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  Society of the Snow 2023

  ★★★★★ Watched 03 Mar 2024

  What happened to them? What happened to us? Who were we on the mountain?

  I'm glad that Society of the Snow was made. It shows an important event with the outstanding levels of fact, artistry, and respect. On the surface, this is a typical - though remarkable - survival drama. It portrays the true story of an Uruguayan rugby team stranded after a plane crash in the Andes mountains. However, it's also so much more: it's a meditation on human…

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  The Boy and the Heron 2023

  ★★★★★ Watched 28 Dec 2023

  Forgetting is normal.

  A discourse about Miyazaki's legacy seems both timely and relevant. What an impressive move to hold it through yet another beautiful work of art.

  In the spirit of Miyazaki, The Boy and the Heron traces the trajectory of a young protagonist, Mahito, through a dreamlike journey of self-discovery. We follow Mahito's struggles after the loss of his mother as he is sent to live with his distant father and new step-mother in the Japanese countryside. There, Mahito…

Recent reviews

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  Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy 2025

  ★★★ Watched 25 Feb 2025 1

  What was the point of Roxster

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  Blue Valentine 2010

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 24 Feb 2025

  How do you trust your feelings when they can just disappear like that?

Popular reviews

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  The Gullspång Miracle 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 21 Oct 2023

  I left the cinema thinking: w-t-f. Is this a true story? Do these people really exist? What happened with the DNA tests? Who is lying? Did the chandelier really fall down like that? What happened to Astrid?

  I suppose we empathise with how the director felt as she uncovered this incredible story. I was fully engaged from start to finish. I was hungry for answers, but only more questions arose instead. While I wish more events were clarified at the…

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  The After 2023

  ★½ Watched 29 Jan 2024

  This short doesn't do any justice to the fact that grief and loss represent the most painful parts of the human experience. It's basic, superficial, and melodramatic without leaving any room for deeper emotions. Manipulating how the audience should feel, rather than trusting its perception, makes it seem like a child could have done the production. Only David Oleyowo deserves some credit for delivering a reasonably convincing performance.