6.17.2011 - News

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

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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.

MSN: Isabella Leong’s sons meet their grandfather The actress was

MSN: Zhang Ziyi is willing to sacrifice for love

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

MSN: Lin Chi-ling might get married next year

MSN: Selina Jen rumoured to marry on her birthday

CNA: Bosco Wong furious over front page nudes

Treasure Inn trailer

4.28.2011 - News

CF: Cecilia Cheung, Xiao Shenyang to Play Wife and Husband
Joe Ma's The Lion Roars 2

Guan Yu rules
The Lost Bladesman reviewed

CF: 'Seal of Love' Making Waves
Produced to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the Revolution of 1911, "The Seal of Love" (vide. White Flower in Autumn) tells the story of the romance between well-known political leader Qu Qiubai and his wife Yang Zhihua...Starring Dou Xiao and Dong Jie...

CF: Stars at the Closing Ceremony of BJIFF

FBA: A tale of two festivals

The elephant in the room throughout the Beijing event was the Shanghai festival that celebrates its 14th edition in June. Key staff were in attendance to observe the better-financed rival, but were seemingly ignored. While Beijing rejoiced in its large delegation of festival presidents, there to witness and advise the new event, Shanghai was present but not invited to speak.

THR: Sarandon, Dillon, Dafoe and Tomei all Shanghai-bound

Susan Sarandon, Matt Dillon, Willem Dafoe and Marisa Tomei are all bound for China this June on a visit to the world’s fastest growing film market as guests of the 14th Shanghai International Film Festival, organizers said on Thursday.

CF: A Casting Call for Heroes

Celebrity imitators including doubles for Andy Lau and Chow Yun-Fat (Wen Xiang)

Asian Movie Madness: Rare treasures at the 4 Star (SF)

After a few years' absence of what was once an annual summer tradition, 4 Star owner Frank Lee has once again ventured into the theater's crawlspace and come up with some forgotten gems of martial arts, action and erotica and cobbled together an Asian Movie Madness series to last through July.

UCLA alum Kevin Ung finds film success overseas through ‘Chubby Can Kill

Ung said he does not see Hollywood filmmaking or its tendency toward cliched happy endings as the pinnacle of success, and he admires the creativity of foreign films. He refers to Hong Kong films from the 1980s, which often end tragically and abruptly.
“I thought, ‘Wow, you can really end a film like this?’ You wouldn’t see this anywhere in an American screenwriting textbook,” Ung said. “These guys have guts.”

Documentary film "Xmas Without China" to tell new kind of story

Jacky Cheung sings the theme song for A Beautiful Life in the MV. (Sina)

Chow Yun-Fat, Ann Hui

Chow Yun-Fat presented the award for Outstanding Artistitic Contribution to director Ann Hui last night at the Hong Kong Arts Development Awards Presentation Ceremony. Joseph Koo received the Lifetime Achievement award. (Xinhua)

New poster for No. 32, B District a domestic horror film co-produced with Thailand

(Sina)

Fan Bingbing won the award for Best Actress at the Beijing Student Film Festival today. Yao Chen was voted Most Popular Actress, Feng Xiaogang, Most Popular Director, Wen Zhang, Most Popular Actor. Aftershock won the award for Best Picture and Ge You received the Best Actor award. (Sina)

Fan Bingbing - Best Actress

Yao Chen - Most Popular Actress

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Zhang Ziyi (Apr.27)

Zhang Ziyi attended the opening reception of an exhibition of Ralph Lauren's collection of automobiles at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris. 

Ralph Lauren

Zhang Ziyi with Jean Todt, Michelle Yeoh and Jean Reno and wife, Nathalie Dyszkiewicz

(Xinhua-gallery)

Fan Bingbing, Yao Ming

Astronaut Yang Liwei, Fan Bingbing

Fan Bingbing, Yao Ming and Yang Liwei spoke about being representatives of China's national image at a cultural forum in Shanghai yesterday. (Xinhua), (Sina)

Sammi Cheng: "I am quite afraid of marriage" (CNA)

Chicken soup marriage proposal
Fan Bing Bing is the target of a very public marriage proposal from a man who claims he is not rich but is very good at making chicken soup, if billboards are anything to go by.

MSN: Isabella Leong spotted at a fast food joint with son
Netizens post pictures of the former Hong Kong actress online

MSN: Barbie Hsu puts on weight

The Taiwanese actress sudden weight gain sparks talks of pregnancy again

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The Seal of Love Opens 18th Beijing Student Film Festival

(Mar.26) Director Huo Jianqi, Beijing Film Academy class of 1982, launched the opening of the 18th Beijing Student Film Festival and debuted his new film Seal of Love. In 1997, Huo Jianqi won the festival's Best Debut Award for Ying Jia before going on to make other award winning films like Postmen in the Mountains, Life Show and Love of Blueness.

Director Huo Jianqi

Shawn Dou Xiao, Dong Jie

Unveiling calligraphy

Costars Yi Chunde, Mi Zi-An

Dong Jie

Shawn Dou Xiao

Guo Jiaming

Stills from Seal of Love

Dong Jie

Dou Xiao

Guo Jiaming

Yi Chunde

Mi Zi-An

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3.25.2011 - News

  

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CRI: HK Entertainers to Raise Fund for Quake Victims

It's been confirmed that Hong Kong artists will hold a three-hour charity concert titled "311 Love beyond Borders" to raise funds for victims of Japan's massive earthquake and tsunami.

THR: Jackie Chan, Hong Kong Stars Set Japan Charity Concert

The group has recorded the song "Succmb Not to Sorrow" which is based on a Japanese poem and serves as the theme for the concert. (Xinhua)

(Sina-slideshow)

Japan live blog: More than 27,000 dead, missing (CNN)
Breach suspected at troubled Japanese power plant (Yahoo)