Category Archives: Movies

Small Change (1976) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : The lively kids in one French town

Posted on May 27, 2012 by kaist455

When I watched one film directed by François Truffaut for the first time during one Sunday afternoon of 2008, I had a little expectation about the movie, which was shown on TV as “Pocket Money”. Although I was already familiar … Continue reading →

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Men in Black III (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4) : They’re back – with a fun idea

Posted on May 26, 2012 by kaist455

Okay, Okay, I must admit that I was one of the skeptics asking why the hell we need another sequel for “Men in Black” series. I liked the first film for its fun one-joke comedy, and the sequel, which was … Continue reading →

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Machine Gun Preacher (2011) ☆☆(2/4) : He’s still with guns…

Posted on May 26, 2012 by kaist455

“… one of the wild ones. Oh, we’ve some of them in every generation. You can’t tame them, you can’t bring them into the community and make them live in law and order. They go their own way. If they’re … Continue reading →

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Wuthering Heights (2011) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A boy meets a girl in the gloomy wilderness

Posted on May 26, 2012 by kaist455

While we had another adaptation of “Jane Eyre” in the last year, there was also another adaptation of “Wuthering Heights”, a brooding romance tale of wild, passionate, and destructive lovers in the gloomy wilderness. Like her sister’s classic novel, Emily … Continue reading →

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Shame (2011) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Orgasm is drug for this lonely man

Posted on May 20, 2012 by kaist455

Whatever you think about sex addiction, you will not laugh about it after you watch “Shame”, an unforgettably harrowing film about one desolate human condition driven by sex addiction. Like the other types of addicts, the life of its hero … Continue reading →

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The Raid: Redemption (2011) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : A relentless action film with high body count

Posted on May 19, 2012 by kaist455

“The Raid: Redemption” will be the most single-minded and simple-minded action flick of this year. Until it finally arrives at its ending, the movie relentlessly and ruthlessly pushes its minimalistic premise to the extreme with its sole purpose – killing … Continue reading →

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All About My Wife (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4) : He hires Casanova to get rid of his wife

Posted on May 19, 2012 by kaist455

Jeong-in looks like one of the most insufferable heroines I have encountered in recent romantic comedies. A woman of brutal honesty, she always find something to complain and criticize, and then she drives others to the corner with her words … Continue reading →

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Armadillo (2010) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Danish soldiers on duty in Afghanistan

Posted on May 19, 2012 by kaist455

Because we have heard so many news about US Army struggling in Afghanistan, we sometimes overlook the fact that there are also the other soldiers from different nations who are dealing with the same difficulties in that dangerous area as … Continue reading →

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The Taste of Money (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4) : 0.01% People Addicted to Money

Posted on May 18, 2012 by kaist455

At first, I was about to describe the wealthy family in “The Taste of Money” as the people belonged to 1%, but then I found a more appropriate expression for these superficial human beings in the advertisement of the film. … Continue reading →

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Memories of Murder (2003) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Savage serial killing and its violent era

Posted on May 14, 2012 by kaist455

When David Fincher’s “Zodiac”(2007) was released at South Korean theaters in August 2007, it was immediately compared to one famous South Korean film by me and other audiences. That movie was also based on the infamous serial killing case still … Continue reading →

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