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  Labyrinth of Cinema 2019

  ★★★★½ Watched 13 Jun 2020 2

  It's hard not to think of Labyrinth of Cinema as Obayashi's last movie, but fortunately during its three-hour running time, it gets a whole lot of other meanings. It could be either an anti-war movie or a celebration of art, or simply both. And among other things, it's a literal time travel experience.

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  A Long Walk 2006

  ★★★★½ Watched 20 May 2020

  Everybody's lost. — It's said at some point in the movie and I really believe it sums up every character in it. More than a story of a man who's failed his own family trying to make it up to a little girl whose innocence and childhood is slowly been stolen, it's a movie about broken people. People trying to find their way in life and managing to fuck it up every single time. People who have looked death in…

Popular reviews

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  A Bride for Rip Van Winkle 2016

  ★★★★½ Watched 17 Oct 2018 10

  Tokyo. The biggest metropolis in the world. Someone could disappear in the middle of a crowd there and no one would notice. Quite depressing, isn't it? Almost ten million inhabitants in one city, and yet none of them really see each other or really communicate.
  A city full of lonely people, who, despite being consumed by the epidemic of the modern age still have human needs and holes to fulfill.

  Loneliness. It is everywhere and the internet offers an escape…

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  Comrades, Almost a Love Story 1996

  ★★★★★ Watched 16 Aug 2018 3

  “I knew it! We are both comrades.”

  If someone asked me to name a movie that perfectly captures what it is like to fall in love and pursue dreams in the age of capitalism, I would not even think twice before answering Tian Mi Mi.

  Joining forces for the first and only time with household name Maggie Cheung and pop singer Leon Lai, director Peter Chan brings a heartwarming love story to screen which despite revisiting some old scenarios, manages…