I re-watched Wong Kar-wai's masterpiece "In the Mood for Love" in honor of the 20th anniversary of its premiere at Cannes in 2000. This film is as beautiful and devastating as ever. Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung are so terrific and you instantly fall in love with them and their characters the moment they appear onscreen. The film is effortlessly gorgeous and stylish - its cinematography, music, production design and costumes all superb. Wong Kar-wai excels at these odes to…
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Days of Being Wild 1990
I love Days of Being Wild and think it's actually a bit underrated in Wong Kar Wai's oeuvre. It has a different energy to Wong's other films. Its sense of yearning for love and belonging is full of the wild recklessness of youth. It's easy to get lost in Wong's woozy evocation of 1960s Hong Kong with its green tint and Latin inflected period soundtrack. On first viewing, I fell in love with Maggie Cheung's jilted lover who hopelessly waits…
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Dune: Part Two 2024
Great film and a satisfying conclusion to Part One. As a Dune fan, it's not always faithful and that's somewhat disappointing but this film is its own thing and it's excellent for what it is. The cast turns in strong work and Timothee impressed me during some of the film's more powerful moments.
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The Holdovers 2023
Really enjoyed this film. Great performances from Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa and Da'Vine Joy Randolph.
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White House Down 2013
Another big, silly action movie, but the most entertaining one of the summer so far. I had a much more fun time watching this than with my viewings of Star Trek Into Darkness, Man of Steel, World War Z, Iron Man 3, or Fast & Furious 6. It feels like good old fashioned action entertainment in the vein of the Die Hard series or even the better '90s Bruckheimer-produced actioners.
Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx have great chemistry onscreen. James Woods…
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A Better Tomorrow II 1987
Overall, a very good movie. It takes a while to get going though. The first hour or so is rather maudlin melodrama, especially the storyline concerning the Dean Shek character and the reintroduction of Chow Yun Fat. But once it gets going, it doesn't stop. The last 45 min is moving and exhilarating, filled with the tragic heroism and balletic gunplay (and swordplay too!) befitting a John Woo movie. How does this compare to the original? I think the emotional…