This Week In Trailers: Reign Of Assassins (Jianyu Jianghu), Little Dizzie Izzie, Road, Movie, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, Wild Target

By Christopher Stipp May 3rd, 2010

Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m…

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First Pictures Of John Woo's Rain Of Swords, Starring Michelle Yeoh

By Devindra Hardawar December 3rd, 2009

It doesn't look like John Woo will be returning to Hollywood anytime soon. After a string of not-so-great Western films, Woo returned to China and delivered the massive two-part epic Red Cliff. I've only seen the first film of the Chinese release (haven't yet seen the condensed most other countries got), and while it certainly…

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