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Review of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

By Kaori Shoji (86) for Japan Times (198) on 13 Jun 2016

This second outing does have its faults (including a dizzying pace that makes it hard to savor the film) but it definitely delivers the thrills,…

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Review of Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

By Kaori Shoji (86) for Japan Times (198) on 13 Jun 2016

Edge of Tomorrow is a superb novel-to-screen adaptation, based on the novel All You Need is Kill by Japanese author Hiroshi Sakurazaka…

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Review of Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

By Kaori Shoji (86) for Japan Times (198) on 12 Jun 2016

Ultimately, Into Darkness is prophetic and profound, vying for a place in the sci-fi Hall of Fame that houses Blade Runner and, well, the original…

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Review of Star Trek (2009)

By Kaori Shoji (86) for Japan Times (198) on 12 Jun 2016

Requiring little or no foreknowledge of Klingons and Romulans, this Star Trek is a grand equalizer, transporting everyone to a space where…

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Review of 12 Years a Slave (2013)

By Kaori Shoji (86) for Japan Times (198) on 12 Jun 2016

There's real rage in this film, the type that can never be assuaged by time or blunted by forgiveness…

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Review of Bridge of Spies (2015)

By Kaori Shoji (86) for Japan Times (198) on 12 Jun 2016

Though there's little action, the heart races and fists clench…

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Review of The Forest (2016)

By Kaori Shoji (86) for Japan Times (198) on 09 Jun 2016

The Forest comes off like a theme-park haunted house, complete with laughable skeletons that drop down from branches and look like they were…

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Review of The Forest (2016)

By Kaori Shoji (86) for Japan Times (198) on 09 Jun 2016

The Forest comes off like a theme-park haunted house, complete with laughable skeletons that drop down from branches and look like they were…

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Review of In the Heart of the Sea (2015)

By Kaori Shoji (86) for Japan Times (198) on 09 Jun 2016

It's not a monster-versus-man situation here, but a depiction of how a good chunk of human history was formed by men doing their darnedest…

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Review of Money Monster (2016)

By Kaori Shoji (86) for Japan Times (198) on 08 Jun 2016

Foster does succeed in drawing some of the best performances we've seen in a while from the central quartet, especially Roberts, who clearly…

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Review of The Walk (2015)

By Kaori Shoji (86) for Japan Times (198) on 07 Jun 2016

Gordon-Levitt captures the nuances of Petit's personality and, more importantly, taps into Petit's urgent need to go for a stroll some 400…

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Review of The Martian (2015)

By Kaori Shoji (86) for Japan Times (198) on 06 Jun 2016

The Martian is to moviegoers of today what 2001: A Space Odyssey was to audiences in 1968…

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Review of Martian (2015)

By Kaori Shoji (86) for Japan Times (198) on 06 Jun 2016

The Martian is to moviegoers of today what 2001: A Space Odyssey was to audiences in 1968…

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Review of Carol (1974)

By Kaori Shoji (86) for Japan Times (198) on 05 Jun 2016

A wondrously beautiful piece of filmmaking by American director Todd Haynes…

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Review of Carol (1970)

By Kaori Shoji (86) for Japan Times (198) on 05 Jun 2016

A wondrously beautiful piece of filmmaking by American director Todd Haynes…

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Review of Carol (2015)

By Kaori Shoji (86) for Japan Times (198) on 05 Jun 2016

A wondrously beautiful piece of filmmaking by American director Todd Haynes…

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Review of Carol (1990)

By Kaori Shoji (86) for Japan Times (198) on 05 Jun 2016

A wondrously beautiful piece of filmmaking by American director Todd Haynes…

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Review of Absolutely Anything (2015)

By Kaori Shoji (86) for Japan Times (198) on 31 May 2016

Absolutely Anything is just content to laugh at itself and leave everyone else stranded without a hope in the world…

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Review of Southpaw (2015)

By Kaori Shoji (86) for Japan Times (198) on 31 May 2016

Southpaw may not bring anything new to the table but there's a nostalgic comfort in watching Billy -- a hardened stereotypical male who is…

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Review of Noma: My Perfect Storm (2015)

By Kaori Shoji (86) for Japan Times (198) on 31 May 2016

Redzepi's creations explode with color and are highly imaginative. His dishes seem less like food and more like a series of art installations…

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