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Tag Archives: Real-life figure
Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): As he tours with his colleagues
Documentary film “Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band”, which is currently available on Disney+ in South Korea, follows how Bruce Springsteen and his longtime colleagues prepared his world tour during 2023 ~ 2024. Although there is not … Continue reading
Faye (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): Faye on Dunaway
HBO documentary film “Faye” looks into the life and career of Faye Dunaway, a legendary Hollywood actress who has had a fair share of fame and notoriety during last six decades. While she was indeed quite difficult to work with … Continue reading
Martha (2024) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): Martha presented by Stewart
Netflix documentary film “Martha”, which was released in last week, tries to present some human sides of Martha Stewart. While she does not reveal anything particularly revealing about herself or her career, the documentary is mostly watchable as following the … Continue reading
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Tagged Businesswoman, Celebrity, Documentary, Homemaker, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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The Remarkable Life of Ibelin (2024) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): His remarkable online life
Netflix documentary film “The Remarkable Life of Ibelin”, which was released on last Friday, looks into the bountiful online life of one Norwegian gamer who died when he was only 25. Although he did not reveal himself that much to … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Gamer, Online game, Real-life figure, Real-life story, Terminal Illness
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Woman of the Hour (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): Appearing with a serial killer on TV
Anna Kendrick’s first feature film “Woman of the Hour”, which was released on Netflix on last Friday, chillingly examines sexism via an unbelievable story associated with one real-life serial killer in US during the late 1970s. Yes, as shown from … Continue reading
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Tagged Crime, Performer, Real-life figure, Real-life story, serial killer, TV show
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The Last of the Sea Woman (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): The Women and the Sea
Documentary film “The Last of the Sea Woman”, which is currently available on Apple TV+, is about a group of South Korean women who have worked as “haenyeo”, which means “Sea Woman” in Korean. For earning their living via collecting … Continue reading
Saving a Dragonfly (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): Painfully personal
South Korean documentary film “Saving a Dragonfly” is painfully personal at times. It initially looks like as an innocuous personal project recording what was the most important period in the director and her classmates’ last high school year, but it … Continue reading
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Tagged College, Documentary, High School, Real-life figure, Real-life story, South Korean Film
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Breaking (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): A desperate man driven to the breaking point
“Breaking” is a small but tense drama about one desperate man who resorts to a drastic measure as driven to the breaking point. Inspired by a tragic real-life incident which did happen in Marietta, Atlanta in 2017, the movie patiently … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank Robbery, Hostage, Real-life figure, Real-life incident, Real-life story
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Divertimento (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): To become a conductor
French film “Divertimento” is a competent feel-good drama film inspired by one remarkable real-life story. While there are some expected conventional moments, the movie casually flows along with its ambitious young heroine as she struggles to find her own personality … Continue reading
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Tagged Coming-of-age drama, Conductor, Musician, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): On her life and achievement
Documentary film “Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge”, which is currently available on Disney+ in South Korea, broadly looks over the life and achievement of its very fascinating human subject. Although I wish it regarded this interesting figure with more … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Fashion designer, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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