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Kung Fu fans rejoice:

A martial arts film done right

By Gil Riego Jr.

Legendary martial art superstars Jackie Chan and Jet Li collide for the first time in one of the greatest modern day kung fu films since "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Shaolin Soccer" - "The Forbidden Kingdom." An amazing cinematic adventure consisting of tastefully used wire work (as with most Li and action sequence choreographer Yuen Woo-ping films), the computer graphic fight scenes are limited.

'88 Minutes' of film or torture?

By Gil Riego Jr.

Even the legendary Tony Montana couldn't save "88 Minutes" from 108 minutes of boredom. "88 Minutes" plays off the theme of real-time filming. It's often very hard to do, and rarely done well. Al Pacino plays a forensic psychologist by the name of Jack Gramm, who has given psychological evaluations to high-profile serial murderers like Ted Bundy.

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