‘Once Upon in the Middle East’ Review: China’s Oscar Entry Is a Breakneck Blockbuster That Mixes Food Porn With Wartime Devastation

Not since Zhang Yimou’s 2002 wuxia spectacle “Hero” has China landed an Oscar information for Best International Feature — and this adust spell surely won’t beryllium breached with this year’s bombastic submission “Once Upon a Time successful the Middle East.” Like astir of the country’s entries implicit the past decade, this blockbuster epic — a […]