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Tag Archives: Mystery
Pluto (2012) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : They are all expendable
While I went through the South Korean education system, exam scores had been always important to me and others. My teachers and parents always emphasized that I should get scores as high as possible in every exam, and I was … Continue reading
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Tagged High School, Murder, Mystery, revenge, South Korean Film, Student, Thriller
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Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Long night’s journey into day
It is quite a long night for them. They have been going around the wide area for hours, but they have not yet found what they are looking for. The sky gets darker, and they become more bored, tired, and … Continue reading
Red Lights (2012) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : Science Vs Supernatural
“Red Lights” promisingly starts with an intriguing matter to entertain us and then disappointingly exits with an ending too easy and simple compared to what it has played with. Although it maintains well the dramatic suspense between science and its … Continue reading
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Meet Lisbeth Salander with a different style
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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Tagged Hacker, Journalist, Murder, Mystery, Serial Killing, Thriller
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The Skin I Live in (2011) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A sick doctor and his twisted experiment
A twisted man and the girl in his captivity have been a constant source of memorably disturbing drama films such as William Wyler’s “The Collector”(1965) and Kim Ki-duk’s “Bad Guy”(2002) in the movie history. “The Skin I Live in”, a … Continue reading
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Meet original Lisbeth Salander
—- 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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Tagged action, Hacker, Murder, Mystery, Serial Killing, sexual abuse
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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Dr. Watson’s honeymoon is postponed
When I watched “Sherlock Holmes”(2009) almost two years ago, I wondered whether it was good to inject the seven percent solution of caffeine/adrenaline to one of the most famous detectives in the English literature. I enjoyed its style, moods, and … Continue reading
My FFC review for Bleak Night (2010)
My second review for South Korean movie “Bleak Night”(2010), one of the best South Korean movies of this year, is posted at Roger Ebert’s Far-flung correspondent site. If you want to read it, click here. My original review is here. https://kaist455.wordpress.com/2011/06/12/bleak-night-2010/ … Continue reading
Confessions (2010) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Vengeance is hers
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
The Vanishing (1988) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : A tale of two obsessions
“‘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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