In Zhang Yimou’s recent Chinese monster epic, William Garin (Matt Damon) and Pero Tovar (Pedro Pascal), two European mercenaries seeking black powder, are taken captive by the Nameless Order, guardians of China’s Great Wall. The Commander of the Crane Troop, Lin Mae (Jing Tian), holds them prisoner as a cyclical battle between the Order and a force of…
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Another Write Teacher(s) Review for Manchester by the Sea
Too often, films are hasty to wrap up neat and nice with a happy ending. While this may satiate audiences, it does very little to replicate a reality in which people don’t always get what they want, life takes unexpected and tragic turns, and some wounds just don’t heal. Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester by the Sea does little…