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Category Archives: Movies
Marguerite (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4): By George, she can’t sing well…
It is always funny when a character seems so oblivious to how funny he (or she) is, and French comedy film “Marguerite” gets plenty of laughs from such a premise like that. Here is a lady who is so blindingly … Continue reading
The Tunnel (2016) ☆☆☆(3/4): Almost buried inside the tunnel
There are some bitter laughs to have for its local audiences in South Korean disaster film “The Tunnel”. While you may think a number of moments of incompetence and ignorance in the movie are too absurd, I and other South … Continue reading
A Bigger Splash (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4): When their peaceful summer rest is disturbed
My mind became more sensitized than usual during the screening of “A Bigger Splash”. While sensing the nervous undertone around its four main characters, I was more attentive to subtle nuances and small gestures glimpsed from them, and I was … Continue reading
April and the Extraordinary World (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4): Alternative steampunk world
French animation feature film “April and the Extraordinary World” gives us a literally extraordinary world to admire and appreciate. Although its story is not as bountiful as its visual pleasures on the screen, its imaginary world is interesting and delightful … Continue reading
The Secret Life of Pets (2016) ☆☆☆(3/4): The Adventure of NYC pets
I have often complained about the recent homogenization of numerous Hollywood animation feature films during these years. They all look certainly well-made on the surface thanks to the rapid industrial development and expansion of digital animation since Pixar Animation Studio … Continue reading
Green Room (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4): Trapped in the green room
“Green Room” is a bleak, cold-blooded thriller determined to shock and disturb us. Once its unfortunate young characters suddenly find themselves trapped a grim situation way over their head, the movie keeps pushing them into more fear and dread, and … Continue reading
After the Storm (2016) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Gathered by the storm
I still marvel at how effortlessly intimate and humane the works of Hirokazu Kore-eda are. Many of his family dramas such as “Still Walking” (2008) and “Like Father, Like Son” (2013) are mostly somber and quiet on the surface, but … Continue reading
Jason Bourne (2016) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): The Bourne Redundancy
As I watched “Jason Bourne” during this Wednesday evening, my mind kept making comparisons while feeling the increasing detachment toward actions presented on the screen. Although it serves us with gritty, intense action sequences as busily hopping around different locations … Continue reading
Everybody Wants Some!! (2016) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Let good times roll…
My first days as an undergraduate student of the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology were rather uneventful to say the least. While getting acquainted a bit with my two dormitory roommates, I just simply attended lectures and prepared … Continue reading
The Witch (2015) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): An isolated terror in the wood
Shrouded in the gnawing sense of dread and terror, “The Witch” will give you a creepy experience as calmly observing how its characters are slowly crumbled under an unknown influence out there. When it is over, you may wonder about … Continue reading
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