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Kristen Yoonsoo Kim

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Ten Movies to Look Forward to in Early 2019

By Kristen Yoonsoo Kim
Dec 31, 2018

The January, February and March months of 2019 are already boasting a strong slate, with U.S. distribution of international festival favorites along with welcome returns of first-rate genre filmmakers like M. Night Shyamalan and Jordan Peele
The Latest Robin Hood Robs From the Past to Give the Present Nothing

By Kristen Yoonsoo Kim
Nov 21, 2018

The actual 2018 Robin Hood remains a haphazard action thriller taking place sometime during the Crusades, with Taron Egerton basically reprising his breakout Kingsman role as a scrappy normie getting recruited and trained for skilled combat
Jonah Hill’s Mid90s Takes an Honest Plunge Into the Millennial Past

By Kristen Yoonsoo Kim
Oct 16, 2018

The depictions of drug and alcohol use, sex (Stevie getting it on with an older girl) and violence (both self-inflicted and by others) are difficult to watch, as Hill brings a fly-on-the-wall candor to his depiction of youth and the film’s era
Gus Van Sant’s Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot a Bumpy Ride

By Kristen Yoonsoo Kim
Jul 16, 2018

Despite some distracting narrative choices and sketchy character development (especially with Mara’s character, who, of course, turns into a love interest), the film does eventually find its footing
Clear a Path to the Riotous Loss-of-Virginity Comedy Blockers

By Kristen Yoonsoo Kim
Apr 4, 2018

Though written by two men, Blockers smartly confronts the gendered double standards that have littered the genre for generations, as well as homophobia and other vehicles for predictable jokes

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