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Tag Archives: Family
Godzilla (2014) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : It roars in its lumbering steps
Gareth Edwards’ much-anticipated film “Godzilla” is a big monster flick wearing a big gray suit of disaster movie, and that combination feels awkward at times in spite of its several inspired moments to be watched. The movie intends to focus … Continue reading
Approved for Adoption (2012) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : An outsider between two countries
Some animation films try different things outside the usual territory for young audiences, and little Belgian animation feature film “Approved for Adoption”, which was released as “Couleur de peau: Miel” in Europe, is one of such works. It is not … Continue reading
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Tagged Adoption, Animation, Autobiography, Coming-of-age drama, Family, Race
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The Target (2014) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : Less speedy and less efficient
Judged on its technical aspects, South Korean film “The Target” is not a bad action thriller film, but I could not concentrate well on it although the movie was not as tedious as I worried. It is a competent remake, … Continue reading
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Tagged action, Family, Husband and Wife, Murder, Police, South Korean Film, Thriller
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Joe (2013) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Cage and Green back in their element
With its stark rural background and the people who really look like its squalid inhabitants, David Gordon Green’s new film “Joe” feels real at every minute. As we are absorbed by how it takes its time to establish its mood … Continue reading
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
In the Family (2011) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : A simple story about one family matter
Slowly and delicately drawing attention and care from the audiences, “In the Family”(2011) comes to us as a simple story about one family matter. Never disrupting its slow but steady pace throughout its long running time(169-minute), it gives us a … Continue reading
Nebraska (2013) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A fading man reaching for his delusion
Nine years ago, I visited an apartment complex area in Seoul simply because of a sentimental reason of my own. I used to live there only during 1989-91, but the memories of that time are remained vividly in my mind, … Continue reading
Another Family (2013) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A promise to be kept for his daughter
Inspired by a real-life story, South Korean film “Another Family” is a little better than you might expect from a melodrama about family love, terminal illness, infuriating injustice, and a long, tearful struggle for justice. Although I could not help … Continue reading
Gloria (2013) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Go, Gloria, Go!
Like its plain heroine, Chilean film “Gloria” will grow on you after watching it. She is merely an ordinary middle-aged lady at first, and we just observe several things in her daily life which brighten or sadden her, but we … Continue reading
August: Osage County (2013) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : An average chocolate box movie
I have several personal terms/nicknames defining certain types of movies, and one of them is ‘chocolate box movie’. In my definition, chocolate box film is usually packed with a bunch of good actors who respectively have each own scene to … Continue reading
