Showing posts with label Taipei Exchanges. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Taipei Exchanges. Show all posts

Thursday, September 16, 2010

9.16.2010 - News

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THR: Detective Dee
Bottom Line: Breathtaking sets and effects give this youthful martial arts film a modern air.
Li Bingbing (Xinhua)
FBA: Taipei Exchanges (第36個故事) (5/10)
Beautifully mounted but wafer thin story of two sisters running a boutique Taipei coffee house.

Global Times: Ice Kacang Puppy Love
Writing, directing and starring in romantic film Ice Kacang Puppy Love, Malaysian singer/ songwriter Ah Niu is enjoying his broadened repertoire and spoke with the Global Times after the film's Chinese mainland premiere Monday in Beijing.

After spy suspense film The Message (Fengsheng) and Western action film Wind Blast (Xi Feng Lie), director Gao Qunshu announced the third of the Feng Trilogy A Romantic Affair (Yichang Fenghuaxueyue De Shi) Thursday in Beijing.

Zhang Yimou's latest work Under the Hawthorn Tree opens nationally on Thursday with the famous filmmaker meeting the press Sunday evening in Beijing, talking about his choice of young actors, film festivals and the ideals of love.
Dou Xiao, Zhou Dongyu, Zhang Yimou

Zhou Dongyu
(Sina)

CRI;"Legend of the Fist" Returns
Legend of the Fist poster
(Sina-gallery)

A Seven Little Fortunes reunion? Jackie Chan and Yuen Biao are trying to bring the old gang together. Besides Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Yuen Wah and Yuen Qiu, Eason Chan and Ronald Cheng are said to be in the cast.  The film would be about the history of the Seven Little Fortunes and is reported to start shooting in October. (Sina)

FBA: Stephen Chan to face corruption charges
THR: Former TVB GM charged with corruption
Former general manager of Television Broadcasts Ltd. Stephen Chan Chi-wan has been charged by the Independent Commission Against Corruption for alleged corruption and conspiracy to defraud offenses when handling TVB business affairs, the ICAC announced on Thursday.

Color Me Love poster and trailer release conference in Beijing (Sept.14)
Director Alexi Tan, Yao Chen, Zhu Hong, Monica Mok (Mo Xiaoqi)

Monica Mok, Yao Chen, Zhu Hong
Joan Chen called in to the conference from the US.
(Xinhua-slide show)
CRI: "Color Me Love" Releases out Trailer

Wang Xinjun, Andy Lau in costume for Founding of a Party


Reign of Assassins: Jung Woo-Sung, Michelle Yeoh, Su Chao-Pin 


Wedding scene
(Sina-gallery)

Kelly Lin, Guo Xiaodong poster


Don Quixote poster featuring Miao Pu

Miao Pu

(Sina-gallery), 2
Sleeping Beauty
Shu Qi napping before Beijing premiere after dressing and makeup, taken by hairdresser Sev Tsang
(Xinhua)

Thursday, August 19, 2010

8.19.2010 - News

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Concept poster for The Man Behind The Courtyard House starring Simon Yam and Zhang Jingchu
(formerly Watchman/Watchmen here)
Thrillers fans are enjoying a wave of new films with the recent releases of Illusion Apartment, Curse of the Deserted, and the upcoming Midnight Pulse and The Island. (Sina), 2

NPR: Giving 'Charlie Chan' A Second Chance

China: no film ratings, restated censors role (THR)
SARFT vice minister sees more cinemas, cheaper tickets
CRI: It's Not Time for Film Rating System

THR: Thomas Mao
Bottom line: A fresh and delightful crossover between art and life, documentary and fiction, dream and reality.
Writer-director Felix Chong's light satire on gangster dramas is hit-and-miss.

The upcoming Hong Kong cops and gangsters film "The Stool Pigeon" was screened for the press in Beijing recently, and proved the film had passed the Mainland examiners and would be presented in its original form without any cuts.
When the Korean remake of John Woo's seminal, genre-defining shoot'em up, "A Better Tomorrow" rolls out in multiplexes all over Korea during next month's Chuseok holiday, don't expect a faithful update.


Michelle Ye (and Aaron Kwok, Men's Division) won 3rd place prize in the Women's Division

front: Chin Kar-Lok, Ng Ka-Lok, Michelle Ye, Aaron Kwok, Ekin Cheng
Chin Kar-Lok placed second to winner Ng Ka-Lok in Jet Li's One Foundation Celebrity Charity Cup race in Shanghai.

Michelle Ye (3rd place, Niki Chow (2nd place), Annie Liu (1st place)


Lee Shan Shan had to withdraw due to a faulty car

Jet Li and volunteer Lin Peng

Lin Peng
(Xinhua-slide show), (Sina), 2, 3

While Vicki is willing to give the marriage time, she is said to be taking on jobs to ensure that she has a steady income in the event of a divorce and she needs to fight for custody of her daughter.
She even met up with a famous Chinese scriptwriter to discuss plans for her movie, which will be her first self-directed feature.
Karena Lam (Sina)

Karena Lam's management company has released an official statement on Wednesday, clarifying that the 32-year-old had not completely left the industry but has gone back to school, reported Chinese media.
After 10 years of marriage, former sex-bomb Irene Wan has given up on trying to conceive and decided to adopt instead.

Friday, May 14, 2010

5.14.2010 - News

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Variety: Chongqing Blues
An irreparable father-son bond triggers a study in bleak cityscapes and pervasive intergenerational malaise in “Chongqing Blues.” Initially as glum as its title would suggest, Wang Xiaoshuai’s poignant if plodding ninth feature — which follows an absentee father trying to glean information about the dead son he never knew — eventually opens up with a handful of quietly affecting moments, but elsewhere bogs down in psychodramatic flashbacks that ultimately sentimentalize as much as they clarify. http://hkmdb.com/news/?p=5453
A strong performance by Wang Xueqi as the father provides emotional ballast but fails to make up for the glacial pacing of the drama; and although there are some effective emotional tugs and an evocative use of the film’s dirty industrial city setting, the audience’s investment in the slowbuild structure is never paid back in full. http://hkmdb.com/news/?p=5456

Li Lingyu, Zi Yi Cannes red carpet
(Xinhua)

Fan Bingbing in dress from Elie Saab for film's premiere (Sina), 2

He Yumeng
Be sure to check out ewaffle's take on the premiere's red carpet.

CNNGo: Josie Ho in Dream Home: Incredibly gruesome must-see slasher film

Jeon Do-Yeon - Cannes (Sina)

Tasty, full of black humour, but finally upended by the mannerist games it plays so ably, erotic thrillerThe Housemaid is a smart but shallow remake of Kim Ki-young’s cult 1960 Korean movie of the same name.
THR: The Housemaid
Bottom Line: An operatic, sensuous social satire that dares to be different from the original classic.

Screen Daily: Sandcastle (Singapore)
Sandcastle marks a quietly assured debut feature from writer/director Boo Junfeng. The blending of guilty family secrets and the ghosts of Singapore’s recent past create an involving narrative that is related with tenderhearted understatement.
A young mother understandably wants to get off a remote island filled with violent and misogynistic miscreants and slave-driving old hags in "Bedevilled," a confused genre hodgepodge that marks the feature debut of Kim Ki-duk's former assistant director Jang Cheol-soo. Part limpid study of city-country contrasts, part one-sickle-kills-all revenge fantasy, Jang's film drifts from one genre to another without ever fully coming into its own.
‘Taipei Exchanges’ juxtaposes capitalism against a more idealistic way of life in the form of two sisters, one practical, the other utopian.

Eight films and two TV dramas in the works
First up for Chan himself is the martial arts film "Drunken Master 1945." Though neither a remake nor sequel to Chan's 1978 hit "Drunken Master," the new film is intended to capture the martial arts spirit that the earlier film also celebrated.
Beginning in August, Steve Woo will direct "The Break-Up Artist," a Chinese Mandarin-language romantic comedy about a young woman who runs an agency that helps couples break up.

Jackie Chan a ruthless boss?
Ken Lo, William Duen Wai-Lun sacked with little compensation; Xinhua, 2


Zhao Benshan as a river pirate in "Laughter of the Water Margins"
Director is Chu Yen-Ping (TreasureHunter)
(Sina)

Ning Hao's No Man's Land too dark?
 (Xinhua)
Former Olympic diver Tian Liang has joined the cast of Andrew Lau's love story Beautiful Life

Beautiful Life stars Shu Qi, Liu Ye (file photo)
(HunanTV)

CRI: Tsui Hark's 3-D Animation "Animen" to Hit Cinemas on Children's Day, (Sina)
Opening in China, Europe and US simultaneously [update: This is actually a film by someone with a name similar to Tsui Hark's ]

Rumor Mill:  Previously, Edko announced that Tsui Hark would remake a 3D version of New Dragon Inn. No cast has been announced yet. Earlier rumors has Gui Lun-Mei and Ethan Ruan as Tsui Hark's favorite candidates. A current rumor from an 'insider' on the micro-blogosphere has Jet Li, Li Yuchun and Zhou Xun in the new love triangle with filming to begin in September. (HunanTV)

Taipei Times: Pop Stop - Mother's Day

Huang Yi and her cat

Practicing her piano (Photos from micro-blog)

CRI: Gigi Leung Breaks up with French Boyfriend, Channel NewsAsia
Gigi Leung breaks up with French boyfriend of four years


Monday, April 19, 2010

4.19.2010 - News

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East Wind, Rain posters

Preview screenings in Shanghai and Guangzhou reportedly well received (Sina)

THR: Bodyguards' sweeps HKFA
Top 10 things Hollywood can learn not to do from the Hong Kong Film Awards
This year's awards ceremony was probably the best worst show in the history of show biz
"Cecila will give birth to my second child in two weeks. Thank you, my wife; and thank you, mom and dad. I haven't said this to them for quite a while because I was too busy shooting films," said Tse, whose face revealed quite a different expression from his usual cool facade.

THR: Celestial Pictures relaunches production arm
Productions restarts with two films from Teddy Chen, Derek Kwok's "The Enchanter"
Celestial, which owns the 700-titled Shaw Brothers film library, will fund, co-produce and manage the director’s next two projects, which he will also produce. The first is a big-budget remake of as-yet-undecided Shaw brothers period costume actioner, which Poon said the director has narrowed down to two Shaw Brothers classics. The company will look for a Chinese co-producing partner for releasing in China, with a target date of late 2011. The second project between Celestial and Chen will be a contemporary action film inspired by current events, also aimed to be a Hong Kong-China co-production.

Golden Sun's $15 million remake of "The Chinese Ghost Story," announced at last year's Filmart, will commence filming in April 2010 for a late 2010 release. The film is the second installment of the "new oriental fantasy" trilogy after "Painted Skin" and will be followed by the $15 million "The Lantern." The company is also targeting the Chinese market with the $5 million action comedy "The Swordsman Dream" scheduled for July, and is considering the stereoscopic 3D feasibility for upcoming action adventure "Hidden Strike," now in development.

Director Stanley Kwan Takes on Kunqu Opera
Hong Kong film director Stanley Kwan is presenting a crossover project - the Kunqu Opera "Two Belles in Love".
CRI: Star Power Works for Quake Relief

CRI: Daniel Wu No Longer Available
Hong Kong heartthrob Daniel Wu has married long-term girlfriend Lisa S., local media reported on Saturday
Actor Daniel Wu marries long-time girlfriend in South Africa wedding


Zhao Wei has already tied the knot




Kwai Lun-Mei met with fans and promoted her latest film, "Taipei Exchanges" 
 
Kwai Lun-Mei, Lin Chen-Xi
(Xinhua), (Sina)


Jackie Chan shoots a MV for the Asian Games in Shanghai
(Sina)
Sour note silences Expo song
A promotional song for the Shanghai World Expo has been hit by the sound of silence because of a copycat row.
Twins visit funeral home Friday

Albert Yeung and wife
Albert Yeung's mother passed away earlier in the week (Sina)

Michael Wong performs in Macau in "A Legend Reborn" concert.
Singing 50's, 60's and R&B music
(Sina), 2
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