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Thursday, May 8, 2008
Thursday, May 8, 2008
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Though sophisticated western audiences are quite familiar with the work of the late Akira Kurosawa and other exemplars of Japanese filming of its Golden Age, the emergence of Chinese (Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou, King Hu), Japanese (Hayao Miyazaki, Masayuki Suo) and Vietnamese (Tran Anh Hung) filmmakers over the past 15-20 years has exerted considerable influence.
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
It takes a certain amount of chutzpah to title one's film "Flawless," knowing disapproving reviewers will have a field day firing off obvious, smug little pot shots at your inevitably imperfect movie.
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change:
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
In "Redbelt," acclaimed playwright/filmmaker David Mamet attempts a thinking-man's martial arts movie.
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
'What Happens in Vegas" follows the standard rom-com design, giving us two funny, neurotic people who are in love with each other but don't know it. But by being a smidge smarter than the average date movie, it makes the first-time meeting, the battle of the sexes and the bumpy course of true love entertaining despite overfamiliarity.
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
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Indiana Jones, grizzled and well-worn, is as comfortable as an old leather coat. Batman remains dark and brooding, as mysterious as cryptic script on an ancient temple. Reassuring, ain't it? This Summer Film Season everyone else will play in their shadows.
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Thursday, May 1, 2008
An A-Frame of a film, "Finding Pura Vida" is a locally produced documentary on surfing community's penchant for cause travel, which is to say sojourns to surfing destinations with more than just exhilaration in mind.
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Thursday, May 1, 2008
At a youthful-looking 45, Faran Tahir describes himself as "one of those boxers who's delivered a few punches and taken some too." An ideal resume for a rugged leading man, or a well-developed villain.
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Thursday, May 1, 2008
Just because you're dead and have a husband who can't stand the sight of you doesn't mean you can't still enjoy your honeymoon.
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Thursday, May 1, 2008
It was one of World War II's most audacious frauds. Had it commenced earlier, before the tide had turned, who knows what 11th-hour damage it might have caused the Allies.
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Thursday, May 1, 2008
Thursday, May 1, 2008
The diabolical goatee gives it away. Tony Stark, the tycoon inside Iron Man's shiny shell, isn't a simplistic comic book hero fighting for lofty ideals. He's deeply flawed — a drinker, a womanizer, a clotheshorse, a gambler driven by greed and a lust for high living. In fact, he's essentially heartless, depending on a nuclear pacemaker to keep his blood circulating. He's a 21st-century Oskar Schindler, a munitions maker who reinvents himself as a champion for good.
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