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I'm half-way thru this and I just so happened to see this thread. At this point, I really hate this movie. Performances are painfully shallow. The lead actor is as charismatic as a dead sheep, but the lead actress is especially terrible with her obnoxiously childish, cutesy, anime-style voice...

Highly Recommended Stranger (aka Secret Forest) (2017) (Korean Crime Drama/Mystery Television Series) – The story essentially revolves around a murder case and the related corruption within a public prosecutors office. The most impressive aspect of this series is probably the scriptwriting...

Highly Recommended A Quiet Dream (2016) (Korean Drama) – This is an indie film about a young woman who runs a bar and takes care of her unconscious paralyzed father. Three men frequent the bar and try without much success to win her heart, but they do establish a friendship and help each other...

Here's a new Japanese all-girl metal band. Pretty cool stuff.

FYI, Confession of Murder (2017, Japan) is a remake of Confession of Murder (2012, Korea). :)

Highly Recommended Postmen In the Mountains (1999) (Chinese Drama) (repeat viewing) – The film is set in the mountainous regions of the western Hunan province in the early 1980s. Slowed down by arthritis, a middle-aged rural postman passes his route on to his son, whom he takes on his final...

I've seen none of these. :(

Hey JepGambardella. Yeah, I have seen Key of Life before and I enjoyed it. After you reminded me of it, I just rewatched it and liked it even more. I'd say both films are very good and have their own nuances.

Highly Recommended Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) (American Drama) (repeat viewing) – This is an examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office, occurring over the course of one night and morning. This is one of the great ensemble cast performances of the past 20 years...

Damn food poisoning and a common cold messed up some of my movie-watching time recently. Highly Recommended Duresori: The Voice of East (2012) (Korean Drama) (repeat viewing) – A class of highschool girls practice for a choir performance, but are pressured by parents and the principal to...

Highly Recommended Sound of the Mountain (1954) (Japanese Drama) (repeat viewing) – Setsuko Hara turns to her father-in-law for emotional support in the face of her total prick of a husband, who is having an affair. Director Mikio Naruse does a great job in using subtlety to show the suffering...

I remember "C’est La Vie, Mon Cheri" being decently entertaining, mostly for the performances, but really overpraised. I was expecting more given its reputation. Highly Recommended Attack on Titan: Season 2 (2017) (Japanese Anime Action/Horror Television Series) – This is an absolutely...

Highly Recommended A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) (Korean Horror) (repeat viewing) – Still my favorite movie. Gakko No Kaidan 4 (aka Haunted School 4) (1999) (Japanese Horror) (repeat viewing) – This film veers completely away from its predecessors by scrapping the “chased by ghosts in a...

Continued from prior post. Recommended Museum (2016) (Japanese Thriller) – A rash of murders is being committed by a man who is “punishing” certain individuals for their misdeeds, but a cop is trying to stop him. The premise, tone, and character arcs of this gritty film are similar to...

Highly Recommended Inside (2007) (French Horror) (repeat viewing) – A pregnant woman must elude a killer inside her home. The violence in this movie is very realistic, the body count is impressive, and the sheer quantity of blood is enormous. While most explicitly graphic films are hampered...

Oh, I will. :emoji_blush:

I rewatched this tonight, but was not in the mood for thinking much. So I just let it wash over me and enjoyed it superficially this time. Sorry. :emoji_blush: I remember, maybe 6 or 7 years ago, putting a lot of effort into figuring out this movie. I kept going around in circles.

Continued from prior post. Recommended The Void (2016) (Canadian Horror) – Shortly after delivering a patient to an understaffed hospital, a police officer experiences strange and violent occurrences seemingly linked to a group of mysterious hooded figures. This movie has some fantastic...

Highly Recommended Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) (Japanese Horror) (repeat viewing) – If a nightmare were ever recorded on video, this would be it. Shinya Tsukamoto directs this outrageously weird, outlandish film about a man whose body cultivates metallic devices. Shot in black-and-white and...

Continued from prior post. Not Recommended Alien Covenant (2017) (American/British Horror) – The crew of a colony ship, bound for a remote planet, pursue an unknown signal with a threat beyond their imagination, and must attempt a harrowing escape. First things first. Michael Fassbender is...