Tuesday, July 31, 2012

7.31.2012 - News [Roast Pork Sliced From A Rusty Cleaver] (飲水思源)

FBA: Vulgaria review
Rough-and-ready satire of low-end Hong Kong filmmaking is what it is, and no more.
Scrappy serial-killer tale that fails to make a case for Danny Pang as a solo director. 
The Four has so far raked in 150 million yuan ($23.5 million), leapfrogging domestic blockbuster Painted Skin: The Resurrection for top spot last week. But not all viewers of the film have given it the thumbs up, hinting at growing fatigue among Chinese audiences for kung fu productions.
  GlobalTimes: China's 1st Microfilm Competition launches alongside film festival

GlobalTimes: "Human flesh search" film renews discussion of Internet vigilantism
Chen Kaige's latest film "Caught in the Web" has drawn fresh attention to issues regarding privacy infringement and Internet-based vigilantism.

FBA: Kirk Wong rolls a Six
Hong Kong's Kirk WONG will shoot his first film in more than a decade when his upcoming Six cranks up in November in China and Louisiana, US.

SGYahoo: Lee Lik-Chi to film "Hua Xiao Hero"Hong Kong comedy director Lee Lik-Chi has confirmed that he will be making a Malaysian film titled "Hua Xiao Hero" soon, with local veteran artist Auguste Kwan to star as the male lead in the film

CF: "The Silent War" Premiers in Beijing
The production company of "The Silent War" announced at the ceremony that the release date of the film was moved up to August 7, three days earlier than the previously scheduled screening time.

Poster for "Dangerous Liaisons, to be released Sept. 27

CF: Kimi Qiao and Shi Yanfei "Kiss" at "Good-For-Nothing Heroes" Premiere Ceremony
Director Fu Yong, accompanied by actors Suet Lam, Kimi Qiao, Kent Cheng, Christy Chung, Terri Kwan, Shi Yanfei and Leni Yan, attended a premiere ceremony for the romance comedy "Good-For-Nothing Heroes" yesterday in Beijing.

"Justin" Lam Suet

Kent Cheng

Lam Suet, Christy Chung 

Leni Lan/Lan Yan (Sina-gallery)

CF: A Serious Chow Yun-Fat in the First Trailer of "The Last Tycoon"

Chow Yun-Fat

Huang Xiaoming (Sina)

CF: Zhou Xun's 20 Years from an Actress to a BO Revenue Guarantee
Zhou Xun in 1999 TV series

CF: Chinese Films to Enter American Homes
M1905.com, the China Movie Channel website, and Jiaflix, an American based enterprise, have teamed together to stream Chinese movies through set-top boxes. It will bring thousands of Chinese flicks into North American families' homes.

SGYahoo: Comedian Ng Mang Tat also sings?
Plays a karaoke champion in "Kara King"

SGYaoo: Chapman To joins "Wedding Diary 2"

Four years after 'singing' in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Lin Miaoke co-stars in the thriller "Insistence"


Lin Miaoke, Ken Lok

"Insistence" poster (Sina)


A1: Zhang Ziyi ends her scandals with a ring
Zhang Ziyi's romance with CCTV host Sa Beining has been blown wide open with loads of consequences-China's news hounds are filling pages with wedding talk, Internet bloggers are chatting about Ziyi's motives, and businessmen are baiting fashion watchers with copies of the lovers' sandals!
In Hong Kong director Gordon Chan's latest wuxia flick The Four, she plays a woman named Emotionless, who has telepathic and telekinetic powers.
MSN: Eason Chan’s wife slammed for “ill-mannered Chinese” comment

SGYahoo: Mad dash for In-N-Out burgers at Circular Road
Tuesday's pop-up store was a test case for In-N-Out -- a family-run chain famous in the US West Coast -- to see if it's worth setting up a permanent store in Singapore.

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