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Tag Archives: Romance
Drive-Away Dolls (2024) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): A whimsical crime comedy from Ethan Coen
In my inconsequential opinion, Joel and Ethan Coen have often swung back and forth between two extreme ends during last several decades. On one end, they can give us extremely wacky comedy films such as “Raising Arizona” (1987), “The Hudsucker … Continue reading
The Fall Guy (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): The adventure of one stuntman
“The Fall Guy”, which is incidentally released as “The Stuntman” in South Korean theaters (I hope that local audiences will not mistake it for the remake of Richard Rush’s “The Stunt Man” (1979), by the way), has a lot of … Continue reading
Challengers (2024) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Are they ready to serve?
Luca Guadagnino’s new film “Challengers” is quick, deft, and passionate in its every serve, and I like that a lot. Electrifyingly and humorously bouncing along one very complicated situation among its three main characters, the movie alternatively amuses and thrills … Continue reading
The Breaking Ice (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): A quiet triangle in one cold Chinese city
“The Breaking Ice”, which was selected as the Singaporean entry for Best International Film Oscar in last year, is a somber but poignant drama about three different young people who happen to be stuck together during several cold winter days … Continue reading
Música (2024) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): Distracted but talented anyway
“Música”, which is currently available on Amazon Prime, gave me a rather mixed impression. The movie is often likable with a series of whimsically musical moments, but it is also quite distracting at times as trying too many things within … Continue reading
What’s Love Got to Do with It? (2022) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): So it goes like that
“What’s Love Got to Do with It”, which is incidentally not associated with the 1993 Tina Turner biopic, is as predictable as your typical romantic comedy. Right from when its two lead characters appear together at the beginning of the … Continue reading
Okiku and the World (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): A Japanese period drama with lots of sh*t
Japanese film “Okiku and the World” may amuse you to some degree if you are not that squeamish about its smelly main story subject. I must warn you that the movie often pays a lot of attention to a dirty … Continue reading
All of Us Strangers (2023) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A personal ghost story
Andrew Haigh’s latest film “All of Us Strangers” is a gentle and intimate personal ghost story about loss, grief, loneliness, and love. Starting with a supernatural story premise, the movie gradually delves into the troubled state of mind of its … Continue reading
Sayonara, Girls. (2022) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): Before their graduation
Japanese film “Sayonara, Girls”, which is released as “Girls Don’t Graduate” in South Korea as it was in Japan a few months ago, is so gentle and vanilla that I quickly lost my patience during my viewing. Probably because I … Continue reading
Of an Age (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): Of a Romance
Australian film “Of an Age” works best whenever its two main characters dance around their mutual attraction. While both of them become more aware of their developing feelings along the story, they hesitate to step forward for each own reason, … Continue reading
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