A fugitive alchemist with mysterious abilities leads the Elric brothers to a distant valley of slums inhabited by the Milos, a proud people struggling against bureaucratic exploitation. Ed and Al quickly find themselves in the middle of a rising rebellion, as the exiled Milos lash out against their oppressors. At the heart of the conflict is Julia, a young alchemist befriended by Alphonse. She'll stop at nothing to restore the Milos to their former glory – even if that means harnessing the awful power of the mythical Philosopher's Stone.
Kazuya Murata
Director
Romi Park
Edward Elric (voice)
Rie Kugimiya
Alphonse Elric (voice)
Maaya Sakamoto
Julia Crichton (voice)
Toshiyuki Morikawa
Melvin Voyager (voice) / Atlas (voice)
Sakiko Tamagawa
Miranda (voice)
Shin-ichiro Miki
Roy Mustang (voice)
Hidenobu Kiuchi
Herschel (voice) / Ashley Crichton (voice)
Fumiko Orikasa
Riza Hawkeye (voice)
Megumi Takamoto
Winry Rockbell (voice)
Hideyuki Umezu
Peter Soyuz (voice)
Yusaku Yara
Vatanen (voice)
Shadow & Bone excels in natural story representation with powerful centering of culture. Jessie Mei Li stars as Alina Starkov, the feisty cartographer with kindness, innocence, and integrity, who comes to be revealed as the legendary summoner of light.
Another story focuses on the bond between a young man and a shelter dog in this Netflix drama film.
There were too many irrelevant parts that could have been shortened, and too many characters that didn't advance the plot. Either way, some things didn't add up. This was just another played out plot with little, if any, originality in it. By the end of the film, I wasn't happy that she finally got her freedom, I was happy that it was finally over.
How powerful can a story be when it is stripped to the bare essentials of just a room, a handful of people and raw human voice?
This side-splitting workplace comedy features a diverse cast and tackles challenging social issues. Other sitcoms should take note.
With mismatched eyes, a willingness to experiment with hair color and style, and a rail thin frame, Bowie always drew attention. But he shunned gendered attractiveness, creating his own space somewhere in between. This hallucinatory and often nonlinear 2022 documentary is a perfect salute to David Bowie’s life and career. Rather than interviewing those that knew Bowie, the standard convention for biographical portraits, director Brett Morgen mostly lets the artist’s images, performances, videos, and words speak to capture the essence of the artist. Bowie was more than just a pop star. He painted, sculpted, acted in films, and was a thoughtful and articulate person who gave sincere answers to even the most shallow interview questions.