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Francofonia (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4): A floating visual meditation on the Louvre
“Francofonia” is a floating visual meditation on one of the famous museums in Europe. Alternatively baffling and fascinating, it freely looks around not only the museum and its historical background but also many other things to be mused on by … Continue reading
Mountain Cry (2015) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Amongst mountains
Immersing itself deep into its isolated rural background, Chinese film “Mountain Cry” looks at one human relationship between two different people. While its story is essentially a typical melodrama about love and redemption, the movie takes its time as patiently … Continue reading
Freeheld (2015) ☆☆(2/4): A mediocre drama based on one real-life love story
If “Freeheld” had been made around 20 years ago, it would have looked a bit better and bolder as a movie willing to tell a story about sexual minority people and their equal rights. While its story is based one … Continue reading
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Tagged Homosexuality, Police, Real-life figure, Real-life story, Terminal Illness
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The Truth Beneath (2016) ☆☆☆(3/4): Gone daughter
I expected one thing before watching South Korean film “The Truth Beneath”, but the movie served me the other thing I did not expect at all. When it takes its first steps with a familiar thriller premise, you may think … Continue reading
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Tagged Family, Missing, Mother and daughter, South Korean Film, Thriller
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Suffragette (2015) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): Well-intentioned but passable
Looking into one important feminist movement during the early 20th century, “Suffragette” tries to show and tell us a story of brave women who fought hard for social equality for them and many other women in their conservative society. Considering … Continue reading
The World of Us (2016) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A little bumpy relationship between two girls
Human relationship is a fragile and tricky thing to handle for anyone, and South Korean film “The World of Us” shows that kids are no less clumsy than most of us in developing and maintaining relationship. Closely observing one little … Continue reading
Midnight Special (2016) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : It deserves its odd title
Reminiscent of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” (1977), “Starman” (1984), and TV series “The X-files”, “Midnight Special” virtually puts us right in the middle of its ongoing situation we gradually come to grasp along its narrative. This small but … Continue reading
Born to Be Blue (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4): Improvised from Chet Baker’s bluesy bottom
As a music drama loosely inspired by Chet Baker’s life, “Born to be Blue” tries a little different thing. While mainly focusing on a melancholic late period of this legendary American jazz musician’s life, it freely mixes reality and fiction … Continue reading
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Tagged Biography, drug, Jazz, Musician, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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The Jungle Book (2016) ☆☆☆(3/4): A fun, wondrous fantasy adventure film from Disney
“The Jungle Book” is a refreshing experience for many reasons. While this is another Disney adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s famous collective works, its bountiful fantasy world is brimming with the sense of unadulterated fun, wonder, and excitement, and I looked … Continue reading
The Conjuring 2 (2016) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): Same scares and shocks in a different location
“The Conjuring 2” serves us same scares and shocks we saw from its predecessor. During the screening I attended yesterday, I and other audiences around me did get as much as we expected from it, and there were indeed several … Continue reading
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Tagged Demon, Family, Haunted House, Possession, Real-life figure, Real-life incident
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