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Sorry, Baby (2025) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Before and after what happened to her
During the first 20 minutes of Eva Victor’s first feature film “Sorry, Baby”, I observed that its heroine is living a wonderful academic life which would have been envied by my late mentor/friend Roger Ebert, who could have taught literature … Continue reading
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) ☆☆☆☆(4/4): An enduring Thanksgiving Day classic
As a South Korean who has seldom left his country during last 42 years, I have never experienced Thanksgiving Day for my whole life, but I could not help but amused and touched by John Hughes’ 1987 film “Planes, Trains … Continue reading
The Color of Pomegranates (1969) ☆☆☆(3/4): The life of an Armenian poet
In my humble opinion, a good movie can reach to your heart and mind, no matter how vague and elusive it is in what and how it is about. In case of Sergei Parajanov’s 1969 film “The Color of Pomegranates”, … Continue reading
Kontinental ’25 (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): A bailiff who cares a lot
Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude’s “Kontinental ’25”, which is one of the two films from him during this year, amused me to some degree. While being relatively less edgy and provocative than his two previous film “Bad Luck Banging or Loony … Continue reading
Kokuho (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): Becoming a living national treasure
Japanese film “Kokuho”, which was selected as the Japanese entry to Best International Film Oscar at the 2026 Academy Awards, is an ambitious backstage drama to behold. Yes, this is another typical story about that hectic price of artistic achievement … Continue reading
Hallan (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): A young mother and her little daughter in the Jeju Uprising
South Korean film “Hallan” turns out to be a lot more haunting than I expected at first. Closely following the harrowing survival drama of a young mother and her little daughter in the middle of the Jeju Uprising (1948 ~ … Continue reading
Blue Moon (2025) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): He is surely blue…
“Blue Moon”, which is incidentally one of the Richard Linklater’s two movies released during this year, is a biographical drama film packed with a lot of insight and personality. Mainly focusing on one particularly complicated night of a famous American … Continue reading
The Life of Chuck (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): He contains multitudes…
Mike Flanagan’s latest film “The Life of Chuck”, which won the People’s Choice Award when it was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival in last year, interested me for what it is about and then touched me for how … Continue reading
Zootopia 2 (2025) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): More animals, more worlds (and I like it more)
Disney animation feature film “Zootopia 2” has more animals and worlds to present, and I like it more. While it will still take some time for you to accept its rather shaky background premise, the film fills its animal fantasy … Continue reading
Train Dreams (2025) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): The life of a haunted man
Netflix film “Train Dreams”, which unfortunately did not get a chance for theatrical release in South Korea before eventually being released on Netflix on last Friday, is a mesmerizing work of poetic atmosphere and details to be appreciated. Clearly influenced … Continue reading
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