Fall 2024 viewing round-up, part five
Yet more notes on recent viewing, featuring horror – both high and low end – some documentaries and action movies, gritty realism and slick fantasy … eclectic and somewhat […]
Review: The Boy and the Heron (2023)
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Cast: Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Ko Shibasaki, Aimyon, Yoshino Kimura,
Soma Santoki
Masaki Suda
Ko Shibasaki
Aimyon
Yoshino Kimura
Plot: While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the "long-awaited one."
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Year End 2023
It’s that time of year again … a glance back to see whether time has been well-spent or wasted watching a daunting array of […]