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Escape (2024) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): An old-fashioned South Korean thriller
South Korean film “Escape” is something I might enjoy more around, say, 30 years ago. During that time, I was an avid consumer of those grim horror stories about North Korea, and I must say that the movie is curiously … Continue reading
Barbara (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4): She’s being watched – and she knows
During the opening sequence of “Barbara”, we come to know that she is being watched – and she knows too well. She lives in East Germany in 1980, and it is an oppressive world in which the life can be … Continue reading
The Last Stand (2013) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : An entertaining B-action movie with Arnold
“The Last Stand” is a flawed but entertaining B-action movie which could have been disappeared without notice if it had not been for two notable things. First, the movie is directed by Kim Jee-woon, a South Korean filmmaker who has … Continue reading
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