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Sunday, May 18th: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

May18 by Max Roland Ekstrom

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Drama, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Revenge, Tragedy Tagged Ang Lee, Best Cinematography, Best Foreign Language Picture, Best Original Score, CGI, China, Chow Yun-Fat, kung fu, Michelle Yeoh, teacher student relationship, wire fu, wuxia, Ziyi Zhang

April 2nd, 2014: Jui Kuen II aka Legend of the Drunken Master

Apr2 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Action, Comedy, Event Film, Martial Arts, Period Film, Sequel, Slapstick Tagged alcohol, Andy Lau, Anita Mui, art thieves, artifact, bleak ending, China, Colonialism, comedic alcoholic, drunken boxing, Drunken Master, factory, Golden Harvest, Hong Kong, inn, it's not over, Jackie Chan, kung fu, Lung Ti, multiple endings, tacked on ending, Wong Fei-Hung

October 19th, 2012: The Constant Gardener

Oct19 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Drama, Espionage, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Thriller Tagged "ripped from the headlines", activists, Africa, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Supporting Actress, Bill Nighy, Britain, children of famous people, China, co-production, corrupt cops, corrupt politicians, corruption, cover-up, Danny Huston, double cross, Fernando Meirelles, Focus Features, Germany, John Le Carre, Kenya, Pete Postlethwaite, Rachel Weisz, Ralph Fiennes, UK Film Council

November 22nd, 2011: The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Nov22 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Political Thriller, Satire, The Original, Thriller Tagged Angela Lansbury, assassination attempt, brain washing, China, Communism, controlling mother, corrupt politicians, dream sequence, Frank Sinatra, George Axelrod, Henry Silva, Janet Leigh, John Frankenheimer, Korean War, Lawrence Harvey, mother, nightmares, patsy, politician, repressed memories, Richard Condon, Soviet Union, suicide, U.S. Army, Washington D.C., Whit Bissell

May 18th, 2011: Lost Horizon (1937)

May18 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Black and White, Drama, Event Film, Fantasy, Lost World, Movie of the Day, The Original Tagged Best Art Direction, Best Assistant Director Nominee, Best Film Editing, Best Music Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, China, Columbia Pictures, Frank Capra, Himalayas, James Hilton, musical interlude, Robert Riskin, Ronald Coleman, Sam Jaffe, Thomas Mitchell, Tibet, utopia

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