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The Bourne Legacy (2012) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : By the way, where is Bourne?

Posted on September 9, 2012 by kaist455

One major problem of “The Bourne Legacy” is that the movie is not so much about Jason Bourne, whose precarious quest for his identity was well told and shown in three previous films “The Bourne Identity”(2002), “The Bourne Supremacy”(2004), and … Continue reading →

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Total Recall (2012) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : It can unnecessarily remember it for you

Posted on August 16, 2012 by kaist455

Len Wiseman’s “Total Recall”, which is a remake version of the 1990 film with the same name, has several amusing things to talk about after watching it, but most of them are the faint echoes from the 1990 version. They … 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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Haywire (2011) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Don’t mess with her…

Posted on June 15, 2012 by kaist455

“Haywire” is an entertaining film based on a seemingly bland premise of spy action movie. Although its plot is a little shaky(I do not exactly understand what the bad guys gain through their scheme though their motive is explained later), … 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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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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The Avengers (2012) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : Something good, Something bad, and Nothing new

Posted on April 28, 2012 by kaist455

 One of my personal sweet memories with Ebertfest, which is currently being held as usual in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, was the gift basket I received at the hotel room on its first day. It contained various things including two bottles of … Continue reading →

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John Carter (2012) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : A big old-fashioned fantasy on Mars

Posted on March 10, 2012 by kaist455

I enjoyed “John Carter” to some degrees. I liked its fantasy world on Mars, and I appreciated how it presented its world with an old-fashioned pulpy style on the big screen, and I’d like to see and know more about … Continue reading →

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The Grey (2011) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : All the Scary Wolves – and more

Posted on February 18, 2012 by kaist455

Above all, “The Grey” made me very grateful to our modern civilization. The nature is surely beautiful to look at, but it is also merciless to its inhabitants. Thanks to our civilization, most of us are fortunately protected from being … Continue reading →

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Puss in Boots (2011) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Two cats and one egg

Posted on January 14, 2012 by kaist455

When “Shrek Forever After” was released in 2010, it was advertised as the last installment of the series, but, in the age of countless sequels, we all knew that was far from being true. As a matter of fact, because … Continue reading →

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