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 | | 2. Curse of the Golden Flower | | | Starring: Gong Li Jay Chou Director: Yimou Zhang | | Format: DVD Release Date: 8/26/2008 | User Rating: 5 | | Video Reviews Available: 1 |  | Curse of the Golden Flower - DVD By: Chris Barsanti - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 3/16/2007 8:05 PM | |
A pageantry of pageantry that would put Bertolucci or Lean to shame, Zhang Yimou's The Curse of the Golden Flower piles spectacle upon spectacle, and tragedy on top of tragedy, until the whole contraption fairly disintegrates under the fervid weight of it all. Normally this wouldn't really be an issue, as late period Yimou films like House of Flying Daggers and Hero have been perfectly acceptable as period-piece baubles, rife with dynamic wuxia action sequences and dashing costumes -- things that Golden Flower has in abundance. read the full review | |
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 | | 3. Dragonball Evolution: Z-Edition | | | Starring: Emmy Rossum James Marsters Director: James Wong | | Format: DVD Release Date: 7/28/2009 | | Dragonball Evolution - DVD Review By: Bill Gibron - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 7/17/2009 4:48 PM | |
As a director, James Wong has made some interesting films. He was part of the original X-Files team and cut his teeth on the Chris Carter serial killer series Millennium before heading up such genre favorites as Final Destination and The One. Now, he's been burdened with bringing one of manga's most popular titles and characters to life. Already an incredibly popular anime series, Dragonball is a dense, complex universe consisting of 519 individual chapters and more than 42 volumes. Naturally, any movie made of this material would have to concentrate on a single storyline -- in this case, the "Z" mythos. Alas, anyone hoping that Wong could keep this very Asian entry from being "westernized" by Hollywood was sadly mistaken. read the full review | |
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 | | 5. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon | | | Starring: Chang Chen Zhang Ziyi Director: Ang Lee | | Format: DVD Release Date: 5/4/2004 | | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - DVD Review By: Norm Schrager - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 7/3/2009 10:48 PM | |
If you thought the only real place for gravity-defying fight scenes was The Matrix, think again. One of today’s most diverse directors, Ang Lee (Sense and Sensibility, The Ice Storm), has not only found the perfect venue for such combat – the classic samurai movie – but has injected his action with poetry and meaning. In Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, stars like Chow Yun-Fat and Michelle Yeoh gracefully zip through the air in this breathtaking Chinese fable about love, loyalty, and destiny.
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 | | 8. Dragonball Evolution Z-Edition (Blu-ray) | | | Starring: Yun-Fat Chow Emmy Rossum Director: James Wong | | Format: Blu-Ray DVD Release Date: 7/28/2009 | | Dragonball: Evolution - Blu-Ray DVD Review By: Luigi Bastardo - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 8/4/2009 5:26 AM | | What prompts people to make big screen adaptations of cartoons, comics, and video games? Perhaps it is the allure of success that drives these brave men and women. Who wouldn’t want to enjoy even a fraction of the victory that Sam Raimi has achieved with his Spider-Man franchise? And what better way to reach your own personal pinnacle of moviemaking happiness by really thinking outside of the box — and developing a kiddie cartoon like Dragonball into a live-action spectacle? read the full review | |
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