A Better Tomorrow(1986)

One of the best in Hong Kong action genre, John Woo rocks.(4/5) IMDB

Red Cliff

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Red Cliff
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Red Cliff is movie with real heroes. they are neither bad ass nor sissy. they are real man. rock solid and yet well behaved. vintage john woo. movie is based on chinese history. some of the heroes are still worshiped in china.

cao cao is the prime minister of china. totally on the control of affairs as a weak and young emperor is a puppet in his hands. army is under his command. he forced the emperor to give him the permission to pursue liu bie. liu bie is a brave and good general. because of this some great warrirors are fighting under his command. but the number is not in his favor. as his army is less than cao cao’s. after attack from cao cao, liu …


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Dreams Die First

At this moment by common consensus South Korea and Brazil make the most innovative, insane and influential movies anywhere in the globe. I try to watch each and every Brazilian film I can get my hands on coz I’m just in love with the kinetic yet organic feel of their cinema. My samba heroes are Fernando Meirelles, Glauber Rocha, Walter Salles, Hector Babenco, Cesar Charlone and Walter Carvalho. One of the most brilliant films I have seen in 2008 is “Tropa de Elite” which recently won the Golden Bear at Cannes. Last year I fell in love with an absolute gem of a movie called “The Year my Parents went on Vacation‘.

The same adulation and reverence that is accorded to these two cinematic powerhouses today was replicated for the sole benefit of one nation about 15-20 years ago. Those guys were the …


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