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...foliage. Our guide, Hmong rebel commander and government enemy Moua Toua Ther, instructed us to sit tight rather than run. The thick foliage, he knew, afforded us some protection. Hours passed. Every rustle in the undergrowth was met with nervous intakes of breath. Not until 4 a.m. did we dare move again. We crossed the biting-cold river in our underwear with our packs humped on our shoulders and our clothes slung round our necks, then we marched 12 hours to a road where, to our profound relief, a car awaited...
...been driving up the entry ramp to movie fame for more than a decade. In the early 1990s, he was a star on the TV sketch-comedy series "Full Frontal", in which he honed his gift for impersonation. Bana jokes that those who knew him when will say, "How dare you be internationally known as a dramatic actor, when here you were just into comedy?" Soon he pursued movie work, and locals figured he would be the next Mel Gibson. But that job fell to Russell Crowe, Jackman and half the rest of the male population of Australia. Bana made...
...Which makes Barbara Wong's new coming-of-age comedy, Truth or Dare, a bit unusual. Wong is best known for her taboo-teasing 2001 documentary Women's Private Parts, in which Hong Kong women explored their deepest, darkest sexual desires. In Truth or Dare she brings similar realism and sympathy to the tale of a coed group of six twentysomething Hong Kong roommates. They are caricatures who nonetheless ring true: the wild girl (Candy Lo), the dreamy girl (the dreamy Karena Lam), the dork (Roy Chow) who loves the dreamy girl. Too broke to go out, they stay...
...Movies: HK's Truth or Dare...
...Compared with Hong Kong's usually dimwitted comedy fare, Truth or Dare gets credit for aspiring to be more than slapstick. Wrapped in a fog of self-involvement, the kids drink, smoke, party and feud between working lousy jobs. Life's a bitch in Hong Kong, the movie says, but at least you've got friends. It's no Kids, but Truth or Dare shows that in Hong Kong the kids are still all right...