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Matched (2023) Review: A Twisted and Thrilling Mystery Movie

Hello, everyone! Today I want to share a short review of Matched (2023).  Official Poster Native Title: マッチング Screenwriter & Director: Eiji Uchida  Genres: Thriller, Mystery Release Date: October 9th, 2023 Duration: 1 hr. 50 minutes Casts: Tao Tsuchiya, Daisuke Sakuma, Nobuaki Kaneko, and others. Tao Tsuchiya stars as Rinka, a wedding planner, who feels unlucky with her life. Her mother left when she was so much younger and she also has no luck in dating. One day, she is matched with Tomu (Daisuke Sakuma) through a dating app. In real life, Tomu is completely different than in the app. He starts bombarding her with text messages and even stalking her. At the same time, married couples who met through the same dating app are killed brutally.  As the story goes, clues are unraveled one by one. We also get to see Rinka's life. Her family's life is full of secrets and we will slowly see what happened and why this dating app is so important.  Rinka with her father, after Tomu st

Eye Love You (2024) Review: A Drama That Has So Much Potential

Hello, everyone! I didn't write a review for last week so I will post 2 this weekend. Let's talk about Japanese drama with a South Korean actor as one of the leads, Eye Love You. Official Poster  Native Title: アイラブユー Directors: Ryosuke Fukuda, Shingo Okamoto, Akiko Kato Screenwriters: Kisa Miura, Subaru Yamashita, Saki Miura Genres: Comedy, Romance, Supernatural  Episodes: 10 Release Date: January 23 - March 26, 2024 Casts: Fumi Nikaido, Chae Jong Hyeop, Taishi Nakagawa, Mizuki Yamashita, and the others. Yuri Motomiya (Fumi Nikaido) had an accident when she was a child. After this accident, she can hear other people's inner voices if she looks at their eyes. Sometimes, she gets hurt by this ability, so she has difficulties in expressing her emotions and also afraid to know other people's true feeling. She also gives up on love long time ago. One day, Yuri meets Yoon Tae Oh (Chae Jong Hyeop), a friendly, bright, South Korean student. She can hear his inner voice too, but

Drawing Closer (2024) Review: A Tearjerker Movie with Beautiful Details

Who likes torturing themselves by watching sad, tragedy movies? Well, I do. And here's the movie that I tortured myself with: Drawing Closer. (Official Poster) Title: Drawing Closer  Romaji: Yomei Ichinen no Boku ga, Yomei Hantoshi no Kimi to Deatta Hanashi Native Title: 余命一年の僕が、余命半年の君と出会った話 Director: Takahiro Miki Writer(s): Aoi Morita (novel), Tomoko Yoshida Producer: Sho Toguchi, Tatsuya Sakano  Cinematographer: Hiroo Yanagida  Release Date: June 27th, 2024 Runtime: 1 hour and 59 minutes  Genres: Romance, Slice of Life Casts: Ren Nagase, Natsuki Deguchi, Mayuu Yokota, etc.  Ah, how do I put the words to sum up this movie? Right now, I just want to say: GO WATCH THIS MOVIE, GUYS. IT'S SO GOOD!😭😭 just trust me.  So, what is this movie about? It's about Akito Hayasaka (Ren Nagase), a talented 17 years old artist, whose world feels like it's about to end when he discovered that he has tumor in his heart and he only has a year left to live. Frustrated and depressed, he