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Category Archives: Movies
The Sacrifice (1986) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Tarkovsky’s last work
Andrei Tarkovsky’s last film “The Sacrifice”, which happens to be released in South Korean theaters in this week, is definitely slow but undeniably fascinating in many aspects. While the story and characters are pretty simple on the surface, the movie … Continue reading
The Book of Solutions (2023) ☆☆(2/4): Annoyingly whimsical
Michel Gondry’s latest film “The Book of Solutions” somehow annoyed me more than expected. While this is another typically whimsical piece of work from Gondry, it is sometimes difficult to watch its rather obnoxious hero behaving like your typical narcissistic … Continue reading
On the Come Up (2022) ☆☆(2/4): A conventional and messy mix of rap and coming-of-age drama
I saw through nearly everything in “One the Come Up”, a rather conventional mix of rap and coming-of-age drama. This is so predictable and contrived in terms of story and characters that I could easily guess each plot turn it … Continue reading
One Life (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): He simply tried to save them…
It is hard not to be touched by the story of “One Life”, which is about one compassionate British man who tried to save many kids right before the World War II. Once he saw what was going on at … Continue reading
Freud’s Last Session (2023) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): A fictional meeting of two minds
Any good two-hander movie should trust its characters and performers, but “Freud’s Last Session” does not do that much. Here are two fascinating real-life figures who might have an interesting conversation if they had really had a private meeting in … Continue reading
In a Violent Nature (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): From a killer’s viewpoint
When I started to become fascinated with movies during the early 1990s, “Friday the 13th” (1980) and its countless sequels naturally drew my attention whenever I spent some time in local video rental shops. Because of my young age, I … Continue reading
The Devil’s Bath (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): A woman’s nihilistic descent into madness
“The Devil’s Bath”, which was recently selected as the Austrian submission for Best International Film Oscar in the next year, made me seriously conflicted about whether I can recommend it to others. Here is a well-made psychological horror period drama … Continue reading
Daughters (2024) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Imprisoned fathers reconnecting with their daughters
Netflix documentary film “Daughters”, which was released a few days ago, presents an aching human story of a bunch of prisoners trying to reconnect with their young daughters. As frequently alternating between these two different groups, the documentary lets us … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Father and daughter, Prison, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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Skywalkers: A Love Story (2024) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): A couple of thrill-seekers
Good documentaries engage us and then let us get to know more their subjects, but Netflix documentary film “Skywalkers: A Love Story”, which was released in last month, feels rather and hollow in my trivial opinion. Sure, there are a … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Real-life figure, Real-life story, Romance, Rooftopping
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Twisters (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): There will come more tornadoes, you know
Lee Isaac Chung’s new film “Twisters” serves us as much as expected, and it did a fairly good job on the whole. While not going that far from the story formula established in its predecessor “Twister” (1996), the movie provides … Continue reading
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