Windtalkers is a Second World War melodrama about a broken soul. But it strains to be a heroic saga about racial healing under fire. Director John Woo’s desire to make this movie a true epic ...

WINDTALKERS: War drama. Starring Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach and Christian Slater. Directed by John Woo. (R. 130 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) "Windtalkers" tells a lukewarm story about some unknown ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Woo is talking up the legacy of his 2002 WWII drama “Windtalkers.” The acclaimed action director revisited the film in a wide ...

Not a single head turns as Adam Beach bounds through the lobby of the Four Seasons Hotel. But the T-shirted, jeans-clad actor, who caused a stir in the indie hit “Smoke Signals” and is now considered ...

Reviewing the box office return of “Windtalkers,” which has been characterized as “another disappointment for MGM” (“ ‘Scooby-Doo’ Fetches Biggest June Debut,” by Richard Natale, June 17), confirms ...

This 2002 war movie that reunites Nicolas Cage with his legendary Face/Off helmer, John Woo, has a director's cut worth seeking out.

John Woo is the consummate filmmaker when it comes to crafting violent eye-candy. His gloriously mechanical technique provides a perfect fit for the hyper-stylized fury of his Chinese films like “Hard ...

THE BEST thing about John Woo's "Windtalkers" is what could have been. During World War II, the Japanese were breaking American codes with such alarming regularity, it was crucial to find an ...

Here's a typical John Woo tactic: Put actors in a scene with detonating bombs, flying bullets and shooting flames, but don't tell the actors the pyrotechnics will be extra powerful, thus guaranteeing ...

Windtalkers" are Navajo Indians, World War II Marines who devised an unbreakable battle coder to foil the Japanese in the Pacific. In a fictionalized tribute that challenges "Saving Private Ryan" for ...

MGM Inc. on Wednesday warned Wall Street of much steeper losses than expected for the latest quarter and full year, days after its current movie “Windtalkers” became the latest in a string of ...

"We lost a lot of money," Woo said of the 2002 WWII drama starring Nicolas Cage. “The studio, MGM, let me do what I wanted to, especially if I wanted to make changes,” Woo said. “At the beginning, I ...