Tag Archives: Husband and Wife

Eyes Wide Shut (1999) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A comedy of foreplay

Posted on June 13, 2023 by kaist455

Stanley Kubrick’s last film “Eyes Wide Shut” is one naughty comedy of foreplay. Along the story, its plain ordinary hero is tempted by a series of tantalizing possibilities of sexual pleasure and transgression popping up here and there around him, … Continue reading →

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Gleason (2016) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): His life with ALS

Posted on June 6, 2023 by kaist455

Amazon Prime documentary film “Gleason” gives us an honest and intimate look into one former professional athlete’s daily life with his serious illness and the following complications. While never overlooking all those difficulties and frustrations experienced by him and several … Continue reading →

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Father of the Bride (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): A likable Cuban American remake

Posted on June 2, 2023 by kaist455

“Father of the Bride”, the third film based on the 1949 novel of the same name by Edward Streeter, is a likable remake which deserves its own little place besides the 1950 version and the 1991 version. Again, we see … Continue reading →

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Fragrance of the First Flower (2021) ☆☆☆(3/4): Still attracted to each other

Posted on January 9, 2023 by kaist455

Taiwanese film “Fragrance of the First Flower” is a familiar but engaging melodrama about two women who still cannot help but attracted to each other despite several years of separation between them. As alternating between their past and present, the … Continue reading →

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Fire of Love (2022) ☆☆☆1/2 (3.5/4): The story of one exceptional volcanologist couple

Posted on December 12, 2022 by kaist455

It is difficult not to be impressed by what is so beautifully and terrifyingly presented in documentary film “Fire of Love”, which is currently available on Disney+ in South Korea. For presenting the story of one exceptional volcanologist couple, its … Continue reading →

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White Noise (2022) ☆☆(2/4): A whimsical misfire from Noah Baumbach

Posted on December 9, 2022 by kaist455

Noah Baumbach’s latest film “White Noise”, which is released in South Korean theaters in this week and then will be on Netflix around the end of this month, does not click that well with me. The movie, which is based … Continue reading →

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Hot in Day, Cold at Night (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): Things are not so bad for them…

Posted on November 6, 2022 by kaist455

South Korean independent film “Hot in Day, Cold at Night” is a little modest character drama about one young couple who try to live one day after another despite their apparently difficult economic status. Although it is a bit too … Continue reading →

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Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): Will they overcome?

Posted on September 5, 2022 by kaist455

“Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul” is a wry satire about one certain amusing side of the American culture. Mainly revolving around the two central figures of an African American megachurch who really need to overcome their disgraced public status, … Continue reading →

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Watcher (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): Is somebody watching her?

Posted on June 23, 2022 by kaist455

“Watcher” is a modest but effective psychological thriller film driven by one little insidious possibility. Although you will not be surprised much by what it will serve you along the plot, the movie did a fairly competent job of maintaining … Continue reading →

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After Love (2020) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Two women left behind

Posted on April 4, 2022 by kaist455

“After Love” is a simple but sensitive film about two different women who happen to be involved with each other via the man they both loved deeply. While calmly observing how one approaches the other without telling anything at all, … Continue reading →

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