Word: film
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...film’s original two-part release, titled “Chi bi” in China, clocked in at a daunting 280 minutes. In coming to the states, the film was cut to 150 minutes; the abridged version still retains the primary plot’s themes of alliance and conflict at the sacrifice of several subplots of love and intrigue...
...important series of events in his country’s history, one unfamiliar to most Western audiences. In a dramatic departure from both his early mob movies and his American action hits, Woo’s “Red Cliff” serves as an entertaining war film set within a stirring and resonant celebration of Chinese culture...
Ondaatje is best known for his novel “The English Patient,” which was adapted into an Academy-Award winning film...
...paper, “Pirate Radio” already has the groundwork for a compelling viewing experience. Released earlier this year in the UK under a different title (“The Boat That Rocked”), the film is the second directorial project of Richard Curtis, who previously pioneered the underrated niche genre of gender-neutral date movie with “Love Actually.” Like that movie, “Pirate Radio” also features a large ensemble cast of established actors, among them Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kenneth Branagh, and Bill Nighy. But even though...
...small freighter in the middle of the North Sea. Here they cohabitate while playing rock ’n’ roll 24/7 with a listener rate—according to the film—constituting half of the country’s population at the time. The film begins with the arrival of Carl (Tom Sturridge), who has been sent by his mother to the boat after being expelled from school, in the hopes that he may spend more time with his godfather, Quentin (Nighy), Radio Rock’s nutty station manager. The ship’s eclectic...