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On December 8, 1941, the United States declared war on Japan. For the next several years, U.S. forces were fully engaged in battle throughout the Pacific, taking over islands one by one in a slow…

The premise for Windtalkers is a fascinating one that is trivialized rather than explored. Director John Woo pulls out every Navajo cliché, including ritualistic flute-playing and mystical burials.…

Some misfires are sadder than others. John Woo is a master of action and character, whether working on his own Hong Kong turf with The Killer or in America with Face/Off. And here Woo has a great…

Hailed by action star Jean-Claude Van Damme as "the Martin Scorsese of Asia," Woo was a legendary action director in the burgeoning Hong Kong film industry before emigrating to Hollywood to direct Van…

A celebrated actor, director and playwright in his native Sweden, Peter Stormare made his American film breakthrough playing a quiet, sociopathic killer in the Coen Brothers’ dark comedy, "Fargo"…

Like many other actors who were tagged “best of a generation,” Mark Ruffalo’s roots were in theater and independent film where his honest, open character approach was applauded. His breakout stage…