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  Radha 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  Want to make a great short? Heavily featuring both the Irish landscape and Olwen Fouere means you're already halfway there.

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  Fascination 1979

  ★★★ Watched 15 Mar 2025

  Typical Rollin really: a big mansion in the country, oodles of atmosphere, beautiful woman frequently disrobing, a good bit of bloodsplling, and long periods of boredom punctuated by occasional moments of stunning beauty.

  Credit where's it due though, I am now no longer able to pass any stately home without imagining what it would be like overrun by sexy vampires and underscored by piano and choir synth.

Popular reviews

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  The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes 2022

  ★★★★ Watched 14 Jul 2023 9

  I don't know if there's a specific name for this genre of melancholic high school anime laden with nostalgia and longing, but they do it very well and I love it.

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  All You Need Is Death 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 10 Mar 2024 4

  I've long been a believer in the power of music, in fact I've had first hand experience of the good it can do. So a logical, if somewhat extreme, extension of that train of thought is... if music can be a power for good, can there also exist forms of music that have the power to do harm? Of course the answer is yes, as you'll know if you've ever heard a Simply Red song.

  It's an idea that Paul…

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