Interview: Director John Woo on His ‘Red Cliff’ Premiere at the 2009 Chicago...
CHICAGO– John Woo, whose mastery of the action movie was once compared by director Sam Raimi to the suspense mastery of Alfred Hitchcock, premiered his new film, “Red Cliff” at the Chicago...
View ArticleHollywoodChicago.com’s Top 7 Interviews of 2009
CHICAGO– The celebrities do come to Chicago, sometimes to sit through the grinding interrogation of HollywoodChicago.com’s Patrick McDonald. The Lucky Seven of 2009 comprise the best of last year,...
View ArticleBlu-Ray Review: Theatrical Cut of ‘Red Cliff’ Plays Like a Trailer For a...
CHICAGO– When moviegoers think of John Woo, the first image that comes to mind isn’t legions of ancient armies fighting each other with bows and arrows, but rather two men holding each other at...
View ArticleBlu-Ray Review: ‘Hard Boiled’ Stands as Riveting Action Classic
CHICAGO– John Woo changed my life. I was just the right age when I saw “The Killer” and “Hard Boiled” that they blew my mind. Wait, you mean not all foreign films look like Jean-Luc Godard? I was young...
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