Showing posts with label China Lion. Show all posts
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Vulgaria trailer [Roast Pork Sliced From A Rusty Cleaver] (飲水思源)

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Another China Lion distributed film opening in North America Sept. 28. The Cat. III "Vulgaria" was a big hit at its debut at Cannes. Directed by Pang Ho-Cheung, it stars Chapman To, Dada Chan, Ronald Cheng, and has many other celebrity cameos.




China Lion Film Distribution is set to ramp up its North American release schedule after acquiring five titles at Cannes as well as targeting films it hopes will cross over to U.S. art house audiences. Its acquisitions for the States, where it has a deal with AMC Entertainment to screen up to 15 titles a year, include the raunchy Hong Kong comedy Vulgaria, Taiwanese romantic comedies Girlfriend Boyfriend and When A Wolf Falls In Love With A Sheep, warlord actioner The Bullet Vanishes and Thai martial arts pic Rebirth. (CF)



Pang Ho-cheung, as the director of Love in the Buff and Vulgaria, shared his thoughts with China Lion during the 2012 New York Asian Film Festival



Reviews: THR, ScreenDaily

Gf * Bf (Girlfriend Boyfriend) Trailers [Roast Pork Sliced From A Rusty Cleaver] (飲水思源)

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Latest film starring Guey/Guei Lun-Mei, and Joseph Chang. Coming to (very) select China Lion cities in North America August 3. Directed by Yang Ya-Che ("Blue Gate Crossing", "Orz Boys!").

China Lion advert

When three rebellious students leave their hometown to pursue their lifelong dreams in the big city, their relationships start to face the pressures of real life as the 1980s Taiwanese sociopolitical reformation movement unfolds in the background.


Trailer


Long trailer


Wednesday, May 30, 2012

5.30.2012 - News [Roast Pork Sliced From A Rusty Cleaver] (飲水思源)

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CF/THR: Dangerous Liaisons: Cannes Review
An interesting twist on a classic plot, Dangerous Liaisons is essentially a deluxe soap opera. But with its beautiful cast and gorgeous production design, it is still a highly enjoyable way to waste two hours.
CF: China Lion Eyes U.S. Market With Cannes Pickups
... it has a deal with AMC Entertainment to screen up to 15 titles a year, include the raunchy Hong Kong comedy Vulgaria, Taiwanese romantic comedies Girlfriend Boyfriend and When A Wolf Falls In Love With A Sheep, warlord actioner The Bullet Vanishes and Thai martial arts pic Rebirth.

The production company for the upcoming thriller "Nightmare", which is directed by Herman Yau and starring Fiona Sit, Huang Xuan and Zhou Chuchu, announced its July 6th mainland release date yesterday.

Chen Kaige, known for his top award-winning film at Cannes "Farewell to My Concubine," has turned his focus to ordinary people and hot topics in modern times in his latest film.
The film revolves around the problems caused by internet violence and "flesh searches" in modern society.

A few of the character posters for "Caught in the Web"
Yao Chen

Gao Yuanyuan

Wang Xueqi

Wang Luodan (Sina)

Director Lu Chuan's first micro film "The Way of the Heart" releases its poster.

In more micro film news, actress Huang Yi is directing her first micro film, "Exchange", based on a true incident in which a female university student inspired by the 'paperclip for a villa' (see links below) exchanged two rings and in four months after three more exchanges built a classroom building. Huang Yi developed an interest in micro films when she was invited to act in another micro film earlier. This time, she was invited by the Shanghai International Film Festival's director of micro film projects to direct and Huang readily accepted. 
Huang Yi


Huang Yi and young actors (Sina)
Student barters rings to build school in Guizhou
From paper-clip to house, in 14 trades

Vicki Zhao's directorial debut "To Our Past Youth" finished shooting in Nanjing and Shanghai, and the cast and crew are in the midst of their shoot at the Huangguoshu Waterfall, a famous scenic spot in Guizhou Province.

Another June edition of L'Officiel, with Huang Yi on the cover this time.

The Hong Kong actor is said to have become more caring and cheerful after officially ending his marriage recently

Zhang Ziyi, as ambassador of the event, was all smiles at the 12th Chinese Film Media Awards last night



Thursday, December 8, 2011

12.8.2011 - News [Roast Pork Sliced From A Rusty Cleaver] (飲水思源)

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Damn you, China Lion! It looks like D.C. has been dropped from the list of cities that is getting a release of "Magic to Win" this Friday. Presumably, no future films either. New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto and Vancouver remain on the island.

CF: Comedy Film "No Liar, No Cry" Premieres in Beijing
The film is set in the desert, and tells a tale between a mine owner and several money-mad people who want to buy his mine. The mine owner spends 10 years trying to find gold in the mine, while fending off people's attempts to take it over. In the end, the forces of nature and human triumph over greed.

CF: Row over Zhang Yimou's Blockbuster "Flowers of War"


Movie review: East Meets West 2011 (A1)
The new version often seems to be trying too hard - lacking the unaffected, carefree attitude that helped make the original so entertaining to watch


White Vengeance" took $12.58 million at the Mainland box office over six days, catching number one spot easily. Chinese New Year hit "East Meets West 2011" dropped to second place with gross $3.24 million...
Even taking advantage from the "Happy Ghost" movie franchise, "Magic to Win" just debuted to poor performance of $1.53 million in its four day run. Same day released film "Cold Steel" and "A Big Deal" earned $0.69 million and $0.64 million in box office respectively in their first week.


Joining the 3D fray is "Speed Pioneer", made for domestic audiences. Featuring parkour action, the film's cast includes Wang Zi (aka Prince) of Lollipop.

Parkour team

Wang Zi (Sina)

Stills from "Don't Follow", a micro film featuring Fan Bingbing dressed in men's clothing. Sponsored by Nokia. (Sina)





Posters for "Black & White Episode 1: The Dawn of Assault" based on the popular Taiwanese TV series, "Black & White", about triads.
Huang Bo, Terri Kwan

Alex To

Angelababy

Jack Kao

A Ken (Ken Lin)

Mark Chao

Soler - Dino and Julio Acconci 



MSN: Andy Lau rumoured to have taken a secret remedy to improve his baby chances
The Hong Kong actor had hoped to improve his health and conceive a baby boy
Edison Chen: "I was too straight, too stupid and believed people." (CNA)

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

China Lion Announces its Chinese New Year Slate and 2-for-1 Tickets [Roast Pork Sliced From A Rusty Cleaver] (飲水思源)

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A tip of the Rusty Cleaver to Valerie for passing this along! 
   


Moviegoers can get 2-for-1 tickets on China Lion’s December 9th release of ‘Magic to Win’


North American poster


China Lion Film Distribution announced release dates for two of its planned Chinese New Year’s releases, The Viral Factor, starring Jay Chou and Nicolas Tse, and Alls Well That Ends Well (2012), starring Donnie Yen and Louis Koo. The Viral Factor will open on January 20th, 2012, while Alls Well That Ends Well (2012) will release on January 27th, 2012, throughout North America. In addition, China Lion announced that its next release, Magic to Win, will have a special 2-for-1 ticket promotion that allows moviegoers to print a voucher from their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/chinalionfilm or their website www.chinalionentertainment.com entitling them to a 50 percent discount off two tickets for the December 9th release.

The Viral Factor stars international superstar Jay Chou as an ex-government agent whose involvement in a kidnap rescue mission leads to a meet-up with his corrupt and wanted brother (played by award-winning actor Nicholas Tse). The film is directed by Dante Lam, who previously helmed The Beast Stalker and co-directed the cult classic Beast Cops. The film will open day-and-date on January 20th with Hong Kong.

Alls Well That Ends Well (2012)
is a continuation of the popular Hong Kong romantic comedy series that debuted in 1992 and has had six previous installments. The story revolves around different couples experiencing love and heartbreak in the hustle and bustle of everyday life. The film stars Chapman To, Donnie Yen, Kelly Chen, Louis Koo, Lynn Hung, Raymond Wong and Sandra Ng. The film series is a Chinese New Year tradition for audiences and China Lion celebrates by releasing for Year of the Dragon celebrations on January 27th, 2012.

China Lion will also be offering a 2-for-1 ticket promotion for its December 9th release Magic To Win via its Facebook page at www.facebook.com/chinalionfilm and via its website www.chinalionentertainment.com. By going to China Lion’s Facebook page and “Liking” it, moviegoers will be able to print a voucher that can be presented at participating AMC Theatre box offices in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Toronto allowing them to purchase two tickets for the price of one (restrictions apply, please see China Lion’s Facebook page or its website for details). The contemporary adventure fantasy film stars Wu Jing, Raymond Wong and Wu Chun and revolves around a college student who accidentally inherits a wizard’s powers – only to be caught up in a fight to save the universe. The film will be playing exclusively at the AMC Atlantic Times Square 14 in Los Angeles, the AMC Empire 25 in New York, the AMC Loews Metreon 16 in San Francisco and the AMC Kennedy Commons 20 in Toronto.

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

11.9.2011 - News [Roast Pork Sliced From A Rusty Cleaver] (飲水思源)

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1977 "Money Crazy" LP cover

MSN: Ricky Hui dies at 65
Ricky's day of death also coincided with the death anniversary of Lam Ching-ying, one of Hong Kong's famous actors who acted in many vampire-themed movies. He had played the role of Ricky's master in the movie Mr Vampire.
On top of making people laugh with his screen performance, Ricky was also a musician, having released seven albums, penned the songs in Sam's debut Cantonese album and participated in the production of the latter's 1999 musical "Mid Summer Night Madness".

Family photo - brothers Michael, Stanley, Ricky and Sam

Concert poster


CRI: Chow Yun-fat Plays a New Cao Cao
Chow, Alec Su and Japanese actor Hiroshi Tamaki have attended a news conference to preview the historic epic "Tong Que Tai" ("The Bronze Sparrow Terrace").

Li Bingbing said at the event, "The character suits me very well. We are both the same age and at the same stage of life. And I'm single too." As the only single member of the three leads, the 38-year-old actress was "commanded" by Sun and Duan to "catch up" with them as soon as possible.

"Love in the Buff", directed by Pang Ho-Cheung, and the sequel to his 2010 romance drama "Love in A Puff", has had its first English language promotional poster released.

Produced by Bona Film Group, director Tsui Hark's imminent action blockbuster "Flying Swords of the Dragon Gate" unveiled a new batch of character posters in the run up of its release in December.
Guei Lun-Mei (Sina)

The makers of "Painted Skin 2" revealed that the trailer was made under the direction of Japanese fantasy master Yoshitaka Amano and other domestic fantasy designers. The 120-second clip does not disclose any specific details about the plot, but does give film fans a glimpse of the fantasy inspired images that feature throughout the movie.

"White Deer Plain" is considered to be the most difficult books to adapt into film, particularly in terms of technical constraints, its time span and the tight content. The novel is lengthy but tight. Staying true to the original work while keeping it short enough to be a film is a tough task.



Gaile Lok and Leon Lai walk red carpet at New York Chinese Film Festival

Vivian Hsu

Tony Ching Siu-Tung, Vivian Hsu

Gaile Lok, Leon Lai (and Qin Hailu?)
Vivian Hsu

Jingle Ma's "Speed Angels" featuring Tang Wei, Cecilia Cheung, Chie Tanaka and Rene Liu opens Dec. 28
Cecilia Cheung


Tang Wei

Chie Tanaka

Rene Liu

Jimmy Lin 

Tang Wei, Rene Liu (Sina)

"Tai Chi 0" concept poster released at AFM (American Film Market)
Huayi Brothers officially announced it as the first part of a "Tai Chi Trilogy". Already, the first film has been pre-sold to 31 countries.

Art design is by Tim Yip



Having dropped out of show business and secretly married in Las Vegas in 2007, doe-eyed actress Ng Sin-Lin (Jacklyn Wu Chien-Lien) surprised the media when she appeared in costume at a press conference for a TV drama "Tang Dynasty Romatic Hero". Adding another surprise, she revealed that she had given birth to a baby two years ago. The 43 year-old actress has been living in the mainland with her businessman husband and is returning to acting as a guest on the film because the director and writer are her friends. She said her life is now that of a housewife, she has entered a different stage of life and is family-oriented. The film's cast includes Alex Fong Lik-Sun, Chrissie Chau, Cecilia Yip and AK, a pop duo.
Jacklyn Wu/Ng Sin-Lin
Pop duo AK, Chrissie Chau, Alex Fong, Jacklyn Wu

Alex Fong, Jacklyn Wu

Jacklyn Wu

Chrissie Chau

Chrissie Chau

ZHANG Yimou's epic-scale The Flowers of War has been acquired for North American distribution by two small US companies. They will quickly give film a platform release in three cities in order that Flowers can compete in the main categories of the Oscars.