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  Monster 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 09 Mar 2025

  I’ve been watching Kore-eda’s for literally 20 years now and he still manages to surprise me. Once again a whole swirl of real & subtle emotions.

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  Some Came Running 1958

  ★★★★ Watched 17 Feb 2025

  An hour into this I was actually kind of waiting for it to be over. Despite a solid Sinatra the seemingly predictable melodramatic plot wasn’t winning me over. But then it kept going, all the while continuing to add more layers to the characters and friction between them, as it headed into a very different direction. It sure left me feeling some kind of way. Ain’t that a kick in the head. 🥃

Popular reviews

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  Heaven's Story 2010

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 02 Aug 2020 7

  This is the amalgamation of almost every piece of non-sappy modern Japanese drama you’ve ever seen and want to see. It’s an ambitious piece of work, but it fucking succeeds. It masterfully flows in and out of the core narrative with branching stories that might very well stand alone firmly. Effective attention for what normally would be flat side characters draws you in and helps make Heaven’s Story’s microverse feel alive. 

  I first saw this almost 9 years ago and,…

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  Lear on the Shore 2017

  ★★★½ Watched 24 Dec 2021 5

  Nakadai, please live another 40 years.

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