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The Boy and the Heron 2023
Miyazaki's most surreal film, and one of his darkest. The innocence of early Ghbili, of Totoro and Kiki, feels gone, replaced by a mature meditation on death and grief. The images on display are grotesque and macabre as often as beautiful.
Slow-paced and full of the loose dream logic we've come to expect from Miyazaki since Spirited Away, but it's still utterly brilliant.Translated from by -
The Little Matchgirl 2006
There's an alternate universe where this is what modern Disney films look like.
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Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children 2005
The Many Problems with Advent Children
– First of all, it should be said upfront that the film is a cynical cash-grab aimed chiefly at the game's most zealous fans, the kind of people who name their children Sephiroth and would gladly buy anything with the FF7 name on it, be it a mobile phone game, a CG movie, or a pot of yoghurt with an illustration of Cloud on the front.
Its plot is deliberately constructed as vehicle for:…Translated from by -
The Lord of the Rings 2003
Separately, the Lord of the Rings movies are three really good fantasy blockbusters.
Collectively, they form one of the greatest cinematic achievements of all time.Translated from by
