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 ...

Just weeks before its scheduled release, MGM Distribution Company has moved its epic war movie Windtalkers from Nov 9 to June 14, 2002, to avoid any uncertainties that might affect the box office in ...

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Christian Slater, Noah Emmerich and Peter Stormare. Screenplay: Joe Batteer and John Rice. Director: John Woo. Rated: R for pervasive graphic war violence, and for ...

A lot of hot air. Running time: 134 minutes. Rated R (graphic violence, profanity). At the Kips Bay, the Chelsea, the Union Square, others. THE disappointing “Windtalkers” is a depressing example of ...

Windtalkers is a 2002 American war film directed and co-produced by John Woo. The film is centered around the real story of Navajo code talkers during World War II. Released on June 14, 2002, in the ...

One of the great paradoxes of warfare is that, as it drives nations apart, it sometimes brings the people of one country together. A case in point: the ways World War II began to break down ...

You might think that it is fair to expect a movie called “Windtalkers” to be about, well, Windtalkers, the Navajo soldiers whose indispensable contribution to the American forces in World War II was ...

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 ...

“Windtalkers” was a bomb. “Windtalkers” was a bad movie. These two facts are not disputed. However, why this movie performed poorly at the box office has very little to do with the studio’s decision ...

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 ...

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 ...