Friday, February 10, 2012

2.10.2012 - News [Roast Pork Sliced From A Rusty Cleaver] (飲水思源)

FBA: Love review
Good-looking, multi-character Valentine's Day movie, stronger in parts than as a whole.
Shu Qi at the Taipei premiere of "Love" last night
Amber Kuo, Shu Qi, Wang Zhonglei

Eddie Peng, Ivy Chen

  (Sina)

A superstar and his erstwhile fan develop a high-concept romance when thrown together in an inn two-and-a-half miles above sea level in Johnnie To's gorgeous-looking escapist meller "Romancing in Thin Air."

Feng Xiaogang is undergoing some personal crisis and is contemplating quitting filmmaking according to posts on his Weibo. Feng's film "If You Are the One 2" accounted for a third of Huayi Brothers revenues last year. The stock price of Huayi Brothers has dropped 11 pct since Feng's comment five days ago. The post led to over ten thousand comments from netizens. Feng later backtracked and responded with thanks for their concern and he said that he would repsect  his contract with Huayi and complete "Remembering 1942". (Sina), 2

Stills from "Crazy Stupid Thief" which premieres Sunday at the opening of the  Harbin Ice and Snow Film Festival.
Wang Taili (of Chopstick Brothers), Lin Jian (Lin Wai-kin)

Lam Suet, Ying Er, Francis Ng

Ying Er, Francis Ng, Peng Bo


The trio [of films] will be given a splashy launch at next month's Hong Kong FilMart. 

CRI: Berlin Int'l Film Festival Raises Curtain
Chinese director Wang Quan'an will present his latest film "White Deer Plain" in the main competition, vying for the top award for the third time, after his winning a Gold Bear in 2007 and a Sliver Bear in 2010.
Wang's movie, which is more than three hours long, depicts twists and turns of two major families in a village of Shanxi Province over half a century before 1949, based on a controversial and prize-winning eponymous novel by Chinese outstanding writer Chen Zhongshi.
CF: Film Clip of "White Deer Plain" Out


The Hong Kong singer reportedly changed his number tag used at the Standard Chartered Marathon last weekend
Jeremy Lin planking (Deadspin)

Lakers-Knicks tonight
"I don't know anything about him," Kobe Bryant added. "I honestly have no idea what you guys are talking about. I've heard about him, but I have never seen him. I will watch some tape though. I can tell you that."
'On the Court It's Just Basketball'
Lin and his family have gotten a kick out of all the nicknames people are coming up with for him. There's the most popular Linsanity, but also Linsane, Linning, Jeremy "My Shot is Fall" Lin, Super Lintendo, among others.

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