Articles tagged "michelle yeoh"

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Babylon A.D.

by Cynthia Fuchs

[2.Sep.08] :. The fact that Aurora incarnates some extreme other possibility -- be it "light" or darkness, miraculous birth or genocide -- makes her one more "mother of the future."

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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

by Cynthia Fuchs

[1.Aug.08] :. Amid all the poorly edited, atrociously written tumult, the silly CGI and the tragic misuse of Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh, Rick remains an appealing throwback hero.

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Corpse Grinding

by Bill Gibron

[31.Jul.08] :. It’s never pleasant when something that was lightweight (albeit cheesy) and fun is forced into profit sharing mode. Put another way, when a franchise has to jerryrig its purpose in order to...

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Children of Huang Shi

by Cynthia Fuchs

[23.May.08] :. Children of Huang Shi is another movie about a well-meaning white man stumbling into an exotic and unknowable elsewhere where he learns all about himself.

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‘Sunshine’ star Michelle Yeoh hits the heights

by Ethan Sacks [New York Daily News (MCT)]

[26.Jul.07] :. The world’s most famous female action heroine is deathly afraid of heights. Yet there was Michelle Yeoh, lashed into a nose-diving stunt plane to simulate zero gravity, in preparation for her...

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Sunshine (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[20.Jul.07] :. The notion of loss pervades Sunshine, even as calculations of self are increasingly complex.

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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.

 

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

by Lucas Hilderbrand

The film's narrative unfolds slowly -- too slowly at first.

 

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

by Oliver Wang

One doesn't need a Kung Fu Cinema background to enjoy 'Crouching Tiger', but it helps in appreciating how the movie builds on -- and arguably surpasses -- that rich cinematic tradition.

 
 
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