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The Night is Short, Walk on Girl Movie Review: Electric anime rom-com is one of 2018’s best
AJ Caulfield August 18, 2018

The first shot of starry-eyed, risk-taking filmmaker Masaaki Yuasa’s latest venture, The Night is Short, Walk on Girl, is of the nominal gal gulping down a glass of white wine in the midst of a weddin…

AJ Caulfield August 18, 2018
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Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms Movie Review: Mari Okada’s directorial debut is a touching fable about love and aging
Andrea Thompson July 25, 2018

The story the anime Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms tells isn’t exactly a unique one, but there’s real power in how it unfolds, even if many of its elements are familiar. ThereR…

Andrea Thompson July 25, 2018
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[UPDATE] In-Rang Film Introduces Wolves of Peacekeeping In New Trailer
Nguyen Le June 20, 2018

Per an exclusive scoop from Variety, Netflix has picked up “nearly global rights” to the film, a scenario similar to Bong Joon-ho’s Okja (our review). Additionally, the publication a…

Nguyen Le June 20, 2018
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Lu Over the Wall Movie Review: Wild, waterlogged fantasy is a treat for the eyes and heart
AJ Caulfield May 13, 2018

In the last 50 years of film, there have been eleven silver-screen adaptations of The Little Mermaid — with one more, the Blake Harris-directed feature, due to bow this summer. And those dozen pics ba…

AJ Caulfield May 13, 2018
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Fullmetal Alchemist (2017) Movie Review
Evan Griffin February 20, 2018

Fullmetal Alchemist was a wonderful, engaging manga and anime series that proved to be a stellar entry point to the medium for many young people in the early 2000s, myself included. FMA was able to tr…

Evan Griffin February 20, 2018
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Mary and the Witch’s Flower Movie Review: Debut From Studio Ghibli Offshoot Is Less Than Enchanting
Andrea Thompson January 26, 2018

Mary and the Witch’s Flower may just be impossible to consider on its own terms. This is certainly no fault of the film itself, it’s simply the first feature from Studio Ponoc, the company…

Andrea Thompson January 26, 2018
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Movie Review: Your Name
Allyson Johnson April 7, 2017

Visually scrumptious and powerful once the full bloom of emotions encompasses you, director Makoto Shinkai of Voices of a Distant Star and 5 Centimeters Per Second fame has delivered yet another stunn…

Allyson Johnson April 7, 2017

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