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Hong Kong Film Festival: A comic arrow zings indie filmmaking
24 FramesThe Philippine movie “The Woman in the Septic Tank” is one of the most provocative surprises of the 36th annual Hong Kong International Film Festival.... -
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SEPT. 9
All's Faire in Love
A college football star has to make up for his many absences by working at a Renaissance fair, where he falls for an aspiring actress. With Christina Ricci, Owen Benjamin, Cedric the Entertainer and Matthew Lillard. Written...Tags: David Carradine, Football, Stephen Rea, Dominik Moll, Alexander (music group)
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Movie Review: 'Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame'
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer"Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame" finds Tsui Hark, a genre wizard, in top form in this splendid, action-filled period epic. It has opulent, stylized settings of elegance, grandeur and scope, flawless special effects, and awesome martial...Tags: Li Bingbing, Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (movie), Sammo Hung, Entertainment, Movies
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Movie review: 'Shaolin'
"Shaolin," with its feuding warlords and fighting monks in '20s era China, is a sprawling popcorn blast of action kept spinning with crazy cool kung fu, tons of fake spurting blood (I think everyone had a packet clinched in their teeth) and slacker...Tags: Buddhism, Jackie Chan, Kill Bill (movie), Entertainment, Movies
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Movie review: 'Beginning of the Great Revival'
An opening title card announces that the new film "Beginning of the Great Revival" was made "in commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the birth of the Communist Party of China." Unfortunately, the movie never overcomes the dutiful weight that implies....Tags: Parties and Movements, Drama (genre), Politics, China, Entertainment
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Reel China: Political maneuvers drive 'Beginning of the Great Revival's' success
— Political films can be a tough sell in many countries, to say the least. But director Huang Jianxin is confident that he's sitting on a blockbuster with "Beginning of the Great Revival," a historical epic detailing the founding of China's...Tags: Politics, Crimes, Human Interest, Ang Lee, John Woo
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2011 Summer movies list
May 6
The Beaver
A once-successful toy executive and family man suffering from depression begins communicating through a beaver hand puppet. With Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster and Anton Yelchin. Written by Kyle Killen. Directed by Foster. Summit...Tags: Creed Bratton, Michael Bay, Niels Arestrup, Rose Byrne, Will Ferrell
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Movie review: Chinese remake of 'What Women Want'
Special to the Los Angeles TimesFor those curious about what it's like to watch a Chinese-language remake of "What Women Want," it's mostly like watching the 2000 Nancy Meyers film "What Women Want." In Chinese. Just different enough, it has neither the obsessional pull of Gus Van Sant'...Tags: Gus van Sant, Romance (genre), Psycho (movie), Vice (movie), Mel Gibson
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'What Women Want' translates easily now
Filled with Frank Sinatra music, Chicago architecture and references to U.S. brands like Nike, the 2000 film "What Women Want" about a chauvinist ad exec who gains the ability to hear women's thoughts is a "a very American movie," director Nancy Meyers...Tags: Beijing (China), Nike, Inc., Mel Gibson, Frank Sinatra, China
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Cannes Film Review: 'Blind Detective'
VarietyA serial-killer thriller wrapped in an unruly slapstick comedy with generous servings of food porn, "Blind Detective" is a deranged and delirious smorgasbord of a movie. Even devotees of Hong Kong genre master Johnnie To and his frequent collaborator,...Tags: Hong Kong, Entertainment, Genres
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Cannes Films On the Critical List
VarietySCOTT FOUNDAS "All Is Lost" (J.C. Chandor) Chandor, who made an impressive debut with Margin Call in 2011, ventures far from Wall Street â and dry land â for this followup, starring Robert Redford as a man lost at sea in a movie that purports to have...Tags: Literature, Politics, Ellis Island, Lower East Side, Sundance Film Festival
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Out on Home Video: 'The Tourist' released this week
limiro@juno.comTHE TOURIST (2010/C/Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck/Starring Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Paul Bettany, Steven Berkoff, Timothy Dalton, Rufus Sewell/Sony/Rated PG-13/Thriller/103 minutes/Available on: DVD, Blu-ray and Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack):...Tags: Angelina Jolie, PG-13 Rated Movies, Anna Faris, Charles S Dutton, Alexander (music group)
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