Showing posts with label Death Dowry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Death Dowry. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

8.25.2010 - News

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"Death Dowry" starring actress Tao Hong will open in local cinemas on September 29.
The film is slated for public release on October 15. In the meantime, some reports have indicated that Lam might leave the entertainment industry now that she has finished making the film.
In fourth place, Wang Lee-hom's comedy Love in Disguise is set to become the highest grossing Chinese film by a first-time director. By Sunday night, the film had taken RMB47 million ($6.9 million), including RMB12 million ($1.9 million) on Chinese Valentine's Day.
By comparison, Li Weiran's debut, Welcome to Shamatown, made RMB47.4 million earlier this summer. Jay Chou's romantic fantasy Secret, which marked his directing debut, made RMB33.3 million ($4.9 million) on release in China in 2007.

Vivian Chow, Sandra Ng wore black to the premiere of All About Love out of respect for the Hong Kong tourists killed in the Philippines. (Sina)
Many Hong Kong and Taiwan artists expressed their sadness and bitterness for the loss of life and derided the incompetence of the police force. Richie Jen announced the cancellation of a scheduled concert in the Philippines to benefit overseas Chinese. Others, like Michael Tse changed vacation plans. Many posted condolences and prayers on their Weibos.

Richie Jen

Eric Tsang held a moment of silence before his TV program and also denounced the police as slow to act. He also cancelled the door prize portion of the program as the atmosphere was too heavy with sadness.
Sure to inflame sentiments


Chrissie Chau appearing for Peach John lingerie brand




Monday, April 5, 2010

4.5.2010 - News

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CF: Tao Hong Fulfills Her Promise
[Death Dowry] tells the story of a poverty-stricken woman who travels to a new place with her mentally retarded son to seek a living. After suffering a number of difficulties, she meets a man who changes her fate.
Taipei Times: Au Revoir Taipei
Variety: To Whom It May Concern: Ka Shen's Journey
Hollywood's postwar Asian superstar, Nancy Kwan, acts as tour guide around her personal and professional history in the solid if pedestrian docu "To Whom It May Concern: Ka Shen's Journey."

CRI: Cast of "Ocean Heaven" (formerly Ocean Paradise) Attend Autism Awareness Day Event in Beijing
The movie is about the relationship between a terminally ill man played by [Jet] Li and his autistic adolescent son played by rising actor Wen Zhang. Actress Kwai Lun-Mei stars in the film as a clown who performs at the aquarium and meets the father and son.

Actress, director Jiang Wenli 

John Woo

Stanley Tong

Gu Changwei, John Woo, Jiang Wenli, Woo's wife, Jiang Wen

Chinese actress Jiang Wenli on Sunday invited her celebrity friends for a special screening of her directorial debut film, "Lan". (Sina)

CRI: Echoes of the Rainbow stills
Sandra Ng, Simon Yam


A celebration banquet was held in Tsimshatsui by the cast and crew of Echoes of the Rainbow

Chrissie Chau attending screening of Barbara Wong's Break Up Club

Karen Mok was one of many stars to help Andrew Lau celebrate his 50th birthday in Sai Kung yesterday.

Andy Lau gets emotional at Southwest drought relief fundraiser in Beijing 

Zhang Ziyi was not invited to Harper's Bazaar's upcoming Charity Night in Shanghai. On the invitees list were celebrities John Woo, Lin Chi-Ling, Zhang Hanyu, Carina Lau and many others. The eighth annual gala will be held on Apr.25 the eve of the opening of the Shanghai World Expo. (Xinhua)


Friday, April 2, 2010

4.2.2010 - News

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Variety: Fire of Conscience
Variety: 14 Blades
Variety: Slice (Thailand)
A sleazy thriller about a serial killer who slaughters sex tourists, "Slice" is a notch above the average Thai slasher pic, but has trouble cutting through its knotty yarn. Offering queasy delights for gore hounds and an initially suspenseful atmosphere, the story runs off its circuitous rails before getting back on track with a genuinely surprising twist.
Chinese filmmaker secretly shoots six-hour documentary on deadly 1994 fire
n "Karamay," Xu has crafted a powerful movie by letting the material speak for itself. He doesn't use a narrator or a musical score. An opening sequence showing student's graves zooms in on the portraits of each of their tombstones. He lets the parents vent in lengthy monologues that bring out the depth of their sorrow.

CF: "Death Dowry" Joins Beijing Student Film Festival
CF: Distant Thunder latest from Zhang Jiarui (Red River)
The film is a horror, mystery and love story that uses special filming techniques to tell the uncanny and thrilling story of happiness and sadness among lower class people. It took two years for director Zhang Jiarui to finish this film.
Sources say "Mi Cheng" has made the list of most popular films at the 17th Beijing College Student Film Festival.
CRI: Gigi Leung Donates for Southwest China's Drought
CRI: Betty Sun Li: New Cover Girl of "Trends Health"

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Hong Kong Films No More?

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With a new Hong Kong film festival planned for Guangzhou, John Robertson asks how increasing collaboration with the mainland is changing the local film industry.


A movie prop or the real thing?
But paparazzi noticed a ring on his hand while shooting Fire Dragon, it's only a prop according to crew. When his old love, Shu Qi, was spotted at the Beijing airport after the Huabiao awards she avoided photographers and turned a deaf ear to reporters.

Chin Kar-Lok and Dante Lam

No word from Leon yet on the set of Fire Dragon

Vivian Hsu and Jackie Chan, guest hosts at the 13th Huabiao Film Awards
Vivian  Hsu
http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2009-08-30/03342675876.shtml
Zhang Ziyi - Outstanding Actress, Chen Kaige - Outstanding Director (Forever Enthralled)
http://ent.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/2/1/1/324156/1.html


Tao Hong at Montreal International Film Festival with her film Death Dowry
http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/p/2009-08-30/18042676329.shtml

Beijing cinemas to issue coupons
Program to enourage propaganda movies

ONE of her latest music videos, Hei Chi Hei, has been banned in her own country.
But Taiwanese pop sensation, Zhang Huimei (A-mei) is making no apologies for the controversial video that features masochistic and sexual themes.

After a long hiatus, singer and former indie-rocker Candy Lo is gearing up for a new record. In the meantime, she’s been developing a fashion brand and has just released a book about love and life. She talks to June Ng about her journey from a public housing estate to fame and fortune.