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Interstellar (2014) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Awe and wonder wrapped with grand ambition
Full of awe and wonder wrapped with artistic ambition, “Interstellar” overwhelms us with its massive visual experience which is worthy of extra ticket price for IMAX. Although it stumbles at times on the plot level as reaching for its challenging … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Hole, Family, Farmer, Father and daughter, Scientist, SF, Space travel, Spaceship, Wormhole
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Free Fall (2013) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Falling into an affair
German movie “Free Fall” is a nice film which could have drawn more attentions if it had been made 10 years ago. Thanks to notable films like “Brokeback Mountain” (2005), “The Kids Are All Right” (2010), and “Weekend” (2011), homosexuality … Continue reading
The Wicked (2013) ☆☆☆(3/4): Employee from Hell
The first 30 minutes of South Korean film “The Wicked” work like a solid short film based on an insidious premise. We know something bad will happen in one way or another, and the movie increases its level of anxiety … Continue reading
The photos from KAIST (2014/10/30)
There are other things besides cats and geese in the campus…
Blue Ruin (2013) ☆☆☆1/2 (3.5/4) : A revenge – and its consequences
Action is always followed by its consequence, and the damaged hero of “Blue Ruin” learns that unavoidable truth in a hard and violent way. While there are several striking moments of violence to jolt us along its tight plot peppered … Continue reading
Cats and Geese in the campus (2014/10/16)
While geese were walking around the campus, cats were having a lazy rest…
The Selfish Giant (2013) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Two kids stuck in their harsh environment
“The Selfish Giant” is a tough film to watch from the start. Like others surrounding them, its two young heroes are hopelessly stuck in their grim, harsh world at the fringe of society, and it is really depressing to watch … Continue reading
Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A cold, stark winter noir from China
After watching “Black Coal, Thin Ice”, a haunting noir film from China, you will probably want a hot cup of coffee to warm you. Besides its mystery plot involved with a grisly murder case which casts a long … Continue reading
Gone Girl (2014) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : What lies behind…
Something does not feel good right from the beginning of “Gone Girl”, a gripping top-notch thriller which gradually and chillingly reveals its nasty and insidious cards behind its back step by step with icy, merciless precision. Considering its dark, … Continue reading
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Tagged Brother and Sister, Crime, Husband and Wife, Missing, Thriller
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Boyhood (2014) ☆☆☆☆(4/4) : Along the stream of time
As preparing for the last steps of my graduate course at the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in these days, I sometimes feel a bit wistful about my long years at KAIST. The day when I entered the … Continue reading
