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Articles tagged "john woo"NewsDirector John Woo takes on China’s greatest literary work and a Western audienceby Ikuko Kitagawa [The Yomiuri Shimbun (MCT)][31.Oct.08] :. TOKYO - For director John Woo to realize his 18-year dream of filming the 13th-century masterpiece “Romance of the Three Kingdoms,” he would have to return to Asia. The veteran Chinese...  Multimedia ReviewStrangleholdby G. Christopher Williams[12.Oct.07] :. Stranglehold resembles Hard Boiled in that it, like the film, seems largely a series of very pretty, very stylish action sequences unified by only the thinnest veneer of a plot and motivations for characters.  Film DVD ReviewFace/Offby Jesse Hassenger[13.Sep.07] :. This may be the last time the Woo signatures -- slow-mo gun battles flanked by slo-mo birds; "balletic" leaps through the air; two-man Mexican stand-offs -- were effective in a remotely serious manner  Film DVD ReviewPaycheck (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[17.May.04] :. 'A true hero,' says John Woo on the commentary track for the Paycheck DVD, 'always reaches out a helping hand to others.'" Film ReviewPaycheck (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[8.Jan.04] :. Michael (Ben Affleck) doesn't set out to control anything: he just wants to get paid.  Film ReviewWindtalkers (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[13.Jun.02] :. Though it might be argued that Nicolas Cage roaring and contorting in slow motion makes for good action cinema, it's hardly the basis for a thoughtful interrogation of how war works, how it shatters (or otherwise forever changes) participants, and reinforces systemic racism. Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)by Lucas HilderbrandThe first Mission: Impossible film was an elaborately nonsensical piece of eye candy, little more than an excuse to outfit Tom Cruise in tight black clothes. For the much-delayed and big... |
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