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Category Archives: Movies
Magic in the Moonlight (2014) ☆☆☆(3/4) : She does something to him~
“Magic in the Moonlight” is as lightweight as you can expect from a minor Woody Allen film. Although it is not as impressive as “Midnight in Paris”(2011), it is a nice fluffy diversion from his previous work “Blue Jasmine”(2013), and … Continue reading
Begin Again (2013) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Starting over with music
Around its beginning, “Begin Again” has a key moment which shows us how some songs can mean a lot to us at the right time and the right place in our life. It is just a simple song performed with … Continue reading
Haemoo (2014) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Voyage of the Desperate
South Korean film “Heamoo” feels so real at times that it did not take much time for me to get involved in its shabby main characters and their dark, harrowing drama. I could sense their gloomy life with no bright … Continue reading
Robin Williams 1951 – 2014 R.I.P.
Not long before I heard the news about Robin Williams’ sudden death, I came across a cardboard advertisement of “License to Wed”(2007), which was somehow placed at my local theater for no apparent reason(this poorly received comedy film silently went … Continue reading
A Most Wanted Man (2014) ☆☆☆(3/4): It’s still cold and melancholic out there
“Spying is waiting.” – from “The Russia House” by John le Carré When I read John le Carré’s “The Spy Who Came in from the Cold” for the first time around 1993, I was not very impressed by that novel. … Continue reading
Tim’s Vermeer (2013) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Recreating a Vermeer
Whenever the camera looks closely at Johannes Vermeer’s paintings in fascinating documentary “Tim’s Vermeer”, you cannot help but marvel at their vivid colors and details – and their verisimilitude which almost approaches to the level of modern photography. This Dutch … Continue reading
Miss Violence (2013) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A family secret oppressing them all
They look like a quiet, normal family at first, but there is something wrong about this family. Even after a terrible incident which would devastate any other normal families, they just move on with their daily life as if they … Continue reading
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) ☆☆☆(3/4): A goofy but spirited space adventure
With its own style and wit, “Guardians of the Galaxy” bounces around its space opera playground with its colorful outlaw characters who are always the constant source of surprise and amusement throughout the film. While it eventually arrives at the … Continue reading
Roaring Currents (2014) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : He still has 12 ships for his last stand…
“It may be proper to compare me with Nelson, but not with Korea’s Yi Sun-sin, for he has no equal.” – Tōgō Heihachirō(1848-1943), Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy One particular behavior of mine during the screening of South Korean … Continue reading
