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Compliance (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Banality of Evil at a fast food restaurant

Posted on July 24, 2013 by kaist455

“Compliance” is a small one-situation drama which is simultaneously absurd, outrageous, horrifying, and disturbing in its cold depiction of dark human behaviors we are quite capable of if we are at the right place and the right time. It is … Continue reading →

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A Late Quartet (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A quartet at its late turning point

Posted on July 20, 2013 by kaist455

 “A Late Quartet” plays a familiar life drama in a deep, somber tone with its reliable instruments. Using one famous classic piece as the metaphor of life, the movie observes the harmony and disharmony between the human characters who have … Continue reading →

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Camille Rewinds (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Rewound back to her high school days

Posted on July 19, 2013 by kaist455

I become 30 in this year, and now I cannot be described as ‘a lad’ any more although being 60 is not very old in these days. Whenever I feel like being young, my chubby body sternly reminds me of … Continue reading →

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Mr. Go (2013) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : A gorilla recruited to baseball (no kidding)

Posted on July 18, 2013 by kaist455

Unless there is a more admirable technical achievement in the South Korean Film industry in this year, the special effect in new South Korean film “Mr. Go” deserves all the special effect awards it will receive in the local film … Continue reading →

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Pluto (2012) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : They are all expendable

Posted on July 14, 2013 by kaist455

While I went through the South Korean education system, exam scores had been always important to me and others. My teachers and parents always emphasized that I should get scores as high as possible in every exam, and I was … Continue reading →

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Pacific Rim (2013) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Jaegers Vs. Kaijus

Posted on July 13, 2013 by kaist455

 “Pacific Rim” is big, loud, and, above all, exciting and interesting. There are lots of crashes and bangs as those huge CGI creatures clashing with each other on the big screen, but this is not one of those bland, bloated … Continue reading →

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Spring Breakers (2012) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : And then it becomes no fun to them

Posted on July 11, 2013 by kaist455

 “Spring Breakers” is a gaudy exercise in callousness and recklessness. All these girls in the movie want is to get out of their boredom, and they certainly get it when they arrive in St. Petersburg, Florida. While usually wearing bikinis … Continue reading →

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Campus animals in the evening (2013/07/10)

Posted on July 10, 2013 by kaist455

                                It is still bright, and they are active as ever despite heat.

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In the House (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4) : On seductive/dangerous writing

Posted on July 9, 2013 by kaist455

 Both frank and deceptive about what it is going to do, “In the House” simultaneously presents two plots and then observes how they roll together – and how they come to manipulate each other. The movie has a dark fun … Continue reading →

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Cheer Up, Mr. Lee (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Loser filmmakers’ comic struggle

Posted on July 8, 2013 by kaist455

I enjoyed small funny moments in South Korean mockumentary film “Cheer Up, Mr. Lee”, and that was why I was relatively let down by what was shown around its ending. I know the characters in the movie are not that … Continue reading →

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