-
Recent Posts
- The Little Sister (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): A young Muslim lesbian woman during several seasons
- Teaching Practice: Idiot Girls and School Ghost 2 (2026) ☆☆☆(3/4): Another outrageous high school horror satire
- Michael (2026) ☆☆(2/4): Bland, empty, and bad
- Commission (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): Drawing for murder
- The Nonsense (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): Can she believe?
- So Far So Close (2025) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): The bar looks wonderful at least
- 2035: The Green Light (2025) ☆☆(2/4): An uneven mix between mockumentary and found footage horror
- Abroad (2023) ☆1/2(1.5/4): The vanishing in the middle of nowhere
- Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft – The Tour Live in 3D (2026) ☆☆☆(3/4): It was wonderful to watch anyway – even in 2D
- Sherlock Jr. (1924) ☆☆☆☆(4/4): A surreal comic masterwork from Buster Keaton
Blogroll
Interesting Windows
Movies
Categories
Meta
Archives
My Photos
-
Join 815 other subscribers
Blog Stats
- 1,271,986 hits
Seongyong’s Twitter
Tweets by kaist455
Tag Archives: Thriller
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Meet Lisbeth Salander with a different style
As the remake, David Fincher’s new film “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” has its inherent weakness right from the beginning of its production. Around two years ago, the original Swedish picture directed by Niels Arden Oplev, based on late … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Hacker, Journalist, Murder, Mystery, Serial Killing, Thriller
Leave a comment
A Simple Plan (1998) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : It sounded so simple at first…
Sometimes the ordinary people becoming evil are more frightening than Dr. Hannibal Lector or Frank Booth. The villains like them are downright scary, but they are basically outsiders with monstrous nature beyond our common sense. In contrast, the characters in … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Brothers, Country, Crime, Husband and Wife, Money, Murder, Thriller, winter
2 Comments
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Dr. Watson’s honeymoon is postponed
When I watched “Sherlock Holmes”(2009) almost two years ago, I wondered whether it was good to inject the seven percent solution of caffeine/adrenaline to one of the most famous detectives in the English literature. I enjoyed its style, moods, and … Continue reading
Bullhead (2011) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : A Bull to the slaughter
“… I think that we’re all in our private traps, clamped in them, and none of us can ever get out. We scratch and, and claw, but only at the air, only at each other. And for all of it, … Continue reading
Drive (2011) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : A stylish action film with an enigmatic driver hero
“Drive” works not only as an entertaining action film with lots of style but also as a compelling character study with a fascinatingly enigmatic character surrounded by an array of the interesting characters. While the action sequences in the movie … Continue reading
Confessions (2010) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Vengeance is hers
It begins on the last day of the semester at a classroom of some Japanese junior high school. Though they will return to their school after a month, most of the students are very excited while waiting for the time … Continue reading
Countdown (2011) ☆☆☆(3/4) : It’s not easy to get her liver
It seems serious at first with the matter of life and death, but “Countdown” is an enjoyable action thriller funnier than I had expected. Above all, it has the terrific comic performance from Jeon Do-yeon, one of the most talented … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged action, Con-artist, Father and son, Incurable Disease, Mother and daughter, South Korean movie, Thriller
Leave a comment
Contagion (2011) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Haven’t you washed your hands?
Remember when your parents told you wash your hands after coming into the house? After watching “Contagion”, you probably think serious about washing your hands. Starting with the sudden outbreak of a new epidemic, the movie chillingly shows how easier … Continue reading
The Vanishing (1988) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : A tale of two obsessions
“‘Will you walk into my parlor?’ said the Spider to the Fly.” – from the poem “The Spider and the Fly” by Mary Howitt The crucial moment in George Sluizer’s chilling psychological thriller “The Vanishing”(1988) can be summarized with that … Continue reading
Blind (2011) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A blind woman in grave danger
A blind woman is in danger. A psychotic killer wants to kill her. She finds herself being nearly alone with him in the house at dark, rainy night. She must do something to increase her chance of survival while being … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Handicap, Murder, Mystery, Serial Killing, South Korean movie, Thriller
Leave a comment
Seongyong's Private Place 