Tag Archives: War

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): It’s certainly not the last one

Posted on December 18, 2017 by kaist455

“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” is a big entertaining surprise. Fully developing the potentials glimpsed from “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (2015), this ambitious piece of work not only excited me with numerous memorable sights but also intrigued me with … Continue reading →

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A Perfect Day (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4): The trouble with a well

Posted on October 30, 2017 by kaist455

Leisurely alternating between comedy and drama, “A Perfect Day” works as an absurd farce about war and its tragic mess. While its story and background are specific, those human absurdities of war depicted in the film feel universal in many … Continue reading →

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The War Game (1965) ☆☆☆☆ (4/4): “This is nuclear war.”

Posted on October 15, 2017 by kaist455

“Oh, where are you coming from, soldier, gaunt soldier, With weapons beyond any reach of my mind, With weapons so deadly the world must grow older And die in its tracks, if it does not turn kind?” – from “Song … Continue reading →

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The Fortress (2017) ☆☆☆(3/4): The impossible situation in a fortress under siege

Posted on October 3, 2017 by kaist455

There is the accumulating sense of despair hovering over the main characters in South Korean film “The Fortress”. As their stronghold is besieged by their powerful opponent, it is pretty clear to them that there are only two options left … Continue reading →

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First They Killed My Father (2017) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A girl in the Cambodian Genocide

Posted on September 30, 2017 by kaist455

“First They Killed My Father”, which is currently available on Netflix, is a dark, harrowing tale of survival filled with quiet but powerful moments of horror and sadness. Based on the memoir of the same name by Loung Ung, the … Continue reading →

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The Beguiled (2017) ☆☆☆(3/4): A disturbance in their insular world

Posted on September 9, 2017 by kaist455

“The Beguiled”, the latest work from Sofia Coppola, is an atmospheric period piece about one small insular world and the quiet disturbance among its few inhabitants. When an outsider happens to be brought into their world, his presence gradually casts … Continue reading →

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Last Men in Aleppo (2017) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Ordinary brave men in Aleppo

Posted on August 23, 2017 by kaist455

Closely looking at a group of ordinary brave men struggling in the middle of the civil war in Syria, “Last Men in Aleppo” gives us a bleak but undeniably gripping experience accompanied with growing anger and sadness. As we watch … Continue reading →

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War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Hail, Caesar!

Posted on August 15, 2017 by kaist455

The recent reboot of the Planet of the Apes series has been one of the most interesting cases of reboot during last 10 years. In “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” (2011), the franchise successfully recharged itself with considerable … Continue reading →

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Dunkirk (2017) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A grueling but gripping war film from Christopher Nolan

Posted on July 22, 2017 by kaist455

“Dunkirk”, an ambitious World War II movie directed by Christopher Nolan, instantly grabs us right from its first moment and then never loses its grip on us till the end credits. Although looking rather modest compared to Nolan’s previous works, … Continue reading →

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Wonder Woman (2017) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Here comes Wonder Woman!

Posted on June 2, 2017 by kaist455

Besides being more exciting and exhilarating than expected, “Wonder Woman” finally gives what its genre has desperately needed during recent years: strong, independent female superhero character. While this is another quintessential origin story, the movie is refreshing mainly thanks to … Continue reading →

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