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Tag Archives: Superpower
Hi-Five (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): A lively South Korean superhero film
South Korean film “Hi-Five” have some silly but cheerful fun with its colorful genre elements, and I enjoyed that more than expected. While this is another familiar superhero origin tale, the movie is funny and spirited with a lot of … Continue reading
Akira (1988) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A chaotically striking Japanese animation film
I must confess that I scratched my head more than once when I watched Katsuhiro Otomo’s 1988 animation feature film “Akira” for the first time in 2010, which happens to be released in South Korean theaters yesterday. Yes, this is … Continue reading
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (2021) ☆☆☆(3/4): A Girl Escaped
Ana Lily Amirpour’s third feature film “Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon” is a saucy genre flick which intrigued me via its distinctive mood and style. While it is pretty simple in terms of story and characters, the movie tries … Continue reading
Encanto (2021) ☆☆☆(3/4): Her and her family’s certain domestic problem
Disney animation feature film “Encanto” is quite predictable to the core, but it is fairly colorful enough to delight us. While it is not particularly fresh in terms of story and characters, this weakness is fortunately compensated by not only … Continue reading
Project Power (2020) ☆☆(2/4): A flat genre piece without much power
Netflix film “Project Power” does not have much power and imagination to boost its supposedly intriguing story premise, and that is a big letdown to say the least. While initially beginning with considerable potentials, the movie eventually gets devolved into … Continue reading
Fast Color (2018) ☆☆☆(3/4): The superpower running in her family
“Fast Color” is a little film which tries something different with its familiar premise. Revolving around the dynamic interactions among its three main characters who are connected with each other via not only blood and but also their inherited superhuman … Continue reading
Dark Phoenix (2019) ☆☆(2/4): A lackluster finale for the 19-year-old franchise
“Dark Phoenix”, the last chapter for what was begun with “X-Men: First Class” (2011) and then continued with “X-Men: Days of Future Fast” (2014) and “X-Men Apocalypse” (2016), is messy and tedious to say the least. While merely trudging from … Continue reading
Avengers: Infinity War (2018) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): An ambitious but mixed cliffhanger
“Avengers: Infinity War”, the 19th feature film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), attempts to be a big, ambitious cliffhanger for whatever will come in the next year, but it does not entirely work well as trying to juggle too … Continue reading
Lucy (2014) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Bound for 100%
Rarely do we come across a wild, crazy movie like “Lucy”, which is utterly preposterous and ridiculous from the start but is also amusing and entertaining for its willing attitude to push a silly but interesting science fiction premise all … Continue reading
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