Movies

Discover our top picks and latest reviews spanning from blockbuster hits to indie films, shorts, and festival premieres across various platforms.

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About Ray (Three Generations) – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview/ Review (with Spoilers) When a movie gets pulled from a release schedule or pushed back, it leads you to believe it must be downright horrible. However, About Ray or Three Generations isn’t bad at all. It just, unfortunately, tries to balance out the mother’s personal drama with her trans son. Trigger Warning(s): Transphobia (One…

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Ji-geum-eun-mat-go-geu-ddae-neun-teul-li-da (Right Now, Wrong Then) – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview/ Review (with Spoilers) The discovery of this movie came from “IndieWire’s Favorite Asian Films of 2016” and since I have become a bit bored, if not sick of, run of the mill American movies, I decided to spread my wings. Unfortunately, this one reminded me that while non-US cinema maybe more daring, if not…

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Kizumonogatari: Part 2 (Nekketsu-hen) – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview/ Review (with Spoilers) In a sort of weird way, Kizumonogatari, thanks to us witnessing the birth of Hanekawa’s crush on Koyomi, sort of becomes a romance. Just one which features more violence than gore than your usual monster/ girl romantic movie. Trigger Warning(s): Blood (Excessive) | Gore (Body Mutilation, intestines being exposed)

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The Diary of a Teenage Girl – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview Once again, a coming of age deals with one losing their virginity and, as with most coming of age films featuring girls, a man much older than the girl is the one ushering her into womanhood. But something is different about The Diary of a Teenage Girl. Something talked about more below. Trigger Warning(s):…