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DVD Review: Excellent ‘Thirst’ Deserves Better Treatment
CHICAGO– Easily one of the most interesting and original films of 2009, “Thirst” deserves at least the basic Blu-Ray treatment being given nearly every theatrically released film in the current market...
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Interview: From Norman Bates to ‘Mother’ With Director Bong Joon-ho
CHICAGO– The masterful young director of “Memories of Murder” and “The Host,” two of the best films of the ’00s, has done it again with the incredible thriller “Mother,” opening in Chicago tomorrow,...
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Blu-Ray Review: Park Chan-wook’s ‘Vengeance Trilogy’ Earns Amazing Release
CHICAGO– Park Chan-wook’s “Vengeance Trilogy” stands as one of the most essential cinematic achievements of the new millennium and should be seen anyone who dares call himself a movie fan. The three...
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Blu-Ray Review: Stylish, Fascinating ‘The Good, The Bad, The Weird’
CHICAGO– Our film critic Matt Fagerholm may have felt that “The Good, The Bad, The Weird” valued style over substance to a fault (read his review) but this critic still holds it as one of the best...
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Film Review: Korean Erotic Thriller ‘The Housemaid’ Offers Twisted Ride
Rating: 3.5/5.0CHICAGO– Movies don’t get much weirder than “The Housemaid.” And I mean that in a good way. Mostly. The extreme Gothic elements of this twisted thriller work even if the ludicrous finale...
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Film Review: Mia Wasikowska Finds Trippy Mystery in ‘Stoker’
CHICAGO– There is cause and effect in life, and there are times when random acts of circumstance rinses it all away. Those emotions are realized in the strange yet compelling composition of the new...
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Film Review: Kim Ki-duk’s Pitch Black Morality Play of ‘Pieta’
CHICAGO– Korean cineastes know the name Kim Ki-duk. While Park Chan-wook (“Oldboy,” “Stoker”) and Bong Joon-ho (“The Host,” “Mother”) may get more international attention, anyone who has seen “3-Iron”...
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Film Review: Surprising Fun in Revenge Tale of ‘The Handmaiden’
CHICAGO– Although “The Handmaiden” is based in deceit, fetishes, thievery and subservience, director Park Chan-Wook (“Stoker”) keeps it light by the addition of some subversive humor, and weaves a...
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