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rinko kikuchi

reviews 3 stars, drama, foreign film, japanese, kumiko the treasure hunter, reviews, rinko kikuchi

KUMIKO THE TREASURE HUNTER

April 12, 2015

What does it take to evoke the spirit of The Coen Brothers without specifically becoming “Coen-esque”?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, action, burn gorman, charlie day, charlie hunnam, clifton collins jr, guillermo del toro, idris elba, max martini, pacific rim, rinko kikuchi, robert kazinsky, ron perlman, science fiction

PACIFIC RIM

July 12, 2013

The summer of 2013 gets something on a large scale that it has been sorely lacking up until now: Fun.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF, Toronto anh hung tran, drama, foreign, japanese, reactions, rinko kikuchi, TIFF 2010

TIFF Review: NORWEGIAN WOOD

September 18, 2010

It Took an Entire Week, but TIFF 2010 Has Finally Let Me Down.

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Ryan McNeil
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