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Tag Archives: High School
Misbehavior (2016) ☆☆☆(3/4): Dangerous misbehaviors
South Korean film “Misbehavior” slowly boils with its dark, nervous tale of desire, jealousy, and manipulation. While it is quite uncomfortable mainly due to a number of serious misbehaviors committed by its main characters, the movie is compelling to watch … Continue reading
Overman (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4): A genuine feel-good coming-of-age drama with books
South Korean film “Overman” is a rare type which I and other South Korean audiences do not come across often in these gloomy days: a genuine feel-good coming-of-age drama. Sure, there are several gray moments as its two adolescent characters … Continue reading
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Tagged Alzheimer's disease, Athlete, High School, Library, South Korean Film
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Dope (2015) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : Three Geeks in the Bottoms
“Dope” wants to do many things. At first, it unfolds a coming-of-age comedy drama about three adolescent kids struggling in their rough neighbourhood, and then it tries to be a crime story accompanied with drug and shooting, and then it … Continue reading
Han Gong-ju (2013) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): “I didn’t do anything wrong.”
She is the one who should be helped and protected, but she is left in pain and confusion instead, and she does not even know how to deal with her gloomy situation while not wholly understanding it in her helpless … Continue reading
The Spectacular Now (2013) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : That spectacular freshness
A boy meets a girl, and then something begins. Yes, this is a cliché indeed, but “The Spectacular Now” brings fresh air into that cliché we have encountered in countless movies about young teenager couples, and it grows on us … Continue reading
Steel Cold Winter (2013) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A dark, bloody winter romance in the countryside
South Korean film “Steel Cold Winter”, which is released as “A Girl” at South Korean theaters in this weekend, is dripping with the moody atmosphere which will draw you to its dark secret hidden behind one mysterious girl and the … Continue reading
Camille Rewinds (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Rewound back to her high school days
I become 30 in this year, and now I cannot be described as ‘a lad’ any more although being 60 is not very old in these days. Whenever I feel like being young, my chubby body sternly reminds me of … Continue reading
Pluto (2012) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : They are all expendable
While I went through the South Korean education system, exam scores had been always important to me and others. My teachers and parents always emphasized that I should get scores as high as possible in every exam, and I was … Continue reading
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Tagged High School, Murder, Mystery, revenge, South Korean Film, Student, Thriller
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