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Tag Archives: Friendship
Life, Above All (2010) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : This girl’s hard life
Looking back at when I watched “Life, Above All”(2010) in last December, I can discern that I am a more jaded adult than I think. At one point in the story, I wondered for a while if its heroine really … Continue reading
Puss in Boots (2011) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Two cats and one egg
When “Shrek Forever After” was released in 2010, it was advertised as the last installment of the series, but, in the age of countless sequels, we all knew that was far from being true. As a matter of fact, because … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged action, Animation, Comedy, Fairy tale, Friendship, Orphanage, Romance
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My FFC review for Bleak Night (2010)
My second review for South Korean movie “Bleak Night”(2010), one of the best South Korean movies of this year, is posted at Roger Ebert’s Far-flung correspondent site. If you want to read it, click here. My original review is here. https://kaist455.wordpress.com/2011/06/12/bleak-night-2010/ … Continue reading
Bleak Night (2010) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : “From where did it go wrong?”
South Korean movie “Bleak Night” evokes the memories of my high school years. Although I was a lot more comfortable at my science high school than the high school students depicted in the film, some boys I knew in the … Continue reading
The King’s Speech (2010) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : The King and His speech therapist
While watching movies, I sometimes come across the strong emphatic moments because I understand well how the characters feel in their situations. One of recent examples was from “The Hurt Locker”. Although its hero was someone quite different from me, … Continue reading
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Tagged Friendship, Husband and Wife, Impediment, Real-life figure, Real-life story, War, World War II
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