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Tag Archives: Thriller
A Private Life (2025) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): A psychiatrist under crisis
French film “A Private Life” is a lightweight thriller often toying with a number of uneasy uncertainties surrounding its middle-aged heroine. Steadily supported by its ever-reliable lead actress, the movie amuses us at times as lightly bouncing up and down … Continue reading
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2026) ☆☆☆(3/4): Another deadly game
“Ready or Not 2: Here I Come” tries another deadly game, and it mostly succeeds on the whole. Again, our heroine is hunted by a bunch of unlikable rich people willing to kill her within a limited amount of time, … Continue reading
The Piano Teacher (2001) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Can she really play him like piano?
Michael Hanake’s 2001 film “The Piano Teacher”, which was released in South Korean theaters in last week, is a truly disturbing observation of one very, very, very twisted lady. While we never really fully understand her even at the very … Continue reading
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Tagged Mother and daughter, Piano teacher, Teacher and Pupil, Thriller
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Disclosure Day (2026) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Familiar but masterful nonetheless
Steven Spielberg’s new film “Disclosure Day” feels like watching a maestro handling his familiar repertoires with expected but undeniably impressive deftness. While it does not have the unadulterated awe of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” (1977) or the sheer … Continue reading
Commission (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): Drawing for murder
South Korean independent film “Commission” wants to explore the dark sides of artistic creation, and it succeeds to some degree. I must say that I have no idea on how realistic it actually is in the depiction of the professional … Continue reading
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Tagged Dark Web, Graphic novel, Murder, South Korean Film, Thriller
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The Nonsense (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): Can she believe?
South Korean independent film “The Nonsense” is a little but effective mix between character drama and psychological thriller which will often unnerve you with its disturbingly ambiguous moments. Even in the end, you may not be entirely sure about everything … Continue reading
Abroad (2023) ☆1/2(1.5/4): The vanishing in the middle of nowhere
2023 film “Abroad”, which was released in South Korean theaters in last year without getting noticed much by me and other local audiences, is one of the most disappointing genre exercises I have ever watched during last several years. At … Continue reading
Murder Report (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): A dangerous exclusive interview
South Korean film “Murder Report” is a taut and efficient thriller about one female journalist having an exclusive interview with a serial killer. Now you will instantly get a pretty good idea about what you will get, and the movie … Continue reading
Caught Stealing (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): He’s in a trouble way over his head…
Darren Aronofsky’s 2025 film “Caught Stealing”, which is currently available on Netflix in South Korea, is a cheerfully absurd and intense comic noir thriller. As its flawed hero desperately struggling to survive under a situation way over his head, the … Continue reading
Apex (2026) ☆☆☆(3/4): A standard survival thriller driven by Charlize Theron
Charlize Theron is one of the most singular star actresses working in Hollywood. After she earned her own spot around the top of Hollywood with her great Oscar-winning performance in Patty Jenkins’ “Monster” (2003), she steadily and boldly rolled her … Continue reading
