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Recent reviews

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  A Bride for Rip Van Winkle 2016

  ★★★★½ Watched 19 Mar 2025

  A Bride for Rip Van Winkle reveals a Japan rarely seen: a world where anything, truly everything, can be rented. Soft-spoken, doll-like women, cruel schoolgirls, staged marriages, housewives in quiet solitude, unfaithful husbands, love hotels, and the endless cycle of heartbreak and reinvention. It captures both modern and traditional Japan, yukata-clad figures in wooden houses, exaggerated apologies that blur comedy and sincerity, and even a funeral, all woven into a single story. The unfolding narrative is hypnotic, the female friendship intimate and raw. And that final, bizarre scene? Hauntingly unforgettable. I've never seen Japan feel this real. Just Wow.

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  Dial M for Murder 1954

  ★★★★ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  A masterpiece of suspense. Hitchcock’s direction keeps you on edge, and the performances are stellar, especially Margot. The tension builds brilliantly, making every twist more gripping than the last. I loved it!

Popular reviews

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  Manchester by the Sea 2016

  ★★★★ Watched 26 Feb 2025 1

  Emotional rock bottom? Nope, he can go deeper..

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  Melancholia 2011

  ★★★ Watched 10 Mar 2025

  Because sometimes the apocalypse is less stressful than your own mind.
  stunning cinematography tho.

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