[Rating: Rock Fist Way Up] I’ll get straight to the point, I loved The Farewell. It’s about once a year a film comes along and makes me audibly cry in theaters, impacting me somehow in a personal nature, and this seems to be this year’s winner. Directed by Lulu Wang, the story is inspired by “a true lie” (signaled […]
- Too Many Detours
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- All Whammies
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- (Good) Dog Days
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- Uni-corny
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- Feel the Pain
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