Beauty and the Beast
This is a confident film that bursts out of the gate strong and barely ever falters.
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La La Land
Stone plays an aspiring actress, Gosling plays an aspiring jazz musician. Together, they’re mourning the death of their art.
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Your Name
Every moment of the climax was tear-jerking, pulse-pounding stuff.
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Cardcaptor Sakura Movie: The Sealed Card
First off, seeing Cardcaptor Sakura in wondrous widescreen with bigger than usual production values is thrilling in itself.
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Testament of Youth
Words cannot describe just how incredible Vikander is in the lead role. The film takes the time to stick close to Vera during her solitary moments, and really lets us see inside her head.
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A Little Chaos
Winslet is, of course, wonderful. But she always is. The problem here is that she has to portray some sort of romantic interest in André, despite the fact that Schoenaerts plays him as the dullest man imaginable.
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The Wind Rises
It feels like Miyazaki’s most mature film, and the effortless way it manages to hold back, avoiding melodrama whenever it can, is impressive.
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I Origins
Sometimes a romance, other times a work of science fiction or even a kind of medical thriller, the film is content to be a patchwork.
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Reaching for the Moon
Otto proves yet again that she should have the lead role in more feature films, whilst Pires’ approach to Lota seems so gloriously effortless.
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Steins;Gate Series Collection
Ethical quandaries, temporal paradoxes and grandiose tragedy are all on the menu, and Steins;Gate goes through all of them one by one.
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