One Nite in Mongkok

One Nite in Mongkok is the kind of film that has been done
so often that a viewer could probably write most of the scenario themselves.

After an opening couple of scenes that set up a police versus street gang
scenario there is a car crash. This crash leads to an assassin (Daniel Wu) being
hired to come to Hong Kong to do a hit. The assassin, however, is set up by a
greedy crook who gets caught and strikes a deal with the cops. The cops follow
every lead but the assassin is too smart. He has also hooked up with a local
prostitute (Cecilia Cheung) [with a heart of gold] who escorts him around the
densely populated area known as Mongkok.

The assassin knows what he has to do but - it turns out - he's an okay guy.
He's actually more interested in finding his girlfriend - who unbeknownst to him
- has been in a terrible car crash that opens the film.

The cops, in turn, are not all good guys. The...
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Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King

The Movie

In Germany it's called Die Niebelung and it ran three hours as a TV
mini-series. In the UK it played theatrically under the title The Sword of
Xanten. If you happen to be in South Africa (which is where the flick was
shot), the title you'll want to remember is The Curse of the Ring.

Here in the U.S. it's called Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King, and no
matter what the flick's actual name is, the story is based on numerous ancient
Nordic legends, including a few that helped inspire Tolkien to write The Lord
of the Rings. Yep, it's a magic / dragons / swords / romance / treachery
sorta thing, precisely like what you'll find in Excalibur,
Dragonslayer, and ... um ... Krull.

Starring German woodblock Benno Furmann and B-movie vixen Kristanna Loken,
Dark Kingdom is all sorts of predictable, corny, and trite ... but it
falls we...
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Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton

If you're familiar with Billy Plympton then you know him as a unique artist
with a dynamic style. His art could easily be considered "lively" thanks to the
scribbled appearance, sporadic animation, and colored pencil that is employed.
He is best known for his animated shorts and once you see a few of them you'll
realize that his creativity defies conventionalism. Because of this he has
garnered a lot of recognition and praise from critics. A couple of his pieces
have even been nominated for Academy Awards.

His animations employ an excessive amount of disfigurement and slapstick
violence most of the time. He always seems to think outside of the box to say
the least and his works helped define a portion of the MTV generation. He did a
few clips for them in the late 80s and early 90s for things like a message about
acid rain to shorts that told the tale of the previ...
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Remember the Titans - Director's Cut

Based on a true story, Remember The
Titans is a compelling movieabout a high school football team in Alexandria,
Virginia that is suddenlyforced into racial integration in 1971- a very
turbulent period for doingso. Coach Herman Boone (Denzel Washington), an
African-American, isnamed the head coach by the board, making things even more
uncomfortable forthe white community, and in the process demoting current head
coach BillYoast (Will Patton) to assistant coach. The current players
arequickly angry at both the prospects of losing their current playingpositions
as well as losing a winning coach they admire. This doesn't sitwell for either
coach; Boone has little desire to displace Yoast, but doesso because he is shown
it will ultimately make a positive difference to theblack community; Yoast
considers moving on rather than be dealt such anunfair hand. His wh...
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The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe (2 Disc Collector's Edition)

DVD Video Review: And so the opening
chapter in Disney's answer to the Harry Potter and the Lord of the Rings movies
rolls onto DVD in a beautifully packaged two-disc SE...

Stoned

DVD Video Review: Antohny Nield takes a
look at Sony's just released Region 2 release of Stoned, Stephen Woolley's
deeply disappointing Brian Jones biopic.

La Femme infid�le

DVD Video Review: Anthony Nield takes a
look at La Femme infid�le, another of Arrow's Claude Chabrol offerings soon to
be re-released as part of their Claude Chabrol Collection