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A head-ache-inducingly complicated love quadrilateral, Memento Mori joins the "new wave" of Korean cinema that focuses on bizarre plots, fantastically improbably revenge stories, and Catholic iconography. Rapid cuts and a seemingly switches between the past, present, and fantasy leave the viewer struggling to keep up. Lady of tdaxp and I took special pleasure as one of the main characters perfectly shares the physical appearance, vocal intonation, and mannerisms, leading to some otherwise needed levity. You won't regret Memento Mori, but you won't regret missing it, either.


Bride and Prejudice, a fusion of Bollywood and Jane Austen, is fantastic. A story with shallow characters, predictable plot twists, and inexplicable dancing. It's also fun. Several sisters are on the marriage market, energized by their sense of romance and their mother's sense of drama ("It is my fate to grow old in this house, surrounded by spinsters!"). The film is structured in India, London, Los Angeles, London, and India, and the (apparently standard) Bollywood fight scene is hilariously staged in a Bollywood theatre. In spite of skepticism of bollywood (Lady of tdaxp) and skepticism of film adaptions of Jane Austen (Sister of Lady), everyone loved this film.