Articles tagged "gong li"

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Hannibal Rising (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[20.Feb.07] :. Hannibal's executions of the "primal scene" cannibals reveal his inclination for bizarre yuckiness.

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Miami Vice (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[28.Jul.06] :. Gong Li's face and form are made for this: she absorbs the movie's energies and just like that, it hardly matters what Crockett or Tubbs thinks he's doing.

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Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.Dec.05] :. The fact of Sayuri's stunning blue eyes only underlines the film's refusal to engage with the hardships geishas endure as a matter of course. She is 'special', she is treasured, she is property.

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The Emperor and the Assassin (1999)

by P. Nelson Reinsch

The Emperor and the Assassin, the latest film from Chinese director Chen Kaige (Farewell My Concubine) is another wonderful-looking period film, with an epic budget and running time, and a sizable cast of historical (and fictional) figures.

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