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Heart Eyes (2025) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): A murderous “date night”
“Heart Eyes” is another typical hybrid between horror and comedy. This time, we get a mix between slasher horror and romantic comedy, and the resulting mix is often enjoyable mainly thanks to the good chemistry between its two lead performers, … Continue reading
Night Always Comes (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): Desperate hours
Netflix film “Night Always Comes”, which was released a few days ago, is a relentlessly bleak mix between character drama and noir thriller, which is mainly driven by the sheer human desperation of its flawed heroine. You may not like … Continue reading
At the Bench (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): Five episodes at one bench
Japanese anthology film “At the Bench” presents five different episodes unfolded at one particular spot. While some of them are connected with each other to some degree, each of these five episodes are fairly engaging in each own way, and … Continue reading
Waterdrop (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): They don’t want to be left alone…
South Korean independent film “Waterdrop” is a somber but sad story about two different kids who simply do not want to be left alone. As closely and sensitively observing their respective emotional struggles along the story, the movie often becomes … Continue reading
Stop Making Sense (1984) ☆☆☆☆(4/4): It still rocks
Jonathan Demme’s 1984 concert film “Stop Making Sense”, whose recent 4K restoration version was released in South Korean theaters a few days ago, is quite an electrifying experience to say the least. While more than 40 years have passed since … Continue reading
MadS (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): An apocalyptic one-shot horror film
French horror film “MadS” presents a familiar type of horror story via an interesting visual approach. While this is basically another typical zombie horror film, the movie steadily and fluidly follows the story and characters without any interruption, and its … Continue reading
An Officer and a Spy (2019) ☆☆☆(3/4): A solid historical drama by a problematic filmmaker
I must confess that it has been more than 10 years since the last time I watched and then reviewed a Roman Polanski film. At that time, I watched “Rosemary’s Baby” (1968) for writing an essay to be posted on … Continue reading
Eyes Without a Face (1960) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): As she waits for another surgery
French filmmaker George Franju’s 1960 horror movie “Eyes Without a Face” is quite striking for its eerie qualities. While it initially feels merely bizarre and disturbing on the surface, the movie gradually draws us into the evil and madness at … Continue reading
High and Low (1963) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A top-notch police procedural from Kurosawa
On the surface, Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 film “High and Low” simply follows one kidnapping case from the beginning to the end. While the overall result works as a dry but undeniably compelling police procedural, the movie also gives us some … Continue reading
Ballerina (2025) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): Brutally Redundant to say the least
“Ballerina”, a spin-off installment within the John Wick franchise, is brutally redundant to say the least. While surely serving us a heap of extremely brutal and violent action scenes as expected, this slick and competent genre piece does not bring … Continue reading
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