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Perfect Days 2023
In an era of rapid progress and short attention spans, Perfect Days is a necessary palate cleanser - a meditation of the everyday that invites us to forget the struggles of modernity even if just for 2 hours.
Wenders brings a European sensibility to the uniquely Japanese narrative. Quiet contemplation and images of lyrical transience that define the cinema of Miyazaki or Koreeda are replaced with carefully crafted sequences of day-to-day, blue-collar routines. When paired with Kōji Yakusho's magnetic screen…
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Lang Tong 2015
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
If I submitted Lang Tong as an assignment for film school, I would most certainly get expelled. Not because the film touches on sensitive subject matters like sex and cannibalism, but because it is an absolute abomination of cinema in almost every aspect.
As disturbing as the film tries to paint itself, the narrative is about as generic and derivative as you can imagine. Every story beat, even the supposed twists, you can see coming a mile away. And the…
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Pokémon Detective Pikachu 2019
Do you like Pokemon? Do you enjoy a well-crafted noir-inspired narrative? Do you like things shot on 35mm film? If you answered "yes" to any of these, then Pokemon Detective Pikachu is not the film for you.
What an absolute abomination of a film. It's been a while since I've seen something so ghastly in theatres, so much so that I actually had to genuinely ponder over the film's redeeming qualities. Aside from Ryan Reynolds's charisma, which translates well even…
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