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Daily Archives: February 12, 2024
Citizen of a Kind (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): Ra Mi-ran rules again
It seems to me that South Korean actress Ra Mi-ran is one of the rare performers who can sell almost anything to audiences. Although I did not like her recent comedy film “Honest Candidate” (2020) and its following 2022 sequel … Continue reading
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Tagged Comedy, Crime, Real-life story, South Korean Film, Voice-phishing
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Sayonara, Girls. (2022) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): Before their graduation
Japanese film “Sayonara, Girls”, which is released as “Girls Don’t Graduate” in South Korea as it was in Japan a few months ago, is so gentle and vanilla that I quickly lost my patience during my viewing. Probably because I … Continue reading
Between Two Worlds (2021) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): An observer with no stake at all
What French film “Between Two Worlds” is about is important and relevant to say the least, but I also found it problematic for how it is about. Mainly driven via a privileged observer with no stake at all, the movie … Continue reading





