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Tag Archives: Romance
Gloria (2013) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Go, Gloria, Go!
Like its plain heroine, Chilean film “Gloria” will grow on you after watching it. She is merely an ordinary middle-aged lady at first, and we just observe several things in her daily life which brighten or sadden her, but we … Continue reading
Blue is the Warmest Color (2013) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : This Girl’s Life
Although it has been mainly known for its very frank depiction of sex scenes since its premiere at the Cannes Film festival in this May, “Blue is the Warmest Color” is a lot more than that. This is a close, … Continue reading
Don Jon (2013) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : He has a problem… with Internet porn
“Don Jon” wants to talk about an interesting subject, but it only keeps scratching its surface. As a more humorous cousin of Steven McQueen’s “Shame”(2011), the movie tries to look cheerfully at a certain form of sex addiction and its … Continue reading
The Spectacular Now (2013) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : That spectacular freshness
A boy meets a girl, and then something begins. Yes, this is a cliché indeed, but “The Spectacular Now” brings fresh air into that cliché we have encountered in countless movies about young teenager couples, and it grows on us … Continue reading
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Fire gathering around her
While more or less than a bridge between the previous film and the next two films to come, “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” goes into a more serious territory compared to the first film as its strong, independent, and distinctive … Continue reading
Mr. Nobody (2009) ☆☆(2/4) : I’m sorry, but which timeline is he talking about?
“Mr. Nobody” juggles its balls with all the ambition it has, but I could not hold on to that. As going back and forth between its five or six parallel timelines, it eventually loses its ground and then gets lost … Continue reading
To the Wonder (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4) : To their thoughts and feelings
You may not guess what is really happening between them. You may not know who they are or how they have lived. You may not understand what exactly it is all about. But you can closely listen to their thoughts … Continue reading
Two Mothers (2013) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Sons and mothers
They have been close to each other, but now they are close to each other more than ever in their mutual entangled relationship. Anne Fontaine’s “Two mothers”, which was originally titled as “Adore”, is about four people finding themselves entangled … Continue reading
The Grandmaster (2013) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : Once Upon a Time in China
Faces, fists, palms, feet, arms, legs, hats, dresses, coats, shoes, closets, chairs, clocks, tables, stairs, doors, knives, water/blood droplets, puddles, smokes, snow, wind, lights, a monkey, a train, and a dog. These were the items I wrote down in my … Continue reading
Mud (2012) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : The water is wide
The water is wide. That sentence was floated around my mind while I was watching the Mississippi river and the surrounding landscapes in Jeff Nichols’ latest film “Mud”. It looks plain and mundane at first, but the movie has a … Continue reading
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