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Tag Archives: College
Pizza Movie (2026) ☆☆☆(3/4): A wacky college stoner movie
“Pizza Movie”, which is currently available on Disney+ in South Korea, tries to be as wacky as possible, and it succeeds fairly well in my trivial opinion. Even when you are baffled by what exactly is happening in its three … Continue reading
Sorry, Baby (2025) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Before and after what happened to her
During the first 20 minutes of Eva Victor’s first feature film “Sorry, Baby”, I observed that its heroine is living a wonderful academic life which would have been envied by my late mentor/friend Roger Ebert, who could have taught literature … Continue reading
Saving a Dragonfly (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): Painfully personal
South Korean documentary film “Saving a Dragonfly” is painfully personal at times. It initially looks like as an innocuous personal project recording what was the most important period in the director and her classmates’ last high school year, but it … Continue reading
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Tagged College, Documentary, High School, Real-life figure, Real-life story, South Korean Film
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By the Stream (2024) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): A minor misfire from Hong Sang-soo
South Korean independent film “By the Stream”, which is another film from Hong Sang-soo during this year after “A Traveler’s Needs” (2023), sadly did not engage me much as frequently feeling rather thin and vague in terms of story and … Continue reading
Kim Min-young of the Report Card (2021) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): As they are drifted apart from each other
South Korean independent film “Kim Min-young of the Report Card” is a calm but intimate observation on the slow dissolution of the friendship among its three young female characters. As they try to live their respective lives in each own … Continue reading
Emergency (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): One unlucky night of theirs
“Emergency”, which was released on Amazon Prime on this Friday, is an interesting mix of campus comedy and social commentary. Although its overall result does not always work, the movie keeps rolling till the expected finale thanks to the game … Continue reading
Master (2022) ☆☆(2/4): A racially tame campus horror flick
“Master”, which was released on Amazon Prime two days ago, feels rather tame in its incoherent mix of racial issues and supernatural elements. The movie initially seems to be ready to tackle these sensitive issues in addition to trying to … Continue reading
Happening (2021) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): It’s happening to her…
French film “Happening”, which won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice International Film Festival, often feels like a hard empathic gut-punch. Firmly sticking around its young heroine who happens to be in a very unfortunate situation, the movie gradually … Continue reading
The Novice (2021) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Driven to compete all the way
“The Novice” is a little but undeniably intense character drama which will make you wince more than once for good reasons. As palpably and disturbingly conveying to us its very competitive heroine’s physical and psychological journey, the movie makes us … Continue reading
Drunk Bus (2020) ☆☆☆(3/4): His life-changing bodyguard
“Drunk Bus” drives along a very familiar course, but it is more colorful and entertaining than expected. While this is your average coming-of-age comedy drama about a young man getting wiser via a sudden change coming into his drab daily … Continue reading
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Tagged Bus, Campus, College, Comedy, Coming-of-age drama, Friendship
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