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Total Recall (2012) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : It can unnecessarily remember it for you

Posted on August 16, 2012 by kaist455

Len Wiseman’s “Total Recall”, which is a remake version of the 1990 film with the same name, has several amusing things to talk about after watching it, but most of them are the faint echoes from the 1990 version. They … Continue reading →

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Stake Land (2010) ☆☆☆(3/4) : In the world of vampire zombies

Posted on August 11, 2012 by kaist455

“Stake Land” is too good to be dismissed as “another zombie movie” because of its impressive gray atmosphere and a nice bleak drama unfolded in its apocalyptic world. This small horror film pays attention to its world besides its stock … Continue reading →

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Project Nim (2011) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : A fascinating but cruel experiment on one chimp

Posted on August 11, 2012 by kaist455

 Can animals learn languages and communicate with us? Can the gap between human beings and animals can be narrower through that? One fascinating experiment at the center of an engrossing documentary “Project Nim” started with these curious questions, and it … Continue reading →

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Marley (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4): A respectful tribute to a legendary musician

Posted on August 4, 2012 by kaist455

To the audiences like me who are not so familiar to Bob Marley, the director documentary “Marley” is an informative documentary which shows Marley as an influential musician and a wonderful human being who left our world too early. I … Continue reading →

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Magic Mike (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4) : And their hot body show goes on…

Posted on August 4, 2012 by kaist455

With a standard backstage melodrama at its center, “Magic Mike” grips our attention to what happens onstage and backstage with its earnest and insightful approach to its hot subject – male striptease. The movie will definitely draw the interest of … Continue reading →

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Rock of Ages (2012) ☆☆1/2(2.5/3) : It rocks – partially.

Posted on August 4, 2012 by kaist455

Watching the musical movie “Rock of Ages” was like dully observing a plain rock concert occasionally agitated by its more famous guest performers. I had a little interest in its main plot, but I and the other audiences at the … Continue reading →

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Venus (2006) ☆☆☆(3/4) : The last great performance from Peter O’Toole – probably

Posted on August 1, 2012 by kaist455

Sometimes the actor’s face tells about his character so much that the movie does not have to waste its time for describing his character’s past to us. Roger Michell’s “Venus”(2006) does not tell us in details about how much famous … Continue reading →

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The Thieves (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4): A twisty heist movie with ten untrustworthy thieves

Posted on July 28, 2012 by kaist455

 As a slick heist film somewhere between “Ocean’s Eleven”(2001) and Guy Ritchie’s crime comedy films, South Korean movie “The Thieves” has expected things and unexpected things in its twisty story populated with ten untrustworthy criminals who gather for the same … Continue reading →

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The Dark Knight Rises (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4) : An overpowering and ponderous final chapter

Posted on July 21, 2012 by kaist455

With his Batman series, Christopher Nolan has pushed the superhero genre to the undiscovered territory we have never expected from the genre before. Now with “The Dark Knight Rises”, a grim, overpowering final chapter of the trilogy, he pushes the … Continue reading →

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Carnage (2011) ☆☆☆(3/4) : An afternoon meeting without manner

Posted on July 21, 2012 by kaist455

Solely focusing on one situation and four characters stuck in it, “Carnage” shows us their unpleasant sides through its vicious farce centered on one small incident. The characters in the film think or believe that they are sophisticated people with … Continue reading →

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