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  A Silent Voice: The Movie 2016

  ★★★★½ Watched 16 May 2020

  Koe no Katachi taps into the "what next?" part of any coming of age story. It narrates the difficulty one may face when trying to change as a person, and the challenges of trying to reconcile loose ends of a past self you'd like to forget. It's a story of self-love and compassion.

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  Oldboy 2003

  ★★★★½ Watched 16 May 2020

  It's a gripping cautionary tale of how redemption and truth can so easily be soured by revenge. It was a great movie, but it was also quite hard to ignore the sexist undertones manifested in how men dictate the actions of the women in the story.

Popular reviews

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  5 Centimeters per Second 2007

  ★★★ Watched 13 May 2020

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

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  Knives Out 2019

  ★★★★ Watched 11 May 2020

  Firstly, I really appreciate this film as Rian Johnson's redemption arc of sorts following the massive backlash from The Last Jedi.

  Now, for the things I liked:
  -The characters were great, a lot of then were very likeable while others, not so much, but the motivation for all were clear.
  -The whodunnit genre relies on a gripping does of exposition now and then, and the film expertly weaves in and out of the same scenario while also contributing enough information…

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