Archive for January, 2007

Curse of the Golden Flower (Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia)

January 18th, 2007 by Rolling Stone Movie Reviews
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Photo Starring:
Jay Chou, Chow Yun-Fat, Li Gong, Qin Junjie, Man Li
Review:
If looks were all it took to thrill, this opulent, near-operatic historical pageant would rank with Zhang Yimou's last two epics, Hero and House of...
Rating: 3...

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Freedom Writers

January 18th, 2007 by Rolling Stone Movie Reviews
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Photo Starring:
Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn, Imeldaa Staunton, Apr...
Review:
Leave it to Hilary Swank. Even when her film's pace lags behind its cliches, she sparks this true story, about a California teacher who sparks her stu...
Rating: 2...

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Alpha Dog

January 18th, 2007 by Rolling Stone Movie Reviews
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Photo Starring:
Bruce Willis, Sharon Stone, Justin Timberlake, Emile Hirsch, Domi...
Review:
He takes his shirt off, sports tattoos, acts tough and smokes a shitload of weed. That's right, Justin Timberlake plays a shit-for-brains in Alpha Dog...
Rating: 2...

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Army of Shadows (1969)

January 18th, 2007 by Rolling Stone Movie Reviews
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Photo Starring:
Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Simone Signoret,...
Review:
How the hell can the New York Film Critics Circle choose Army of Shadows as the year's best foreign-language film? It's nearly forty years old, a...
Rating: 4...

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ASIAN POP / Forever and Ever, Ramen

January 18th, 2007 by By Jeff Yang
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In memory of the late instant-noodle king, Momofuku Ando, Jeff Yang speaks to notable ramen authorities about the meal-in-a-bowl's awesome cultural impact -- including Robert Allan Ackerman, director of the forthcoming Brittany Murphy film "The Ramen Girl."...Read More »