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Jack Reacher (2012) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : Don’t find him – He’ll find you

Posted on January 17, 2013 by kaist455

While watching “Jack Reacher”, I thought of one tagline very suitable for the movie: “Don’t find him – He’ll find you.” This one is so conventional that it can be used in any other action thriller films featuring tough guy … Continue reading →

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Zero Dark Thirty (2012) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Terror, Torture, Soldier, Spy

Posted on January 13, 2013 by kaist455

 As far as we know, Osama(or Usama) bin Laden was officially dead in May 2011. That is a major ‘spoiler’ to Kathryn Bigelow’s “Zero Dark Thirty”, but the movie is a gripping espionage thriller about a long, exhausting journey its … Continue reading →

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Django Unchained (2012) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Another big trashy fun from Tarantino

Posted on January 12, 2013 by kaist455

Before sorting out my thoughts on Quentin Trantino’s new film “Django Unchained”, I checked my four-star Korean review on his previous work “Inglourious Basterds”(2009), and I was a bit amused by what I wrote at the beginning: “Asking Tarantino to … Continue reading →

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Cloud Atlas (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Life is full of make-ups

Posted on January 10, 2013 by kaist455

“Cloud Atlas” is something you do not often encounter at theater: an ambitiously epic folly which will dazzle or bore you at the big screening room. Though I am not entirely sure about my opinion on this giant messy tapestry, … Continue reading →

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The Tower (2012) ☆☆(2/4) : ♪Silent night – Fiery Night♪

Posted on December 25, 2012 by kaist455

The blazing fire and other threats in “The Tower”, the last major South Korean film of this year, certainly look dangerous. They are the best part of this disaster film which is about a big fire incident at a towering … Continue reading →

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Wreck-It Ralph (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4) : He wants to be a good guy this time

Posted on December 19, 2012 by kaist455

 Disney’s new digital animation film “Wreck-It Ralph” reaches to my nostalgia with a handful of video games I played during my childhood and adolescent years. I had little interest on playing video games unlike my schoolmates, but I was drawn … Continue reading →

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Dredd 3D (2012) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : A judge’s rough day with a psychic rookie

Posted on December 9, 2012 by kaist455

 Here is a good news; “Dredd 3D” is better and more enjoyable than that forgettable 1995 film based on the same British comic book by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra. While we have seen its dystopian world countless times before … Continue reading →

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Skyfall (2012) ☆☆☆1/2 (3.5/4) : James Bond returns to his root on a gloomy day

Posted on October 27, 2012 by kaist455

After I walked out of the screening room at last night, one audience wondered whether “Skyfall” was a Halloween movie. I was not so surprised about that reaction, because “Skyfall” is probably the gloomiest chapter in the fascinating series which … Continue reading →

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Looper (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A SF thriller with clever loopholes

Posted on October 12, 2012 by kaist455

There is nothing particularly new about one of the time-honored traditions in science fictions in new SF thriller “Looper”, but this smart film cleverly finds good ways to deal with its subject, and I like it. Its law of causality … Continue reading →

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Brave (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4) : She deserves her next adventures

Posted on September 27, 2012 by kaist455

I have never imagined the day will come – the day when I struggle to find any way possible to talk about a Pixar animation. I cannot deny that “Brave” is a good animation film which can be enjoyed by … Continue reading →

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