'Nine' Dominates 14th Satellite Awards Movie Nominations
Aceshowbiz.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
The not-yet-released musical film leads the pack with eleven nods, including Best Ensemble and Best Motion Picture in Comedy or Musical.
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Yuen Wo Ping to direct 新笑傲江湖/New Swordsman in February?
Twitch (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
It's time once again for another thrilling round of pin the project on the director! We are unabashedly, enormous, massive, stupendous and ridiculous fans of Yuen Wo Ping. You think? And so any news of his continued work in martial arts films is welcomed with open arms and big childish grins on our faces. Beijing-based Perfect World announces that they have signed up Yuen Wo Ping to direct 《新笑傲江湖》...
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Blog decoration and open thread
feminist blogs (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
I thought I’d put up a picture of a something Thanksgiving-y, but I was distracted this morning by the reviews of Red Cliff, the new John Woo movie. Tony Leung is so beautiful I can’t stand it: The gorgeous Takeshi Kaneshiro is also in the movie, but I prefer the way he looked in [...]
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An epic view, high over the Yangtze
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
One of the signature motifs of a John Woo film - the white dove - gets its moment in the spotlight (well, more like three long minutes) in the amazing Red Cliff.
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Review: Heavily edited 'Red Cliff' will disappoint true Woo fans
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
"Red Cliff" has plenty of battle action and other signature elements of John Woo's style, but some subtler subplots were lost in the editing.
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Red Cliff
Not Coming to a Theater Near You (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
John Woo’s first film since the hilariously shitty Paycheck finds him back in Asia for the first time since 1992’s Hard Boiled ’s grim vision on handover end-times. But Red Cliff finds Woo not navigating the intricate urban milieu of his hometown of Hong Kong, but rather swooping over the broad landscapes of the Mainland. Expurgated from a two-part saga into a rather overstuffed...
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Ella Koon - Sexy Beauty Hongkong Pop Singer
Oh Beautiful girls (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Name : Ella Koon Date of Birth : July 9, 1979 Place of Birth : French Polynesia, Tahiti Zodiac : Cancer Zodiac Year : Sheep Blood Type : B Height : 168cm Weight : 49kg Language : Cantonese, English, Mandarin, French Nationality : Chinese Occupation : singer, actor, model Family Members : father, mother, brother, sister (small Ella 8 years), dog (Pepper) Mantra : Good! Favorite Food : abalone, orange,...
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Daily Dose Pick: Red Cliff
Flavorwire (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Slo-mo action maestro John Woo marches back onto the big screen with this impressively choreographed saga set in 2nd-century China. The most costly production in Chinese cinema's history, Woo's epic details the art of war between a bellicose Han prime minister and a coalition of rebels — one that culminates in the Battle of the Red Cliffs. Among the short-handed, but smarter rebel forces are...
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Dan Persons: Mighty Movie Podcast: John Woo on Red Cliff
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The short form would be that John Woo rediscovered himself in returning to China, but that really doesn't capture what's going on. Woo made his...
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Weekend Forecast: Out of the wide release loop
Living in Cinema (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
I have to concede I’m just not the target audience for any of the wide releases this weekend. Nevertheless, I can’t wait to see Werner Herzog’s batshit crazy looking Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans opening in New York and LA. Also, if you live in Los Angeles, Hal Holbrook, Dixie Carter, Carrie Preston [...]
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Review: Red Cliff (2009) ****
Living in Cinema (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
A 4-star review of John Woo's historical action epic RED CLIFF starring the great Tony Leung and Takeshi Kaneshiro.
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Hard Paycheck: John Woo’s “Red Cliff”
ReverseBlog (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Financed by the state-owned China Film Group Corporation to the tune of $80 million, John Woo’s Red Cliff is the latest “most expensive Chinese film ever made,” following quickly upon such prior contenders as Curse of the Golden Flower and Hero. Woo’s film is of course a massive-scale martial arts epic like its spendy predecessors, both of which were directed by Zhang Yimou....
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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: John Woo Visits Red Cliff
Entertainment News - MovieWeb.com (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The acclaimed director gives us a behind-the-scenes look at his new epic Chinese Civil War film.
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Exclusive: John Woo Battles It Out with Red Cliff
ComingSoon.net (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
By the early '90s, director John Woo had firmly established himself as one of the top directors in Hong Kong before coming to Hollywood and doing the same with a number of action blockbusters. In the back of his mind, he had wanted to make a movie based on the legendary 208 AD Battle of Red Cliff in which an alliance between two Southern Chinese warlords organized by the warrior Zhou Yu (Tony Leung)...
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Red Cliff
In Theaters This Week (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Starring Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Wei Zhao, Chen Chang, Shido Nakamura, Fengyi Zhang