promised to go out for a dinner no matter how Miranda and Charlotte tried to stop her. Eventually, she kissed Aidan and confronted it over the phone to Mr Big. Big cannot accept it and hung up the phone.

In the meanwhile, Samantha was flirting with Dr Rikard Sprit and tried to have sex at Abu Dhabi's beach. But this offended the Muslim law and was brought to police station. Luckily Miranda was there to help. Samantha was shoo out from the hotel and the 4 girls quickly packed their belongings and rush to airport. On their way back, Charlotte went to the flee market and they went into the fake-branded shop.

When they left, they misunderstood Samantha as a thief. When they are arguing, Samantha purse broke off and condoms flew all over. By wearing sexy and picking up condoms, the arabian guys feel insulted and Samantha even raised her middle fingers and showing her tempered. The 4 girls have to rush into a hut to hide and the Arabian woman who read Samantha book helps them to escaped.

Back to New York, everyone is happy with their life, and Mr Big forgive Carrie too.

L² Scored: 6/10

L² Comment:

Seriously, this is a sad sad movie for me... The girls look old... once again proved that no matter how pretty or young u once are... u will never defeat age and time... amen.... lol

Well, the storyline is a bit dull... it should be call sex and abu dhabi instead... right? The whole movie is just like an introduction to abu dhabi to the audience... silly and stupid... the guys are all on minor role... Noah Mills and Max Ryan are both hot!!!

But hopefully there will be no more Sex & the City 3... coz i stand it no more to watch them have all the wrinkles on their faces and still wear all those glam dresses... lol~ a new movie please !!!

Sex & The City

Released Year: 2008
Directed by Michael Patrick King
Casted by:
Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw
Kim Cattrall as Samantha Jones
Kristin Davis as Charlotte York Goldenblatt
Cynthia Nixon as Miranda Hobbes
Chris Noth as John James "Mr. Big" Preston
Jennifer Hudson as Louise
David Eigenberg as Steve Brady
Jason Lewis as Smith Jerrod
Gilles Marini as Dante
Story:

The 4 ladies in New York are happy with their life now. Carrie is settling down with Mr Big and decided to move into a penthouse together. Samantha has been agent for her boyfriend Smith in LA. Charlotte is happily marry with Harry and has adopted a chinese girl Lily as their daughter. Miranda has born a boy and living together with Steve.

Carrie wanna get marry with Mr Big to protect her future. Mr Big agree and both of them busying preparing the wedding. Steve told Miranda that he's slept with another woman due to no-sex from the marriage, but he asked for forgiveness from Miranda. Miranda was disappointed and request for a divorce. In the meanwhile, Samantha discovered her neighbor Dante is a hot guy and has good sex which Smith did not provide much to her.

During Carrie's rehearsal dinner, Steve pissed off Miranda. The angry Miranda make a statement to Mr Big saying that he should consider properly before commit into a marriage. This has troubled Mr Big on the next day and missed the wedding. Carrie broke down and ran away while Charlotte cursed on Mr Big.

The 4 ladies went Mexico on Carrie's honeymoon trip and finally Carrie laugh went Charlotte shit on her pants. After going back to New York, Carrie hired Louise to become her assistant to settled her things. Mr Big has been emailing Carrie but Carrie asked Louise to settle all of it. Carrie has her friends to help her move back to her old house. During Valentines day, Miranda told Carrie what has happened in rehearsal dinner, Carrie pissed off and gone away.

Miranda thought about her marriage and wanna gave Steve another chance. As for Charlotte, she was finally pregnant. Samantha's dog accidentally ran into Dante's house and Samantha saw Dante's big cock but backed away. Samantha decided she can't be living with Smith anymore and ask for a break up.

Charlotte met Mr Big at a cafeteria, scolding her and she realize she's gonna give birth soon. Mr Big fetched her to hospital and Charlotte finally born a baby girl. As Louise found her love in St Louise, she resign and tell Carrie to believe in love. Carrie found Mr Big's email in Louise file and went back to the penthouse for her USD400 shoes. It happened that Mr Big is there, both of them forgive each other and finally they get married.

L² Scored: 8/10

L² Comment:

After 4 years of 6 seasons series in HBO, the production team decided to move this hit series into the big screen. As a fans, i've missed it in the cinema, kinda sad... The 4 ladies have age quite a lot, its so sad to see how the time has destroy their young figure. But Kristin Davis still look quite good in the 40's age.

I bet a lot of woman and queers are hungry for Gilles Marini's nice ass and cock in the movie, well, i bet all of you wanna become Samantha Jones at that moment huh? hahaha :P

Well, i'm gonna look for the second movie, anybody have it?