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  • The Host

    ★★★★★

  • Epitaph

    ★★★★

  • Arang

    ★★★

  • Acacia

    ★★★½

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  • The Monster

    The Monster

    ★★★★★

    Before he poked fun at the Holocaust, Roberto Benigni used slightly less tact to deal with sexual assault.

    With mistaken identity as an excuse for escalating physical gags and verbal sparring into an intense comedy of errors, it is very much in the spirit of his earlier Johnny Stecchino. The plot involves Benigni as an unpleasant but ultimately harmless miscreant who the police suspect to be a sexually violent serial killer, and send a police officer (Nicoletta Braschi) undercover to…

  • Raptor

    Raptor

    ★★★★

    Enthropy.

    A few weeks before the release of the blockbuster, Jurassic Park, producer Roger Corman unleashed his own entry into the genetically engineered dinosaurs eating people genre, Carnosaur. It was followed by two sequels in 1995 and 1996 respectively, to increasingly colder receptions. The effective puppets and massive set pieces of the first are replaced by men in rubber costumes, with Raptors only slightly more fierce looking than the inflatable T-Rex costumes that are all the rage these days. Carnosaur…

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  • The Host

    The Host

    ★★★★★

    No matter how many times I visit The Host, Lee Byung-woo’s whimsical score always suckers me into hoping for a happier resolution. I know the end is coming, but the playful tune has me convinced that this time will be different – setting up the inevitable gut punch. Every time.

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  • Epitaph

    Epitaph

    ★★★★

    On the eve of its demolition, a doctor remembers his intern days at Ansaeng Hospital – a building with more than its share of ghosts. Memories set during the later part of the Japanese occupation, see a serial killer targeting soldiers, which barely scratches the surface of the sinister happenings swirling around the institute.

    Epitaph kicks off with faux 40s surgery footage, which provides a gory hook, but incorporates anachronistic shots which betray the levels of artistry the film will…

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  • Crumb

    Crumb

    ★★★★★

    There comes a point in every man’s life where he has to decide which Crumb brother he is.





    ....damn.

  • Un Chien Andalou

    Un Chien Andalou

    ★★★★★

    Remember, when shaving your eyes, ALWAYS go up and down, never left to right.