Category Archives: Movies

Chasing Ice (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4): Capturing disappearing glaciers

Posted on August 20, 2017 by kaist455

As many of you know, there are still lots of people refusing to believe the alarming progress of global climate change and its undeniable cause. The temperature of our planet has been abnormally increased during several decades because of the … Continue reading →

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Get Me Roger Stone (2017) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A political operator very proud of his infamy

Posted on August 19, 2017 by kaist455

If you despise what Donald Trump and his party represent, I bet you will dislike and detest Roger Stone as much as me after watching Netflix documentary “Get Me Roger Stone”. Here is a smart, diabolical political operator who has … Continue reading →

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Nobody Speaks: Trials of the Free Press (2017) ☆☆☆(3/4): The free press in peril

Posted on August 19, 2017 by kaist455

Netflix documentary film “Nobody Speaks: Trials of the Free Press” is often alarming to watch for good reasons. It amusingly begins with many absurdities of one infamous court trial which drew lots of attention during last year, but then it … Continue reading →

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War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Hail, Caesar!

Posted on August 15, 2017 by kaist455

The recent reboot of the Planet of the Apes series has been one of the most interesting cases of reboot during last 10 years. In “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” (2011), the franchise successfully recharged itself with considerable … Continue reading →

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Lady Macbeth (2016) ☆☆☆(3/4): A chilly period drama about one wicked lady

Posted on August 14, 2017 by kaist455

Although it is not based on that Scottish play by William Shakespeare, “Lady Macbeth” is as mean, dark, chilly, and vicious as you can expect from its title. Based on Russian writer Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 novella “Lady Macbeth of the … Continue reading →

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The Sense of an Ending (2017) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): How he remembers – and what really happened

Posted on August 13, 2017 by kaist455

“The Sense of an Ending” curiously feels lukewarm and distant. Although this is a technically well-made drama film equipped with a handful of good performances, the movie simply moves from one narrative point to another while not generating enough emotional … Continue reading →

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Annabelle: Creation (2017) ☆☆☆(3/4): That damn possessed doll

Posted on August 12, 2017 by kaist455

“Annabelle: Creation” is as scary as predicted while a bit better than expected. While we are surely served with many things you can expect from a horror flick featuring a malicious possessed doll and a creaky old house, the movie … Continue reading →

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Graduation (2016) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): For his daughter’s future

Posted on August 11, 2017 by kaist455

Romanian film “Graduation” is a brilliant moral drama which calmly and incisively delves into not only its ordinary hero’s complex moral circumstance but also a glum, corrupt society surrounding him and others. He simply wants to do what he thinks … Continue reading →

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Burning Sands (2017) ☆☆☆(3/4): A hellish pledge week in one black campus

Posted on August 11, 2017 by kaist455

As far I as I can remember, my campus years in Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology were mostly uneventful. Unless I watched movies or read books, my mind was usually occupied with getting good grades by any means … Continue reading →

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Coin Heist (2017) ☆☆☆(3/4): A small heist for saving their school

Posted on August 10, 2017 by kaist455

“Coin Heist”, which has been available on Netflix since this early January, is a modest but interesting heist film with a touch of “The Breakfast Club” (1985). As a movie about a group of high school kids trying to steal … Continue reading →

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