Rosemead

I grew up in the San Gabriel Valley. George, the son who inspired Joe, was in my same grade. Our parents owned businesses in the same city, on the same street just a few doors down. My mom has Lai Hang’s number still saved in her phone under “Quality Printing”. We went to…

Jellie

What a performance from Lucy Liu. I can understand why she waited for 5 years for this. Truly messed me up in the end. 2025 Movie Ranking

CinemaCollect

the first thing I’ve seen where the “call this hotline” epilogue text felt earned. I don’t believe in ghosts — but I do believe that people can be haunted.

will

If I Had Guns I’d Shoot You

vivdagoat 🍎🍂🐞

god, the final image is so so sad. such a gritty performance from Lucy Liu, i've never seen her in this kind of role, she got the accent and clothing style down to the bone. for such a large community who ought to stick for each other, the Chinese community in…

edil

A compassionate look at a widowed Chinese American mother and son, and the son's struggle with his mental health. It's clear from the outset that the son is having a difficult time managing his schizophrenia, as well as his prolonged grief after the death of his father a…

caterwauls

Lucy Liu delivers the most fantastic performance ever in her career. Her work is quite subtle but at the same time, you feel her breaking down slowly while she shows the true love and care for her child, and being very ashamed of his disorder. Unfortunately, it seems like…

rick

Pragmatic without the cold calculus of emotional detachment but quite literally clinical with a still beating heart. Rosemead is based on a true story which is all well and good but ideally, you'd go into this blind. Go in blind. It's respectful, it's got poise, and it…

spectre_howling

Depressing; devastating; heavy; sad; thought-provoking; unsentimental; well-acted.

joshrowley