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Trouble with the Curve (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4) : It throws its ball straight

Posted on December 2, 2012 by kaist455

 Sometimes actors can find a way to make the story work even when it looks not so special, and I enjoy watching how they make their materials into something watchable instead of something passable. “Trouble with the Curve” is a … Continue reading →

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Our Idiot Brother (2011) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Our lovable Ned

Posted on December 2, 2012 by kaist455

Ned Rochlin is your average lovable idiot. He is a nice and pleasant dude, but the problem is that he trusts people a little too much and he thinks a little too less about what he says and does. The … Continue reading →

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End of Watch (2012) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : A gritty mix between cop drama and found footage

Posted on December 1, 2012 by kaist455

 Once upon a time, there was a movie called “The Blair Witch Project”(1999), and its unexpected success generated a sub-genre so-called “found footage”. While this low-budget genre has been continued through other successful cases like “Paranormal Activity”(2007), there also have … Continue reading →

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Oslo, August 31st (2011) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : One summer day of a young addict

Posted on November 30, 2012 by kaist455

Sometimes movies provide the moments I understand well with empathy even though I am completely different from their characters. I remember how I sympathetically reacted to one particular scene around the finale of “The Hurt Locker”(2008) because I would also … Continue reading →

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26 Years (2012) ☆☆(2/4) : They have waited for so long…

Posted on November 30, 2012 by kaist455

  New South Korean movie “26 Years” is not the worst South Korean film of this year, but it is the most disappointing South Korean film of this year. Its story has a very interesting historical subject, and it also … Continue reading →

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This Must Be the Place (2011) ☆☆☆(3/4) : An offbeat journey of an aging rock star

Posted on November 28, 2012 by kaist455

“This Must Be the Place” is an offbeat drama about a sad man who has been hiding inside his appearance of the past as his shell for a long time. When Cheyenne, played by Sean Penn in a striking appearance … Continue reading →

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A cat at the arthouse movie theater (2012/11/25)

Posted on November 26, 2012 by kaist455

                   It grows up a lot…

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Rise of the Guardians (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A nice gift set for the Holiday season

Posted on November 26, 2012 by kaist455

We have “The Avengers” early in this year, and now we have “Rise of the Guardians” around the end of this year. Like various superhero characters were assembled to save the mankind in the former, the various Guardians of Childhood … Continue reading →

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Suddenly, Last Summer/Going South (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Two summer afternoons

Posted on November 26, 2012 by kaist455

I remember one funny joke you have probably heard about. When a boy goes to a priest for confession, he confesses to a priest that he went to a strip club in the town at last night. With amused understanding, … Continue reading →

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Keep the Lights on (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Scenes from a gay relationship

Posted on November 26, 2012 by kaist455

They love each other, and they like to be with each other, but they admit in the end that their relationship does not work. “Keep the Lights On” tells an bittersweet romance tale about two gay men struggling with the … Continue reading →

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