Movies completed in 2025

"How can being yourself be your weakness?"
A story of two soulmate besties, misunderstood and misfit in society’s expectations and norms, while they explore life, friendship and love in contemporary Seoul.
This wouldn't have been such an endearing movie if not for the vibrant cinematography, the youthful pacing and, most of all, Kim Go Eun and Steve Noh's exceptional performances and impeccable chemistry.
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Serpent’s Path is the 1st half of a two-part project on revenge that Kurosawa successfully managed to make with a low budget, in only a month's time.
Dark, unsettling, with excessive raw violence -both mental and physical- and full of vengeance, this film is an intense, not fully explained story but nonetheless an engaging watch.
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A unique story of an unconventional family with some unusual family dynamics, great bonding, a few subtle social commentaries and heartwarming life lessons.
Eguchi Noriko's eloquent and measured performance and her bickering with Nakajo Ayami were the film's highlights.
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A story about friendship, single-motherhood and coming-of-age told through the life of two best friends and roommates and their relationship's evolution and re-definition.
Visually pleasing, with a contemporary vibe, vivid coloring and a hazy lighting, the depiction of their transition from a breezy adolescent life to an obligatory maturity feels painfully real and introspective.
Miyoshi Ayaka and Abe Junko's performances and their chemistry are stunning, making this a solid watch.
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Watching a remake of a Japanese story in a French setting was a really surrealistic experience!
Very close to the dark and violent original version, but definitely more polished, it had an interesting role genre switch that added more mystery and a psychological depth.
A story re-told twenty six years later that is still an uncomfortable as well as engaging watch.
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Youthful, optimistic and melodic, this is and interesting coming-of-age story full of music, dreams, friendship, support and aspirations.
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A funny, easy watch with Jo Jung Suk  being an one-man-show in a cross-dressing comedy.
With some funny moments, a few plot-holes and a couple of social commentaries about gender stereotypes, this is an entertaining movie that doesn’t take itself too seriously.
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Though a revenge noir story, it was boringly slow-paced and underwhelmingly uneventful, with a cast that would have made wonders if not for the weak and bland storytelling.
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Bleak, mundane and too long for its own good, this is a confusing (and dare say superficial) study on love: 'pure', obsessive, one-sided, toxic, liberating, claustrophobic, compromising love.
Though Hashimoto Ai and Nakano Taiga did their best with what they were given, this was a wearisome, pretentiously artsy, inconsistent and forgettable watch.
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