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Recent reviews

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  Past Lives 2023

  ★★★★★ Watched 20 Jun 2024

  I've heard and read so many interpretations of this film, of the two main characters' relationship, all equally valid. That is to be expected of a film so thematically rich and nuanced.

  Bittersweet. Just how I like my cinema.

  Liked it so much that I made a Past Lives x True Love Waits -- Radiohead fan behavior detected -- music video the following day:

  youtu.be/iVZRWth5_2g?si=4P4Zwg_OCdEhMDQB *(Contains Spoilers)*

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  Trick 'r Treat 2007

  ★★★★★ Watched 03 Oct 2021

  yes

Popular reviews

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  Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters 1985

  ½ Watched 05 Sep 2021 5

  I checked the dates on the all the five star reviews to make sure they weren't posted in April. Apparently, a lot of people genuinely like this movie. Some of my favorite critics gave it a full score. Which is fine. People are allowed to like what they like, watch what they watch. The thing that unsettles me is that I just don't get why some people like it as much as they do.

  (Before I go on, I did…

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  Incendies 2010

  ★★★★★ Watched 07 Sep 2021

  I remember adding this movie to my watch-list because I thought it featured a Radiohead song. I was wrong. It featured two. Both of them were from the album Amnesiac. That says a lot about the mood of Incendies I think.