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- Manny Pacquiao talks boxing and sings
- John Woo is back. He went back to Asia to make an epic Chinese action movie, but it’s not his usual gunplay fare. Red Cliff is a historical battle story but you’ll still notice the John Woo flair in spears, swords and naval battles. The…
- CRAVE ONLINE
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- 8 hours ago
CRAVE ONLINE- Anna and the King
- Uncalled-for and uninspired retelling, without benefit of Yul Brynner or Broadway show tunes, of the clash of wits and wills between the Victorian-era widowed English governess and the progressive Siamese monarch- cum- polygamist. Jodie…
- San Diego weekly Reader
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- 5 hours ago
- John Woo on his own hits and misses
- With his new epic adventure “Red Cliff” almost here, the master director guides a candid tour through a career full of pistols, doves and Chow Yun Fat. ‘A Better Tomorrow’ (1986 ) While he had previously directed over a dozen films, “A ...
- MSNBC
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- 11/21/2009
MSNBC- John Woo on John Woo: My Hits -- and Misses
- The sunglasses were from Ken Takakura, the raincoat was from Alain Delon, and the way Chow Yun-Fat held the guns, that was all Steve McQueen and Clint Eastwood.''
- Entertainment Weekly Online
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- 11/18/2009
- John Woo directs action film 'Red Cliff'
- The doves are back, and that's very good news for action movie fans. A universal sign of peace, they are a trademark symbol in the films of mayhem maestro John Woo, so when they soar in the new Chinese historical epic "Red Cliff," it…
- San Francisco Chronicle
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- 8 hours ago
- Forget 'Twilight: New Moon,' John Woo's Chinese epic 'Red…
- John Woo's 'Red Cliff,' a period war epic that took 4 1/2 years to shoot, was the most expensive Chinese movie ever made at $80 million. Ruymen/Reuters Woo's fans still hope that the 63-year-old director will be given a chance to shine with…
- New York Daily News
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- 11/17/2009
- Hollywood disaster movie ‘2012′ draws in Chinese patriotic…
- BEIJING — When the apocalypse comes, China will save the world. Or at least that’s how Chinese audiences are interpreting “2012,” Hollywood’s latest blockbuster disaster movie. “It’s about time the world sees us as a dominant ally ...
- The Gaea Times
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- 11/20/2009
- Hey, that looks just like - !
- The seaside resort of Pattaya is no longer just about beaches and bars. Since earlier this morning, it's also become home to world leaders,superstars from Hollywood and Asia, as well as other celebrities and leading sportsmen. US President…
- Nation - Thailand
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- 15 hours ago
Nation - Thailand- Dieter Goes Shopping
- Over in the Berlinale’s HQ, Dieter Kosslick and his programmers – having celebrated the 20 th anniversary of the fall of the wall, no doubt – don’t have that much time left until their own 60 th birthday party when the festival kicks off on…
- Screendaily
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- 11/16/2009
- Woo wows with war-epic ‘Red Cliff’
- ... directorial credits in Asia, starting with the martial arts film “Fist to Fist” in 1973 and including the blockbuster gangster thriller “A Better Tomorrow,” starring Chow Yun-Fat. “Red Cliff” is Woo’s first feature film shot in ...
- Beach Beacon
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- 11/17/2009