November 2015
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The Assassin (2015, Dir. Hou Hsiao-Hsien): In the original story, the bluebird is a peacock, an exotic pet kept by the King of Jibing. Wishing it would sing, the Queen…
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SPECTRE (2015, Dir. Sam Mendes): The twenty men who looked up the long table at this man and waited patiently for him to speak were a curious mixture of national…
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Die Another Day (2002, Dir. Lee Tamahori): For this review, we’re changing things up: I invited my colleague Urian Brown, the man behind the profane and funny Brown That Banana blog, to co-critique…
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The World Is Not Enough (1999, Dir. Michael Apted): ‘My father came from the Highlands, from near Glencoe. But look here…’ ‘What’s that?’ Griffon Or looked at him in astonishment.…
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"Tomorrow Never Dies," Pierce Brosnan's second outing as 007, is a perpetual action machine that occasionally remembers it's a Bond movie.