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Tag Archives: Real-life figure
Critical Thinking (2020) ☆☆☆(3/4): Predictable but exemplary
“Critical Thinking” is another inspirational sports drama film based on a real-life story, but it distinguishes itself to some degrees compared to other similar films out there. While it is rather predictable and contrived at times, it still holds our … Continue reading
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Tagged Chess, High School, High Schooler, Real-life figure, Real-life story, Teacher
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Rising Phoenix (2020) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): They are indeed superheroes
Netflix documentary film “Rising Phoenix” is an uplifting examination of the Paralympic Games and a number of various participants. Rather than merely living with their disabilities, these and many other disabled athletes push themselves really hard at the Paralympic Games … Continue reading
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Tagged Athlete, Disability, Documentary, Real-life figure, Real-life story, The Paralympic Games
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Boys State (2020) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Meet future American politicians
Documentary “Boys State”, which won the US Documentary Competition Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival early in this year, gives us a close and intimate glimpse into a bunch of boys who may be the future of American … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, High Schooler, Politics, Real-life figure, Real-life story, Youth program
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Untold (2018) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A war of memories
South Korean documentary film “Untold”, which was released in local theaters as “A War of Memories” early in this year, simply listens and observes. Even without any particular comment, this small but haunting documentary calmly but palpably conveys to us … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Real-life figure, Real-life incident, South Korean Film, The Vietnam War
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Tesla (2020) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): An unorthodox failure
Nikola Tesla was indeed an inventor ahead of his time. Although many of numerous things envisioned by him were not realized during his life and he eventually died alone in poverty in 1943, he was surely one of the pioneering … Continue reading
The Current War (2017) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): AC vs. DC
“The Current War”, which was premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in late 2017 but only got released in US around two years later due to several reasons including Harvey Weinstein’s involvement in its production, does not have enough … Continue reading
Balloon (2018) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): A passable film based on one extraordinary real-life story
I was quite interested in watching German film “Balloon” for a personal reason. It is based on an unbelievable real-life story which was also the basis of 1982 Disney film “Night Crossing” (1982), and that movie was incidentally one of … Continue reading
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Tagged East Germany, Family, Hot-air balloon, Real-life figure, Real-life incident, Real-life story
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True History of the Kelly Gang (2019) ☆☆☆(3/4): An unconventional bushranger film
Justin Kurzel’s new film “True History of the Kelly Gang” is an unconventional bushranger film which tries some different things in its decidedly fictional account of the life of Ned Kelly, one of the most notorious Australian bushrangers in the … Continue reading
Russian Penguins (2019) ☆☆☆(3/4): A risky sports business in Russia
Documentary film “Russian Penguins” is as absurd as its very title suggests. Although I really have no idea on how much of the testaments from the interviewees in the documentary is actually true, the documentary is still engaging as cheerfully … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Ice hockey, Real-life figure, Real-life story, Russia, Sports
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The Fight (2020) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): ACLU lawyers against the ongoing injustices
Documentary film “The Fight”, which deservedly won the US Documentary Special Jury Award for Social Impact Filmmkaing when it was shown at the Sundance Film Festival early in this year, gives us the inspiring stories of several lawyers of the … Continue reading
