Articles by Allan Tong

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  Kenny

  Clayton Jacobson

  PUBLISHED Apr 3, 2008

  Kenny is an Australian "plumber” who provides (hauls, cleans and flushes) portable johns for car rallies and rock festivals. He’s a generou...

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  The Kite Runner

  Marc Foster

  PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2008

  Based on Khaled Hosseini’s beloved novel, The Kite Runner follows two Afghan boys (one wealthy, the other poor), whose paths separate when...

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  Jimmy Carter Man From Plains

  Jonathan Demme

  PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2008

  When former U.S. President Jimmy Carter published his book Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid in late 2006, he unleashed an angry debate about...

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  Silk

  François Girard

  PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2008

  Silk is a historic romance that’s beautifully filmed but ultimately empty. Based on Alessandro Baricco’s novel, this costume drama follows...

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  2 Days In Paris

  Julie Delpy

  PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2008

  Acclaimed French actress Julie Delpy surprised many when she debuted as a writer-director with this enjoyable comedy about neurotic romance...

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  In The Heat Of The Night: 40th Anniversary Edition

  Norman Jewison

  PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2008

  Film historians commonly cite Bonnie and Clyde or The Graduate as the best film of 1967, but In The Heat of the Night deserves as much prai...

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  The Apartment: Collector's Edition

  Billy Wilder

  PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2008

  Billy Wilder’s classic adultery comedy gets first-rate treatment with this much-improved DVD edition. Released in 1960, The Apartment is a...

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  Up The Yangtze

  Yung Chang

  PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2008

  A luxury cruise boat crawls up the Yangtze, which the Chinese simply call "the River.” Yu Shui, a teenage girl, leaves her shack nestled on...