Tag Archives: Comedy

Shoot the Piano Player (2018) ☆☆☆(3/4): A ‘blind’ piano player in trouble

Posted on September 7, 2019 by kaist455

Indian film “Shoot the Piano Player”, which was recently released in South Korea as “The Blind Melody”, is a ridiculously funny black comedy thriller packed with some good laughs and wild twists. Although it is uneven and incoherent at times … Continue reading →

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Falling Inn Love (2019) ☆☆☆(3/4): Falling in clichés with charm

Posted on August 31, 2019 by kaist455

Some romantic comedy movies can charm us even though they fall into myriad genre clichés, and “Falling Inn Love”, which was released on Netflix two days ago, is one of such cases. Right from its very title, you can clearly … Continue reading →

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Wiener-Dog (2016) ☆☆☆(3/4): Four short stories around a dog

Posted on August 15, 2019 by kaist455

I cringed and winced from time to time as watching “Wiener-Dog”, the latest work of Todd Solondz. While it is relatively less edgy and uncomfortable compared to his previous works such as “Welcome to the Dollhouse” (1995) and “Happiness” (1998), … Continue reading →

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Catfight (2016) ☆☆☆(3/4): Morbid, vicious, and, yes, violent

Posted on August 15, 2019 by kaist455

“Catfight” is a morbid and vicious black comedy about the violent conflict between two different characters. Although it simply observes from the distance how these two characters respectively go up and down while occasionally clashing hard with each other, the … Continue reading →

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One, Two, Three (1961) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A wild Cold War farce from Wilder and Cagney

Posted on August 4, 2019 by kaist455

Billy Wilder’s “One, Two, Three” is often breathtaking for how relentlessly it drives its plot and characters for a barrage of laughs and chuckles from the beginning to the end. When I watched it for the first time in early … Continue reading →

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The Dead Don’t Die (2019) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): A slow, languid zombie flick by Jim Jarmusch

Posted on August 1, 2019 by kaist455

Jim Jarmusch’s latest film “The Dead Don’t Die” is as slow and languid as many of his previous works. Although I have no problem with that at all, the movie feels like a one-joke movie stretched a bit too long, … Continue reading →

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EXIT (2019) ☆☆☆(3/4): They must find a way out…

Posted on August 1, 2019 by kaist455

South Korean film “EXIT” is better than I expected. When I watched its trailer a few weeks ago, it seemed to be no more than another silly comedy action flick, but the movie does its job fairly well as bouncing … Continue reading →

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Long Shot (2019) ☆☆☆(3/4): A sweet and smart political romantic comedy

Posted on July 26, 2019 by kaist455

“Long Shot” is a sweet and smart political romantic comedy which does have some nice moments for good laughs. Although it could be sharper and wittier in some aspects, it is mostly entertaining thanks to the comic chemistry between its … Continue reading →

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Sword of Trust (2019) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): The trouble with one antique sword

Posted on July 23, 2019 by kaist455

Lynn Shelton’s latest work “Sword of Trust” is a little whimsical comedy film which could be better if it trusted its four likable main characters a bit more. While they are basically broad archetypes, they feel like real characters full … Continue reading →

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Booksmart (2019) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Their wild night before graduation

Posted on June 30, 2019 by kaist455

My high school life was pretty uneventful on the whole. While bullied and ridiculed for my odd personality from time to time, all I cared about was books, movies, and, above all, grades, and having a fun was the last … Continue reading →

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