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


China's Oscar entry, Wen Muyue's 'Once Upon a Time in the Middle East,' is a bafflingly entertaining, politically reprehensible antiwar epic.

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