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"WARM BODIES" hungers not for brain, but heart.

HANAJUN CHUNG Within the time that five Twilight films were making money, studios gave the green-light to many other young adult properties, hoping to strike big on the vampire fantasy/romance craze. And while vampires as romantic characters is something that's been around since Bram Stoker, the zombie phenomenon is recent in comparison and still gaining momentum in many mediums (i.e....

Academy Awards Holds Stellar Line-up.

HANAJUN CHUNG JAY ADAMSON LIVE on February 24, 2013 (7e/4p), The 85th Academy Awards will be hosted by Seth MacFarlane and continue the tradition honoring the year's best in cinema. All the red carpets have led to this night. After the premieres, festivals, and the many other ceremonies throughout the year, it's almost time to see which ones excelled above...

By Hanajun Chung + 2 others for The Chaffey Breeze - 4 min read

'Zero Dark Thirty' is gripping, difficult, and engaging in its proceedings.

HANAJUN CHUNG Following the September 11 attacks on America, Kathryn Bigelow's newest film chronicles an almost decade-long manhunt by select CIA members involving all kinds of research, rumors, hunches, and interrogations, all aimed at hunting and killing the man responsible: Osama Bin Laden. This film is Zero Dark Thirty and it's absolutely engaging. Succeeding her 2010 Oscar-Winning film The Hurt...

"HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS" is more bland than sweet

HANAJUN CHUNG "Whatever you do, don't eat the fucking candy." - Hansel Much like other modern spins on classic storybook tales, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters is another disconnected exercise in combining the storytelling tropes of the past and present, having the film best enjoyed by leaving the brain at the door. Directed by Tommy Wirkola and set in the...

"PARKER" is lesser Statham.

HANAJUN CHUNG Parker suffers precisely for underutilizing the one key element that could've made the film enjoyable: Jason Statham. Based on a series of novels by Donald E. Westlake -- particularly Flashfire -- Statham plays the titular thief set in the present-day. With the help of his old mentor Hurley (Nick Nolte) and real estate agent Leslie Brown (Jennifer Lopez),...

'The Last Stand' is only the beginning.

HANAJUN CHUNG The Last Stand is a silly, fun little action film that overall works, but doesn't reach the heights of past Schwarzenegger flicks such as Terminator or Predator. That doesn't mean The Last Stand is terrible, just don't expect it to leave a legacy as impacting as his older works. Luckily for fans, this isn't just another action film,...