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Daily Archives: August 4, 2020
Black Is King (2020) ☆☆☆(3/4): An interesting visual album from Beyoncé
I am not much of an American pop music aficionado, but I certainly know how popular Beyoncé has been during last two decades. To be frank with you, I usually regarded her as a merely famous singer who appeared in … Continue reading
The Go-Go’s (2020) ☆☆☆(3/4): When they got the beat
I like good documentaries which illuminate things beyond my current knowledge, and documentary film “The Go-Go’s” is one of such cases. Following the short but impressive history of a famous all-female American punk rock band during the early 1980s, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Band, Documentary, Musician, Punk Rock, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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The Way Back (2020) ☆☆☆(3/4): An alcoholic basketball coach with issues
“The Way Back” is a surprisingly low-key mix of two different genres. As a story about one former basketball athlete’s struggle for a new start in his messy life, it surely has a number of basketball game scenes as required, … Continue reading
The Wild Goose Lake (2019) ☆☆☆(3/4): He’s going nowhere…
Chinese film “The Wild Goose Lake” is a slow but stylish crime drama packed with tangible atmosphere and palpable seedy realism. Although I felt rather distant to its story and characters throughout its 110-minute running time, I also could not … Continue reading