Keyword: experiment
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Logan
Some movies announce themselves with noise; Logan (2017) prefers to earn its reputation the slow way, one convert at a time. “Someone has come along.” That’s the line the studio chose to sell the film, and it doesn’t oversell it by much. The setup is straightforward enough on paper: In the near future, a weary…
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Akira
Not every action movie needs to reinvent the wheel, but Akira manages to feel fresh anyway, thanks largely to Katsuhiro Otomo’s confident direction. Even the marketing knew what it had: the tagline “Neo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E.” sets the mood before a single frame plays. Here’s the hook, in brief: A secret military project endangers…