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Tremble All You Want 2017
eto yoshika, born: october
she is beauty, she is clumsy, she is the quintessential libra sunthe libra, also symbolized by the scales, is known for their process of deliberation; this film unfolds around yoshika who is stuck between her decade-long crush and new office admirer, but her indecisiveness and lack of confidence leads to an ambiguous ending that leaves me torn between whether she has healthily moved on or just passively accepted reality
(i would also bet her ammonite…
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My People My Homeland 2020
idgaf if you're a critic; it served its purpose of making me miss china. i want to go back and see my dad and extended family - c0vid sucks!!!
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One Cut of the Dead 2017
it's not a zombie movie, it's a cinephile movie - you tell me which is scarier
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Saving Mr. Wu 2015
the editing is an absolute nightmare; time jumps from before kidnapping to after to before again and it does literally Nothing to clarify or improve the story. ideally, the interweaving pieces would come together and reveal something new about the kidnappers and/or motive, but it just left me feeling more confused with each cut. the concept is there, but the execution falls so flat... andy lau deserved better </3
