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Tag Archives: Real-life story
Miles Ahead (2015) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): Miles before moving ahead
Shortly after the screening of “Miles Ahead” during this Saturday afternoon, I happened to have a brief conversation with one of the audiences. He pointed out how the movie was not so different from another recent jazz musician biography film … Continue reading
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Tagged Biography, drug, Jazz, Musician, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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Marguerite (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4): By George, she can’t sing well…
It is always funny when a character seems so oblivious to how funny he (or she) is, and French comedy film “Marguerite” gets plenty of laughs from such a premise like that. Here is a lady who is so blindingly … Continue reading
Freeheld (2015) ☆☆(2/4): A mediocre drama based on one real-life love story
If “Freeheld” had been made around 20 years ago, it would have looked a bit better and bolder as a movie willing to tell a story about sexual minority people and their equal rights. While its story is based one … Continue reading
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Tagged Homosexuality, Police, Real-life figure, Real-life story, Terminal Illness
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Born to Be Blue (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4): Improvised from Chet Baker’s bluesy bottom
As a music drama loosely inspired by Chet Baker’s life, “Born to be Blue” tries a little different thing. While mainly focusing on a melancholic late period of this legendary American jazz musician’s life, it freely mixes reality and fiction … Continue reading
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Tagged Biography, drug, Jazz, Musician, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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Concussion (2015) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): An inconvenient medical truth
Around late 2011, I read a series of disturbing articles from New York Times. The articles were about a young professional hockey player named Derek Boogaard, and that was the first time I heard about chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). While … Continue reading
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Tagged American Football, Doctor, Illness, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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A Walk in the Woods (2015) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): A very late self-discovery journey
During my mildly enjoyable viewing of “A Walk in the Woods”, I got familiar impressions. I have seen other movies which did a better job of handling similar subjects than this passable one. I also have seen other cases where … Continue reading
The Clan (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A double family life
A real-life criminal story dramatized in Argentine film “The Clan” is both disturbing and compelling to say the least. Here is the man who is not only a ruthless criminal but also an ordinary middle-class father, and we cannot help … Continue reading
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Tagged Crime, Family, Father and son, Kidnapping, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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DongJu: The Portrait of A Poet (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4): The short life of a Korean poet
Wishing not to have so much as a speck of shame toward heaven until the day I die, I suffered, even when the wind stirred the leaves. With my heart singing to the stars, I shall love all things that … Continue reading
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Tagged Friendship, Japanese Occupation, Poet, Poetry, Real-life figure, Real-life story, South Korean Film
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Pawn Sacrifice (2014) ☆☆(2/4): An unstable pawn of his game
The life of Bobby Fischer was one of those typical examples of how genius can be both blessing and curse. While being one of the most brilliant chess players during the 20th history, Fischer was also a deeply troubled man … Continue reading
Steve Jobs (2015) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Jobs viewed through a three-act backstage drama
Through its fictional narrative structure, “Steve Jobs” attempts to give us a complex portrayal of one fascinating real-life figure whose grand, ambitious visions have influenced our modern world – or our modern electronic industry and market at least. Although its … Continue reading
