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Tag Archives: Real-life figure
Christy (2025) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): One messy real-life female boxer
What a messy life Christy Salters had before being true to herself. As trying to distinguish herself as a female professional boxer, she also tried to distance herself from her homosexuality, and then she only ended up being stuck with … Continue reading
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Tagged Boxer, Boxing, Domestic Abuse, Real-life figure, Real-life story, Sports
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The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel (2026) ☆☆☆(3/4): The early years of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Netflix documentary “The Rise of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel”, which was released a few weeks ago, focuses on the early years of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Because I only know a bit about the Red … Continue reading
Oh, Valentine (2025) ☆1/2(1.5/4): Messy and distracting from the beginning to the end
Some bad documentaries simply bore me, but South Korean independent documentary “Oh, Valentine” is alternatively excruciating and frustrating for many regrettable reasons. While its main subject itself is fairly interesting, the utterly clumsy presentation of its main subject is disastrously … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Labor right, Real-life figure, Real-life story, Worker
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Roofman (2025) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): The story of a nice bad man
Jeffrey Manchester is someone who can be described as a “nice bad man”. While he was a pretty resourceful armed robber who robbed a bunch of franchise stores without much remorse, he was also actually quite nice and considerate to … Continue reading
The Fire Inside (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): Her years of struggle
“The Fire Inside” is a solid sports drama film which turns out to be a little more thoughtful than I thought. Unlike many other sports films, it does not simply illustrate the journey toward an expected moment of triumph, and … Continue reading
Unstoppable (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): Predictable but indomitable
I exactly knew what I was going to get from “Unstoppable”, which is currently available on Amazon Prime Video. This is your average underdog sports drama film, and you will not be surprised that much by its predictable narrative arc … Continue reading
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Tagged Real-life figure, Real-life story, Sports, Wrestler, Wrestling
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Ghost Elephants (2025) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Searching for mystic elephants
Needless to say, Werner Herzog is one of the most interesting filmmakers of our time. Besides making a number of unforgettable feature films ranging from “Aguirre, the Wrath of God” (1972) to “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” (2009), … Continue reading
Becoming Led Zeppelin (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): How they became famous
Documentary film “Becoming Led Zeppelin”, which is currently available on Netflix in South Korea, works best whenever it simply takes time on focusing on the music of Led Zeppelin, which was one of the most popular English rock bands during … Continue reading
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Tagged Band, Documentary, Music, Musician, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A devastating docudrama to reckon with
Kaouther Ben Hania’s latest movie “The Voice of Hind Rajab”, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Venice International Film Festival and then received a Best International Film Oscar nomination in last month, is a devastating docudrama to reckon … Continue reading
The Smashing Machine (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): A mildly unconventional sports drama from Benny Safdie
Benny Safdie’s new film “The Smashing Machine” is mildly unconventional as often being deliberately subdued and anti-climactic in terms of narrative. This can be considerably frustrating to you at times, but it is somehow held together by the admirably committed … Continue reading
