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Ashes of Time Redux

From Sony Classics: Director’s Notes: In the winter of 1992, someone suggested that I make a film adaptation of Louis Cha’s famous martial-arts novel The Eagle-Shooting Heroes. I re-read all four volumes of it and finally decided not to do … Continue reading

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‘I Served The King Of England’

Stephen Holden writes: Jan Dite (Ivan Barnev), the plucky little waiter who bounces around central Europe in Jiri Menzel’s epic comedy “I Served the King of England,” has colossal ambitions. Catering to political and military fat cats at a fancy … Continue reading

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Netflix Rocks

I have the three DVDs at once $17 a month subscription. It also gives me unlimited access to instant downloads from Netflix’s 12,000 plus title library through the ROKU player ($100) that I installed last night. I was having some … Continue reading

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I Loved You So Long

From imdb.com: "This powerful story of familial struggles and redemption follows a shell-shocked Juliette (Scott-Thomas), who returns to live with her young sister Lea (Zylberstein) after being banished from the family for 15 years. An enormous critical and box office … Continue reading

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Frozen River

From imdb.com: "Takes place in the days before Christmas near a little-known border crossing on the Mohawk reservation between New York State and Quebec. Here, the lure of fast money from smuggling presents a daily challenge to single moms who … Continue reading

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