Ho Lin
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The Departed (2006, Dir. Martin Scorcese): “I don’t want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me.” — Jack Nicholson, The…
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"The Prestige" intrigues with a narrative that twists and turns on itself, and protagonists swamped by the chill of their own obsessions.
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Casino Royale (2006, Dir. Martin Campbell): M: While you were away, the world changed. James Bond: Not for me. – Die Another Day (2002) By some estimates, James Bond has…
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The Last Kingdom: Chapter 3 It is a brilliant summer morning with a westerly breeze, and the sun beats down on the beach, scattering along the tops of the incoming…
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*** It was late, very late. Even in the most advanced city, night still penetrates, and the halogen lamps burn alone, fighting their losing battles. I couldn’t sleep that evening,…
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Last Kingdom, Lost Kingdom The Last Kingdom: Chapter 1 To the east of the golden mountains, at the edge of the Great Sea, it is said the azaleas are more…
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[And now for something completely different — in an effort to get back in the writing groove (and jumpstart this blog), I have signed up to take part in National…
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The Protector (Tom Yum Goong) (2006, Dir. Prachya Pinkaew) “You killed my father, and you stole my elephant!”— Tony Jaa, The Protector Every generation has its hero — every few…
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Miami Vice (2006, Dir. Michael Mann) “There’s undercover, and then there’s ‘Which way is up’?”— Det. Ricardo Tibbs, Miami Vice Appreciating a Michael Mann film means accepting several pre-conditions: a…
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A Scanner Darkly (2006, Dir. Richard Linklater) Reality is what refuses to go away when I stop believing in it.— Philip K. Dick The late producer Albert R. Broccoli once…