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Monthly Archives: April 2013
Friday afternoon photos (2013/04/12)
It was chilly and a bit cloudy, but it was a lovely picnic time at the campus with occasional sunshine.
Flowers and Avian campus gangs on spring afternoon (2013/04/08)
It’s still chilly, but flowers are everywhere – and so are the ruthless avian campus gangs.
Fists of Legend (2013) ☆☆(2/4) : Lots of punches and kicks with little preparation
Usually, the sports films about boxing or kickboxing or MMA or any other kinds of sports played in the ring/cage have the preparation/build-up process before their obligatory big showdown scene. Main characters are introduced in the beginning, and we get … Continue reading
Bernie (2011) ☆☆☆(3/4) : He’s the guy for your funeral
What a nice guy Bernie Tiede is. He is so nice and sincere that you cannot possibly imagine him doing something bad to you. Based on a weird real-life crime story which was quite stranger than fiction, Richard Linklator’s quirky … Continue reading
Kinyarwanda (2011) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : The people amidst the Rwanda genocide
Most of you have probably heard about the Rwandan genocide in 1994. When I heard about it for the first time, it seemed to be no more than one of those small, trivial international news I got from TV, but … Continue reading
Remembering Roger Ebert
“So on this day of reflection I say again, thank you for going on this journey with me. I’ll see you at the movies.” – from Roger Ebert’s last blog entry “A Leave of Presence”
Broken City (2013) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : It’s a corrupted city – no surprise
One of the usual symptoms of being a seasoned movie addict is that you sometimes make a certain list in your mind before you appreciate genre films. The list consists of many genre conventions and clichés you may have heard … Continue reading
Running Man (2013) ☆☆(2/4) : A running man in a hobbling thriller
Ironically, new South Korean action movie “Running Man” does not run that much. It instead hobbles a lot while letting itself being saddled with many unnecessary story elements which could have been discarded without any problem, and I kept losing … Continue reading
Rust and Bone (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4) : It’s always hard to start at the bottom
They say you can start your life again even if you find yourself hitting the bottom, but, as some of you know, starting at the bottom is not easy at all. While it is ultimately an optimistic film about healing … Continue reading
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