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Tag Archives: Real-life story
Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator (2019) ☆☆☆(3/4): Two faces of a yoga guru
Netflix documentary film “Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator”, which was released on this Wednesday, presents a very disturbing case of sexual predation revolving around a yoga guru who was once quite popular for many years in US. While it is interesting … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Real-life figure, Real-life story, sexual abuse, Yoga
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One Child Nation (2019) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Memories of Policy
Documentary film “One Child Nation”, which won the Grand Jury Prize when it was shown at the Sundance Film Festival early in this year, is often powerful and heart-wrenching in its sobering but intimate presentation of one brutal family policy … Continue reading
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Tagged Abortion, Adoption, Documentary, Government policy, Real-life story
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Tickled (2016) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): It will tickle you – and then it will disturb you
Documentary film “Tickled” will tickle you at first and then will disturb you a lot. While it is initially quite funny and amusing as examining an absurd but curious type of sexual fetish, the documentary subsequently delves into a very … Continue reading
Blinded by the Light (2019) ☆☆☆(3/4): When he discovers Bruce Springsteen
“Blinded by the Light” is a familiar but enjoyable feel-good movie driven by a number of songs from Bruce Springsteen. I must confess that I do not know much about the music of Springsteen besides his haunting Oscar-winning song for … Continue reading
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Tagged Adolescence, Coming-of-age drama, Family, Father and son, Friendship, High School, Music, Real-life story, Romance
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Dolemite Is My Name (2019) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Eddie Murphy back in his element
“Dolemite Is My Name”, which was released on Netflix on last Friday, is a lively and cheerful biographical comedy film which delighted and entertained me a lot. As a sort of cross between Tim Burton’s “Ed Wood” (1994) and Mario … Continue reading
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Tagged Blaxploitation film, Comedian, Filmmaking, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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The Kill Team (2019) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): A conflicted young solider facing war crime
“The Kill Team” is a passable war drama film which does not show or tell me anything particularly new about what has been committed during War on Terror. Partially based on a shocking real-life case of war crime in 2010, … Continue reading
The Laundromat (2019) ☆☆(2/4): How they laundered money
Steven Soderbergh’s new film “The Laundromat”, which was released on Netflix on last Friday, does not inform me much beyond what I learned a bit from a number of newspaper articles on the Panama Papers, a massive amount of leaked … Continue reading
Maiden (2018) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Sailing Away
Documentary film “Maiden” presents a fascinating real-life story about a group of brave and strong women who attempted to show the world that girls can do anything. Although they naturally faced many troubles and obstacles including sexism from the very … Continue reading
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (2019) ☆☆☆(3/4): Morrison on her life and career
I must confess that the works of Toni Morrison, a great African American female author who sadly passed away two months ago, have been a glaring blind spot in my reading list. Although I came to know a bit about … Continue reading
The Traitor (2019) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): An Honorable Traitor
“The Traitor”, which was recently selected as the Italian entry for Best International Feature Film Oscar, is a sprawling crime drama film which is not wholly successful in its ambitious but flawed narrative. While occasionally fascinating us with its compelling … Continue reading
