Friday, March 11, 2016

Desperado


Mariachi (Antonio Banderas) plunges headfirst into the dark border underworld when he follows a trail of blood to the last of the infamous Mexican drug lords, Bucho (Joaquim de Almeida), for an action-packed, bullet-riddled showdown. With the help of his best friend (Steve Buscemi) and a beautiful bookstore owner (Salma Hayek), the Mariachi tracks Bucho, takes on his army of desperados, and leaves a trail of blood of his own.

    Release date: August 25, 1995 (USA)
    Director: Robert Rodriguez
    Film series: Mexico Trilogy
    Music composed by: Los Lobos
    Languages: English, Spanish
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Saturday, March 5, 2016

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

    Ten years after simian flu wiped out much of the world's homosapiens, genetically enhanced chimpanzee Caesar (Andy Serkis) and his ever-growing band of followers have established a thriving colony just outside San Francisco in Muir Woods. Meanwhile, a small band of human survivors emerges, which forces Caesar -- as leader -- to grapple with the dual challenge of protecting his people and re-establishing a relationship with the remaining human population -- the latter being Caesar's secret wish.
    Release date: July 11, 2014 (USA)
    Director: Matt Reeves
    Film series: Planet of the Apes reboot series
    Adapted from: Planet of the Apes
    Screenplay: Mark Bomback, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, Scott Z. Burns, Amanda 
    Silver, Rick Jaffa
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Thursday, March 3, 2016

The Killer

Mob assassin Jeffrey (Chow Yun-Fat) is no ordinary hired gun; the best in his business, he views his chosen profession as a calling rather than simply a job. So, when beautiful nightclub chanteuse Jennie (Sally Yeh) is blinded in the crossfire of his most recent hit, Jeffrey chooses to retire after one last job to pay for his unintended victim's sight-restoring operation. But when Jeffrey is double-crossed, he reluctantly joins forces with a rogue policeman (Danny Lee) to make things right.

Release date: September 1990 (USA)
Director: John Woo
Box office: 18.26 million HKD
Initial DVD release: March 2, 2007 (Sweden)
Awards: Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director, Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film Editing

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