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Saturday, October 8, 2011

Love Never Dies (aka Blocked) - Hangzhou Premiere Press Conference [Roast Pork Sliced From A Rusty Cleaver] (飲水思源)

Labels: Blocked, Francis Ng, Ge Si-Ran, Love Never Dies, Ni Dahong Posted by dleedlee at 5:29 PM 2 comments

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"In a traffic jam...love can be this romantic"

Summary: A film poised to resonate with Beijingers, this Chinese film is set in a fictitious city where people languish in their cars during heavy traffic. It offers something for everyone, with love, action, fantasy, suspense and black humor in a poignant story of desolation. (GlobalTimes)

(Oct.8) Lover Never Dies (aka Blocked) held a press conference for the premiere in Hangzhou. The urban action-comdedy film opens nationwide on Oct.14. Recently, it was feared that the film's release would be delayed because of a controversy surrounding a couple of the cast members. Two of the actors, husband and wife, Sun Haiying and Lv Luping attracted much attention and boycott threats for making anti-gay remarks earlier this year.

Gay groups urge boycott of movies by Lü Liping and Sun Haiying
Homophobic remarks end in boycott

GlobalTimes: Onward, Christian actors

Lu Liping and Sun Haiying are a rare mainland couple [2.24.2011]

Director A Nian

Francis Ng

Chen Zhipeng

Ni Dahong

Ge Siran

Lv Liping, Sun Haiying

Baha Guli

Ge Siran

Baha Guli

(Sina)

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Blocked - Beijing Press Conference

Labels: Blocked, Francis Ng, Ge Si-Ran, Ni Dahong Posted by dleedlee at 11:38 AM 2 comments

(Aug.30) Photos from a press conference in Beijing for Blocked (lit. Traffic Jam), a collection of stories with action, comedy, fantasy, suspense and black humor. Film opens in China on Oct. 14. Interestingly, all of the characters names are names of classic films, e.g., Francis Ng's is Rashomon.

Director A Nian (Ah Nian)

Francis Ng

Baha Guli, a Uighur model

Chen Zhipeng (Banny Chan)

Ge Si-Ran

Wu Jun-Yu

Collar adjustment

Baha Guli

Ni Dahong, Ge Si-Ran

Various posters

An alternate English title?

Ni Dahong in a still from Blocked

(Sina), 2, 3

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

1.11.2011 - News

Labels: AngelaBaby, Bai Ling, Blocked, Cecilia Cheung, Eternal Moment, Faye Wong, Ge Si-Ran, Lady Generals, Man With Iron Fists, Ni Dahong, RZA Posted by dleedlee at 12:59 PM 2 comments

CRI: 'Single Men and Women' Releases Posters (Don't Go Breaking My Heart)
Director Johnnie To explained his view of a love story, "In most times, a woman can't get married not because she has no choice but because she has too many choices." And in this case there is competition between two excellent guys. It is said that the only way to win a girl's heart is to treat her with sincerity.

CRI: Theme Song Released for 'What Women Want'

Andy Lau sings in English for the first time in a long time.

CRI:New Stills out: Valiant Cecilia Cheung

"Lady Generals" is inspired by the ancient saga of a large family in which widows followed their husbands' steps into the battlefield. Mu Guiying was the most famous one among the lady generals of the Yang family.