<div><p>ROME (Reuters) - Chinese director John Woo, famed for his choreographed action movies such as "Face/Off" and "Mission: Impossible II," will receive a lifetime award at next year's Venice film festival, organizers said on Monday.</p><p>Woo, who besides being a film-maker also founded the Lion Rock production ...

<div><p>Fittingly for a director who has scored cinematic hits in Hong Kong and Hollywood, John Woo says his next film will depict Chinese and Americans working side-by-side successfully.</p><p>After tackling ancient history in "Red Cliff," released in US theaters on Friday, Woo is fast-forwarding to World War Two ...

<div id="subtitle">Jackie Chan, Jet Li add star power to Chinese propaganda film as officials try to woo young</div><div><p>China's staid cultural commissars are turning to the likes of Jackie Chan and Jet Li, hoping that an injection of star power into a state-funded movie about the ...