Tag: Manhunt
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John Woo’s Silent Night Trailer Teases The Dialogue-Free Christmas Action Movie
If you’re wondering why the last 20 years has felt like something was missing, it’s because John Woo hasn’t given us a Hollywood action flick since 2003’s “Paycheck.” The legendary Chinese filmmaker is responsible for some of the greatest films of all time and remains the patron saint of Gun Fu. Woo has been continuing…
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There Were Three Rules Batman: The Animated Series Tried To Never Break
Back in the ’30s, Bob Kane and Bill Finger’s Batman was a lone “creature of the night,” to quote Bruce Wayne in “Detective Comics” #27. But this creature didn’t spend too long in the shadows before DC comics decided to drag him into the light. By the 1950s and ’60s, Batman had become a much…
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Hamish Linklater And Lili Taylor To Star As Abraham And Mary Lincoln In Apple TV+ Series Manhunt
While it hasn’t exactly been four score and seven years since we last heard about it, we do have a new update on “Manhunt,” the upcoming Apple TV+ show about the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Based on the book “Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase For Lincoln’s Killer” by James Swanson, this limited series follows Tobias…
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John Woo Is Returning With A No-Dialogue Action Film Starring Joel Kinnaman, Silent Night
The master of heroic bloodshed cinema is back, baby! John Woo’s first film since 2017’s “Manhunt,” is coming, and it’s a high-octane action film completely devoid of dialogue called “Silent Night.” The film will also mark the first U.S. made film by Woo in almost two decades, following “Paycheck” an action thriller based on the…
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TrustNordisk Boards Psychological Thriller ‘Lake of Death’ (Exclusive)
TrustNordisk has come on board Nini Bull Robsahm’s high-concept psychological thriller “Lake of Death,” an adaptation of André Bjerke’s classic 1942 Norwegian novel “Lake of the Dead.”“Lake of Death” is produced by Thomas Robsahm and Fredrik Pryser for Canopy Film in association with Pryserfilm with support form the Norwegian Film Institute. Robsahm, who is best-known…
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‘Manhunt’ Review: John Woo Returns to Gun-Fu with a Vengeance in Netflix Film
This is a re-post of our Manhunt review from the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. The movie is now available to stream on Netflix. After almost two decades of making disappointing Hollywood blockbusters and propagandistic historical epics in China, the John Woo who became a brand name is finally back. Manhunt sees Woo return to…
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‘Manhunt’ Trailer: John Woo is Back and Sillier Than Ever
John Woo returns to big, loud action filmmaking with Manhunt, which arrives on Netflix this week. It’s a silly yet entertaining thriller that finds the filmmaker embracing his trademarks and delivering a film overflowing with non-stop action. Watch the Manhunt trailer below. Manhunt! It’s a film with a title that practically demands to be typed-out…
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‘Manhunt’ Trailer: Action Maestro John Woo Returns To High Octane Thrills
Buckle up everyone because John Woo is back making action movies. After more than a decade of making historical epics, Woo tackling a remake of the iconic 1976 Japanese film “Manhunt.”The story follows a Chinese lawyer who, after being framed for robbery, murder, and rape, teams up with a Japanese detective to catch and avenge…
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Japan Box Office: ‘Tonight’ Takes Top Spot at Holiday Weekend
“Tonight. At the Movies,” Hideki Takeuchi’s fantasy romance about a princess in a black-and-white movie who steps out of the screen into the life of a wannabe director, bowed atop the Japanese box office for the Feb. 10-11 weekend.Distributed by Warner on 298 screens, the film made $1.5 million on 126,000 admissions. For the three-day…