Love Sick Season 2 Episode 6
Love Sick the Series Season 2: Episode 6 Recap
Category Archives: movie reviews
Where the Lovesickos are
Pealesview visitor map, May 19, 2015
Missing a few of the regular visitors from the Southern Cone, Scandinavia and Korea, but I wanted to share what happens when I post a Love Sick update. Sure, this isn’t where all the inter fans are, and it’s really only a small subset interested in reading summaries in English, but it is fairly representative of who is drops by whenever I have a Love Sick post up. Lovsickos, this IS the map you made today in seven hours. I don’t know who you are, but I salute your persistence in following along with me. I’m impressed, actually.
Love Sick The Series Season 2: Episodes 3 & 4 Recap
Love Sick Series 2: Episodes 3-4
Summaries (Spoilers, Obviously) and Comments
Note: I group summaries by story line, not in presentation order. If you want to know how the scenes actually played out in their official sequence, why not follow this link to Kuda’s site and watch for yourself?
Kid Kulafu (Philippines: 2015): Lest we forget why they fight
As bio-pics go, Paul Soriano’s Kid Kulafu succeeds by laying off the hagiography to focus on aspects of Manny Pacquiao’s childhood that are shared by aspiring boxers everywhere.
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Futureless Things (Korea: 2014): one never knows what’s in store next
Kyung-mook Kim’s off-beat third feature focuses on the everyday and sometimes surreal interactions in a convenience store. Futureless Things is more a series of comedy sketches than a unified narrative, but since everyone eventually needs a Coke, the setting is a good one to explore the many layers of contemporary society and the dreamers who find themselves stuck behind counters for a moment.
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Short Reviews: They only take a few minutes of your time
Flying kites in Rio, breaking hearts in Korea, patching things up in Chinatown, and learning to pray all over the world. An eclectic mix for sure kicks off a (hopefully) periodic series of short reviews for those pressed for time.
White God (Hungary: 2014): a familiar tale, this time with dogs
A Hungarian Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Kornél Mundruczó’s White God tells an allegory about betrayal, oppression and revenge, but also the durability of the bonds that form between pets and their caretakers. Canine lead Hagen walks away with this one, conveying surprising emotional depth for a newbie actor.
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Kung Fu Jungle (Hong Kong: 2014): Classic Fighting Film with Cameos Galore
Teddy Chen goes old-school in this martial arts detective story starring Donn Yen. The fighting is intense and the special effects muted in this story about a former martial arts champion released from prison to help capture a serial killer. An homage to the one-on-one Hong Kong action films of the past, Kung Fu Jungle is filled with dozens of cameo performances from the action stars of the past four decades.
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I Sell Love (Hong Kong: 2014): it could be accused of glamorizing prostitution if it weren’t so dull
Rose Chan & Pakho Chau
What could have been an insider view of the practice of compensated dating and prostitution devolves into a romantic drama involving two good looking people like we’ve seen before. I’d lost interest long before Mr. Perfect showed up.
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Fish Story (Japan: 2009): A cult hit song creates a cult
Atsushi Ito finds inspiration from an obscure text
Yoshihiro Nakamura’s Fish Story appears to be most noteworthy for its non-linear narrative. But syuzhet chutzpah aside, the story about a punk rock band saving the world comes together in the end to relay a clever story about the origins of belief, myth-making and finding religion in unexpected places.
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