WSJ: Taiwan Tribe Epic Leads Golden Horse Nominations
A 4-1/2-hour drama recounting the armed rebellion by Taiwan’s indigenous Seediq tribes in 1930 against Japanese colonial rule leads nominations at this Saturday’s 48th Golden Horse Awards, that honors the year’s best Chinese-language cinema.
The 48th Golden Horse Awards Kicked off in Hsin-chu, southeast China's Taiwan on Saturday, Nov. 26.
CF: Carina Lau and Qin Hailu on Board to Present Golden Horse Awards
'A Simple Life' big winner at Taiwan film festival
Hong Kong's Ann Hui has won the best director award for her movie "A Simple Life" at Taiwan's Golden Horse Film Festival.
"A Simple Life" also won Andy Lau the best actor award and Deanie Ip the best actress honor. Ip plays a domestic helper who copes with her own aging while serving her master, played by Lau.
'A Simple Life' big winner at Taiwan film festival
Hong Kong's Ann Hui has won the best director award for her movie "A Simple Life" at Taiwan's Golden Horse Film Festival.
"A Simple Life" also won Andy Lau the best actor award and Deanie Ip the best actress honor. Ip plays a domestic helper who copes with her own aging while serving her master, played by Lau.
Hong Kong's 'A Simple Life' sweeps 'China Oscars'
Yu Dong, producer of "The Dragon Gate" and CEO of the Bona Film Group announced yesterday at the movie's premiere ceremony that they will not raise prices and will partake in any form of smear campaign. Dong's made these comments following the actions of Zhang Weiping, CEO of the production company responsible for "The Flowers of War" who was able to force eight large cinemas to increase the price of their cheapest tickets.
Five of the leading roles including Jet Li, Chen Kun, Li Yuchun, Guey Lun-mei and Mavis Fan made an appearance at the event. However, director Tsui Hark and another lead actress Zhou Xun were absent. Tsui is said to be busy with the post-production stages of the film.Australian filmmaker burned by Dragon
As the first racing car film dedicated to female drivers, the cast of "Speed Angels" have been revelling in the presence of three award winning actresses - Cecilia Cheung, Rene Liu and Tang Wei since they started filming.
As the film premiered in Beijing, some media reflected that there were wide discrepancies between the plot and the actually historic events. Echoing that opinion, director Daniel Lee said that "the film represents my attitude and perspective of the history, so it will be meaningless if the both are wholly identical."
No box office from Chinese blockbuster [The Dragon Pearl] for SA filmmaker
Low-budget local movie "Love is Not Blind" slayed its competitors of four Hollywood blockbusters at this week's box office, taking the top spot repeatedly. The constant boom of this romance has a positive significance to guide the production of domestic films and set a good example for low/ medium scale movie. This film's success indicates that the mode of "good story+ capable director+ talented actors+ suitable market promoting+ marketable distribution schedule" is the very effective approach to earn impressive ticket sales.An Emmy award-winning film producer is fighting to recoup millions of box office dollars in returns from China.
Quirky but original sequel to action-comedy The Underdog Knight, flawed by a weak finale.
FBA: The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake review
"We've tried to contract for that but that's all being ignored because that's not how you do it in China."
Fascinating genre-bender that morphs from C-Horror into something quite different.
Ambitious but failed attempt at a live-action version of a cult animated short.
Entertaining action drama on Qiu Jin, commandingly played by Crystal Huang.
Variety: Honey Pupu review
A deliriously wild mix of Web-based youth culture, fantasia and memory, Chen Hung-I's dreamy "Honey Pupu" is the work of a strong voice uninterested in conventional narrative rules.
TimeOutHK: Tsui Hark
A deliriously wild mix of Web-based youth culture, fantasia and memory, Chen Hung-I's dreamy "Honey Pupu" is the work of a strong voice uninterested in conventional narrative rules.
TimeOutHK: Tsui Hark
Whether as producer or director, Tsui Hark has delivered many of our cinema’s greatest hits over the past 30 years
TimeOutHK: Wei Te-sheng
How could Wei Te-sheng better himself after directing the highest grossing Taiwanese movie ever?
CF: Johnny To and Wai Ka-Fai to Shoot Gangster Film on Mainland
Johnny To and Wai Ka-Fai are teaming up again for a new project based on the mainland, titled "Drug War"
TimeOutHK: Wei Te-sheng
How could Wei Te-sheng better himself after directing the highest grossing Taiwanese movie ever?
CF: Johnny To and Wai Ka-Fai to Shoot Gangster Film on Mainland
Johnny To and Wai Ka-Fai are teaming up again for a new project based on the mainland, titled "Drug War"
Josie Ho, daughter of the gambling mogul Stanley Ho, was recently spotted having a meeting with Reeves. Other big names, including Zhou Dongyu and Liu Yifei are also on Reeves' shortlist.
CRI: Ads Axed during Popular TV Shows
Commercial breaks during television dramas are to be banned from next year, China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television announced on Friday.
"The order is a double-edged sword," Ren Jianwei, an official of Shanghai's Drama Channel, told Shanghai Daily. "It will certainly affect our ad revenue, but it will also attract more people to watch TV."
Founded in 1945, the Changchun Film Studio, later known as the CFGC after transitioning to a corporate structure, is widely regarded as the cradle of modern Chinese film. The studio influenced generations of audiences with the country's first feature-length film "Qiao (Bridge)" (1949) and many other acclaimed works.
"Dou Niu (Cow)" (2009) was one of the company's post-reform masterpieces. The film, depicting a peasant who is tasked with protecting his village's dairy cow during a harsh winter prior to the founding of the "New China," received 7 nominations at the Golden Horse Film Festival in Taiwan and premiered in the "Orizzonti" category at the 66th Venice Film Festival.
As the first racing car film dedicated to female drivers, the cast of "Speed Angels" have been revelling in the presence of three award winning actresses - Cecilia Cheung, Rene Liu and Tang Wei since they started filming.
The film will hit national screens on November 29.
Director David Wu, along with leads Peter Ho, Song Jia and Mickey Ho attended the event.
The film will hit cinema screens on December 1.
Sexy actress Monika Mok [Mo Xiaoqi], dressed in a leopard-skin outfit performed a pole dance at the press conference held for "My Own Swordsman" director Shang Jing's new project "Crazy Banquet" [vide "Crazy Dinner"]yesterday in Beijing.
The first round of still photos for the gangster film "Cold War" have been released, featuring scenes of explosive action. In order to create authentic explosion scenes, the makers not only utilized a number of special effects, but also invited a demolitions expert to create real explosions. The film starts shooting in October and will be screened in the first half of 2012.
The makers of the comedy blockbuster, "Celebrate Spring Festival with Relatives by Marriage", recently released a batch of still shots. Produced by Manfred Wong, directed by Raymond Yip, and starring Wen Zhang and Liu Yun, the film is expected to be screened during the Spring Festival holiday slot
The film boasts an all-star cast including Tom Hanks, Hugo Weaving, Halle Berry, Susan Sarandon, Jim Broadbent , Hugh Grant and Korean star Du-na Bae and Chinese actress Zhou Xun.
The movie is slated for release on November 24
Huang Yi, the star of the latest blockbuster comedy "East Meets West 2011", poses for a photo shoot in a seductive uniform to promote the film.
MSN: Carl Ng keeps co-stars on their toes
Cammi Tse aborted Vincent Wong's child
16-year-old model Cammi Tse has been a hot topic ever since the recent scandal with Edison Chen, but it is now reported that she had an abortion earlier this year and the father was actor Vincent Wong, who just got married two weeks ago to actress Yoyo Chen
After his 2008 marriage to actress Carina Lau, the pair has been trying to conceive a child with no success. Upon hearing rumours that Andy's wife, Carol Chu, managed to successfully conceive through artificial insemination, the couple harbours plans to undergo the procedure too.Cammi Tse aborted Vincent Wong's child
16-year-old model Cammi Tse has been a hot topic ever since the recent scandal with Edison Chen, but it is now reported that she had an abortion earlier this year and the father was actor Vincent Wong, who just got married two weeks ago to actress Yoyo Chen
It is understood that Hannah specially brought her father around to sightsee as he seldom visits Taiwan since his divorce with Hannah's mother, who is a Taiwanese.
The former actress celebrated daughter, Etta Ng’s 12th birthday in Hong Kong
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