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Tag Archives: Real-life story
The Big Short (2015) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Big Bets against the market
Cheerfully bouncing around a number of traders who perceived an imminent financial disaster in advance, “The Big Short” gives us an absurd, biting account of how everything was virtually destined to be collapsed before the financial crisis of 2007-08 finally … Continue reading
The Revenant (2015) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Grim, Grisly, and Grueling
Grim, grisly, and grueling, “The Revenant” is determined to overpower you with its cold, stark beauty of vast wilderness as well as its gray, gloomy depiction of extreme human conditions. This brooding western tale of survival and revenge is a … Continue reading
Trumbo (2015) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : A passable biopic about one legendary Hollywood writer
As a biography film about one legendary Hollywood figure, “Trumbo” looks trivial compared to his larger-than-life status. Here is a man who steadily fought against the injustices inflicted upon himself and his ill-fated colleagues for years while never bending his … Continue reading
Joy (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4): A messy rags to riches tale supported by Jennifer Lawrence
When I was going through another miserable day of my graduate course during the early 2010s, it happened to be my turn to clean the floor of my laboratory, and I used a newly bought mop for the first time. … Continue reading
The Danish Girl (2015) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): Which girl, you mean?
Unlike most of us who are fine with our sexual identity, some people are not comfortable with their body, and many of them are willing to go outside our conventional definition of sexuality. Regardless of whether we approve of this … Continue reading
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Tagged Husband and Wife, Painter, Real-life figure, Real-life story, Transgender
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Spotlight (2015) ☆☆☆1/2 (3.5/4): All the Church’s Men
It is always interesting to watch professionals doing their best together. “Spotlight” gives us such an experience like that, and this top-notch journalism drama is calm, concise, comprehensive, and straightforward just like any good investigative article you read from newspapers. … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic Church, Child Abuse, Journalist, Newspaper, Real-life figure, Real-life story, Religion
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Virunga (2014) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Guarding their park from human greed and violence
My fellow film critic Michael Mirasol often uses a phrase when he informs me and his other Twitter followers of some infuriating cases of how people ruin nature for greed or other despicable reasons: F*cking humans. Oscar-nominated documentary “Virunga” will … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Endangered Species, Gorilla, Nature, Ranger, Real-life story, War
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Red Army (2014) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): The rise and fall of Soviet ice hockey
Simultaneously amusing and compelling, documentary film “Red Army” tells us a dramatic story about the rise and fall of Soviet ice hockey. Mainly through some of its best players, the documentary looks around their best and worst times during the Cold … Continue reading
Bridge of Spies (2015) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : The Lawyer Who Came into the Cold
Steven Spielberg’s new film “Bridge of Spies” is a compelling Cold War story deftly balancing itself between several different factors just like its no-nonsense lawyer hero who came into the Cold. Although it can be said that the movie is … Continue reading
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Tagged Cold War, Espionage, Lawyer, Real-life incident, Real-life story, Spy
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The Program (2015) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : Cycling on a big lie
The rise and fall of Lance Armstrong has a big irony we cannot help but notice at this point. He survived the illness which could have killed him, and he was determined to rise from his bottom by any means … Continue reading
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Tagged Athlete, Cyclist, Doping, Journalist, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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