An inflatable sex doll in Osaka gains a heart, gets a job, and experiences daily life while her owner is at work.
One of the toughest finds, been trying to see this for over a decade. Adapted from a graphic short story, I hesitate to call it light and airy, but there it is. Doo-na, with her doll-like face emphasized by makeup, emulates Nozomi believably. Somewhat an adult Pinocchio but more understated, the creative FX such as basic seam lines…
The vacation of a bitter Seoul resident to an insular, barely-accessible island reveals a small population even more cruel.
Simple, yet solid and straightforward revenge thriller that doesn't transact in supernatural or Americanized slasher tropes. Instead, it spends the majority of time setting up a rationale for the inevitable rampage, then executes it with grisly realism. I had gone in expecting more chaptered, fantastic storytelling, but encountered a portrait of misery, neglect, and abuse amid poverty.
While it's satisfying to…
Secret agent struggles to save the world from bad guys and bad things that fight backwards!
This is the kind of movie you'd get if you asked a toddler what superpower the evildoers should have, then gave it to a big-name director to convulse it into a watchable format, and drove up a truckload of money to produce it. I hated Inception and hoped dearly for some kind of redemption, but this was so much worse than anticipated.
Only Nolan…
Barely an eyeblink after the last installment, Peter Parker's identity is revealed to the world, and his attempts to mitigate the damage trigger a cascade of events that threaten everyone around him.
NWH is a Spider-Man comic & movie-lover's geeky dream. It not only creates a rationale for the weird choices of supporting cast that have always bugged me, but it throws Marvel-specific easter eggs and homages at those in the know in ceaseless rapid-fire. Much has been said about the…
