Light action-adventure works OK as family fare but not much more than that.
Standard, rather old-fashioned, martial arts mystery generates no real drama.
CF: Liu Ye Tames a Horse in his New Movie
"Sha Jie" features Liu Ye and former "Mou Girl" Ni Ni as a couple. They portray a love-hate relationship in the movie. [Directed by Zhang Jiarui ("Red River", "Distant Thunder")]
CF: Release Date Set for "The Bullets Vanished"
CF: Cecilia Cheung Photos Released for "The Lion Roars 2"
CF: "Holding Love" Released New Stills of Yang Mi
"Holding Love", the first co-starring of Yang Mi and her boyfriend Hawick Liu, one of the most popular star couples among teen Chinese audiences, will star in the same film for the first time.
CF: "Let It Be" to Premiere on August 10
"Let it Be" is directed, written and stars Song Jinxiao along with Joan Chen and Taiwanese actor Van Fan.
Song plays a female poet can't handle the pressures of modern life and escapes to an Arcadia-like village, where she meets an artist played by Van Fan. Chen portrays a consummate charmer who tries her best to seduce the artist with the result being an absurd love triangle.
Actor-director Yue Song performed his kung fu skills at the event, winning applause from the audience. In the film, he plays opposite more than 10 top world boxers.
The film is about a boy who seeks revenge for the death of his parents who were killed eight years ago. He fights the local gangsters and finally achieves his goal.
Xu Zheng and Hui Siu-Hung butt heads when Xu Zheng meets his future father-in-law for the first time in "Gao Ding Yue Fu Da Ren" (lit. Battle of Wits with Father-in-Law). Lin Peng plays the bride-to-be. Xu Zheng also acts as the film producer for the first time.
In "The Silent War," Zhou will portray a spy, similar to her role in the 2009's blockbuster "The Message". The actress was highly praised by other members of the cast on the set, and she now has the reputation for being box office dynamite. In past six months, Zhou has released "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate", "The Great Magician" and "Painted Skin: The Resurrection." The upcoming project is exptected to take over the box office success of these three movies.
CF: John Woo: Chinese Films Don't Have Real Blockbusters
Acclaimed director John Woo has recovered from the cancer and confirms that he has two projects in hand this year and next,
Rumour: Will Brigitte Lin return to film in Zhang Yimou's next film, "Dragon Kiss"? That's what insiders are saying about Zhang's $100RMB budgeted film. Already, the director has said to have invited Angelina Jolie. When questioned at a recent fashion event, Brigitte Lin smiled and said, "Of course." Yesterday, Brigitte made a low key appearance at the Hong Kong Book Fair sitting in on a lecture before leaving early as fans snapped photos. (Sina), 2, 3
During a news conference of his kung fu flick "Taichi" on July 17, producer Chen Guofu sent a message to all peers that they will face a tremendous failure for releasing their movies on the same date of his movie, which is September 28. But one person sneered at his bold announcement.
Jordan Chan leads the film and plays a chauffeur named Liu Zili who dreams of having his own BMW car and accidentally gets involved in a series of crazy incidents. (CF)
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CF: Liu Ye Tames a Horse in his New Movie
"Sha Jie" features Liu Ye and former "Mou Girl" Ni Ni as a couple. They portray a love-hate relationship in the movie. [Directed by Zhang Jiarui ("Red River", "Distant Thunder")]
CF: Release Date Set for "The Bullets Vanished"
CF: Cecilia Cheung Photos Released for "The Lion Roars 2"
"Holding Love", the first co-starring of Yang Mi and her boyfriend Hawick Liu, one of the most popular star couples among teen Chinese audiences, will star in the same film for the first time.
In the movie, a drug dealer portrayed by Sun Honglei, falls in love with his hostage (Wang Luodan) and decides to quit the business, that is, after one final deal.
CF: "Let It Be" to Premiere on August 10
"Let it Be" is directed, written and stars Song Jinxiao along with Joan Chen and Taiwanese actor Van Fan.
Song plays a female poet can't handle the pressures of modern life and escapes to an Arcadia-like village, where she meets an artist played by Van Fan. Chen portrays a consummate charmer who tries her best to seduce the artist with the result being an absurd love triangle.
Joan Chen
Song Jinxiao
The film is about a boy who seeks revenge for the death of his parents who were killed eight years ago. He fights the local gangsters and finally achieves his goal.
Xu Zheng and Hui Siu-Hung butt heads when Xu Zheng meets his future father-in-law for the first time in "Gao Ding Yue Fu Da Ren" (lit. Battle of Wits with Father-in-Law). Lin Peng plays the bride-to-be. Xu Zheng also acts as the film producer for the first time.
In "The Silent War," Zhou will portray a spy, similar to her role in the 2009's blockbuster "The Message". The actress was highly praised by other members of the cast on the set, and she now has the reputation for being box office dynamite. In past six months, Zhou has released "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate", "The Great Magician" and "Painted Skin: The Resurrection." The upcoming project is exptected to take over the box office success of these three movies.
CF: John Woo: Chinese Films Don't Have Real Blockbusters
Acclaimed director John Woo has recovered from the cancer and confirms that he has two projects in hand this year and next,
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| Brigitte Lin |
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| Brigitte Lin with, friend and writer, Zhang Yihe |
Mongolian director Wuershan' s "Painted Skin: The Resurrection" collected an estimated $16.25 million over the past week for a three-week total of over $100.02 million, easily defending the championship of the boxoffice chart for a third straight week. Newly-released martial arts "The Four" debuted at number two at the weekly boxoffice chart in mainland China with an impressive $13.03 million over four days in release. Contemporary drama "Caught in the Web" dropped to third place in its second week of release, with $9.69 million boxoffice receipts.
New poster for comedy "BMW Rhapsody" features Jordan Chan, Morris Rong (Rong Xiang) and Peng Bo.
The cast also includes Gong Xinliang and Kong Mei (the male Fan Bingbing).
Jordan Chan, Xiong Naijin
Morris Rong
Poster for Pang Ho-Cheung's "Vulgaria"
Chapman To, Dada Chan (Chen Jing)
Dada Chan (Sina-gallery)
Hong Kong trailer for "The Silent War"
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The witty star added: "When I find out who started this, I shall get Fahai (the evil monk in Tale of The White Snake) to deal with him."
Despite sealing off the streets when filming, the singer’s image for his new movie was revealed in an online video
The singer who gave birth to baby Riley in March claims she has no time for more children
To avoid the paparazzi, the Heavenly King went all the way to make sure no photos of his daughter were taken
The witty star added: "When I find out who started this, I shall get Fahai (the evil monk in Tale of The White Snake) to deal with him."
Despite sealing off the streets when filming, the singer’s image for his new movie was revealed in an online video
The singer who gave birth to baby Riley in March claims she has no time for more children
To avoid the paparazzi, the Heavenly King went all the way to make sure no photos of his daughter were taken
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