Category: Reviews

[Movie Review] “The Irishman”: What Remains Beyond Dust?

I’ve always said Martin Scorsese’s films aren’t my cup of tea. Aside from Taxi Driver and Shutter Island, which I…

[Movie Review] “My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler” (Japan Film Festival): A Touching Father-Son Tale

NOTE: CONTAINS SPOILERS “My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler” (original title: Papa wa Warumono Champion, Vietnamese title: Bố Tớ Là…

[Movie Review] “I Lost My Body”: Loss of Flesh, Loss of Soul

NOTE: CONTAINS SPOILERS “Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose—that’s life.” I Lost My Body (original French title: J’ai perdu mon…

[Movie Review] “Tonight, at the Romance Theater” (Japanese Film Festival): A Touchpoint of Emotions

It was a Saturday afternoon when I woke up surrounded by an overwhelming sense of emptiness. For the past two…

[Movie Review] “Joker”: Both Pitiful and TERRIFYING

NOTE: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS LIGHT SPOILERS AND SUBTLE HINTS AT THE FILM’S CONTENT Over the past few months, Joker (2019)…

[Movie Review] “Parasite”: A Film That “Crosses the Line”

When I got home and pushed open the door, stepping into the pitch-black house, I suddenly thought of cockroaches. Are…

“Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes”: Behind the Portrait of a Serial Killer Who Shocked History

Early in 2019, Netflix released the TV series Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes, based on the book…

[Movie Review] “All About Lily Chou-Chou”: The World of Lonely Children

She was born on… December 8, 1980… at 10:50 p.m… At that exact moment… Mark David Chapman shot… John Lennon.…