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Monday, December 5, 2011

12.5.2011 - News [Roast Pork Sliced From A Rusty Cleaver] (飲水思源)

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FBA: Treasure Hunt review
An okay kid's adventure comedy, shot in China, from the Wong Jing factory.

Chinese take on My Sassy Girl is wafer-thin but gets by on its two leads' charm.

FBA: 72 Martyrs review
Initially promising drama of a 1911 China uprising let down by a weaker second half.

FBA: I Phone You review
Given the amount of time the audience is to spend with Jiang [Yiyan]'s stranded Ling, the script wisely spends a good 20 minutes building her character at home with her job (a bubbly flower-girl) and easygoing girl friends. By the time she arrives in Berlin, the viewer already knows she's a typical young Chongqing woman — practical, determined, life-loving, chance-taking. So, as she tries to survive 48 hours in a foreign city with just a mobile phone but no passport, money or a word of German, there's at least a semi-believable element to the story.

The teaser features the beginning of the movie when about 20 Chinese soldiers fight a large number of Japanese invaders to save a group of schoolgirls.
Dynamic version of international poster




New "Allure of Tears" poster featuring the cast of the second story released
The cast includes Dennis Chan, writer Lawrence Cheng and Jung Hsiang in addition to Gigi Leung and Richie Jen

(Sina)

In a Beijing press conference yesterday, Louis Fan Siu-Wong was introduced as one of the villains of Tsui Hark's "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate in 3D".

Tsui Hark, Louis Fan
(Sina),(Sina-gallery)

Chen Kaige's micro film "Searching" wrapped up shooting in Ningbo.
Yao Chen, Deng Chao (Sina-gallery)

Fans designed their own posters for Johnnie To's "Romancing in Thin Air" based on recently released concept poster and publicity stills. The impressive fan posters were themed to represent the four seasons.
Original concept poster

Fan made posters



Spring

Summer

Autumn

Publicity still (Sina-gallery), (CNYahoo)

(Dec.5) Beijing press conference for Derek Yee's "The Great Magician" opening January 12.
Zhou Xun, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai

Wu Gang, Yan Ni, Zhou Xun, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai


Zhou Xun, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
(Sina-gallery)

Posters for "No Liar, No Cry" a comedy about gold fever set in the Gobi Desert.

Cherrie Ying

Wu Gang

Yue Xiuqing

Zhang Xinyu (Sina) (Review)

Lately, it was said that Rose's master Master Sin is currently the target of triads.[!]
Sin Chew Daily reported that the sexual harassment scandal involving Hong Kong actress Rose Chan and two senior actors had escalated...Police, who got wind of the assassination attempt, arrested four people and seized three toy guns.
Many credit wing chun’s renewed popularity to a series of films about Yip Man, one of the art’s greatest “sifus", or teachers, and most famously the man who turned Lee from street fighter to martial arts legend.




Monday, June 27, 2011

6.27.2011 - News

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Variety: Communist Party pic finds time to sell
Product placement is irritating Chinese auds in the most unlikely of places. Communist purists are up in arms over a scene in the newly released propaganda pic "Beginning of the Great Revival," in which Chairman Mao is given a gold Omega watch by his girlfriend.

Variety: Yulu review
In a generic package of contempo Chinese success stories has flickers of interest, but their repetitive message of hard work and perseverance becomes a didactic drone.
Revenge: A Love Story (Variety)
A tricky crime tale on the cusp of horror, balances the grisly and the sentimental without wallowing excessively in either.

FBA: Return Ticket review
Modest but involving drama of migrant workers in Shanghai intiguingly blends Taiwan and Mainland talent.
Following The Piano in a Factory, on which she took an executive producer credit, the film marks another strong recent role for the distinctive-looking Qin Hailu

Q&A: Gordon Chan Talks About 'The Mural' (THR)
The Hong Kong film veteran talks about the arrival of effects-heavy films in China, and how far Chinese filmmakers still have to go.

Watch the music video of "Lost in Jianghu", the theme song of Peter Chan's film "Wu Xia".
Wu Xia poster (Sina)

3D The Monkey King poster featuring Peter Ho, with Joe Chen Qiao-En and Xia Zitong
(Sina)


The film is directed by "Roots and Branches" director Yu Zhong. The cast also includes Alex Fong Chung-Sun and Wang Pei.

CF: Actress Tang Wei to Attend Taipei Film Festival

Sylvia Chang receives Honorary Fellow of Performing Arts from the Hong Kong Academy of Peforming Arts
Disciples Rene Liu and Angelica Lee attended as well as Richie Ren, Sammi Cheng. Media Asia boss, Peter Lam, received an honorary doctorate from the academy as well as music composer Joseph Koo.

Sylvia Chang


Angelica Lee, Rene Liu
Sammi Cheng (Sina-slideshow), (hkapa)

Tony Leung Chiu-Wai celebrates his 49th birthday today with a strawberry cake from his company

(Xinhua)

Cecilia Cheung working in Europe (Xinhua)

According to reports, Ceci wanted to bring her two sons with her but reconsidered due to the long 10 hour flight involved. It is thought that her sister is looking after her sons. Ceci's intinerary included a flight to Germany before landing in Milan for a photo and video shoot. (Sina)



CNA: 3D porn film "3D Sex and Zen" to screen in Singapore with no cuts
The international version of the film clocks in at 102 minutes, 27 minutes shorter than the 129-minute version shown in Hong Kong, which was again six minutes shorter than the 135-minute version its director Christopher Sun had originally put together.
A trade union organization has slammed free-to-air station Television Broadcasts for failing to provide insurance cover and Mandatory Provident Fund contributions for extras.

Sunday, June 26, 2011

The Pretending Lovers - Beijing Premiere

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The Pretending Lovers - Huang Bo, Jiang Yiyan



The Beijing premiere of The Pretending Lovers opened under a cloud Friday. The day before, director Liu Fendou caused some controversy when he disowned the film, saying it was not his work and said that Wu Tian-Ge (executive director of Examination 1977/Gao Kao 1977) directed it. Liu Fendou has not attended any of the publicity appearances for the film. He is said to be the film's "pre-director".  At it's heart, the issue seems to revolve around the final cut. The original cut was considered too long and draged by the producers. Pre-release posters had Lin Fendou credited as director but recently it had been removed. The original rough cut of the film was about 115 minutes long, whereas the released version runs about 95 minutes.

 Jiang Yiyan and Huang Bo play quarrelsome lovers with Jiang playing a bullying Sassy Girl type. The film marks Jiang Yiyan's first role in a comedy film.
Huang Bo, Jiang Yiyan



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Friday, June 17, 2011

6.17.2011 - News

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A Beautiful Life - Taiwan review
FBA: The Seal of Love review
A luscious looking political biopic that's intriguingly remoulded as a love story.

THR: How Christian Bale Is Raising the Bar in China
Variety: Jia calls for more Chinese genre pix
Censorship is stifling the development of genre movies in China, local helmer Jia Zhangke told Variety at the Shanghai Intl. Film Festival Thursday.
Chinese film director hits out at state censorship
"This kind of cultural over-cleanliness that bans the erotic, violent and terrifying is cultural naivety."

CF: Chinese Animation Classic Upgraded to 3D
The Monkey King: Uproar in Heaven
Su Da said, "With the cooperation with Technicolor, we have polished the colors, applied 3D technologies and more sound effects, and even spent two months to shorten the film to 88 minutes. We also improved the Peking Opera influenced accompaniment music with the western symphonic music. Nevertheless, we will never ruin the artistry of the original piece by adding anything superfluous, all we want to do is to show our respect and to recall people's memories to the classic with its new sensations."

CRI: Tang Wei First Crowned Best Actress on Mainland
Actress Tang Wei won best actress award for her role in romance comedy, "Crossing Hennessy" at the 11th Chinese Film Media Awards in Macao Thursday night, the first title bestowed on her from the Chinese mainland.

Tang, who was honored for Crossing Hennessy in a ceremony held Thursday night in Macao, said she was shocked to have won, and that such recognition proves to her that Chinese audiences are still interested in seeing her make movies.
The Chinese Film Media Awards is sponsored by Southern Metropolitan News and selected by over 30 Chinese media. It is the only film award program in China that covers films made by the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan. (GlobalTimes)

Best Actor, Ge You (Let the Bullets Fly)

Kara Hui on the red carpet
(Xinhua), (Sina)

Newly released Seediq Bale posters


The two-part film is scheduled to open Sept. 9 and Sept. 30
Director Wei Te-Sheng at yesterday's trailer and posters release event
(Sina), 2


Huang Bo, who missed the opening ceremony of the Shanghai International Film Festival due to working on projects in Beijing, will walk the red carpet at the closing ceremony with Jiang Yiyan.
The Pretending Lovers - Jiang Yiyan, Huang Bo



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A Bruce Lee museum? Maybe ... in 2046

TaipeiTimes: Pop Stop

MSN: Nicholas Tse is not worried about divorce settlements
The Hong Kong actor only wants custody of his two sons
In other related reports, singer-actress Gillian Chung's management company has stepped forward to deny that she was the third party in Nicholas and Cecilia's marriage.

The newly-single actress was recently in town as the ambassador of ScreenSingapore 2011
Treasure Inn trailer
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