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Monsoon Wedding
Naseeruddin Shah, Tilotama Shome
Universal Studios, 2002
modern Shakespeare
+ Monsoon Wedding
+ Ugly Ducklings Become Swans
This film has received enough positive reviews without my adding my 2 cents. However, I would like to make the point that this movie is closer to a Shakespearean comedy than any other modern film I've seen (although I don't watch films as often as some). Although the theme of incest is darker and ...
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Bend It Like Beckham (Widescreen Edition)
Imran Ali, Ameet Chana
20th Century Fox, 2003
Great Movie!!!
+ A jewel of a comedy, don't miss it!
+ "Bend it Like Beckham" Movie DVD
I love cross cultural movies and books and this is one of the finest I've seen. The book "Veil of Roses" is also a great example of how two cultures can blend very nicely into one.
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Pushing Hands
Bin Chao, Victor Chan
Triboro Entertainment, 1999
TAI CHI CLASSIC
+ Tai Chi
+ Beautiful Movie
+ Crosscultural masterpiece, interesting for tai chi overview
+ What can i say? Ang Lee is a god with a human touch!
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Seven Samurai (Criterion Collection Spine #2)
The Peasant and the Sword
+ You don't know the meaning of EPIC or cinematic ART until you watch a film like this one...
+ Surprising Charm In Masterful Epic
+ Fantastic
+ Truly amazing
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Green Dragon
Patrick Swayze, Forest Whitaker
Sony Pictures, 2002
I was 4 years old when this happend.
+ A Truly Great Story
+ Provoking and Haunting, but Wonderful
+ I applaud the authenticity of this Vietnamese refugee story
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Dragon Inn
Tony Leung Ka Fai, Brigitte Lin
Tai Seng, 2001
One of the greatest WuXia films
+ 3.5, but great music, great acting, and an ending that will never be forgotten boosts it up to a 4.
+ The Ending makes the movie
As a Chinese who has watched a lot of martial arts movies I can tell you this is a true classic! If you like the great HK actions movies like A Better Tomorrow, Die Hard, Once Upon a Time in China you will love it. It's better than Crouching Tiger, and it's much much better than trashes like Hero, ...
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Together
Hong Chen, Qiang Chen
MGM (Video & DVD), 2003
Chinese irony?
+ One of my Favorite Movies!
+ This story will take you to your heart.
+ Wonderful film but be careful
+ Beautiful Music, Lovely story
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Cyclo
Le Van Loc, Tony Leung Chiu Wai
New Yorker Video, 2004
An Elegy for Elegies
+ The Funny Side of Poverty, Despair, Prostitution and Creepy Little Kids
+ After LOS OLVIDADOS and before CITY OF GOD there was CYCLO.
+ Tran Anh Hùng's vision of Hell on earth.
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The Sheltering Sky
Debra Winger, John Malkovich
Warner Home Video, 2002
Bertolucci's most underrated film, and a masterpiece...
+ Paul Bowles Novel Comes to the Screen
+ THE FABULOUS BERNARDO
This is definitely Bertolucci's most underrated film. It's a real masterpiece. It's incredibly cinematic, well acted, deep, and mysterious. John Malkovich, Debra Winger, Campbell Scott, and Timothy Spall gives great performances, and it's another film that showcases Bertolucci's brilliant camera ...
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Chunhyang
Hyo-jeong Lee, Seung-woo Cho
New Yorker Video, 2001
Beyond brilliant!
+ Missing scene?
+ Charming romance, wonderful tradition
Chunhyang This is simply the most unusual and most beautiful film ever. The morally uplifting romance is a nice enough story-and you find yourself rooting for Chunhyang and Mongryong-but the story is secondary to the way it is told. Using the device of a modern traditional Korean storyteller to ...
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Eat a Bowl of Tea
Cora Miao, Russell Wong
Sony Pictures, 2003
An original and poignant story
+ Excellent movie
This film deserves a special place in the Chinese-American pantheon. It's not about the "clash" between old and new, East and West, a theme that too many movies and books have beaten to death. It's about family, love, relationships, and history, without any cliches. The story touches on subjects ...
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Failan
Min-sik Choi, Cecilia Cheung
Tai Seng Video Marketing, 2002
Great Movie!
+ One of the very best Korean films
+ A very rich and moving film...
Well, I realize there was a lot of good reviews and bad reviews. I guess this is a type of movie that would depend on the type of person you are. If you really enjoy watching movies about the hardship and reality of life then this would be a great movie for you. It shows that life can never be the ...
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Tampopo
Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto
Fox Lorber, 1998
Makes one Hungry
+ the Japanese Rocky of ramen shops
+ Nani?
+ A Delightfully Delicious Comedy!
+ fantastic and truly distinctive.....
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The Road Home
Ziyi Zhang, Honglei Sun
Sony Pictures, 2001
The Road Home
+ Wonderfully Sweet, Simple Love Story That Captures the Heart
+ A Shining Star Emerges
+ Everything And More
+ very very sad but it's my best movie
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The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
Ingrid Bergman, Curd Jürgens
20th Century Fox, 2003
Very Enjoyable and Uplifting Film
+ Great Film
+ The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
+ Still enjoyable
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