Tag Archives: Mentor and Pupil

The Match (2025) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): The competition between a mentor and his pupil

There are several factors preventing me from being really entertained by South Korean film “The Match”. While it did a fairly good job of presenting a series of intense Go matches on the screen, the movie feels rather unbalanced as … Continue reading

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The Boy and The Beast (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4): A boy and his beast master

Around the middle of the early morning screening of Mamoru Hosoda’s new animation feature film “The Boy and the Beast”, I became more conscious of its narrative flaws, but I was entertained in spite of that. While its plot is … Continue reading

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A Muse (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4) : An aging writer desiring his muse

 “A Muse”, South Korean melodrama released here on this weekend, follows the footsteps of many stories about an old dude whose heart is suddenly trembled by the appearance of young beauty in front of them. A good thing about this … Continue reading

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