Shining for One Thing 一闪一闪亮星星 China, 2023, colour, 2.35:1, 105 mins. Directors: Chen Xiaoming 陈小明, Zhang Pan 张攀. Rating: 4/10. Good-looking but nonsensical teenage romantic fantasy spun off of an identically named web drama with some of the same cast and crew. STORY Nanchuan city, Jiangdong province, 8 Jun 2010. On the final day of … Continue reading Review: Shining for One Thing (2023) →
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