Oasis
Mentally disabled Korean man falls for Korean woman with severe cerebral palsy. Really. After being jailed for his brother's crime Jong-du Hong is released from prison to find his family finds itself better off without him around. The social misfit falls in love with the disabled relative of the man he is accused of having killed four years prior.
A really weird tale of forbidden love.
** 1/2 out of *****
Memories of Murder.
Small town detective Park Doo-Man (played by Song Kang-ho, The Host, J.S.A. among others) finds himself int the middle of an investigation of South Korea's first serial killer. A seasoned detective from Seoul is dispatched to help with the investigation but both men seem outmatched by the killer. Based on a true, and still unresolved, series of crimes.
*** out of ***** (if you aren't fleunt in Korean get ready to read.. a LOT. This movie is heavy with dialogue.)
Kicking It.
Homeless? Love soccer? Then compete with your homeless teammates from the same country in the Homeless World Cup. Really.
** 1/2 out of *****
Surfwise.
Raising nine children and leading a life of nomadic surfers? Apparently it can be done as demonstrated by Doc Paskowitz and family. It's not always easy or pretty but they made it work. After giving up a life of an established doctor in Hawaii Doc Paskowitz leaves it all behind, introduces surfing to Israel, meets his future wife and together they embark on an unusual nomadic life, even for full-time RVers, and raise nine (!!!) children in a RV.
*** out of *****
Crazy Love.
The story of Burt Pugach, a successful New York City Attorney who, while married, falls for a younger woman named Linda Riss. When the relationship ends it is Burt who can't handle the loss and he hires thugs to throw liquid lye into the face of his former girlfriend in an attempt to blind and disfigure her.
And that is only the beginning of a very unusual and true love story.
**** out of *****
Half Nelson.
A drama about a New York High School history teacher with a drug addiction. Dan Dunne (Ryan Gosling) befriends student Drey (Shakira Epps) who is in danger of becoming a drug runner to make a quick buck, and possibly wind up in jail like her older brother. The two misfits attempt to save each other, possibly at the cost of losing their own person battles.
**** out of *****
My Father the Genius.
What do you get when you mix a gifted architect with an inability to commit to married life and a vision of who the world ought to exist? You get Glenn Howard Small who is undeniably a gifted architect. Mr. Small has visions, big lofty visions, of a world where we live in cities that look like they belong on a Yes album cover. But those never quite get off the ground and Mr. Small is left to build contemporary houses on the West coast.
Mr. Small hires his daughter to write his biography but instead she would prefer to make a documentary. Mr. Small agrees and the rest is (living) history. The film pulls no punches and tells the story like it is. A refreshing biographical documentary.
**** out of *****
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