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Perfect Blue

March 5, 2023by Dan Meier Leave a comment

A pop star goes Gaga when she makes like an Ice Cube and freezes her music career to grab her Cher of acting life and become the next Will Smith, […]

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Howl’s Moving Castle

February 19, 2023by Dan Meier Leave a comment

A confession: I have never really “got” Howl’s Moving Castle, and my love of Studio Ghibli prevented me from reviewing it even after two watches (subbed and dubbed). Having now […]

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First Love

December 25, 2022by Dan Meier Leave a comment

Takashi Miike’s 2019 thriller sees a boxer (Masataka Kubota) rescue a call girl (Sakurako Konishi) from murderous gangsters. Let’s call it 13 Assassin’s Creed. For his 103rd picture, the insanely […]

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Akira

May 4, 2022by Dan Meier Leave a comment

In the futuristic year 2019, Tokyo has been destroyed and a new metropolis built on artificial islands now rife with violence, protest and gang warfare. During a skirmish the young […]

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Whisper of the Heart

March 7, 2022by Dan Meier Leave a comment

Yoshifumi Kondō’s only directorial effort before his tragic death in 1998, Whisper of the Heart follows 14-year-old Shizuku (Yōko Honna) whose studies are stymied by trips to the library, brushes […]

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Grave of the Fireflies

February 27, 2022by Dan Meier Leave a comment

A Japanese brother and sister (Tsutomu Tatsumi and Ayano Shiraishi) struggle to survive the end of World War II in Studio Ghibli’s only 12A-rated feature. Isao Takahata’s (Pom Poko, The Tale […]

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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

February 26, 2022by Dan Meier Leave a comment

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is a pre-Ghibli Hayao Miyazaki movie set in a post-apocalyptic kingdom bordering a toxic jungle. Though watching the dubbed version is less than […]

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Ring

October 31, 2020by Dan Meier Leave a comment

A journalist (Nanako Matsushima) faces the toughest deadline of her career when she’s given 7 days to live after watching a cursed videotape that resembles one of David Lynch’s home […]

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Ponyo

August 26, 2020by Dan Meier Leave a comment

Newly reopened cinemas are releasing some classics back into the wild, including Studio Ghibli’s Ponyo; the story of a boy (Hiroki Doi) living on the coast who befriends a magical goldfish […]

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Ran

July 2, 2020by Alex Chafey Leave a comment

Akira Kurosawa once again takes Shakespeare from The Globe to the other side of the globe in this adaptation of King Lear. As compared to Throne of Blood, Ran is […]

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