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The Tale of Zatoichi 1962
The Tale of Zatoichi introduces us to Zatoichi, the blind swordsman played with an effortless mix of humility and deadliness by Shintaro Katsu. He’s a far cry from the stoic, steel-eyed warriors of Kurosawa’s world; Zatoichi is unassuming, almost apologetic, but when he draws his blade, his opponents don’t stand a chance. Zatoichi takes the well-worn tropes of the samurai genre and reshapes them into something more melancholic, more humane.
Katsu, in his first outing as the character that would…
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Evil Does Not Exist 2023
A tranquil rural village, an encroaching corporate development, and an ominous sense of inevitability—Evil Does Not Exist unfolds like a quiet whisper that turns into a chilling echo, leaving you unsettled long after the credits roll.
Ryūsuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist is a film of quiet devastation, a work that moves with the patience of nature itself—unhurried, implacable, and filled with an unspoken tension that lingers long after the final frame. Like a whisper on the wind, it does…
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Spaceman 2024
Adam Sandler spends 6 months traveling to space to explore a new particle cloud that’s entered our solar system and it ends up being cosmic mushrooms that help him connect to the people he’s been disconnected from back on earth. Who knew mushrooms could unlock the mysteries of the universe and teach us that human connection is why we’re here.
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