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  The Ramen Girl 2008

  ★★★★ Rewatched 20 Feb 2025

  I’ll always love this film so much. Best comfort movie.  In many ways this is my Legally Blonde. 
  It’s similar in many ways! It concerns love, determination, perseverance and outsiders overcoming the odds through heartbreak. Its also about Ramen. 

  Sure, there are gaps in the narrative and the third act blurs by, but it has such heart and respect for the titular art of ramen. The scene where they go to visit Maezumi’s mom and the subtext of magic interwoven…

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  Thelma 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 14 Feb 2025

  “What SPIRIT!”

  A film with comedic ebbs and flows, leaving space for the narrative to breathe and for the messages surrounding age, community and growing old to settle in. The frequent yet varied call-back jokes were extremely funny, payed off well and never felt like emotional whiplash from the more tender scenes they were peppered into, from “Do I know her?” to Starey Gary, all got at the very least a slight chuckle. For some reason her opening a photo of…

Popular reviews

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  Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey 2010

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  i literally have such a hazy memory of watching this with no context but upon finding its page - i'm in genuine shock at how amazing the entire cast are, how strange this films premise is & at how i remember this movie in the same way one does remembering a fever dream upon waking up from it.

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  Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood 2019

  ½ Watched 30 Jan 2020 1

  TL;DR : I detested this movie with my whole chest. It was bad. 

  
  i’m doing something i’ve never done and reviewing this movie halfway through. I’ll be updating it but i am so BORED and the editing is so bad & the script is so bland i’m writing this to distract myself. 

  I couldn’t tell you anything i’ve enjoyed from this movie so far? Its been lauded as Tarantino’s most original piece but he should stick to what he does best…