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Tag Archives: Court
Heart Blackened (2017) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): Flawed but not without entertainment
South Korean film “Heart Blackened” starts as a typical courtroom mystery tale but then later becomes something more serious than expected. As its plot often trudges around a number of predictable narrative turns, I frequently felt impatient during my viewing, … Continue reading
Silenced (2011) ☆☆☆(3/4) : It was very, very unfair to these molested kids
You will be aghast at what you will see in South Korean film “Silenced”, an angry movie about the horrid truth hidden beneath one school for the deaf kids. When the end credit rolls on the screen, you will be … Continue reading
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Tagged A True story, Christianity, Court, Religion, School, sexual abuse, South Korean movie
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The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : A Faustian tale in New England
Like many tales about the good vs. the evil, the evil mostly steals the show from the good again in “The Devil and Daniel Webster”(1941), a cautionary moral tale based on Stephen Vincent Benét’s short story which is sort of … Continue reading
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Tagged Court, Devil, Fantasy, Farmer, Horror, Lawyer, Money, Politician
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