Tag Archives: Comedy

Dangerously Excited (2011) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A little disturbance in his nice life

Posted on July 14, 2012 by kaist455

I know how the hero of South Korean film “Dangerous Excited” initially feels about the disturbance he has to live with. During my undergraduate years, I always spent my time at the campus library in the evening after the lectures … Continue reading →

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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011) ☆☆☆(3/4) : British retirees outsourced to India

Posted on July 7, 2012 by kaist455

If you think “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” is one of those travelogues you have seen before, you are partially right about that. I am sure you have heard about their genre formula; A bunch of Western visitors come to … Continue reading →

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Everything Must Go (2010) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A man stuck in his front lawn

Posted on June 22, 2012 by kaist455

“Everything Must Go” is a story with the simple premise both absurd and sad. He does not exactly hit the bottom, but his life, which has been stuck with lots of things while going nowhere, hits the spot near the … Continue reading →

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Midnight in Paris (2011) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : A delightful fantasy strolling into old Paris

Posted on June 1, 2012 by kaist455

There are lots of details you may not notice while watching Woody Allen’s “Midnight in Paris”(2011), a charming comedy which leisurely strolls around one of the most beautiful cities on the world with its paranormal premise to delight you. I … Continue reading →

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In Another Country (2012) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Isabelle Huppert on South Korean beach

Posted on May 31, 2012 by kaist455

As one of the most interesting movie actresses in the world, Isabelle Huppert always draws our attention whenever she appears on the screen. I saw her for the first time in Claude Chabrol’s dark masterwork in “La Cérémonie”(1995), and I … Continue reading →

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All About My Wife (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4) : He hires Casanova to get rid of his wife

Posted on May 19, 2012 by kaist455

Jeong-in looks like one of the most insufferable heroines I have encountered in recent romantic comedies. A woman of brutal honesty, she always find something to complain and criticize, and then she drives others to the corner with her words … Continue reading →

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The Taste of Money (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4) : 0.01% People Addicted to Money

Posted on May 18, 2012 by kaist455

At first, I was about to describe the wealthy family in “The Taste of Money” as the people belonged to 1%, but then I found a more appropriate expression for these superficial human beings in the advertisement of the film. … Continue reading →

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Dark Shadows (2012) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : When a Gothic Vampire meets the 1970s

Posted on May 12, 2012 by kaist455

There is one thing I learned about Tim Burton during my early moviegoing years; the last thing you can expect from him is a bad-looking movie. Whether you like his new film or not, you always get two or three … Continue reading →

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The Future (2011) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Their whimsy and uncertain future

Posted on April 20, 2012 by kaist455

“The Future” will definitely be one of the quirkiest movies I saw in this year, and, though it is only April, it will stay on or near the top of the list assigned to such films at the end of … Continue reading →

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The Truman Show (1998) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : It’s a good life

Posted on February 29, 2012 by kaist455

In one science magazine I used to read during my high school years, one of my favorites was the section on the science in SF movies(the magazine is still published monthly; whenever I come across them at the campus book … Continue reading →

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