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Dragon

Dragon (2011)

Clearly, it is Donnie Yen who has taken the cheers and expectations of his viewers and supporters to the next level, much like Jackie Chan. While Chan is well associated with more absurd “What the fuck” moments than Amanda Byrnes at the international roller disco, Yen keeps moving to different strengths. For a fan of

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Scala!!!-(2024)

Scala!!! (2024)

Jane Giles and Ali Catterall’s documentary “Scala!!!” is about a legendary, notorious, hugely influential and long-gone London theater. But it’ll appeal to anyone whose formative moviegoing years were defined by eccentric, usually urban or college-town cinemas that programmed whatever the folks who ran the place found interesting and switched lineups every day or two. There

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Crossing-(2024)

Crossing (2024)

“Istanbul is a place…where people come to disappear.” This is the sad conclusion arrived at by late in this moving film by one of its principal characters, Lia, a stern-faced older woman who has crossed over into the Turkish capital from the Black Sea’s Batumi, a desolate-looking spot in Georgia. A retired school teacher, she

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