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Category Archives: Movies
Youth (2015) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): An idiosyncratic musing around youth and aging
“Youth” is amusing, baffling, and mesmerizing in its odd beautiful moments. It often feels uneven and random as juggling many various elements around its leisurely background, but then we are gripped by its fabulous moments, and its idiosyncratic musing around … Continue reading
Crimson Peak (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4): A creepy exercise in Gothic romance horror
In last month, I came across a New York Times article on Guillermo del Toro’s his private place called Bleak House, and it was one of the most entertaining articles I read during recent months. The article vividly described this … Continue reading
The Boy and The Beast (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4): A boy and his beast master
Around the middle of the early morning screening of Mamoru Hosoda’s new animation feature film “The Boy and the Beast”, I became more conscious of its narrative flaws, but I was entertained in spite of that. While its plot is … Continue reading
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4): He knew where he was going
Alex Gibney’s new documentary “Steve Jobs: the Man in the Machine” is both baffled and fascinated with many contradictions inside Steve Jobs, and so are we. While he will surely be remembered as one of the giants in the history … Continue reading
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Tagged Computer engineering, Documentary, Entrepreneur, Real-life figure
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The Hunting Ground (2015) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): An alarming presentation on rape in campus
Documentary film “The Hunting Ground” cheerfully begins with the montage of video clips showing young girls excited to be accepted by the colleges they applied to for admission. They are all full of hope and pride as expecting what they … Continue reading
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): A doomed quest inspired by “Fargo”
On one cold day of 2001 November, a Japanese woman named Takako Konishi was found dead in a field outside Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. Around that time, it was widely rumored that she came to Minnesota to search for that famous … Continue reading
The Second Mother (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4): When her daughter comes to the town
Can they possibly connect with each other after those long years of separation between them? “The Second Mother”, Brazil’s official submission to Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in the next year, is a calm, gentle family drama revolving around a … Continue reading
Listen to Me Marlon (2015) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Brando on Brando
Marlon Brando lived a curious life to amuse and baffle us. While this legendary Hollywood actor gave us a number of great performances to behold and admire, he often seemed to be drifted away with no particular interest in acting, … Continue reading
Inside Men (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4): They are all together…
I watched South Korean thriller film “Inside Men” with bitter amusement on some of its darkest moments. Although it is a work of fiction as emphasized in its end credits, its dark, uncomfortable picture of power and corruption is not … Continue reading
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Tagged Corruption, Criminal, Politics, Prosecuter, South Korean Film
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Tangerines (2013) ☆☆☆(3/4): His house as a neutral zone
“Tangerines”, a Georgian-Estonian film which was Oscar-nominated for Best Foreign Language Film early in this year, is a small war fable accompanied with some humanistic messages to deliver. While its intention is apparent right from the beginning, it takes its … Continue reading
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