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Mad Detective.

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2008-07-18 08:12:38 by Editor in The Latest from GreenCine Daily
...Detective , the conceit is that detective Bun ( Lau Ching-wan ) is an investigative ace as well as a complete loon who reenacts crimes in order to crack them and claims to be able to see people's 'inner personalities Mad Detective .">Continued reading Mad Detective Mad Detective .">Comments (0 Comments on this Entry
 
Tags: mad detective, co-director wai ka-fai, writes benjamin sutton, notes nick schager, goofy supernatural twist, narrative rules, neo-noir conventions, comments, gangster sagas
 
 
 
 
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Asian Films on DVD: 'Nightmare Detective,' 'Zebraman,' 'Girl Boss Revenge'

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2008-02-20 00:00:00 by Peter Martin in Cinematical
...detective, a zebra and revenge! What more could you ask for when seeking out Japanese films newly-released on DVD? I've been hearing terrific things about Nightmare Detective since it came out in Japan early last year. Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto , who also made Tetsuo, the Iron Man and A Snake of June , among other wonderfully weird and...
 
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Botswanian Detective Pic Heads to HBO

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2008-03-11 00:00:00 by Monika Bartyzel in Cinematical
...detective agency was enough to hook me when I wrote about the cinematic adaptation of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency just over a year ago when Anthony Minghella and Richard Curtis were putting it together. In June , we found out that Anika Noni Rose was joining Jill Scott in the production. Now it's veered off-course and will no longer be...
 
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Nick Carter, Master Detective (1939)

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2008-04-29 18:15:49 by admin in FilmFanatic.org
...Detective Nick Carter (Walter Pidgeon) investigates espionage at the Radex Airplane Factory while courting a lovely female nurse (Rita Johnson) and dealing with an admiring amateur sleuth (Donald Meek Genres Detectives and Private Eyes Jacques Tourneur Films Spies World War II Review After acquiring the rights to adapt all 1,100 stories...
 
Tags: nick carter, detective nick carter, pidgeon, walter pidgeon, review, capsule review, nick carter films, jacques tourneur films, jacques tourneur
 
 
 
 
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One Other February DVD TitleNightmare Detective

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2008-02-02 21:22:08 by Kurt Halfyard in Row Three
...Detective . Indeed, this film is great enough to deserve its own post. It is highly misleading to assume from the trailer (below) that this is just another J-Horror cell-phone type horror movie. With Tsukamoto at the helm, even a straight-up genre flick delves deep into strange and dark corners. The three of us here at rowthree that caught...
 
Tags: film, film grotto, dvd release, dark, dark corners, nightmare detective, shinya tsukamoto, tsukamoto, andrew
 
 
 
 
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Mobile Phone Detective, a Japanese TV Drama Featuring Shin Don-Wook

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2008-03-08 13:29:45 by Yessi Pratiwi in Korean Cinema
Actor Shin Dong-wook acts as a detective in Japanese TV Drama. The drama, Mobile Phone Detective, is expected to boost Shins popularity in Japan. Episodes featuring Shin has begun airing in Japan Feb. 23
 
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Mad Detective (HONG KONG)

2008-07-18 03:22:00 by The Sly Fox in The Sly Fox Film Reviews
 
...Detective, the device is more comical than compelling, given that the whodunit is a collaboration of Hong Kong action mavens Johnny To Ka-Fai Wai. So brace yourself for a trademark low-budget, high body-count, blood and guts affair resting on an implausible plot which doesnt always make logical sense But what do you expect of a chopsocky...
 
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NEWS: Minghella to helm 'No. Ladies' Detective Agency,' Sandler/Apatow, Warners picks up 'Bone'

2008-03-10 22:35:13 by Editor in Cinema Sideshow
 
...Detective Agency" which will be directed by Anthony Minghella. It's nice to see that someone's taken notice of this exceptional series of novels, Minghella could really do the project justice. Extra-plus bonus points -- Minghella co-wrote the two-hour pilot with Richard Curtis ( Four Weddings and a Funeral, Love Actually, "The Vicar of...
 
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Bangkok author's detective novels optioned by Keanu

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2008-04-08 17:13:00 by WiseKwai in Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal
...detective novels optioned for film production by Keanu Reeves and Michael Clayton producer Steve Samuels The writer of 21 novels, Moore is one of the most recognized of the Bangkok noir authors. His Calvino novels, of which there are nine, fictionalize the underworld of Bangkok's night-time haunts, foreigners living on the edge and, of...
 
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