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Monthly Archives: September 2023
A Haunting in Venice (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): Poirot attends a séance
Kenneth Branagh’s new film “A Haunting in Venice” is another mystery tale associated with Hercules Poirot, a Belgian detective character in many of the works of Agatha Christie. His two previous Poirot films, “Murder on the Orient Express” (2017) and … Continue reading
Love Life (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): A low-key drama of love and life
Koji Fukuda’s new film “Love Life” calmly follows the emotional struggles of its two main characters who come to reflect a lot on love and life after one shattering incident. This is surely a familiar melodramatic setting, but the movie … Continue reading
One Fine Morning (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): Some uncertainties in her daily life
Mia Hansen-Løve’s new film “One Fine Morning” is another nice slice of life you can expect from her. Although it may not be one of her better works, there are a number of good things including that plain but palpable … Continue reading
The Innocents (2021) ☆☆☆(3/4): A little terror among kids
Norwegian film “The Innocents” is a dry but undeniably dark and intense supernatural horror story revolving around several little kids. Although I am your average seasoned moviegoer, there are several moments which actually made me cringe a lot during my … Continue reading
Sleep (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): Her husband’s disturbing sleeping problem
South Korean film “Sleep” seems to be a certain kind of story and then ends up becoming something much different. This is an odd mix of horror thriller and black comedy swinging back and forth somewhere between “The Exorcist” (1973) … Continue reading
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Tagged Apartment, Ghost, Horror, Husband and Wife, Sleepwalking, South Korean Film
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Joy Ride (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): Asian Girls Trip
The arrival of “Joy Ride” is sort of inevitable in my trivial opinion. After boys had all those raunchy funs in numerous R-rated comedy films such as “Superbad” (2007) and “The Hangover” (2009) during last two decades, girls also went … Continue reading
Bad Axe (2022) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): An Asian Immigrant family in the time of COVID-19
Documentary film “Bad Axe” presents an intimate personal portrayal of one Asian immigrant family struggling to live and run their little business during the COVID-19 pandemic. While it is heartening to see how this family strenuously stick together for enduring … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Family, Immigrant, Pandemic, Racism, Real-life figure, Real-life story, Restaurant
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It Ain’t Over (2022) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Inside Yogi Berra
To be frank with you, I only vaguely heard a bit about Yogi Berra once before watching documentary film “It Ain’t Over”. Berra was a legendary baseball player mostly known for his rather humorous quotes, and the documentary shows that … Continue reading
You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): A mildly pleasant product from the Sandler family
Probably because I am a South Korean nerd who was mostly occupied with getting good grades except when reading a book or watching a movie, many of American coming-of-age drama or comedy films feel like alien stories from very different … Continue reading
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Tagged Adolescence, Bat Mitzvah, Comedy, Coming-of-age drama, Family, Friendship
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Violent Night (2022) ☆☆(2/4): An insipidly violent Christmas flick
“Violent Night”, which is currently available on Netflix in South Korea, wants to be a viciously and violently funny Christmas flick, and I do not mind that, but, boy, what an insipid piece of work it is. While its one-joke … Continue reading
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