Category Archives: Movies

Free Fall (2013) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Falling into an affair

Posted on November 8, 2014 by kaist455

 German movie “Free Fall” is a nice film which could have drawn more attentions if it had been made 10 years ago. Thanks to notable films like “Brokeback Mountain” (2005), “The Kids Are All Right” (2010), and “Weekend” (2011), homosexuality … Continue reading →

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The Wicked (2013) ☆☆☆(3/4): Employee from Hell

Posted on November 5, 2014 by kaist455

 The first 30 minutes of South Korean film “The Wicked” work like a solid short film based on an insidious premise. We know something bad will happen in one way or another, and the movie increases its level of anxiety … Continue reading →

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The photos from KAIST (2014/10/30)

Posted on November 3, 2014 by kaist455

There are other things besides cats and geese in the campus…  

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Blue Ruin (2013) ☆☆☆1/2 (3.5/4) : A revenge – and its consequences

Posted on November 2, 2014 by kaist455

Action is always followed by its consequence, and the damaged hero of “Blue Ruin” learns that unavoidable truth in a hard and violent way. While there are several striking moments of violence to jolt us along its tight plot peppered … Continue reading →

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The Selfish Giant (2013) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Two kids stuck in their harsh environment

Posted on November 1, 2014 by kaist455

 “The Selfish Giant” is a tough film to watch from the start. Like others surrounding them, its two young heroes are hopelessly stuck in  their grim, harsh world at the fringe of society, and it is really depressing to watch … Continue reading →

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Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A cold, stark winter noir from China

Posted on October 31, 2014 by kaist455

    After watching “Black Coal, Thin Ice”, a haunting noir film from China, you will probably want a hot cup of coffee to warm you. Besides its mystery plot involved with a grisly murder case which casts a long … Continue reading →

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Gone Girl (2014) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : What lies behind…

Posted on October 26, 2014 by kaist455

  Something does not feel good right from the beginning of “Gone Girl”, a gripping top-notch thriller which gradually and chillingly reveals its nasty and insidious cards behind its back step by step with icy, merciless precision. Considering its dark, … Continue reading →

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Boyhood (2014) ☆☆☆☆(4/4) : Along the stream of time

Posted on October 25, 2014 by kaist455

 As preparing for the last steps of my graduate course at the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in these days, I sometimes feel a bit wistful about my long years at KAIST. The day when I entered the … Continue reading →

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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011) ☆☆1/2 (2.5/4) : Yes, they’re really going to do that

Posted on October 17, 2014 by kaist455

 “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen” is not as whimsy or outrageous as its odd title suggests, and that was a little disappointment for me. The movie is a mild, pleasant comedy, and there is nothing wrong with that, but, considering … Continue reading →

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The Immigrant (2013) ☆☆☆(3/4): A rich, somber classic melodrama from a bygone era

Posted on October 12, 2014 by kaist455

 Right from its evocative opening shot, “The Immigrant” takes us into the era when many poor, desperate people struggled hard in a world which was not as generous to them as they hoped. They might have some bright hopes about … Continue reading →

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