A grand historical epic that evinces some impressive costume design and much natural scenic beauty, but never locates a particularly persuasive or enrapturing tone, director Jin Chen’s The Warring States tells the story of two historical Chinese figures whose head games and obstinance threaten to bring ruin to competing kingdoms. For the full, original review, from Screen International, click here. (China Lion, unrated, 125 minutes)
Daily Archives: April 26, 2011
ShockYa DVD Column, April 26
Reese Witherspoon is pretty, but her movies aren’t the ones designed to make Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Michele Bachmann simultaneously crap their pants, so for answers again trip on over to ShockYa, where my latest DVD column is up. And yeah, title is still TK. Get off my back, will ya?