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Category Archives: Movies
Challengers (2024) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Are they ready to serve?
Luca Guadagnino’s new film “Challengers” is quick, deft, and passionate in its every serve, and I like that a lot. Electrifyingly and humorously bouncing along one very complicated situation among its three main characters, the movie alternatively amuses and thrills … Continue reading
They Shot the Piano Player (2022) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): The disappearance of Francisco Tenório Júnior
How much I actually came to learn about Francisco Tenório Júnior? That was a lingering question left in my mind after I watched animated docudrama film “They Shot the Piano Player”, which was mainly about the real-life disappearance and presumed … Continue reading
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Tagged Animation, Disappearance, Docudrama, Musician, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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The Breaking Ice (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): A quiet triangle in one cold Chinese city
“The Breaking Ice”, which was selected as the Singaporean entry for Best International Film Oscar in last year, is a somber but poignant drama about three different young people who happen to be stuck together during several cold winter days … Continue reading
Unknown Narrative (2023) ☆☆(2/4): A jumbled dream movie
South Korean independent film “Unknown Narrative” could be named “Unfathomable Narrative” instead. It is supposed to be your average dream movie reminiscent of many other similar films such as David Lynch’s “Mulholland Drive” (2001), but any of its variously confusing … Continue reading
A Traveler’s Needs (2024) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Hong and Huppert meet again
Isabelle Huppert, who recently had her 71st birthday in last month, is one of the most interesting movie actresses I have ever seen. With that consistently distinctive persona of hers, she has steadily fascinated and impressed us for more than … Continue reading
Yannick (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): One nutty interrupter
French film “Yannick” is a little one-joke comedy film which may often amuse you with the increasingly absurd situation surrounding its main characters. Despite its rather short running time (67 minutes), the movie does as much as intended without wasting … Continue reading
BlackBerry (2023) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): The Rise and Fall of BlackBerry
You probably remember that there was a very popular smartphone called BlackBerry before iPhone and many other smartphones. To be frank with you, I never used BlackBerry because I stuck to my small cellular phone during that time although I … Continue reading
Madu (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): A talented boy from Nigeria
Documentary film “Madu”, which is currently available on Disney+, closely follows one talented boy from Nigeria. Although there are a number of small and big obstacles despite one very fortunate opportunity given to him, he keeps trying nonetheless as helped … Continue reading
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Tagged Ballet, Dancer, Documentary, Real-life figure, Real-life story, School
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Blood for Dust (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): Descent of a salesman
“Blood for Dust” is a moody but tense noir film which follows the descent of one ordinary salesman who lets himself driven more into crime and corruption by his growing despair and frustration. While this is not a pleasant sight … Continue reading
Laroy, Texas (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): A little comic noir set in Texas
“Laroy, Texas” is a little comic noir which reminds us again of that old genre lesson: the world always wins no matter how much you try to win by any means necessary. Clearly reminiscent of its senior noir films such … Continue reading
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