Zhao Wei - 14 Blades (Sina.com)

Donnie Yen (cri.cn)

(Xinhuanet.com)

Tan Weiwei, Anya Wu - Chengdu, I Love You

Fruit Chan

Cui wants to bring hope with "Chengdu"

Hong Kong director Cui Jian hopes he can help bring a brighter future for the people who have been pained by the Sichuan earthquake with film "Chengdu, I Love You."

Chinese directors pay tribute to quake-hit city with movie

THR: Q&A: Johnnie To

Variety: The Founding of a Republic review

THR: I Come With the Rain

A vivid opening segment of a vicious beating sets the tone for this noirish thriller about a traumatized ex-cop on a hunt for the missing son of a powerful pharmaceutical mogul.

Vietnam to launch international film festival

Polaroid cameras to be produced once again

Polaroid, the instant camera that transformed the photography market, is to make a comeback.

Monday Movie News

CRI: Donnie Yen Is a Royal Spy in New Martial Art Film 14 Blades

Yen will continue his action hero routines to play the head agent of the royal espionage network during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), a relatively dark period in China's history when the feudal court made unprecedented use of a spy system to run the ruling machine...

Peter Ho Yun-Tung - Once Upon A Time In Tibet

(Xinhuanet.com)

Variety: The Warrior and The Wolf review

A semi-mythical yarn that too often ends up being borderline incoherent...

Variety: Fireball (Thailand) review

Basketball becomes an underground bloodsport in "Fireball," a lively Thai actioner in which Bangkok's toughest street gangs smash each other senseless in the quest for championship honors.

Screen Daily: Paju (South Korea)

Korea’s Park Chan-ok takes a big step forward with her second feature Paju, a richly layered drama about the complicated relationship between a young girl and her brother-in-law.

Glenn offers us his thoughts on Francis Ng's Tracing Shadow

Imagi hitches rocket to 'Astro Boy'

“Astro Boy II” could soon be in the works if all goes well with this week’s release of the animated superhero movie “Astro Boy.” That would also spell a new lease on life for its production house Imagi and could redefine the concept of co-production in Asia.

Chinese directors pay tribute to quake-hit city
In the same style as the anthology films "New York, I Love You" and "Paris, I Love You," two Chinese filmmakers have profiled a Chinese city that was hit by a massive earthquake last year.
"Chengdu, I Love You" was conceived as a tribute to the southwestern city in Sichuan province that was decimated by a 7.9-magnitude quake in May 2008, leaving nearly 90,000 people dead or missing, Hong Kong director Fruit Chan said.

OCRegister: Red Cliff West Coast Premiere

The Regency South Coast Village Theater will screen, in its West Coast premiere, John Woo's latest epic, "Red Cliff" (Oct. 15), the most expensive Chinese film ever made, followed by a Q and A with the director. In collaboration with the Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum, a series of ping pong tournaments will be held in South Coast Plaza to commemorate Nixon-era Ping Pong Diplomacy (Oct. 17-18). The Bowers Museum, South Coast Repertory, and the Orange County Museum of Art will also present "Ancient Paths" events.

Two Hollywood projects lined up for John Woo

THR: 'Ong Bak' team ready for English-language 'City of Angels'
Dwayne Johnson and Robin Shou to costar

THR: Disaster director ready for America
'Haeundae' helmer writing English comedy with Korean story

Fan Bingbing

With Wilson Chen Bo-lin

Fan Bingbing has started work in Chengdu on Li Yu's Guanyin Mountain which also costars Sylvia Chang. (Xinhuanet.com)

Ge You to Chair Macao Int'l Film Festival

Li Feier - newcomer in Wang Xiaoishua's Mosaic/Sunshine in Chongqing

Visitors From the Sui Dynasty - slide show
A time travel comedy.

China's Hottest Entertainers for 2009
Xiao Shenyang, Liu Qian, Li Yugang

Copy Cat opens Sept. 25

(Sina.com) (Sina.com)

John Woo

A four hour director's cut of The Founding of a Republic will be broadcast on TV to include all the scenes deleted in the theatrical version.. Director Huang Jianxin also clarified that the participation of Stephen Chow was only a rumor. Stephen Chow called Han Sanping to offer his services but the film had already finished shooting and he could only say, 'Thank You", to his offer. (Xinhuanet.com)

Tian Zhuangzhuang

Maggie Q

Joe Odagiri

(Sina.com)

Maggie Q, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Joe Odagiri

The Warrior and the Wolf (CRI)

The film "The Warrior and the Wolf" by Chinese director Tian Zhuangzhuang premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2009.

Variety: Chengdu, I Love You
The bloody carcass of a planned three-part movie set around Sichuan's provincial capital (and its earthquake traumas), "Chengdu, I Love You" hobbles onscreen minus one leg in unmarketable condition.

Li Bingbing - The Message

After a 13 minute reel preview of The Message, Li Bingbing was praised for her performance  (Sina.com)

John Woo

Terence Chang, John Woo, Director Lee Gui-Yuen

My Fair Gentleman promotion activity (Sina.com)

Aaron Kwok

Janine Chang Chun-Ning

Aaron Kwok and Janine Chang Chun-Ning open Murderer in Taipei (Sina.com)

(ifeng.com)

Gillian Chung

A 8 minute 34 second video by Jiang Zhi  of Gillian Chung is the highlight of performance video exhibition in Shanghai. In the video, it shows a closeup of Gillian at first with a peaceful smile but as time progresses Gillian becomes sadder, heartbroken and she begins to frown, then her lips tremble and eyes begin to tear, finally, unable to hold it in she starts bawling and weeping. (Xinhuanet.com)  

AMFF pays tribute to Yasmin Ahmad
This year's Australian Malaysian Film Festival (AMFF) from Oct 4 to 7, at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Federation Square, here, pays tribute to the memory of Malaysian filmmaking legend Yasmin Ahmad.

My Fair Gentleman or Dirt Rich in Shanghai

Poster for My Fair Gentleman aka Dirt Rich in Shanghai (Xinhuanet.com)

The John Woo produced comedy features Kelly Lin and Sun Honglei.

Zhao Wei

Chen Kun

Jingle Ma

Beijing - Mulan press conference to launch official website 

Photo gallery (Sina.com) (Sina.com)

Nanjing Massacre movie does not need subtitle to resonate with Toronto audience

After the Venice screening, Cui Jian's segment in Chengdu, I Love You is criticized by some viewers as too stream of consciousness, more like a long version of music video. Cui Jian conveyed a lot of information in the brief span of 35 minutes. As his directorial debut, he said that there was room for improvement to the film including music and special effects and that this was not the final version. (Xinhuanet.com)

First mainland film with Taiwan actor casting Chiang Kai-shek to premiere
A mainland film with a Taiwan actor playing the role of Chiang Kai-shek for the first time will premiere in late September.

Korean "Private Eye" conjures fine period detail
Seductive ambience and dapper style hold sway in "Private Eye," a lurid mystery that unearths serial murder, drug racketeering and sexual corruption in turn-of-the-19th-century Korea.

Chengdu, I Love You

Fruit Chan - Past

Cui Jian - Future

3 new posters released for Fruit Chan, Cui Jian film

Closing film for Venice Film Festival 

(Sina.com)