-
Recent Posts
- The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008) ☆☆☆(3/4): A Holocaust fable
- Renoir (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): Detached and confused
- A Little Prayer (2023) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A little family issue of his and his family
- Dust Bunny (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): So this little girl hires a hit man…
- Silent Friend (2025) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Across the time of a gingko tree
- Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989) ☆☆☆(3/4): This plucky delivery girl
- Dear Juhee (2025) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): Uneven but sincere anyway
- Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron (2024) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): Miyazaki’s long return
- Noah Kahan: Out of Body (2026) ☆☆☆(3/4): What’s next for him?
- Salmokji: Whispering Water (2026) ☆☆☆: A reservoir of horror
Blogroll
Interesting Windows
Movies
Categories
Meta
Archives
-
Join 813 other subscribers
Blog Stats
- 1,259,010 hits
Seongyong’s Twitter
Tweets by kaist455
Category Archives: Movies
Zola (2020) ☆☆☆(3/4): Based on one amusing Twitter tale
“Zola” is a darkly amusing cautionary tale of sexual exploitation which will definitely make you wince more than once. Cheerfully bouncing from one absurd moment to another, the movie never overlooks the seedy and exploitative aspects of what its heroine … Continue reading
Eternals (2021) ☆☆1/2 (2.5/4): The Curious Misfire of Chloé Zhao
“Eternals”, the latest offering from Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), is a curious misfire whose heart seems to be in some other place. Like “Black Widow” (2021) and “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” (2021), it attempts to try … Continue reading
Never Gonna Snow Again (2020) ☆☆☆(3/4): An odd immigrant masseur in suburbia
What an odd and strange film “Never Gonna Snow Again” is. The movie, which was selected as Poland’s submission to Best International Film Oscar in last year, initially baffled me a lot as I tried to figure out what and … Continue reading
Naked Singularity (2021) ☆☆(2/4): Tepid Singularity
“Naked Singularity”, which somehow crept into South Korean theaters in last week, is not as singular as whatever it wanted to be. The movie itself is not awful at all, but it is a tedious mess of half-baked ideas which … Continue reading
Ron’s Gone Wrong (2021) ☆☆☆(3/4): His little malfunctioning friend
Animation feature film “Ron’s Gone Wrong” may aim low from the beginning, but it is more entertaining than expected. Although many of its components are familiar to the core, it fairly works well as cheerfully swaying back and forth between … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged action, Animation Film, Comedy, Middle School, Robot, School, SF
Leave a comment
The Asian Angel (2021) ☆☆☆(3/4): Accidental travelers
“The Asian Angel” simply rolls along with its two different sets of characters and then observes what occurs between these two contrasting groups. Despite the considerable language barrier between their groups, the main characters in the film somehow manage to … Continue reading
Shadow of the Vampire (2000) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Filmmaking with the Vampire
F.W. Murnau’s “Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror” (1922) has been regarded as one of the greatest silent horror films for many good reasons, and one of them is the striking image of its titular character. Although the film itself was … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Comedy, Filmmaker, Filmmaking, Horror, Real-life figure, Vampire
Leave a comment
Copshop (2021) ☆☆☆(3/4): A fixer, a killer, and an officer
“Copshop” is an efficient action thriller flick which plays well with its familiar genre elements on the whole. Right from its opening part, we already have a pretty good idea on what we are going to get, but the movie … Continue reading
Old Henry (2021) ☆☆☆(3/4): An old farmer with the past
“Old Henry” is a familiar but solid western thriller film which turns out to be more enjoyable and interesting than expected. We can clearly see through what it is going to do along with its seemingly plain ordinary hero, and … Continue reading
Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): Cage in Sonoland
Sion Sono’s latest film “Prisoners of the Ghostland” looks like an ideal combination between two different figures who have respectively been known well for going wild and crazy in each own way. While Sono has surely impressed us with a … Continue reading
Seongyong's Private Place 