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THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI (2017) Review: When Anger Creates Greater Anger

THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI (2017) Review: When Anger Creates Greater Anger

“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” is the kind of award film that I think people would actually enjoy and like. This film has...

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LADY BIRD (2017) Review: More than Just A High-School Film

LADY BIRD (2017) Review: More than Just A High-School Film

Have you ever seen a film that you felt like most of the things in the film was a totally been-there-done-that experience of your life?...

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THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER (2017): An Absurd Revenge Story like Nothing Else

THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER (2017): An Absurd Revenge Story like Nothing Else

No deer was harmed in the making of this film. In fact, “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” does not involve deers at all. The title is met...

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THE MARTIAN (2015): Uplifting in A Good Way

THE MARTIAN (2015): Uplifting in A Good Way

Never blame whoever who thinks that NASA's recent publication about water on Mars is part of promotional gimmicks for The Martian,...

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NIGHTCRAWLER (2014): Insensitive News Program and Why (They Think) We Love It

NIGHTCRAWLER (2014): Insensitive News Program and Why (They Think) We Love It

My deepest condolence is for those who lost their loved ones in the tragic crash of Indonesia’s AirAsia flight QZ8501. When the mis...

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GONE GIRL (2014): A Bitter Pill for Marriage

GONE GIRL (2014): A Bitter Pill for Marriage

I am a 22-year-old male, single. You know what is in most of my chats with friends? Marriage. Wedding. Proposal, at least. Engagement. ...

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BOYHOOD (2014): A Movie that Moves with Time

BOYHOOD (2014): A Movie that Moves with Time

Twelve years in the making, Richard Linklater wrapped a life of a kid named Mason from age 5 to 18, all in just 165 minutes. The result...

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LOCKE (2013): An In-Depth Look of A Man's State of Mind

LOCKE (2013): An In-Depth Look of A Man's State of Mind

LOCKE is the (last) name of the only character appears on this film, Ivan Locke, which is portrayed so genuinely by the only actor ap...

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DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (2014): Mistrusted Human vs. Civilized Apes

DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (2014): Mistrusted Human vs. Civilized Apes

First question: why “Dawn”? I think they choose “dawn” not because it is a more poetic noun than “start” or “beginning” or any other no...

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ILO ILO (2013): Singaporean Drama about Immigrant Worker, Child-Parent Relationship, and Family Dilemma Under Economic Crisis

ILO ILO (2013): Singaporean Drama about Immigrant Worker, Child-Parent Relationship, and Family Dilemma Under Economic Crisis

Even IMDb doesn’t quite understand what ILO ILO means. The winner of Camera d’Or of Cannes Film Festival 2013 , ILO ILO is a Singaporea...

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My (Late) Review of THE RAID 2: BERANDAL: Beautiful Art of Violence with Unexpectedly Too Much of A Thinking

My (Late) Review of THE RAID 2: BERANDAL: Beautiful Art of Violence with Unexpectedly Too Much of A Thinking

You can say that last night was my second visit to THE RAID 2: BERANDAL (my first visit was on March 28 when it first released in Indon...

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"Barton Fink" Rounds Up Metaphors and Criticisms about Film Industry with Solid Characterization

"Barton Fink" Rounds Up Metaphors and Criticisms about Film Industry with Solid Characterization

This post is written as a part of the series of "the films of... Joel Coen and Ethan Coen" Perhaps “Barton Fink” is one...

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Early Talk on 2014 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Films: “Jagten” vs. “The Past”

Early Talk on 2014 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Films: “Jagten” vs. “The Past”

It’s still October, dammit! But with the record-breaking 76 countries submitting their films to compete for the 86th Annual Academy Aw...

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The Melancholy of “Melancholia”: Wedding-Gone-Wrong, World's End, and Thoughts about Human Despair

The Melancholy of “Melancholia”: Wedding-Gone-Wrong, World's End, and Thoughts about Human Despair

Note: this review might reveal some clues about the movie’s plot (which you might find a bit spoiler-y) but I assure you it won’t ruin...

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Grotesque Horror "Berberian Sound Studio" Gives You A Different, Full Sensory Horror Experience

Grotesque Horror "Berberian Sound Studio" Gives You A Different, Full Sensory Horror Experience

Once I lost my faith in horror films. Nothing they could do to reinvent horror films, I once thought, so this genre might be just full w...

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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

This film is a real fun. What can you expect from a crime or gangster movie, beside its American-styled jokes and characters? “Lock, Sto...

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The Hours (2002)

The Hours (2002)

To watch “The Hours” is to understand the beauty of a novel-into-film adaptation. Adapted from a Pulitzer-winning novel of the same t...

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The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)

The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)

Never heard of Derek Cianfrance before this, even with his popular "Blue Valentine" . Some people consider "The Place Be...

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Trance (2013)

Trance (2013)

I have never predicted that “Trance” can do more than I expected. It’s been so long for me not seeing such a twisting, un-predictabl...

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4 Thriller/Mystery Short Films

4 Thriller/Mystery Short Films

Currently we have “World War Z” and “Monsters University” newly coming to our local cinema but I haven’t watched them. Poor me. LOL. A...

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