8.16.2010 - News

THR: Chinese film takes Locarno's top prize
Li Hongqi 's "Han Jia" (Winter Vacation), a coming-of-age story set it small town China, won the Locarno Film Festival's Golden Leopard prize Saturday during a full but drizzly ceremony at the Piazza Grande. It is the second consecutive year that a film from a Chinese director took home the festival's top prize.

Li’s “Winter Vacation” centers on four idle, aimless adolescents who gather at Zhou Zhixin’s home. According to a Locarno description, the teenagers are hoping to enjoy their last day of holiday and want to hang out in this place where nothing ever seems likely to happen. Their conversations are desultory and they sometimes seem to argue for argument’s sake. One of them, Laowu, talks frankly with his girlfriend about how teenage love might affect their studies, while Laobao questions school’s value and relevance to real life. The film also won the FIPRESCI competition, whith fellow Chinese production, “Kamaray” by Xu Xin receiving a special mention. (IndieWire)
Variety: Winter Vacation (Han Jia)

FBA: Lost on Journey (人在囧途) (7/10)
Good chemistry between the two leads makes for an enjoyable, odd-couple road movie.

City Under Siege: No 'Inception' but still very entertaining

If you love Hong Kong films and have some spare time, the enjoyable (albeit generic) blend of action, comedy and eye candy in "City Under Siege" will not disappoint.

Charlene Choi

Raymond Lam Fung

While promoting The Jade and The Pearl with Raymond Lam, Charlene Choi repeated a previously stated desire to take a year off from chasing fame and fortune to regain her health and balance. She said that no doctor's medicine could help her with her past bouts with dizziness, low blood sugar and stomach cramps. (Sina)

Joey Yung signing posters

Raymond Lam and Joey Yung

THR: China turns off entertainment for day of mourning

The scheduled Beijing premiere of Dante Lam's Stool Pigeon was postponed. Sunday, Aug.15, had been declared a national day of mourning for the Zhouqu, Gansu Province landslide disaster victims. (Sina), (FBA)

Aaron Kwok

A celebrity charity auto race in Shanghai for Jet Li's One Foundation was among the events postposed for the national day of mourning.

Chin Kar-Lok

Ekin Cheng

Athena Chu

Lee San San

(Sina), 2, 3, (Xinhua)

Gigi Leung observed a moment of silence and called for donations to help landslide victims before holding a CD autograph session at Tai Po MegaMall. The games portion of the meeting was cancelled.

(Xinhua-slide show), 2

Karen Mok offered up birthday greetings to ex-boyfriend Stephen Fung at a Habitat for Humanity event.

(Sina)

A drunken fan bearing floweres crashed a VIP interview room frightening Gillian Chung who was attending a beer promotion in Malaysia. Security was tightened up around the stage afterwards.

(Xinhua)

Lucas' trademark mop-top was shaved off for the summer heat

Lucas and Quintus

(Sina)

GlobalTimes: The branding (and rebranding) of actress Zhang Ziyi: part one

SG: Michelle Reis pregnant?

SG: Ken Zhu and Kelly Lin split up

HK actress Lynn Hung denies cosmetic surgery rumours

Lost on Journey - Posters Released

Three posters for the comedy film Lost on Journey featuring Wang Baoqiang and Xu Zheng were just released this week. Screenings in Wuhan and Beijing were well received by audiences. Member have not had such a laugh in a long time. Film critics said the film has a strong sense of the times and the flavor of life.

(HunanTV), (ifeng)

5.21.2010 - News

Two concept posters for Felix Chong and Alan Mak's The Lost Bladesman were released at Cannes. The character for 'righteousness' is seen on the blade.

(Sina)

THR: Shanghai festival unveils line-up
In keeping with past years, SIFF programmers appear again to have had trouble attracting major world premiere titles to the event, which falls right on the heels of the Cannes Film Festival in France.
Hong Kong Chinese director John Woo will lead the SIFF's main jury, which also includes Hong Kong actress Charlie Yeung,
Organizers promised China's A-list movie-world regulars would walk the event's red carpet -- from actresses such as Fan Bingbing and Yu Nan to directors Chen Kaige, Feng Xiaogang and 2010 Cannes competitor Wang Xiaoshuai.
THR: HK producer to revisit 'Sex' in 3D
Sex and Zen redux

• Stereoscopic 3D has lured veteran producer and screenwriter Stephen Siu to return to filmmaking, with a reinvention of his 1991 Chinese erotic classic “Sex and Zen," and an upcoming 3D film adaptation of the beloved Ming dynasty Chinese fantasy “The Investiture of the Gods” ("Fengshen Yanyi").
• “Local Category III erotica had been in decline since the proliferation of the Internet; confined by the ratings systems, Category III films could not compete with the material available online for free,” Siu told The Hollywood Reporter. “But 3-D and IMAX versions are a different story, the audience has to go into the cinema to get the full experience. The realistic rendering of the environment and the action makes it perfect for genres that appeal to the senses. 3D has turned Category III erotica from a dead genre to a possible genre.”

CRI: "Mr. and Mrs. Incredible" Snapped Up at Cannes

CRI: "Lost on Journey" Premieres in Beijing on Wednesday

New comedy from Raymond Yip Wai-Man

The story takes place in the period before Spring Festival Eve when China's national railway system is overloaded with people rushing back home. It is extremely hard for many people to get a ticket back, let alone a comfortable seat.

Wang Baoqiang stars as a dairy worker who loses his job before Spring Festival, while Xu Zheng plays a businessman who's in trouble with his wife and mistress.

The two characters meet while travelling to their hometown to spend Spring Festival with relatives. Funny things happen between the two men and with the people they encounter on their way home.

Hong Kong Film Archive presents "The Bitter Tears of Ruan Lingyu"

Ocean Heaven (Ocean Paradise) web launch event

Director Xue Xiaolu, Wen Zhang, Guei Lun-Mei

Wen Zhang

Guei Lun-Mei

(Xinhua)

Fan Bingbing - Zhao's Orphan

Back from Cannes, on the set of Zhao's Orphan, Fan Bingbing carries her own umbrella!

(HunanTV)

Pretend Couple, a comedy, launched in Yunnan

Huang Bo (Cow), Jiang Yiyan (City of Life and Death)

This is Jiang Yiyan's first try at comedy

(HunanTV)

Gallants advert on side of bus

Co-director Derek Kwok

Qin Hao (Chongqing Blues) in front of Spring Fever poster

Qin Hao went to Paris to visit the set of Lou Ye's film 'Bitch'. By chance, his film 'Spring Fever' is currently screening. (Sina)

Sammi Cheng

 

Sammi Cheng appeared on Taiwan radio program to share her experience with depression

(Sina)

Edison was in Beijing for a brand event stopped for a photo session

(Sina)

Ole Scheeren, Maggie Cheung breakup rumors dispelled when the couple was seen at a public event together yesterday.

(Sina)

Donnie Yen's wife admits to ectopic pregnancy

A-Mei rages at baseless accusations of her partying lifestyle

Jaycee with Glove

This is the coolest gift ever sent by my dad

Jackie Chan pays US$250,000 for Michael Jackson glove

Ken Lo fired by Chan's wife

Pics of the Day - from random micro-blogs

Vivian Hsu in Japan to record her album

Stephen Fung's Mother's Day post