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The Mummy (2017) ☆☆(2/4): A mummy comes to London

Posted on June 6, 2017 by kaist455

“The Mummy”, a reboot of the Mummy series which is also the first installment in the Dark Universe film series of Universal Studios, is dour, bland, and joyless while not proving anything particularly fun or scary. This unexciting blockbuster product … Continue reading →

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Jane (2016) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Elusive happiness in her harsh, despairing world

Posted on June 4, 2017 by kaist455

South Korean film “Jane” begins with one story and then proceeds with another story to tell. While these two stories feel different from each other, they are gradually connected with each other as the movie observes the harsh, despairing world … Continue reading →

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Wonder Woman (2017) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Here comes Wonder Woman!

Posted on June 2, 2017 by kaist455

Besides being more exciting and exhilarating than expected, “Wonder Woman” finally gives what its genre has desperately needed during recent years: strong, independent female superhero character. While this is another quintessential origin story, the movie is refreshing mainly thanks to … Continue reading →

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Our President (2017) ☆☆☆(3/4): We miss you, President Roh

Posted on May 29, 2017 by kaist455

South Korean documentary film “Our President” comes to its main audiences at a point which cannot possibly be more appropriate. As the country went through two lousy presidents during last 9 years and then managed to get some possibility of … Continue reading →

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Paterson (2016) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A bus driver poet in Paterson

Posted on May 27, 2017 by kaist455

Several days ago, I went to the Iksan campus of Chonbuk National University for meeting several colleagues of my previous workplace. After meeting them and then having a little chat with them, I waited outside for a bus to the … Continue reading →

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Neruda (2016) ☆☆☆(3/4): An unconventional biopic inspired by Pablo Neruda

Posted on May 26, 2017 by kaist455

“Neruda” is not a conventional biopic at all. While mainly focusing on one crucial point in Chilean poet Pablo Neruda’s life, the movie freely mixes fact and fiction for giving us a wider view on not only the poet himself … Continue reading →

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The Edge of Seventeen (2016) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Edgy, witty, and heartfelt

Posted on May 24, 2017 by kaist455

Edgy, witty, and heartfelt, “The Edge of Seventeen” is a genuine coming-of-age story about that tumultuous life period called adolescence. While it often throws some funny moments of incisive humor via its spunky heroine who tries to deal with her … Continue reading →

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Miss Sloane (2016) ☆☆☆(3/4): By Any Means Necessary

Posted on May 23, 2017 by kaist455

It is always entertaining to watch smart people doing their job well, and the heroine of “Miss Sloane” is one of such good cases. While we are amazed or horrified by how far she is willing to go for getting … Continue reading →

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Lost in Paris (2016) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): A whimsical slapstick comedy set in Paris

Posted on May 22, 2017 by kaist455

French film “Lost in Paris” is a whimsical comedy mainly driven by various amusing moments of slapstick comedy. It surely has its own offbeat charm and the audiences around me frequently giggled during the screening I attended, but the movie … Continue reading →

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I Am Not Your Negro (2016) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Baldwin Remembers

Posted on May 20, 2017 by kaist455

First, let me confess that I am not that familiar with James Baldwin, a renowned African American writer who was one of the notable figures in the Civil Rights Movement in US during the 1960s. Although I came to know … Continue reading →

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