Category Archives: Movies

Limbo (2020) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Refugees stuck in a remote Scottish island

Posted on August 2, 2021 by kaist455

“Limbo” is a small offbeat film about a group of refugees stuck in a remote Scottish island. While often recognizing their quiet desperation and frustration in a number of achingly melancholic moments, the movie is also often surprisingly funny with … Continue reading →

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Drunk Bus (2020) ☆☆☆(3/4): His life-changing bodyguard

Posted on August 1, 2021 by kaist455

“Drunk Bus” drives along a very familiar course, but it is more colorful and entertaining than expected. While this is your average coming-of-age comedy drama about a young man getting wiser via a sudden change coming into his drab daily … Continue reading →

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Holler (2020) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A harsh working-class daily life in Ohio

Posted on August 1, 2021 by kaist455

“Holler” is a little but haunting character drama about one ordinary working-class American girl who does deserve better than what her whole life has given her. While phlegmatically observing the daily struggles of her and several other characters around her, … Continue reading →

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Saint Maud (2019) ☆☆☆(3/4): The sobering observation of one disturbing religious mania

Posted on July 31, 2021 by kaist455

“Saint Maud” is a dark and disturbing psychological thriller which will catch you off guard more than once. As mostly sticking to its very disturbed heroine’s warped viewpoint, the movie alternatively chills and fascinates us via a number of intense … Continue reading →

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My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell It To (2020) ☆☆☆(3/4): For their younger brother

Posted on July 31, 2021 by kaist455

“My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell It Too” is a moody but interesting horror drama film about two sibling toiling on taking care of a sick family member with unspeakable need. While calmly and slowly observing their respective human … Continue reading →

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Anything for Jackson (2020) ☆☆☆(3/4): A Satanist couple in trouble

Posted on July 31, 2021 by kaist455

“Anything for Jackson” is a little horror film which turns out to be more morbid, humorous, and bizarre than expected. While unfolding its devious plot mainly via the viewpoint of an insidious old couple who seems be ready for doing … Continue reading →

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Escape from Mogadishu (2021) ☆☆☆(3/4): They must stick together for their escape

Posted on July 30, 2021 by kaist455

South Korean film “Escape from Mogadishu” is a gritty and intense action thriller flick which is loosely based on a real-life story between South and North Korean embassy in Mogadishu, Somalia in 1991. While often reminiscent of a bunch of … Continue reading →

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Jungle Cruise (2021) ☆☆1/2 (2.5/4): A goofy overlong adventure film

Posted on July 30, 2021 by kaist455

“Jungle Cruise” is not as awful as I feared after watching its trailer several weeks ago, but it is also not as fun and entertaining as it could be. As a blockbuster flick based on one of those theme park … Continue reading →

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Two of Us (2019) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Just two of them

Posted on July 29, 2021 by kaist455

“Two of Us”, which was selected as the French entry for Best International Film Oscar in last year (It made the shortlist of fifteen films early in this year, by the way), begins its story with the warm and sensitive … Continue reading →

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Gull (2020) ☆☆☆(3/4): Her little struggle for herself

Posted on July 29, 2021 by kaist455

South Korean independent film “Gull” is a simple but haunting character drama about one ordinary woman’s harrowing emotional journey after a traumatic incident. While dryly but sensitively observing her inner struggle without any unnecessary exaggeration, the movie slowly lets us … Continue reading →

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