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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Samuel Tom Holiday, one of the remaining Navajo Code Talkers who served in World War II, is expected to be a special guest Saturday at the Stars and Stripes Film Festival at the Angelika Film Center ...

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 ...

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 ...