Category Archives: Movies

Deranged (2012) ☆☆(2/4) : Do shouting and running solve anything?

Posted on July 15, 2012 by kaist455

 They shout or run a lot in South Korean thriller movie “Deranged”, just because they need to save the people they care about from the deadly parasite which controls human brain for its reproduction. As far as I remember, they … Continue reading →

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Dangerously Excited (2011) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A little disturbance in his nice life

Posted on July 14, 2012 by kaist455

I know how the hero of South Korean film “Dangerous Excited” initially feels about the disturbance he has to live with. During my undergraduate years, I always spent my time at the campus library in the evening after the lectures … Continue reading →

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Two Moons (2012) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : A haunted house with two moons in the sky

Posted on July 14, 2012 by kaist455

Two impressive things in new South Korean horror film “Two Moons” are the title itself and the image represented by the title. It is a very dark and creepy night in the forest in some remote area, and we have … Continue reading →

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My FFC review for “Motel Hell”

Posted on July 13, 2012 by kaist455

My Far-flung correspondent review for “Motel Hell”(1980) has just been posted at Roger Ebert’s site. If you want to read it, click here. The review was expanded from my original review written in October 2010.

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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011) ☆☆☆(3/4) : British retirees outsourced to India

Posted on July 7, 2012 by kaist455

If you think “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” is one of those travelogues you have seen before, you are partially right about that. I am sure you have heard about their genre formula; A bunch of Western visitors come to … Continue reading →

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We Need to Talk about Kevin (2011) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : A woman stuck with her bad seed

Posted on July 7, 2012 by kaist455

What a truly naughty boy Kevin is. If you are parents, he is your worst nightmare; he is mean, vicious, willful, uncommunicative, and, possibly, psychopathic. Since his birth, he has been tormenting his mother, and now he has committed an … Continue reading →

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Minority Report (2002) ☆☆☆☆(4/4): A great multifaceted entertainment from Spielberg

Posted on July 3, 2012 by kaist455

Watching Steven Spielberg’s “Minority Report” (2002) again through Blu-ray made me muse on how much my life with movies has changed during the last 10 years. When I watched it with my father at one of the big movie theaters … Continue reading →

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The Cabin in the Woods (2011) ☆☆☆(3/4): It’s not your typical cabin in horror movie

Posted on June 30, 2012 by kaist455

For enjoying “The Cabin in the Woods” as much as possible, I advise you to keep yourself away from any information about it before watching it. Although one main surprise in its premise is easily guessed from the beginning, there … Continue reading →

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The Amazing Spider-man (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A darker retelling of the same story

Posted on June 30, 2012 by kaist455

After watching “The Amazing Spider-man” during the last evening, I remembered a little comment from the twitter account of one South Korean movie critic. While not so specific about whether it was good or not, the critic said the movie … Continue reading →

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Everything Must Go (2010) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A man stuck in his front lawn

Posted on June 22, 2012 by kaist455

“Everything Must Go” is a story with the simple premise both absurd and sad. He does not exactly hit the bottom, but his life, which has been stuck with lots of things while going nowhere, hits the spot near the … Continue reading →

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