Feihong Yu and Henry O in Wayne Wang’s A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
(photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures)
On the surface, director Wayne Wang’s A Thousand Years of Good Prayers is a simple story about an elderly father who comes from China to America to help his adult daughter through a divorce. Underneath, it’s a bit [...]

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The more I see of this movie, the more I’m convinced it might be worth seeing just for Josh Brolin’s performance. He seems to have captured Bush effectively without stooping into caricature. I still doubt the movie will be any good or that it will change anyone’s opinion of our current president, but it might [...]

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A giant among children, Danny McBride teachesThe Foot Fist Way
It’s not the best week for undiscovered DVD releases, but this is definitely a Movie You May Have Missed.
The Foot Fist Way (2008) ***
Danny McBride made a pretty big splash this summer with high-profile appearances in both Pineapple Express and Tropic Thunder, but he landed on [...]

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