Beastars deftly uses the animal kingdom — and its high school setting — to explore central questions in human nature and societal conflict.
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Tomohiko Ito’s animated feature film merges teen rom-com with heady sci-fi that asks some pretty serious questions about youth and humanity.
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Live-action Detention loses the scares and subtlety of the game, but doesn’t lose sight of its weight | Review
Detention is the best (and, in most ways, truest) video game adaptation ever made. There, I said it.
A movie about movies, except not really.
Ejen Ali: The Movie isn’t just fun and thrilling, but the rare example that franchise-based feature films can challenge and intrigue.
Wira entertains. Wira also frustrates.
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Doctor Sleep shows us how to confront a haunting past, and what happens when we don’t | Review
Doctor Sleep can be disappointing. But it can also be a poignant exploration of the pasts that haunt us, changing the way we view The Shining.
Nina Wu is a prettily-crafted dumpling hiding some hard-to-digest meat. All the more reasons to dig in.
Is it a serious crime thriller? An offbeat mystery comedy? It’s both, and painfully so.
Lost Spaces’ debut album is hands down one of the most enjoyable and heartfelt albums I’ve had the pleasure to listen to this year.