Entertainment & Arts
“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.
Sept. 2, 2011
Movie Review: ‘Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame’
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Sept. 15, 2011
Movies
At their dazzling but infrequent best, the Detective Dee movies give preposterousness a good name.
July 26, 2018
L.A. Times critics’ favorite foreign films from 2011
Dec. 11, 2011
Rise of the Planet of the Apes 20th Century Fox, $29.98; Blu-ray, $39.99 -- One of the happiest surprises of 2011, the prequel “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” doesn’t just provide an explanation for how the humans of Earth fell to simian rule; it tells its own thrilling and unexpectedly emotional story about a chimpanzee named Caesar (played in motion-capture by Andy Serkis), who develops superior intelligence and uses it to lead a group of imprisoned apes on a rampage through San Francisco.
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May 3, 2011
One of the stars of “Popcorn” (citywide) calls it “ ‘Phantom of the Opera’ meets ‘Ten Little Indians’ in a horror movie festival.”
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Awards Tracker
March 14, 2011