Ghost in the Shell

Every hero needs an origin story, though the weight of this one may be too much for even the steeliest cyborg shoulders to bear: Ghost in the Shell isn’t merely a movie where Scarlett Johansson slips into a sinuous (yet somehow, miraculously nipple-free) skin suit and sets out to destroy a shadowy syndicate of underground thugs and baddies; It’s an ongoing narrative unavoidably fraught by two-plus decades of cultish devotion and cultural appropriation.

3041d ago

Scarlett Johansson's soulful action spectacle proves the purists wrong.

3041d ago

The beguiling Ghost In The Shell is more replicant than remake.

3041d ago

Every hero needs an origin story, though the weight of this one may be too much for even the steeliest cyborg shoulders to bear: Ghost in the Shell isn’t merely a movie where Scarlett Johansson slips into a sinuous (yet somehow, miraculously nipple-free) skin suit and sets out to destroy a shadowy syndicate of underground thugs and baddies; It’s an ongoing narrative unavoidably fraught by two-plus decades of cultish devotion and cultural appropriation.

3041d ago

Every hero needs an origin story, though the weight of this one may be too much for even the steeliest cyborg shoulders to bear: Ghost in the Shell isn’t merely a movie where Scarlett Johansson slips into a sinuous (yet somehow, miraculously nipple-free) skin suit and sets out to destroy a shadowy syndicate of underground thugs and baddies; It’s an ongoing narrative unavoidably fraught by two-plus decades of cultish devotion and cultural appropriation.

3041d ago

The beguiling Ghost In The Shell is more replicant than remake.

3041d ago

Scarlett Johansson's soulful action spectacle proves the purists wrong.

3041d ago

Led by a resolute Scarlett Johansson, Rupert Sanders' pulse-quickening, formally stunning live-action take on the manga classic both honors and streamlines its source.

3041d ago

Led by a resolute Scarlett Johansson, Rupert Sanders' pulse-quickening, formally stunning live-action take on the manga classic both honors and streamlines its source.

3041d ago

The beguiling Ghost In The Shell is more replicant than remake.

3041d ago

The beguiling Ghost In The Shell is more replicant than remake.

3041d ago

Led by a resolute Scarlett Johansson, Rupert Sanders' pulse-quickening, formally stunning live-action take on the manga classic both honors and streamlines its source.

3041d ago

Every hero needs an origin story, though the weight of this one may be too much for even the steeliest cyborg shoulders to bear: Ghost in the Shell isn’t merely a movie where Scarlett Johansson slips into a sinuous (yet somehow, miraculously nipple-free) skin suit and sets out to destroy a shadowy syndicate of underground thugs and baddies; It’s an ongoing narrative unavoidably fraught by two-plus decades of cultish devotion and cultural appropriation.

3041d ago

Its headiness exists beyond its more pseudo-philosophical dialogue about the differences between fantasy and reality.

3041d ago

"Ghost in the Shell" gives her a chance to operate a female-driven action franchise, and yes, casting Johansson surely Westernizes the project to a substantial degree. That fact is complicated by the film, and the performance, being good.

3041d ago

"Ghost in the Shell" gives her a chance to operate a female-driven action franchise, and yes, casting Johansson surely Westernizes the project to a substantial degree. That fact is complicated by the film, and the performance, being good.

3041d ago

Its headiness exists beyond its more pseudo-philosophical dialogue about the differences between fantasy and reality.

3041d ago

"Ghost in the Shell" gives her a chance to operate a female-driven action franchise, and yes, casting Johansson surely Westernizes the project to a substantial degree. That fact is complicated by the film, and the performance, being good.

3041d ago

"Ghost in the Shell" gives her a chance to operate a female-driven action franchise, and yes, casting Johansson surely Westernizes the project to a substantial degree. That fact is complicated by the film, and the performance, being good.

3041d ago

Its headiness exists beyond its more pseudo-philosophical dialogue about the differences between fantasy and reality.

3041d ago

Its headiness exists beyond its more pseudo-philosophical dialogue about the differences between fantasy and reality.

3041d ago

The visually impressive ‘Ghost In The Shell’ never reaches the singularity.

3041d ago

The visually impressive ‘Ghost In The Shell’ never reaches the singularity.

3041d ago

The visually impressive ‘Ghost In The Shell’ never reaches the singularity.

3041d ago

The visually impressive ‘Ghost In The Shell’ never reaches the singularity.

3041d ago

Too aesthetically intoxicating to ignore but too derivative to adore, this live-action take on an anime classic is a frustrating tangle.

3041d ago

Johansson does cyberbattle in a westernised reimagining of the Japanese anime classic that proves watchable but doesn’t have the spirit of the original.

3041d ago

In a cyberpunked future, the Major (Scarlett Johansson) is a new kind of anti-terrorist operative: a human brain ensconced in an entirely lifelike cybernetic chassis. But while tracking down shadowy villain Kuze (Michael Carmen Pitt), she starts suffering perceptual glitches, and she begins to question the nature of her identity.

3041d ago

Johansson does cyberbattle in a westernised reimagining of the Japanese anime classic that proves watchable but doesn’t have the spirit of the original.

3041d ago

In a cyberpunked future, the Major (Scarlett Johansson) is a new kind of anti-terrorist operative: a human brain ensconced in an entirely lifelike cybernetic chassis. But while tracking down shadowy villain Kuze (Michael Carmen Pitt), she starts suffering perceptual glitches, and she begins to question the nature of her identity.

3041d ago

In a cyberpunked future, the Major (Scarlett Johansson) is a new kind of anti-terrorist operative: a human brain ensconced in an entirely lifelike cybernetic chassis. But while tracking down shadowy villain Kuze (Michael Carmen Pitt), she starts suffering perceptual glitches, and she begins to question the nature of her identity.

3041d ago

In a cyberpunked future, the Major (Scarlett Johansson) is a new kind of anti-terrorist operative: a human brain ensconced in an entirely lifelike cybernetic chassis. But while tracking down shadowy villain Kuze (Michael Carmen Pitt), she starts suffering perceptual glitches, and she begins to question the nature of her identity.

3041d ago

Johansson does cyberbattle in a westernised reimagining of the Japanese anime classic that proves watchable but doesn’t have the spirit of the original.

3041d ago

Johansson does cyberbattle in a westernised reimagining of the Japanese anime classic that proves watchable but doesn’t have the spirit of the original.

3041d ago

Too aesthetically intoxicating to ignore but too derivative to adore, this live-action take on an anime classic is a frustrating tangle.

3041d ago

Too aesthetically intoxicating to ignore but too derivative to adore, this live-action take on an anime classic is a frustrating tangle.

3041d ago

Too aesthetically intoxicating to ignore but too derivative to adore, this live-action take on an anime classic is a frustrating tangle.

3041d ago

Hollywood tried to transplant the ghost of this series into a new shell, and the result asserts the old moral that what one does is what defines them, not memory or appearance.

3041d ago

Hollywood tried to transplant the ghost of this series into a new shell, and the result asserts the old moral that what one does is what defines them, not memory or appearance.

3041d ago

Hollywood tried to transplant the ghost of this series into a new shell, and the result asserts the old moral that what one does is what defines them, not memory or appearance.

3041d ago

Hollywood tried to transplant the ghost of this series into a new shell, and the result asserts the old moral that what one does is what defines them, not memory or appearance.

3041d ago

Narratively, “Ghost in the Shell” is rather dull, in large part because of the many movies that have copied the anime original so ingeniously. This version may not break new ground, but it revisits familiar territory with a vibrant sense of style and welcome restraint. It exemplifies the kind of respectable and utterly unnecessary remake that now defines the Hollywood business model.

3041d ago

Like its synthetic heroine (Scarlett Johansson), the live-action “Ghost in the Shell” is a feast for the eyes. With its killer-robot geishas, Godzilla-size hologram ads and nearly nude fighting gear, it’s a cyberpunk wonderland — but there isn’t much ghost left in this smokin’ hot shell.

3041d ago

Scarlett Johansson stars as a cybernetic superhero in director Rupert Sanders' live-action update of the Japanimation classic by Mamoru Oshii.

3041d ago

Ghost in the Shell looks great, sounds great and has a gaping hole at its center — where its emotional core should be.

3041d ago

“Ghost in the Shell” is full of dazzling images that suggest a rich, profound narrative the film is never able to achieve.

3041d ago

“Ghost in the Shell” is full of dazzling images that suggest a rich, profound narrative the film is never able to achieve.

3041d ago

Narratively, “Ghost in the Shell” is rather dull, in large part because of the many movies that have copied the anime original so ingeniously. This version may not break new ground, but it revisits familiar territory with a vibrant sense of style and welcome restraint. It exemplifies the kind of respectable and utterly unnecessary remake that now defines the Hollywood business model.

3041d ago

Narratively, “Ghost in the Shell” is rather dull, in large part because of the many movies that have copied the anime original so ingeniously. This version may not break new ground, but it revisits familiar territory with a vibrant sense of style and welcome restraint. It exemplifies the kind of respectable and utterly unnecessary remake that now defines the Hollywood business model.

3041d ago

It is this rage for authenticity, more than the leading lady, that transforms Ghost in the Shell into an American product. Here’s an irony: if anything preserves the unnerving quiddity and strangeness of the Japanese movie, it is Johansson.

3041d ago

Ghost in the Shell looks great, sounds great and has a gaping hole at its center — where its emotional core should be.

3041d ago

It is this rage for authenticity, more than the leading lady, that transforms Ghost in the Shell into an American product. Here’s an irony: if anything preserves the unnerving quiddity and strangeness of the Japanese movie, it is Johansson.

3041d ago

Like its synthetic heroine (Scarlett Johansson), the live-action “Ghost in the Shell” is a feast for the eyes. With its killer-robot geishas, Godzilla-size hologram ads and nearly nude fighting gear, it’s a cyberpunk wonderland — but there isn’t much ghost left in this smokin’ hot shell.

3041d ago

Like its synthetic heroine (Scarlett Johansson), the live-action “Ghost in the Shell” is a feast for the eyes. With its killer-robot geishas, Godzilla-size hologram ads and nearly nude fighting gear, it’s a cyberpunk wonderland — but there isn’t much ghost left in this smokin’ hot shell.

3041d ago

Scarlett Johansson stars as a cybernetic superhero in director Rupert Sanders' live-action update of the Japanimation classic by Mamoru Oshii.

3041d ago

It is this rage for authenticity, more than the leading lady, that transforms Ghost in the Shell into an American product. Here’s an irony: if anything preserves the unnerving quiddity and strangeness of the Japanese movie, it is Johansson.

3041d ago

Narratively, “Ghost in the Shell” is rather dull, in large part because of the many movies that have copied the anime original so ingeniously. This version may not break new ground, but it revisits familiar territory with a vibrant sense of style and welcome restraint. It exemplifies the kind of respectable and utterly unnecessary remake that now defines the Hollywood business model.

3041d ago

Scarlett Johansson stars as a cybernetic superhero in director Rupert Sanders' live-action update of the Japanimation classic by Mamoru Oshii.

3041d ago

“Ghost in the Shell” is full of dazzling images that suggest a rich, profound narrative the film is never able to achieve.

3041d ago

“Ghost in the Shell” is full of dazzling images that suggest a rich, profound narrative the film is never able to achieve.

3041d ago

Ghost in the Shell looks great, sounds great and has a gaping hole at its center — where its emotional core should be.

3041d ago

Ghost in the Shell looks great, sounds great and has a gaping hole at its center — where its emotional core should be.

3041d ago

Like its synthetic heroine (Scarlett Johansson), the live-action “Ghost in the Shell” is a feast for the eyes. With its killer-robot geishas, Godzilla-size hologram ads and nearly nude fighting gear, it’s a cyberpunk wonderland — but there isn’t much ghost left in this smokin’ hot shell.

3041d ago

It is this rage for authenticity, more than the leading lady, that transforms Ghost in the Shell into an American product. Here’s an irony: if anything preserves the unnerving quiddity and strangeness of the Japanese movie, it is Johansson.

3041d ago

Scarlett Johansson stars as a cybernetic superhero in director Rupert Sanders' live-action update of the Japanimation classic by Mamoru Oshii.

3041d ago

A solid film built on a broken foundation.

3041d ago

A solid film built on a broken foundation.

3041d ago

A solid film built on a broken foundation.

3041d ago

A solid film built on a broken foundation.

3041d ago

[Mr. Sanders] likes a dark palette and is good with actors, but there’s little here that feels personal, and he mostly functions as a blockbuster traffic cop, managing all the busily moving, conspicuously pricey parts.

3041d ago

Ghost In The Shell begins with such minimal promise, only to repeatedly stumble over its own murky intentions until finally going full American-appropriation in the worst way.

3041d ago

Ghost In The Shell begins with such minimal promise, only to repeatedly stumble over its own murky intentions until finally going full American-appropriation in the worst way.

3041d ago

Ghost In The Shell begins with such minimal promise, only to repeatedly stumble over its own murky intentions until finally going full American-appropriation in the worst way.

3041d ago

[Mr. Sanders] likes a dark palette and is good with actors, but there’s little here that feels personal, and he mostly functions as a blockbuster traffic cop, managing all the busily moving, conspicuously pricey parts.

3041d ago

Ghost In The Shell begins with such minimal promise, only to repeatedly stumble over its own murky intentions until finally going full American-appropriation in the worst way.

3041d ago

[Mr. Sanders] likes a dark palette and is good with actors, but there’s little here that feels personal, and he mostly functions as a blockbuster traffic cop, managing all the busily moving, conspicuously pricey parts.

3041d ago

[Mr. Sanders] likes a dark palette and is good with actors, but there’s little here that feels personal, and he mostly functions as a blockbuster traffic cop, managing all the busily moving, conspicuously pricey parts.

3041d ago