Ho Lin
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The King’s Speech (2010, Dir. Tom Cooper): It sounds like a fairy tale: the king of a besieged country suffers from a strange ailment that only a kindly wizard can…
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Samuel Fuller was of his time and beyond it, and his early B-grade Korean War drama "The Steel Helmet" amply illustrates that fact.
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Sherlock (2010, Produced by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss): Much like James Bond, Sherlock Holmes is a cultural figure that has outgrown his literary origins, to the point where the…
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The Long Riders (1980, Dir. Walter Hill): It reads like a gimmick — get four sets of acting brothers (the Carradines, the Keaches, the Quaids and the Guests) and have them…
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Eastern Promises (2007, Dir. David Cronenberg): Sometimes, if things are closed, you just open them up. — Nikolai Luzhin, Eastern Promises “Cold-blooded” might be an adjective used to describe the…
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3:10 to Yuma (2007, Dir. James Mangold): Alice Evans: Ben Wade has a gang and they’re out there tonight, somewhere. Dan Evans: If I don’t go, we gotta pack up…
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Rush Hour 3 (2007, Dir. Brett Ratner): Carter: Well for your information, I’m part Chinese now. That’s right, Lee. For the last three years, I have studied the ancient teachings…
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The Bourne Ultimatum (2007, Dir. Paul Greengrass): “Will you commit to this program?” Jason Bourne (Matt Damon), ex-government assassin and taciturn survivalist, is asked this very question in a grainy…
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007, Dir. David Yates): I just feel so angry, all the time. And what if after everything I’ve been through, something’s gone…
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Sicko (2007, Dir. Michael Moore) “You’re not slipping through the cracks. They made the crack and are sweeping you toward it.” — Health insurance claims adjuster, Sicko Yes, believe it…