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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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Blind (2011) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A blind woman in grave danger

Posted on August 14, 2011 by kaist455

 A blind woman is in danger. A psychotic killer wants to kill her. She finds herself being nearly alone with him in the house at dark, rainy night. She must do something to increase her chance of survival while being … Continue reading →

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The Front Line (2011) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Waiting for the truce

Posted on July 23, 2011 by kaist455

  There is always the lagging phase in wars unless they end quickly. The soldiers on the both sides are tired and exhausted day by day. They doubt whether they can eventually survive or not. And it seems their hardship … Continue reading →

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Leaves of Grass (2009) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Crime and Philosophy – and also Marijuana

Posted on April 23, 2011 by kaist455

 As far as I know, “a mixed bad” is a negative expression, but I think that is an appropriately positive one in case of “Leaves of Grass”(2009) for its seemingly disjointed combination of crime story and philosophy. The movie throws … Continue reading →

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Under the Volcano (1984) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : One Alcoholic Day

Posted on November 2, 2010 by kaist455

 Spending almost two hours with the relentlessly drunk character is not a pleasant thing at all, and it is also not easy to watch the man who chooses to abandon himself to his own hell. He is almost near at … Continue reading →

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Candyman (1992) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Some urban legend is too (un)real

Posted on October 30, 2010 by kaist455

 “Candyman”(1992) is something we do not come across often. It is not only a scary movie but also an evocative horror movie with the intriguing idea about urban legends. We all know the urban legends have the roots in our … Continue reading →

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Moss (2010) ☆☆(2/4) : A rural mystery – more than 2.5hr

Posted on July 17, 2010 by kaist455

After so much hoopla before its release, “Moss”, a much-anticipated Korean thriller of 2010, turns out to be very, very disappointing in almost every way you can imagine due to the fatally misguided direction. It is lazy, incompetent, and, above all, not compelling at all. Despite some good basic elements of a thriller in the screenplay, it is more close to the ennui of the bright summer days in a country town, and, boy, the running time is more than 2.5 hours even if you exclude the end credit. Continue reading →

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Presumed Innocent (1990) ☆☆☆ (3/4) : A Prosecuted Prosecutor

Posted on July 11, 2010 by kaist455

“An innocent man has nothing to fear, remember that.”, said the cop in Hitchcock’s” The Wrong Man” to Henry Fonda’s arrested character, but we all know his saying is not true at all. Guilty or not, our fate will eventually be decided at the courtroom where the lawyers make arguments on your culpability in front of the judges and the jury. And in that inexorable system pursuing the justice, we tremble in fear for the sheer possibility of punishment sentenced upon us.
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