Tag Archives: South Korean Film

What Does That Nature Say to You (2025) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): With her girlfriend’s family

Posted on May 18, 2025 by kaist455

Hong Sang-soo’s new film “What Does That Nature Say to You” has usual stuffs we can expect from him, but it somehow did not engage me much on the whole. While it gets some laugh from how petty its hero … Continue reading →

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Idiot Girls and School Ghost: School Anniversary (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): A cheerful (and spooky) high school horror comedy film 

Posted on May 17, 2025 by kaist455

I could not help but get tickled more than once while watching South Korean film “Idiot Girls and School Ghost: School Anniversary”, which is as ridiculously funny as its rather long title suggests. Clearly influenced by not only “Whispering Corridors” … Continue reading →

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Stars in the Ordinary Universe (2023) ☆☆(2/4): Three plain acts

Posted on May 16, 2025 by kaist455

South Korean film “Stars in the Ordinary Universe” attempts to be absurd and funny, but the result is mediocre and middling in my humble opinion. Consisting of three individual acts connected with each other to some degree, the movie reaches … Continue reading →

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Helpless (2023) ☆1/2(1.5/4): Those pathetic YouTubers

Posted on May 16, 2025 by kaist455

As far as I have learned from many various comedy films, anything can be used for good laughs, and that is why I do not mind comedies delving into unpleasant subjects at all. However, South Korean film “Helpless” is merely … Continue reading →

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Can We Get Married? (2024) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): Between his family and his girlfriend

Posted on May 14, 2025 by kaist455

South Korean film “Can We Get Married?” starts as a comedy and then becomes something more serious and painful. Although I am not so sure about whether its mix between broad comedy and sentimental drama works as well as intended, … Continue reading →

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Drive (2024) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): A kidnapping on live 

Posted on May 13, 2025 by kaist455

South Korean film “Drive” drives along a rather predictable course without surprising me that much. While reminiscent of many other similar thriller films out there, the movie is frequently hampered by thin characterization and contrived plot, and I can only … Continue reading →

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The Old Woman with the Knife (2025) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): Old but lethal

Posted on May 1, 2025 by kaist455

South Korean film “The Old Woman with the Knife” looks promising at first but ends up being quite bland and middling to my disappointment. While it is carried to the end by the strong performance from its lead actress at … Continue reading →

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Revelations (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): A grim religion drama full of madness and despair

Posted on April 16, 2025 by kaist455

Compared to many of his notable live action feature films such as “Train to Busan” (2016), South Korean filmmaker Yeon Sang-ho’s animation feature films are a lot more unnerving and uncomfortable. I still remember how disturbed I was as watching … Continue reading →

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Mr. Robot (2025) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): A modest SF animation film from South Korea

Posted on April 13, 2025 by kaist455

If it had come out around, say, 20 years ago, I might have been more generous to South Korean animation feature film “Mr. Robot”, which should not be confused with that popular American TV drama series of the same name. … Continue reading →

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Voices (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): Personal memories of a massacre

Posted on April 6, 2025 by kaist455

South Korean documentary “Voices” simply listens to the testimonies from a bunch of people traumatized in one way or another by the massacres during the Jeju uprising during 1948 ~ 1949. Focusing more on the female victims and survivors, the … Continue reading →

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