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Movie Review: The Mermaid

by Carrie S · Aug 13, 2018 at 4:00 am · View all 10 comments

An Asian woman is emerging from the sea. Her hair is shaped into a whale's tail and she's winking.

The Mermaid is a 2016 Chinese movie that broke a ton of box office records in China. It’s a romantic comedy about a mermaid named Shan who is supposed to seduce and kill a destructive billionaire named Xuan. Naturally Shan falls in love with Xuan (despite the fact that he has no redeeming qualities until well into the movie) so she has to persuade him instead, and they both have to fight off his evil … Continue reading Movie Review: The Mermaid →

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Movie Review: The Handmaiden

by Carrie S · Feb 3, 2017 at 4:00 am · View all 10 comments

The Handmaiden movie poster

The downside of living in a smallish city is that sometimes (usually) I have to spend months waiting for independent or foreign movies to come out online or on DVD before I can watch them. If, like me, you’ve been waiting for what seems like decades to see The Handmaiden — rejoice! It is finally available on iTunes and Amazon. The Handmaiden is an erotic movie directed by Park Chan-wook, set in Japanese-occupied Korea in … Continue reading Movie Review: The Handmaiden →

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