In age where movies make $2 billion and somehow make little cultural impact, the success of William Shakespeare seems unthinkable. He wrote plays over 400 years ago and we’re all still obsessed with ...

First impressions matter, right? Full Metal Schoolgirl throws you into its third-person shooter action shortly after a blazing fast anime-inspired opening to the tune of a J-rock banger. It ...

Prior to a screening of “The Obsessed,” director Takahashi Wataru highlighted what he saw as a lost sense of selflessness and sincerity in being loving to others. That notion colors undergirds the ...

A mermaid princess marries an ambitious human engineer in Yasuhiro Aoki’s delightfully offbeat tale about coexistence and love-career balance that looks distinct from most anime out there. Without ...

Some of the best animation of 2025, by far. The main villain’s obsession with the protagonist’s child self can be uncomfortable for some. Story has a good balance of schlock and genuine heart. The ...

The popular series makes its big screen debut with a thrilling, but certainly fans-only saga that spills as much blood as it chronicles awkward teenage romance. Context clues might help those with ...

The opening credits sequence of “Chainsaw Man,” the fantastically bloody 2022 anime adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s popular manga, begins with a flurry of rotoscoped scenes in which main character ...

As with the aforementioned Tom Cruise starrer, Edge of Tomorrow, All You Need is Kill doesn’t let up once the days start repeating and the new picture, co-directed by Ken’ichirô Akimoto and Yukinori ...

A sports movie is a powerful thing. After all, what is a story without conflict, and what is an athletic competition if not a confrontation? You don’t have to know anything about boxing to understand ...

AI-generated actor "Tilly Norwood" sparks outrage in Hollywood Democrat Wins Special Election in Blow to GOP See what happens when a dog finds himself outside wanting to get back in Mom gets question ...