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Tag Archives: Drama
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): When she goes further
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”, the third feature film from director/writer Martin McDonagh, surprised me in many aspects. Although many of elements in the film often feel disparate or disjointed, the movie somehow works better than expected thanks to its … Continue reading
Certain Women (2016) ☆☆☆(3/4): A trio of haunting human dramas set in Montana
Looking over a train passing by a vast, remote landscape, the main title sequence of “Certain Women” hauntingly sets the tone for three stories to be unfolded one by one in a rural area of Montana. While not all of … Continue reading
Song for Marion (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A familiar song sung well
You know the song because you have listened to it before. You know how it will be performed because you have encountered it many times before. You know which instrument will be used for playing its certain notes, and you … Continue reading
Margin Call (2011) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A group of people facing a big financial disaster
“Margin Call” can be categorized as disaster movie. The people in the film have overlooked the risk which has existed from the very beginning, and now they face a grim disaster on the horizon which is soon going to engulf … Continue reading
Trouble with the Curve (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4) : It throws its ball straight
Sometimes actors can find a way to make the story work even when it looks not so special, and I enjoy watching how they make their materials into something watchable instead of something passable. “Trouble with the Curve” is a … Continue reading
A Simple Life (2011) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : A long relationship between two good people
“A Simple Life” feels plainly but deeply touching as a heartfelt story about the life of two good people who have known and loved each other for a long time. They are not family in the strict sense, but they … Continue reading
Masquerade (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4) : The man who becomes the King – for a while
South Korean period drama “Masquerade”, which is released at South Korean theaters as “Gwanghae – the man who becomes the King” on this weekend, is ironically a humorous human drama disguising itself as a serious historic drama. It goes without … Continue reading
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Shattered Glass (2003) ☆☆☆(3/4) : “Are you mad at me?”
If you have not heard about Stephen Glass, who was a former employee of the New Republic, you may think he is a nice lad who occasionally screws things up while you watch him at the beginning of “Shattered Glass”(2003). … Continue reading
Passion Fish (1992) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Two hardcore women stuck with each other
When I watched “The Intouchables”(2011) at the local movie theater several months ago, I got a small nagging dissatisfaction with that crowd-pleasing film which was about the warm friendship between a disabled man and a caregiver hired by him. The … Continue reading
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011) ☆☆☆(3/4) : British retirees outsourced to India
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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