Movie Review. The Flowers of War (simplified Chinese: 金陵十三钗; traditional Chinese: 金陵十三釵), previously called Nanjing Heroes and 13 Flowers of Nanjing.

by Mike McStay on January 6, 2012

The film is based on the novel The 13 Women of Nanjing by Geling Yan, and has been selected as the Chinese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards. [click to continue…]

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Movie Reviews: War Horse and We Bought a Zoo

January 1, 2012

As I kept watching the many previews for this film, I couldn’t help but wonder would I actually like this film? After his last 2 films, Tin Tin and Indy 4, I was wondering had the director, Steven Spielberg, lost his way. I am happy to report that the director not only made a good [...]

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Movie Reviews- Mission Impossible-Ghost Protocol, The Sitter, Sherlock Homes 2 and Alvin and the Chipmunks 3.

December 20, 2011

Well, the first film on the review list is the one that I wanted to see the most and it was not because of the actor, it was because this was the first live action film for the director, Brad Bird. (If the name sounds familiar, he is known for his work in Pixar films, [...]

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Movie Reviews: Arthur Christmas, The Adventures of Tintin & J. Edgar

December 8, 2011

Movie Reviews: Arthur Christmas, The Adventures of Tintin & J. Edgar There are days that I really enjoying to the movies, I really thought a day of these 3 films would be a great day, by the time the 3rd film was over, I couldn’t believe that I had wasted about 6-7 on these 3 [...]

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Movie Reviews: “The Way” & “The Descendants”

December 8, 2011

There are days that I actually dread going to the movies because I know that I am going to see a “crap” film and that I will actually try and write a review telling you how bad the film was that I had just watched. Today was a rare day, I did not see 2 [...]

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Christmas Eve Dinner

December 5, 2011

Daejeon DaeHeung Baptist Church Christmas Eve Dinner Saturday, December 24th 6:00 pm Anyone welcome! Turkey to Gingerbread men, Yummy food, Beautiful music, Celebrating Jesus: the Reason for the Season Join us! for information, call: Jay 010-8690-1990 or Karen 016-9205-0729

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Movie Reviews: Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 1, Happy Feet 2 (3D), The Muppets

November 24, 2011

Well, the big film for the week was the new “Twilight” and I was all ready to write a review, in which, I hated the film. Only thing was that I actually liked the film.

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Movie Reviews: Immortals and Jack & Jill

November 17, 2011

Have you ever had one of those feelings that when you walk into a movie theater that you are going to see a crap film but you can’t take your eyes off of it? Welcome to these 2 films that I watched back to back.

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