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Men in Black III (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4) : They’re back – with a fun idea

Posted on May 26, 2012 by kaist455

Okay, Okay, I must admit that I was one of the skeptics asking why the hell we need another sequel for “Men in Black” series. I liked the first film for its fun one-joke comedy, and the sequel, which was … Continue reading →

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The Taste of Money (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4) : 0.01% People Addicted to Money

Posted on May 18, 2012 by kaist455

At first, I was about to describe the wealthy family in “The Taste of Money” as the people belonged to 1%, but then I found a more appropriate expression for these superficial human beings in the advertisement of the film. … Continue reading →

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My FFC review for The Front Line (2011)

Posted on February 6, 2012 by kaist455

My Far-flung correspondent review  for “The Front Line”(2011) has just been posted. If you want to read it, click here. The review was revised from my original review written in July 2011.

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Meet Lisbeth Salander with a different style

Posted on January 14, 2012 by kaist455

As the remake, David Fincher’s new film “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” has its inherent weakness right from the beginning of its production. Around two years ago, the original Swedish picture directed by Niels Arden Oplev, based on late … Continue reading →

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A Simple Plan (1998) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : It sounded so simple at first…

Posted on January 7, 2012 by kaist455

 Sometimes the ordinary people becoming evil are more frightening than Dr. Hannibal Lector or Frank Booth. The villains like them are downright scary, but they are basically outsiders with monstrous nature beyond our common sense. In contrast, the characters in … Continue reading →

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Meet original Lisbeth Salander

Posted on December 30, 2011 by kaist455

—- David Fincher’s “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”(2011) will be released on the second weekend of next January in South Korean theaters. The original Swedish version will be also released in South Korea a week before, so I checked … Continue reading →

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Bullhead (2011) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : A Bull to the slaughter

Posted on December 3, 2011 by kaist455

“… I think that we’re all in our private traps, clamped in them, and none of us can ever get out. We scratch and, and claw, but only at the air, only at each other. And for all of it, … Continue reading →

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Animal Kingdom (2010) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : “Have you worked out where you fit?”

Posted on November 27, 2011 by kaist455

While revisiting David Michôd’s “Animal Kingdom”(2010), I wondered what it was like for its passive teenager hero to live with his heroin addict mother at their small home. We can only assume that she definitely could not get the Mother … Continue reading →

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Confessions (2010) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Vengeance is hers

Posted on October 1, 2011 by kaist455

It begins on the last day of the semester at a classroom of some Japanese junior high school. Though they will return to their school after a month, most of the students are very excited while waiting for the time … Continue reading →

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The Vanishing (1988) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : A tale of two obsessions

Posted on August 23, 2011 by kaist455

“‘Will you walk into my parlor?’ said the Spider to the Fly.” – from the poem “The Spider and the Fly” by Mary Howitt The crucial moment in George Sluizer’s chilling psychological thriller “The Vanishing”(1988) can be summarized with that … Continue reading →

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