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Category Archives: Movies
Land Ho! (2014) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Two aging tourists in Iceland
Sometimes, two real characters interacting with each other can be a far more interesting sight than usual CGI spectacles, and “Land Ho!” can be a prime example of that. While it is just a simple story about two old guys … Continue reading
God’s Pocket (2014) ☆☆(2/4) : Before the Funeral
Some movies can be interesting as simply showing talented actors doing what they can do their roles, but that is not the case with “God’s Pocket”, which strangely feels tedious and lifeless in spite of its talented performers assembled on … Continue reading
Omar (2013) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : An informer tiptoeing between both sides
While working as a thriller with its taut, suspenseful moments, Palestinian film “Omar” looks below an ongoing conflict through its fully-realized characters and their gloomy, desperate drama. As observing the characters stuck in an impossible situation full of gray morality … Continue reading
Bethlehem (2013) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A police procedural around both sides
Israeli film “Bethlehem” sometimes loses its focus on the relationship between its two different characters as looking around many other things in the story. Its story is inherently engaging as a tense drama mixed with current topics, and there are … Continue reading
The Rover (2014) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Across a heartless apocalyptic world
“The Rover” is an atypical film putting far more emphasis on mood and background than story and character. When you read its simple synopsis, you may expect something like Mad Max movies, but, though it has a similar type … Continue reading
Exodus: Kings and Gods (2014) ☆☆(2/4) : It happens as we saw before
Despite some interesting touches to muse on, “Exodus: Kings and Gods” feels bland while bringing very little to a story familiar to many of us. Like Darren Aronofsky’s “Noah” (2014), the movie attempts a modern reinterpretation of its biblical … Continue reading
Cold in July (2014) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : A well-made Texan noir with some holes
Many of you have probably heard about that amusing anecdote behind classic noir film “The Big Sleep” (1946). Because the plot of Raymond Chandler’s equally famous novel is so convoluted, the director Howard Hawks and his screenplay writers were confused … Continue reading
The Babadook (2014) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Be careful of what you read
“The Babadook” is a horror movie about something wicked lurking around somewhere, and it is quite an effective one. Slowly building up the sense of dread around its ominous background, the movie works as the harrowing drama of a strained … Continue reading
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I (2014) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): It’s still gathering fire yet
While enjoying its good moments, I sometimes became impatient during my viewing of “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I”, but that problem is something expected from the very beginning. Based on the first half of its original novel, the movie … Continue reading
Fury (2014) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : A gritty, violent World War II movie we’ve seen it before
“Fury” is full of grimes and guts to show us that war is indeed hell, and it surely has gritty, violent, and bloody moments to make us cringe. During one scene in the film, one of its main characters comes … Continue reading
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