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Tag Archives: Iraq
Mosul (2019) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): Their intense personal fight against ISIS in Mosul, Iraq
Netflix film “Mosul”, which was released two days ago, is admirable to some degree but also notably flawed in some aspects. Inspired by Luke Mogelson’s 2017 New Yorker article “The Desperate Battle to Destroy ISIS”, the movie attempts to give … Continue reading
The Devil’s Double (2011) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A dangerous life with dictator’s son
One of my morbid childhood memories is associated with those pulpy anti-communism magazines published for South Korean elementary school students. Whenever I found nothing to read, I zealously read these magazines in my classroom because they told me lots of … Continue reading
Buried (2010) ☆☆☆1/2 : A sheer claustrophobic terror under the ground
“To be buried while alive is, beyond question, the most terrific of these extremes which has ever fallen to the lot of mere mortality.” -From Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Premature Burial” When I saw several equipments devised for saving … Continue reading
