Thrillers
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Summer Wars review – Mamoru Hosoda’s birthday party anime puts the world at risk from AI baddie
This thriller-cum-family drama is a cut above genre anime with narrative complexity, bravura imagery and a met…
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Cloud review – bizarre internet action thriller descends into hail of bullets
Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s baffling crime farrago follows a cyber fraudster pursued by an angry gang of disappointed s…
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‘Am I a Cyclopian monster?’ How masked writer Uketsu went from asparagus videos to literary sensation
He gained fame in Japan posting surreal videos of meat, veg and even ears. Then he tried writing – and soon ha…
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Psycho-Pass: Providence review – anime thriller investigates dark side of technology
Japanese studio Production IG’s conspiracy noir is a fabulous-looking tale influenced by Blade RunnerWith the …
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Bad City review – retro homage to 80s Japanese thrillers is elegantly pulpy
A taskforce of honest cops is assembled to tackle the gangsters menacing Kaiko City. Many punches are thrown i…