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Anchor: 'The Descendants' by Alexander Payne with George Clooney won the Best Adapted Screenplay at the 84th Academy Awards. It is the story of a man who survives a midlife crisis ...

I understand why "Les Misérables" set a new opening-day grossing record for musical films, but I don't understand why as many as 70 percent of the reviewers on Rotten Tomatoes have...

A Chinese critic divides Quentin Tarantino movies into two categories— remade movies in honor of old classics and original movies characterized by endless dialogues. "Django Unchai...

Director Lone Scherfig's "One Day" is a challenge to the concept of a movie. It is very original in presenting a story that otherwise would have been rather flat. Somehow, the flat...

In North American and the international market, Disney's 3D animated comedy "Frozen" is commonly accepted as the second step on the company's journey to a renaissance. Step one was...

Baz Luhrmann's movie Moulin Rouge could be a dazzling surprise. Ten minutes into the story, when the main theme of love is so obviously revealed, you might ask: what exactly does h...

For those who take pleasure in classical music, the name Jacqueline du Pré is most closely associated with Elgar's Cello Concerto in E Minor. The British cellist's passionate and e...

Shawn Levy's 'Real Steel' is a quasi-cyberpunk movie. I was searching for a time-killer when I found this film, but in the end, I found that it wasn't quite as bad as I had anticip...

I have to say, I had a pretty good time watching "Love Is Not Blind," a locally produced low-cost chick flick that is trumping Hollywood blockbusters in the box office rankings. As...

Technically, 'You are the Apple of my Eye' is not a good movie, yet there is no denying that it is a successful one. Five days after its debut in Chinese mainland cinemas, it's now...

We Chinese are now living in an age of rapid urbanization. In most inland cities, this process is feeding on the development of resource-based industries, for example the mining an...

The weirdest thing happened when I watched the War Horse. Towards the end of the movie, I heard gentle sobbing and thought it must be some young girl with a heart of gold. I was su...