![]() ![]() Set in 14th-century Japan, Inu-Oh chronicles the meeting between a blind biwa player and a dancer who’s been dramatically mutated by ancestral spirits. ![]() His latest, Inu-Oh, is a case in point: His extreme angles and taffy-like, expressively stylized characters give the film a unique energy and emphasis that fits perfectly into the strange story. There’s so much anime out there that it can tend to blur together a bit, which gives Lu Over the Wall and Mind Game director Masaaki Yuasa an advantage few other creators can boast: His anime movies just don’t look like anyone else’s. The best new movie on Hulu Inu-ohĬast: Avu-chan, Mirai Moriyama, Tasuku Emoto Pete VolkĪlso good: Thunivu, a Tamil-language bank heist thriller An Action Hero, a Bollywood meta action comedy about a movie star whose life turns into a real action movie JUNG_E, the new sci-fi action movie from Train to Busan director Yeon Sang-ho The Big Four, an offbeat Indonesian action comedy from the twisted mind of Timo Tjahjanto ( The Night Comes for Us) Lost Bullet 2, France’s answer to the vehicular mayhem of the Fast and Furious series Athena, a French crime thriller that was the single best Netflix original of 2022 Emily the Criminal, an Aubrey Plaza-led crime thriller Hustle, Adam Sandler’s basketball dramedy co-starring real NBA players. With playful fight sequences (one involves a whiteboard marker, another invokes Raiders of the Lost Ark), clever editing (we see Boksoon play out multiple approaches to a variety of situations, whether it’s a target she’s trying to kill or a daughter she’s trying to parent), a powerhouse lead performance, and beautiful sets and costumes, Kill Boksoon is a delight for the senses and great mix of domestic drama and rollicking fun action thrills. A stylish thriller elevated by a strong lead performance, Kill Boksoon follows a top-level assassin caught between her duties as a professional killer and her responsibilities as a single mom to a teenage daughter.Īs I said in our roundup of the best movies of 2023, so far: ![]()
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