JOURNEY TO THE SHORE ★★½☆☆
Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa makes the philosophical equivalent of STARMAN, but scuppers promising concepts due to poor pace.
LOVE ★★½☆☆
Gaspar Noé was on an upward trajectory, but this is repetitive without his skilful layering. Feels Noé-lite compared to usual verve.
COLLECTIVE INVENTION ★★★☆☆
Biting social satire from South Korea. Targets are plenty, and shields its bile behind farce. Needed another gear.