Tag Archives: Trial

Denial (2016) ☆☆☆(3/4): History on Trial

Posted on May 7, 2017 by kaist455

As far as I can see from “Denial”, David Irving is a vile piece of work. He is a bullying propagandist who has no qualms about humiliating and discrediting others through lies and falsification, and any decent person cannot help … Continue reading →

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A War (2015) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Inside and outside the war

Posted on February 6, 2016 by kaist455

Danish film “A War”, which was recently nominated for Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, observes difficult moral matters of action and consequence from inside and outside the war. While we come to understand an impossible circumstance its hero and others … Continue reading →

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The Judge (2014) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : A prodigal lawyer son returning to his hometown

Posted on January 20, 2015 by kaist455

  Some movies are so predictable and transparent in their handling of story and characters that I sometimes shake my head as observing their glaring clumsiness on the screen. Although it is not a lousy film, I shook my head … Continue reading →

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The Attorney (2013) ☆☆☆(3/4) ：He just can’t stop once he opens his eyes

Posted on December 19, 2013 by kaist455

 South Korean movie “The Attorney” has its heart at the right place inside its generic mix of gentle comedy and angry courtroom drama, and its big heart sometimes beats powerfully to resonate with my own heart. The story is riddled … Continue reading →

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Bernie (2011) ☆☆☆(3/4) : He’s the guy for your funeral

Posted on April 10, 2013 by kaist455

What a nice guy Bernie Tiede is. He is so nice and sincere that you cannot possibly imagine him doing something bad to you. Based on a weird real-life crime story which was quite stranger than fiction, Richard Linklator’s quirky … Continue reading →

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Presumed Innocent (1990) ☆☆☆ (3/4) : A Prosecuted Prosecutor

Posted on July 11, 2010 by kaist455

“An innocent man has nothing to fear, remember that.”, said the cop in Hitchcock’s” The Wrong Man” to Henry Fonda’s arrested character, but we all know his saying is not true at all. Guilty or not, our fate will eventually be decided at the courtroom where the lawyers make arguments on your culpability in front of the judges and the jury. And in that inexorable system pursuing the justice, we tremble in fear for the sheer possibility of punishment sentenced upon us.
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