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Movie Review: Love & Other Drugs

When I first booked the ticket for this movie, I thought it was just another ‘time killing’ romantic comedy. But after 10 to 20 minutes, the story became so serious that I hardly laughed during the entire film. The story is about Jamie(Jake Gyllenhaal) falling in love with Maggie(Anne Hathaway) who suffers from Parkinson’s disease. […]

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Review : Copying Beethoven(2006)

◦ Director : Agnieszka Holland ◦ Actor and Actress : Ed Harris(Ludwig van Beethoven), Diane Kruger(Anna Holtz) Before I saw the movie, many people recommended this for the reason that it gives unspeakable touch to spectators. Even my friends said you might regret not having a home theater system installed at your home to see […]

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My anthology : 10 Chinese movies in my life

I have always loved Chinese (Hong Kong to be exact) movies ever since I was a little boy. It was a feverish rage in those days. Throughout Asia, Hong Kong movies were extremely popular and movie stars appeared in advertisements everywhere. I even dreamed of living in Hong Kong someday. From the moment I fell […]

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Wall Street, Money Never Sleeps

Wall Street(2010) is a sequel of the movie with the same title. It has an intriguing subtitle, ‘Money Never Sleeps’. It can be defined as various meanings through many viewpoints. Some people comment that the movie can be a little bit boring to spectators who lack knowledge or background of the stock market. But I […]

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Social Network, passion and execution

I saw the movie, Social network. It was passionate story about the founder of Facebook. This movie is dealing with the conflict between Mark Zuckerberg and other people which is closely related with Facebook. In my opinion, there are three reasons that Facebook could grow as a successful SNS. 1. Innovative ideas and differentiated plan […]

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Apocalypse now Redux

I saw this movie on TV by the merest chance. Inspite of its long, long running time(as many as 3 hours and 22 minutes), I never felt tedious. Rather, I was totally mesmerized by the gloominess. This movie is based on the famous novel, “heart of darkess” written by Joseph Conrad. Though there are some […]

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Ray : The great R&B musician’s history

Ray Charles Robinson is the greatest contemporary musician in the world. He lost his sight at 7 years olds. Because of an aid of his mother’s education, he overcame his visual handicap and learned living a life independently. And he got to the top of R&B step by step. Surely there were some serious problems […]

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The Princess Mononoke

Hayao Miyazaki is one of the greatest animation director in the world. He has carried a strong empasis on wildlife and nature conservation. The Princess Mononoke starts with the fighting scene between the young man and god of disaster. This chasing scene is so active that I can’t keep my eyes away from the animation. […]

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collateral

What is “collateral”? While I see the movie, the question was twirling in my head. A synopsis is very simple. Just killing people and preventing last murder. There is no reason why Vincent(Tom Cruise) kills people(surely he was asked to kill, but that is so superficial answer). A director puts an importance on the procedure […]

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Rashomon

The writer of Rashomon-Akutagawa Ryunoske has known to Korean, by awarding to You-miri’s “Family Cinema”. Akutagawa was born in a rich family and taught an elite course. And he gained fame as a writer. But he suicided himself at an age of 35. Why did he suicide himself? I have found the answer that I […]