Tag Archives: Crime

Creepy (2016) ☆☆☆(3/4): A possibility of unspeakable evil on the next door

Posted on August 23, 2016 by kaist455

Japanese film “Creepy” works best when it plays with its insidious atmosphere. As it slowly delves into one disturbing mystery step by step along with a number of creepy insinuating moments, a possibility of unspeakable evil on the next door … Continue reading →

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Green Room (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4): Trapped in the green room

Posted on August 2, 2016 by kaist455

“Green Room” is a bleak, cold-blooded thriller determined to shock and disturb us. Once its unfortunate young characters suddenly find themselves trapped a grim situation way over their head, the movie keeps pushing them into more fear and dread, and … Continue reading →

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The Nice Guys (2016) ☆☆☆(3/4): Two ‘nice’ buddies in LA

Posted on July 9, 2016 by kaist455

Surprise is always a key factor in comedy, and “The Nice Guys” has enough surprises to bring out good chuckles from me. While it has several weak points which bothered me even during my viewing, it is witty and cheerful … Continue reading →

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Irrational Man (2015) ☆☆(2/4): He thinks – she thinks

Posted on June 5, 2016 by kaist455

There are many far worse things out there, but watching “Irrational Man” is the blandest experience I have ever had from Woody Allen film since “Cassandra’s Dream” (2007). Although there are a few moments where we can get glimpses of … Continue reading →

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The Handmaiden (2016) ☆☆☆(3/4): Pretty, Kinky, and Naughty

Posted on June 3, 2016 by kaist455

South Korean film “The Handmaiden” is a droll, morbid exercise in sensuality and perversity. Besides being a sumptuous erotic melodrama which tantalizes and enthralls our eyes with its ornate moods and details, this is also a delightfully twisted thriller which … Continue reading →

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The Clan (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A double family life

Posted on May 14, 2016 by kaist455

A real-life criminal story dramatized in Argentine film “The Clan” is both disturbing and compelling to say the least. Here is the man who is not only a ruthless criminal but also an ordinary middle-class father, and we cannot help … Continue reading →

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Cartel Land (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4): The drug war viewed through vigilantes

Posted on February 15, 2016 by kaist455

“Cartel Land”, which was recently Oscar-nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film, is sobering and disturbing to say the least. If you are already familiar with its subject through other movies and documentary films such as “Narco Cultra” (2013) and “Sicario” … Continue reading →

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Black Mass (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4): An Unholy Alliance in Boston Underworld

Posted on December 12, 2015 by kaist455

“Black Mass” is a chilly crime drama which is also weirdly disjointed at times. While it feels uttermost solemn and serious as a dark, insidious crime tale revolving around one of the notorious real-life criminal figures in Boston, it is … Continue reading →

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Sicario (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4) : On dangerous border

Posted on December 6, 2015 by kaist455

At first, the heroine of “Sicario” does not exactly know what kind of situation she gets involved into, and neither do we, though the movie gives us a little more information. As she comes to know more about what is … Continue reading →

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Dheepan (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4) : New identity, new place, and new family

Posted on November 3, 2015 by kaist455

Can they adapt themselves to their new identities? Can they settle together in a world new and alien to them? And, above all, can they accept each other as someone more than an accomplice? Through three strangers who happen to … Continue reading →

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