Joo-Wang John Lee is a computer programmer at Binghamton University by day and a movie critic by hobby. Upon insistent suggestion from people around him, he finally decided to start critiquing movies in writing instead of just verbal form among his friends. His writings can be found at John's Movie Blog.
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With his latest film, the master animator Hayao Miyazaki immerses himself completely into the mind of a five-year-old.
A vampire movie contorted into a clichéd, simplistic teenage romance.
One of the best vampire movies ever made told through the harsh troubles of a pre-adolescent.
A solid emotional drama from Clint Eastwood on a forgotten, baffling case of familial loss and police corruption.
A vividly compelling portrait of small-town people whose sole drive for criminal decisions is economic survival.
As a kind of fantastical reflection of the harsher historical times of the deep South, the movie is a small jewel.
Another modern political thriller that unfortunately relies on too many movie conventions.
Enjoyable minor fare for the Coens who draw good laughs out of perpetual idiocy.
An all too predictable thriller that merely lives and breathes off the veteran actors' personas rather than expanding on them.
An act of cinematic carnage that was committed, not made.
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