©Courtesy of GKIDS Honestly, in recent years, Japanese anime has delivered some of the smartest and most realistic on-screen depictions of teenagers. Amongst filmmakers of any variety, few represent teen life with as much sensitivity as Naoko Yamada. She addressed school bullying in A Silent Voice : The Movie and young love in Tamako Love…
©Courtesy of Netflix Don’t call Emily and Matt “Boomers.” They insist they are Gen X. That makes sense, considering Gen X’ers’ reputation for adaptability and (unlike other blabbermouth generational cohorts) an inclination to keep their secrets just that—secret. Those are all good traits for successful spies, which, in fact, Emily and Matt once were. Now…
©Courtesy of Lionsgate Abandoning the disappointments of mundane life to instead pursue the excitement of true love can be an equally exhilarating and disheartening journey. Actress Isabelle Fuhrman’s protagonist of Charlotte in the relatable new romantic comedy, Wish You Were Here, effortlessly highlights that rite of passage. After the character’s seemingly perfect first date ends…
In 2020, Saw and Insidious co-creator Leigh Whannell created on a new take of The Invisible Man with Elisabeth Moss, and for his follow-up, Whannell is back with Wolf Man, another film that pays tribute to another classic Universal horror monster. In the film, Christopher Abbott (Poor Things) plays Blake, a man who has to…
@Courtesy of Lionsgate Released in 2018, Den of Thieves proved to be the best robbery-movie since Ben Affleck’s The Town. Built on the shooting sequences’ gritty realism and the cast’s charismatic performances, the action-thriller directed by Christian Gudegast obtained a decent success at the box-office and a wide range of fans all over these years….
©Courtesy of Netflix Based on a novel by Japanese author Ko Shimjo, and directed by Hitoshi Ône, the new Netflix series Tokyo Swindlers explores the cutthroat world of land swindlers who operate below the radar in the Japanese capital. With an aim of acquiring valuable properties by deceptive means, the greedy crews go to extreme…
©Courtesy of Netflix Gromit is a good dog and a resourceful problem-solver. Many Gen X’ers have a long-standing affection for him, because they have watched Gromit and his “owner” Wallace (who is more like a silly roommate) since their 1989 debut, 35 years ago. Arguably, the intuitive canine also shares Gen X-like attitudes towards technology….
©Courtesy of Janus Films & Sideshow Cesare Graziadei’s sprawling household might be a little like The Waltons of 1940s Italy, but they have a sadness and perhaps even a darkness that would be alien to America’s favorite Appalachian TV family. On the surface, there is a pastoral beauty to their roughhewn life beneath the towering Italian…
©Courtesy of Netflix Christmas isn’t just about pear-tree partridges and turtle doves. It’s also about (ammunition) cartridges and black doves, an image that provides an apt title for this London-based spy thriller that serves up a hearty brew of holiday cheer spiced with intrigue and espionage. Black Doves made its debut on Netflix in early…
©Courtesy of Paramount Pictures Video games often thrive on their repetitive nature once they find a recipe for success, especially ones that feature an innocent, family-family appeal. Sega’s Sonic the Hedgehog series is such a prime example that it has spawned an equally exhilarating film trilogy adaptation by Paramount Pictures. The movie series’ latest installment,…
©Courtesy of Pathe Almost 150 years before Andy Dufresne tunneled his way to freedom in Stephen King’s The Shawshank Redemption, Edmond Dantes scratched through the wall of his dungeon cell. For Dantes, it was more of a detour than a getaway. Yet, that gave him more time—years in fact—to contemplate his ultimate goal: stone-cold…
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