NYAFF Capsule Review: Twisted Justice
It’s fascinating to watch a film about the police searching for criminal guns while living in a country where the ubiquity of guns ...
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Trailers
Japanese trailer for Toho’s Shin Godzilla is pretty much a dream come true
When Gareth Edwards and Legendary released a so-so Godzilla, the giant lizard’s original creators Toho decided that it wasn’t good enough and announced ...
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Review: The Boy and the Beast
Mamoru Hosoda is behind some of my favorite animated films: Summer Wars, Wolf Children, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, and even The ...
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Non-Review: The World of Kanako
I haven’t hated a movie in a very long time. It’s happened (oh it has happened), but it takes a certain special something ...
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Review: Attack on Titan
Much like how you’ll see films based on comics like Marvel’s Avengers or DC’s Dark Knight Trilogy, manga comics get a huge following ...
Believe it, a live action Naruto adaptation is in the works
In an effort to make everything you’ve ever possibly loved into a movie, the searched has moved over to Japan and its ever ...
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Review: Dragonball Z: Resurrection ‘F’
Dragonball Z holds a special place in my heart. It was my first experience with more adult oriented action shows, and it changed ...
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Japan Cuts Capsule Review: Strayer’s Chronicle
It’s hard to make a rip-off of X-Men without hundreds of millions of dollars to back up the production. With a relatively minimal ...
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Japan Cuts Capsule Review: Pieta in the Toilet
Pieta in The Toilet is done a disservice by its name. From the country that brought us Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead, ...
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NYAFF Capsule Review: Nowhere Girl
New York Asian Film Festival co-programmer Samuel Jamier has a tendency to describe films as “interesting,” and he will sometimes say the word ...
NYAFF Capsule Review: Chasuke’s Journey
Chasuke’s Journey is an indictment of dramatic shortcuts in writing. The head tea server in heaven works among the screenwriters who decide the ...
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Japan Cuts Capsule Review: I Alone
I Alone is a film about a lot of things. It’s about political corruption and kidnapping, sure, but it’s also about responsibility and staying ...