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Movie Review – Godzilla Minus Zero (2026)

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Godzilla Minus Zero, 2026.Written and Directed by Takashi Yamazaki. Starring Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Jun Kunimura, Miou Tanaka, Sakura Ando, Masami Nagasawa, Min Tanaka, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Munetaka Aoki, and Sae Nagatani.SYNOPSIS:Set in 1949, the Shikishima family confronts a fresh catastrophe two years after surviving their previous ordeal with the legendary monster.Godzilla […]

Tokyo International Film Festival 2026 Review – Plastic Love!

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Plastic Love!, 2026.Directed by Sybilla Patrizia and Clementine Nuttall. Featuring Nami Miyahara, Akira Sakano, Komichi Ikeda, Mamoru Kamata, Yuzuru Oikawa, Taisuke Sato, Etsuko Yamada, Kazumi Murose.SYNOPSIS:A pop-infused dive into Japan’s love of packaging – and how it might hold the key to escaping a plastic-wrapped future.We encounter plastic every day. It has wrapped itself around […]

Tokyo International Film Festival 2026 Review – Fuxi: Four Tales of Feasting

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Fuxi: Four Tales of Feasting, 2026.Directed by Qiu Jiongjiong. Starring Lee Kang-sheng, Lee Hong-Chi, Annie Chen, Fan Kuang-yao, Darren Wang, Xue Xuchun, Roy Wang, Wang Hai, Zhang Ninghao, Zhou Jiarui, Jiang Hongyu.SYNOPSIS: Across four millennia, four banquets gather mortals and spirits, ancestors and deities, at a shared table, drawing from the folklore traditions of China’s […]

Movie Review – The Invisible Half (2025)

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The Invisible Half, 2025.Directed by Masaki Nishiyama Starring Lisa Siera, Miyu Okuno, Runa Hirasawa.SYNOPSIS:A new bi-racial arrival to a Japanese school discovers that she is being watched a monster that can only be seen through her smartphone and heard through her earphones.The real horror in Masaki Nishiyama’s creepy debut lies within its deep thematic exploration […]

Tokyo International Film Festival 2026 Review – The Intertwining

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The Intertwining, 2026.Directed by Akira Yamamoto. Starring Jiyoung and Erika Karata.SYNOPSIS:The fates of two people were switched by an embryo mix-up. A shocking truth leads them to question who they are and begin to search for their own place in life.What is family? It is a deeply complex question with no correct answer, and that […]

Movie Review – The Cat in the Hat (2026)

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The Cat in the Hat, 2026.Written and Directed by Erica Rivinoja and Alessandro Carloni. Featuring the voice talents of Bill Hader, Xochitl Gomez, Tiago Martinez, Matt Berry, Quinta Brunson, Bowen Yang, America Ferrera, Paula Pell, Tituss Burgess, Giancarlo Esposito, Thomas Middleditch, Robin Åkerstrand, Ralph Garman, Daniel Middleton, Roxana Ortega, Jay Pharoah, Wilmer Valderrama, and America […]

Movie Review – I Play Rocky (2026)

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I Play Rocky, 2026.Directed by Peter Farrelly. Starring Anthony Ippolito, AnnaSophia Robb, Stephan James, Matt Dillon, P.J. Byrne, Jay Duplass, Kiki Seto, Toby Kebbell, Tracy Letts, Robert Morgan, Saul Stein, Scott Teller, J Nycole, Diego Pope, Michael Fuchs, Paul Sloan, Erik Palladino, Martin Fisher, Thomas Canestraro, Carmine Giordano, Jackie Flynn, Nikki Tyler-Flynn, Rob Demery, Damian […]

Tokyo International Film Festival 2026 Review – Jani Be Good

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Jani Be Good, 2026Directed by Ariani Darmawan. Starring Chempa Puteri, Sigi Wimala, Tutie Kirana, Hyori Mika.SYNOPSIS: Jani, a sensitive teenager; her mother, frustrated about family matters; and her grandmother, steadily saving up for her own funeral. Christmas approaches for three generations of women.Maturing as an adult is realising that you will inevitably say things you […]

Tokyo International Film Festival 2026 Review – Saravah

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Saravah, 2026.Directed by Hironori Kujiraoka. Starring Ritsu Otomo, Mai Matsumoto, Ōsuke Tokunaga, Keiko Shimokyo, Ryosuke Kato, Tsubasa Nakahara, Hiroro Ando, Michiyo Yokoyama, Mayu Ozawa.SYNOPSIS: A man takes on a ghostwriting job, bringing three former classmates together after ten years to untangle their hilariously complicated lives.It only takes one achievement to reshape your entire career as a […]

Tokyo International Film Festival 2026 Review – Cherry and Virgin

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Cherry and Virgin, 2026.Directed by Masanao Kawajiri. Starring Takashi Okado, Yaeko Kiyose.SYNOPSIS: The 32-year-old erotic manga artist Ryo and 28-year-old BL-lover Ami work past their helplessness with the opposite sex and fall in love.Inexperience, especially when it comes to love and intimacy, is something that many people experience, regardless of gender. The toxic, verging-on-manosphere traits […]