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Archive for April 13th, 2007

So many Zendas, so little time

Posted in DVD, Movies, Prisoner of Zenda on April 13th, 2007 1 Comment »

My current quandary is, “Do I watch Prisoner of Zenda tonight? Or do I watch Prisoner of Zenda?” It’s a heck of a fix I’m in.
There is the 1937 version which, from what I can tell, is the favoured one. It certainly gets a better vote average on IMDb, 7.7 when I looked. The 1952 [...]

Yimou Zhang’s Curse of the Golden Flower

Posted in Curse of the Golden Flower, Movies, Yimou Zhang on April 13th, 2007 No Comments »

I’d had been putting off watching Curse of the Golden Flower because some time ago I had foolishly read a review that was less than enthusiastic. What a mistake!
I loved it and for a number of reasons.
Visually, it’s spectacular. But I suppose that’s to be expected given that it was directed by Yimou Zhang (Raise [...]