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Tag Archives: Crime
Point Blank (2010) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Passable but efficient
As revisiting French action thriller film “Point Blank”, I thought about how familiar a certain thriller premise is. In many thriller films like this one, an ordinary guy suddenly finds himself being blackmailed to do something not so good while … Continue reading
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Tagged Crime, Criminal, Husband and Wife, Murder, Nurse, Police, Thriller
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Only God Forgives (2013) ☆1/2(1.5/4) : The stylish dud of this year
As I became depressed during my viewing of “Only God Forgives”, my mind was transported to when I read one of those entertainingly scathing movie reviews included in my late friend/mentor Roger Ebert’s book “I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie”. … Continue reading
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : ….and her therapy will end.
Now we arrive at “Nymphomaniac: Vol. II”, the second part of Lars von Trier’s another challenging work to talk and discuss about. As its exhausted heroine warned us previously, this is a darker territory compared to its first part which … Continue reading
A Touch of Sin (2013) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Anger and despair below rapid social change
Through its sad, bleak stories, Jia Zhangke’s “A Touch of Sin” shows anger and despair below a rapid social change China has been going through. While their society is certainly changing, the main characters in the movie hardly receive any … Continue reading
Owning Mahowny (2003) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : His eyes are fixed on his next gamble
If I have to choose one definite moment in “Owning Mahowny”(2003), it is the one which shows its hero’s face in a close-up shot when he is going through his another gambling. His face looks blank on the surface, … Continue reading
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Goodfellas on Wall Street
“You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire; you build egos the size of cathedrals; fiber-optically connect the world to every eager impulse; grease even the dullest dreams with these dollar-green, gold-plated … Continue reading
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Tagged Broker, Crime, Fraudulence, Real-life figure, Real-life story, Stock Trade
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American Hustle (2013) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : That ‘70s Hustle
“American Hustle” dances along with a bunch of colorful characters roaming around their groovy era, and it does its dance as long as it can under its cheerful tone. Even when we are not entirely sure about who is conning … Continue reading
The Fake (2013) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A dark, disturbing animation from South Korea
South Korean animation “The Fake” is so bleak and hopeless from the beginning that I even found myself wondering during its first 30 minutes how further it would possibly go – and it did go further as I was horrified … Continue reading
The Counselor (2013) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : A descent into the hell a la Cormac McCarthy
Around four years ago, I was temporarily banished from my lab after another disastrous academic failure of mine. So disappointed with myself, I retreated into the campus library, and I read several books I previously bought but had never touched, … Continue reading
Hwayi (2013) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : A boy raised by his five criminal fathers
They say every man has his own daddy issue to deal with, and the adolescent hero of darkly riveting South Korean thriller film “Hwayi” has a particularly overwhelming one. He has been raised, taught, and influenced by five men who … Continue reading
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