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  Shin Godzilla 2016

  ★ Watched 29 Mar 2017

  A grueling two hour journey that would test even the most patient moviegoers. A complete snooze fest of character and location introductions. Yes, location introductions. As in, when you see a couple people talking in a hallway and see "Second Floor Hallway" like it was necessary information. I honestly thought it was a joke at first but it continues throughout the entire movie. Calling the people in this movie characters would be generous, because few of them have any personality…

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  Inside Llewyn Davis 2013

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 17 Jan 2017

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Popular reviews

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  Yi Yi 2000

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 24 Dec 2012

  Yi Yi belongs to a trinity of great films that came out of China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan in the year 2000. The first, Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, achieved international mainstream acclaim and success. The Second, Wong Kar Wai's In the Mood for Love, is a gem of beauty that most cinephiles have come to love. This leaves Edward Yang's Yi Yi, which is one of the most criminally underseen movies out there. It is a quiet contemplation…

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  The Grandmaster 2013

  ★★★★ Watched 16 Feb 2013 6

  Smoking. Slow Motion. Rain. Yes, Wong Kar-Wai is back (finally) and I'm very pleased to say that upon first viewing I enjoyed this film quite a bit. I should start by mentioning that Wong is my absolute favourite director and having anticipated seeing this film for quite some time, I am probably not able to provide an unbiased review of it.

  While the quality of the copy I got my hands on was not up to par with what this…

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