Somewhere between a fairy tale, a therapy session, and a full-on digital spectacle, Mamoru Hosoda’s Belle manages to be both dazzling and emotionally raw. It borrows the bones of Beauty and the Beast and then wires them into a glowing, algorithm-driven world where identity is fluid and trauma has a username. The result is messy,…
Tag: teen drama
The Karate Kid (1984-1994) – Review
When looking at great martial arts films the likes of Tsui Harks Once Upon a Time in China, Jackie Chan in Drunken Master or even Wachowski’s The Matrix movies, those films showcase some of the best martial arts talent ever put to screen, but back in 1984 a smaller scale film simply called The Karate…