Monthly Archives: June 2017

American Honey (2016) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Selling and drifting on the road

Posted on June 28, 2017 by kaist455

“American Honey”, which won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in last year, gives us a vivid, realistic glimpse into a certain type of lifestyle which is not so familiar to many of us. Because I had never … Continue reading →

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Yongsoon (2016) ☆☆☆(3/4): A country girl’s hot, problematic summer

Posted on June 25, 2017 by kaist455

While it is uncomfortable to watch at times for good reasons, South Korean film “Yongsoon” comes to us as an engaging coming-of-age drama about its adolescent heroine’s hot, problematic summer. Although it is inarguable that she clings to a very … Continue reading →

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Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) ☆1/2(1.5/4): Another unbearable epic mess

Posted on June 24, 2017 by kaist455

It is an understatement to say that “Transformers: The Last Knight” is a cinematic equivalent of blunt instrument. This is another unbearable epic mess as brainlessly loud and bombastic as three previous sequels following “Transformers” (2007), and it will relentlessly … Continue reading →

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Antiporno (2016) ☆☆☆(3/4): Another perverted exercise in style from Sion Sono

Posted on June 18, 2017 by kaist455

You cannot possibly expect anything normal from Sion Sono, who is surely one of the most interesting filmmakers working in Japan at present. “Cold Fish” (2010) was a bleak, disturbing psychological thriller about an ordinary family man gradually influenced by … Continue reading →

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I Am a Cat (2017) ☆☆☆(3/4): Aren’t they cute?

Posted on June 13, 2017 by kaist455

South Korean documentary film “I Am a Cat” is full of cats, and I enjoyed that as a longtime cat lover. Since I began to photograph those stray cats living in the campus of Korean Advanced Institute of Science and … Continue reading →

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The Villainess (2017) ☆☆(2/4): She’s lethal….and sappy

Posted on June 12, 2017 by kaist455

“The Villainess” is probably one of the most exciting bad South Korean films of this year. While there are several first-class action sequences to be admired for heaps of efforts and techniques put into them, it is unfortunately stuck with … Continue reading →

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The Mummy (2017) ☆☆(2/4): A mummy comes to London

Posted on June 6, 2017 by kaist455

“The Mummy”, a reboot of the Mummy series which is also the first installment in the Dark Universe film series of Universal Studios, is dour, bland, and joyless while not proving anything particularly fun or scary. This unexciting blockbuster product … Continue reading →

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Jane (2016) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Elusive happiness in her harsh, despairing world

Posted on June 4, 2017 by kaist455

South Korean film “Jane” begins with one story and then proceeds with another story to tell. While these two stories feel different from each other, they are gradually connected with each other as the movie observes the harsh, despairing world … Continue reading →

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Wonder Woman (2017) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Here comes Wonder Woman!

Posted on June 2, 2017 by kaist455

Besides being more exciting and exhilarating than expected, “Wonder Woman” finally gives what its genre has desperately needed during recent years: strong, independent female superhero character. While this is another quintessential origin story, the movie is refreshing mainly thanks to … Continue reading →

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