In his full feature film debut, we can see that George Lucas is a man of many talents. Let's just say that here, he displayed the authentic capabilities of creating imaginative world or universe much different from ours. His genius mind took us on an adventure to another space the way he takes us to the amazing world of his future Star Wars. The way I see it, even though this film was shot as early as 1971, I was…

Reiner, inspired by a true story, bravely tries to show how racism is still ingrained in certain U.S. states. I love how the plot heightens minutes after minutes. Can hardly imagine how it's like to live in Mississippi at that time when you belong to a minor group. Ghosts of Mississippi has been one of so many memorable films about racism whose appeal lies within the strength of its characters and characterizations. We have the undoubtedly talented Whoopi Goldberg, the…

Life Is Beautiful is a remarkable story about love that fantastically sugar-coats the horror of Holocaust with Roberto Benigni’s (here served as the writer, director, and actor) fresh and hilarious comedy. Just to briefly compare the ambiance of Holocaust described in “Schindler’s List” with the one portrayed here, this film really repressed the frightening experience of the Jews as not so frightening, it’s like playing joke with The Death because Guido (Benigni) awesomely portrayed such a horrific subject as a…

I’m sure that all of you can always spot a film with good acting, superb plot and great cinematography easily but when it comes to a thriller that possesses all those above quality, it would be such a rarity. OldBoy here, second installment from The Vengeance Trilogy directed by Park Chan-wook (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, OldBoy, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance) really have them all, good story, powerful acting and the most horrifying and clever end twist if not genius. In…