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	<description>Diary of a Hong Kong Film Fan - Reviews by Peter A. Martin</description>
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		<title>&#8216;Mad Detective&#8217; Review</title>
		<link>http://abtdvd.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/review-mad-detective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter A. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m glad to see that Johnny To has become a recognizable, marketable name on the international film festival circuit. His trio of excellent and stylish films in 2006 (ELECTION, ELECTION 2, EXILED) generated considerable enthusiasm beyond the niche of loyal, hardcore Hong Kong film fans.
Even more exciting for me, though, was the prospect of To [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abtdvd.wordpress.com&blog=319667&post=200&subd=abtdvd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Dog Bite Dog&#8217; Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2006 23:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter A. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grabs you by the back of the neck and body slams you into the mud. Before you can catch your breath, your face is scraped along a broken concrete highway, leaving a long, bloody trail. All that&#8217;s left is for a speeding truck to crush your head like a grape.
 Read my entire review at Twitch.

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		<title>Love for Adults Only</title>
		<link>http://abtdvd.wordpress.com/2006/07/27/love-for-adults-only/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter A. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One more DVD release for the week that I missed on Tuesday: ArtsMagic DVD presents the latest in its &#8220;pink&#8221; line.
Love &#8211; Zero = Infinity
&#8220;One of the infamous ‘Four Devils’ of the Japanese pink movie scene, who dominated the erotic cinema of the 1980s and 90s, Hisayasu Sato delivers his own unique take on the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abtdvd.wordpress.com&blog=319667&post=181&subd=abtdvd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A cello, electric shadows, and other DVDs</title>
		<link>http://abtdvd.wordpress.com/2006/07/25/a-cello-electric-shadows-and-other-dvds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2006 20:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter A. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perusing the wonderfully useful Twitch DVD Release Calendar, here are my picks of the Asian films to be released this week in Region 1.

Cello 
&#8220;A cellist is haunted by strange events after a car wreck.&#8221;

2005. South Korea.  92 minutes.
Tartan Video
Directed by Lee Woo-cheol
Featuring Jeong Ho-bin, Jeong Yu-mi, Park Da-an, Seong Hyeon-a
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		<title>&#8216;The Concrete Revolution&#8217; Review</title>
		<link>http://abtdvd.wordpress.com/2006/07/24/the-concrete-revolution-2004/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2006 04:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter A. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine recently returned from a week-long business trip to Beijing. He talked about the tremendous size of the city, the ten traffic loops that surround it, the incredible cleanliness (people mopping the roads), and the complete absence of birds (as far as he could tell).
He also noted that bulldozers were busy demolishing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abtdvd.wordpress.com&blog=319667&post=173&subd=abtdvd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">The Concrete Revolution.  Image courtesy of Choices Video.</media:title>
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		<title>New Jackie Chan; Miike is Missed</title>
		<link>http://abtdvd.wordpress.com/2006/05/16/new-jackie-chan-miike-is-missed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2006 05:27:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter A. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Jackie Chan revived his Police Story franchise by slapping New in the title and making it more dramatic &#8212; his squad is killed in front of his helpless eyes and he becomes an alcoholic until a young cop gets him back in the game.
If I were to rate the series, I&#8217;d put this fifth installment [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abtdvd.wordpress.com&blog=319667&post=168&subd=abtdvd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">One Missed Call 2. Image courtesy of Tokyo Shock</media:title>
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		<title>Yes, it is Late Spring</title>
		<link>http://abtdvd.wordpress.com/2006/05/09/yes-it-is-late-spring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2006 19:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter A. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dig deep into your pockets, folks, it&#8217;s time to fork over two twenties for another Criterion release.  Here&#8217;s the sales pitch in their own words:
&#8220;One of the most powerful of Yasujiro Ozu&#8217;s family portraits, Late Spring tells the story of a widowed father who feels compelled to marry off his beloved only daughter. Eminent [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abtdvd.wordpress.com&blog=319667&post=167&subd=abtdvd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is Mountain Patrol coming to your town?</title>
		<link>http://abtdvd.wordpress.com/2006/04/17/is-mountain-patrol-coming-to-your-town/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2006 20:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter A. Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cinema News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In view of the dearth of any new Asian films being released on Region 1 DVD this week, we direct your attention to the limited release of Kekexili: Mountain Patrol (official web site).  Is it just in New York City this week?
According to the site, only a truly limited number of US communities will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abtdvd.wordpress.com&blog=319667&post=165&subd=abtdvd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sam Anderson: Lost but Really Cool</title>
		<link>http://abtdvd.wordpress.com/2006/04/12/sam-anderson-lost-but-really-cool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter A. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Admit it. You&#8217;re staring at the middle-aged actor playing Bernard on Lost and thinking: I know this guy.  Doesn&#8217;t he live down the street from me? Bernard is the white dentist married to the black lady of faith.
Bernard is a very decent man and that was proven tonight.  Very nice to see Rose [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abtdvd.wordpress.com&blog=319667&post=164&subd=abtdvd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>18 Fingers May Kill You</title>
		<link>http://abtdvd.wordpress.com/2006/04/12/18-fingers-may-kill-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter A. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry for the delay in posting this week. This is an arid time for Region 1 Asian releases, so if you&#8217;re aimlessly wandering around the &#8220;New Releases&#8221; section of your local rental shops and come across 18 Fingers of Death!, beware.  Supposedly it&#8217;s a &#8220;mockumentary&#8221; directed by James Lew.  I&#8217;d never heard of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abtdvd.wordpress.com&blog=319667&post=163&subd=abtdvd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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