Daily Archives: June 14, 2020

Clemency (2019) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A calm, sobering drama on death penalty

Posted on June 14, 2020 by kaist455

“Clemency”, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival early in 2019 but was unfortunately overlooked shortly after its limited theatrical release in US around the end of the same year, will shake you hard for good … Continue reading →

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Just Mercy (2019) ☆☆☆(3/4): Conventional but timely anyway

Posted on June 14, 2020 by kaist455

“Just Mercy” is a conventional but timely drama film based on one infuriating real-life case of legal injustice. Although it occasionally feels too mild and colorless in terms of story and characters, it is still engaging mainly thanks to several … Continue reading →

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