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Days of Being Wild

Wednesday, December 1st, 2004
Leslie Cheung leads an all-star cast in Wong Kar-wai’s sophomore film… (more…)

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Hero

Wednesday, December 1st, 2004
Nominated for an Oscar, Jet Li stars in director Zhang Yimou’s (Raise The Red Lantern, Not One Less) first foray into the swordplay genre, and it’s one of the most beautiful and offbeat yet… (more…)

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Infernal Affairs

Wednesday, December 1st, 2004
They don’t come much slicker than this - Tony Leung and Andy Lau shine in this classy thriller… (more…)

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Oldboy

Wednesday, December 1st, 2004
Director Park Chan-wook’s follow-up to Sympathy for Mr Vengeance is an even better twisted tale of revenge… (more…)

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Three

Wednesday, December 1st, 2004
Solid horror anthology with three very different takes on life after death from three different Asian countries and directors… (more…)

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