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Tag Archives: Family
A Tale of Love and Darkness (2015) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): Looking at her from the distance
Israeli film “A Tale of Love and Darkness” is frequently frustrating in its distant attitude toward its sad, depressing human tale. Here is a woman who has probably been quite unhappy throughout her gray, melancholic life which has not given … Continue reading
Son of Clowns (2016) ☆☆(2/4): Coming back to his circus family
Dear Mr. Evan Kidd Thank you very much for giving me an opportunity for watching your first feature film “Son of Clowns” in advance. As a matter of fact, you are the very first guy who has ever sent me … Continue reading
After the Storm (2016) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Gathered by the storm
I still marvel at how effortlessly intimate and humane the works of Hirokazu Kore-eda are. Many of his family dramas such as “Still Walking” (2008) and “Like Father, Like Son” (2013) are mostly somber and quiet on the surface, but … Continue reading
The Witch (2015) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): An isolated terror in the wood
Shrouded in the gnawing sense of dread and terror, “The Witch” will give you a creepy experience as calmly observing how its characters are slowly crumbled under an unknown influence out there. When it is over, you may wonder about … Continue reading
The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4): “I had sex today…”
With vibrant personality and frank attitude, “The Diary of a Teenage Girl” gives us a close, intimate look into the bumpy sexual maturation period of its adolescent heroine who becomes aware of her biological/psychological changes more than before. Like many … Continue reading
Good Kill (2014) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): His unbearable lightness of following orders
“Good Kill” wants to be a thought-provoking drama about the disturbing sides of modern warfare technology of our time, but it only keeps spinning its wheels with no sense of direction. While there are a number of darkly absurd scenes … Continue reading
Finding Dory (2016) ☆☆☆(3/4): Another marine family adventure
As the screening of “Finding Dory” began during last evening, I could not help but become nostalgic about the time when I watched its predecessor “Finding Nemo” (2003), one of the best animation feature films from Pixar Animation Studios. Although … Continue reading
The Truth Beneath (2016) ☆☆☆(3/4): Gone daughter
I expected one thing before watching South Korean film “The Truth Beneath”, but the movie served me the other thing I did not expect at all. When it takes its first steps with a familiar thriller premise, you may think … Continue reading
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Tagged Family, Missing, Mother and daughter, South Korean Film, Thriller
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The World of Us (2016) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A little bumpy relationship between two girls
Human relationship is a fragile and tricky thing to handle for anyone, and South Korean film “The World of Us” shows that kids are no less clumsy than most of us in developing and maintaining relationship. Closely observing one little … Continue reading
Midnight Special (2016) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : It deserves its odd title
Reminiscent of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” (1977), “Starman” (1984), and TV series “The X-files”, “Midnight Special” virtually puts us right in the middle of its ongoing situation we gradually come to grasp along its narrative. This small but … Continue reading
