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November 27, 2023

Silent Night: Emotional Blanks, by Scott Nye

There are few things more unpleasant than a movie with immense promise coming up as empty as John Woo’s Silent Night does. Woo, one of the masters of action cinema, makes his return to American filmmaking for the first time...

alexander miller / criterion predictions

January 22, 2020

Criterion Prediction #226: Last Hurrah for Chivalry, by Alexander Miller

Title: Last Hurrah For Chivalry Year: 1979 Director: John Woo Cast: Damian Lau, Wai Pak, Chin Yuet-Sang, Lau Kong Synopsis: Surviving an assassination attempt on his wedding night, the wealthy-yet-devious Kao hires a pair of skilled martial artists – Chang...

dayne linford / home video hovel / movies / reviews

August 18, 2019

Home Video Hovel: Heroes Shed No Tears, by Dayne Linford

John Woo belongs to that worldwide pantheon of legendarily cool directors achieving international notoriety at the end of the 90s, reworking classic Hollywood tropes and genres to create something that, despite those antecedents, feels almost entirely original. But, before bullet...

Tagged: john woo

Silent Night: Emotional Blanks, by Scott Nye

Criterion Prediction #226: Last Hurrah for Chivalry, by Alexander Miller

Home Video Hovel: Heroes Shed No Tears, by Dayne Linford

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