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“Three” Movie Review by Daniel Barnes

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Three (2016; Johnnie To) GRADE: A- By Daniel Barnes The best film of 2016 so far. Fresh off a failed raid, a hard-boiled Hong Kong cop (Louis Koo) brings a wounded prisoner (Wallace Chung) into the hospital for emergency surgery and an illegal frame-up.  They get tended by […]

“Office” Movie Review by Daniel Barnes

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Office (2015; Johnnie To) GRADE: B By Daniel Barnes After a brief post-TIFF Bay Area engagement last fall, prolific Hong Kong producer-director Johnnie To’s corporate workplace musical Office gets another run at the California Theatre in Berkeley. To is best known stateside for crime and action movies like […]