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Tag Archives: Real-life figure
Small Axe: Mangrove (2020) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): The Trial of the Mangrove Nine
During the latest Oscar season, there was a rather trivial controversy on Steve McQueen’s ambitious film anthology series “Small Axe”. While its first three films were respectively shown at a number of movie festivals including the New York Film Festival … Continue reading
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Tagged Courtroom drama, Race, Racism, Real-life figure, Real-life story, Restaurant
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The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021) ☆☆(2/4): A subpar entry in the series
To be frank with you, I am not a big fan of “The Conjuring” (2013) and its several sequels and spin-off flicks. Yes, most of them are competent products while not entirely without entertaining aspects, but I usually observed their … Continue reading
A Long Way to School (2020) ☆☆☆1/2 (3.5/4): Mothers fighting against prejudices
South Korean documentary film “A Long Way to School” looks into a long fight of a group of courageous mothers who simply wanted their children with disabilities to have a special school closer to them. While it is often infuriating … Continue reading
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Tagged Disability, Documentary, Real-life figure, Real-life story, School
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The Boy from Medellín (2020) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): A superstar back in his hometown
Documentary film “The Boy form Medellín”, which was released on Amazon Prime two days ago, presents a close look into one eventful week surrounding J Balvin, a Colombian raggaeton singer which has been quite popular around the world during last … Continue reading
The Courier (2020) ☆☆☆(3/4): One British businessman turned into a spy
“The Courier”, which was simply released as “The Spy” yesterday in South Korean theaters, is a modest but engaging drama which is based on one of many interesting real-life stories from the Cold War era. Mainly revolving around one ordinary … Continue reading
The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021) ☆☆(2/4): She suffered and suffered….
Lee Daniels’ latest film “The United States vs. Billie Holiday”, which was released on Hulu in this February, is utterly trite and disappointing in many aspects. While surely intended to be a sincere tribute to the life and career of … Continue reading
The Book of Fish (2019) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): The Book of Bromance
Maybe I should have expected less before watching South Korean film “The Book of Fish”, which, to my dissatisfaction, turns out to be more about its two main characters’ relationship instead of how that old but famous real-life marine biology … Continue reading
Collective (2019) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A sobering Romanian documentary on massive systemic corruption
Romanian documentary film “Collective”, which was nominated for Best Documentary Oscar as well as Best International Film Oscar early in this month, is often sobering in its phlegmatic but angry chronicle of outrage and frustration toward alarming systemic corruption. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Corruption, Journalist, Medical care, Public service, Real-life figure, Real-life incident, Real-life story
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The Mole Agent (2020) ☆☆☆(3/4): The old mole operating at a retirement home
Documentary film “The Mole Agent”, which was recently nominated for Best Documentary Oscar early in this month (It was also selected as the Chilean entry for Best International Film Oscar and then included in the 15-film shortlist, by the way), … Continue reading
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Tagged Aging, Private investigator, Real-life figure, Real-life story, Retirement home
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Helene (2020) ☆☆☆(3/4): How she evolved more as an artist
Finnish film “Helene” is about the late life and career of Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946), who, as far as I can observe from her several notable works shown at the end of the film, deserves to be mentioned along with more … Continue reading
