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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Starts off with a sputter but gradually picks up steam to close in a thunderous finish.
A breezy and intelligent political comedy about a man unrecognized for his efforts in bringing down the Soviets.
A highlight of the perennial Christmas classics and clunkers.
August Rush is a real fairy tale for music lovers.
Even with Jodie Foster's performance, the movie loses its worth by cowering from showing the real social consequences and issues behind vigilance.
A cinematic buffet of love and its bittersweet permutations set within a dreamy travelogue of its most representative city...
Comparable to Tom Hanks in Cast Away, Will Smith proves that is one of the very few real movie stars around.
A fascinating cross-pollination of the classical and the experimental.
A movie that sets being humanly funny as a challenge and meets it with warmth and modesty.
A chilling study of how ordinary people deal with the idea that some people are just innately, implacably evil.
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