Showing posts with label Monga. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Monga. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

11.9.2010 - News

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Color Me Love poster
Preview screenings in Shanghai, Chengdu and Shenzhen have received positive reviews
Zhu Hong, model Lu Yan
iLook editor Hong Huang, Zhu Hong, Joan Chen
Zhu Hong


Jang Dong-Gun, Fan Bingbing, director Kang Je-Kyu
Best Actress Fan Bingbing was presented with flowers upon returning to the set of My Way in South Korea.


Chrissie Chau
Jiang Luxia
Chrissie Chau, Jiang Luxia, DaDa Lo and A.Lin took to the streets to promote Vampire Warriors.
A.Lin, Dada, Chrissie Chau, Jiang Luxia
Massive crowds

Nicholas Tse plays a villain in Benny Chan's New Shaolin Temple
Andy Lau plays a rival warlord who becomes a monk 
He leads the monks in protecting the victims of war


Still from Midnight Beating
Opens Dec. 24, a future Christmas classic!

Josephine Siao Fong-Fong and husband
Fong Fong accompanied her husband who received an honorary doctorate's degree.


Cherrie Ying and Jordan Chan shot a series of light-hearted wedding pictures

 Closeups of Cecilia Cheung
Sure looks pregnant to me

Law Kar-Ying and wife Liza Wang returned from Canada to Hong Kong
(Sina)

Displeased that he’s being accused of using Lin Chi-ling to gain viewership for his new variety show, Mr. J Channel, Jay Chou slams media online
Barbie Hsu's whirlwind romance brings out naysayers

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Monga - Hong Kong Premiere

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Ethan Ruan Jian-Tian



Mark Chao You-Ting

Nancy Sit

Vincy Chan

Fung Siu-Ngak (Rhydian Vaughn), Director Doze Niu

Fung Siu-Ngak, Nancy Sit, Ethan Ruan

Mark Chao, Doze Niu, Fung Siu-Ngak, Ethan Ruan

Apr.13 (Sina)

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

4.13.2010 - News

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Hong Kong media is reporting that Zhao Wei's first post-childbirth film will be Stephen Chow's new version of Hail the Judge. Zhao Wei was absent from promotions for 14 Blades and apparently has been abandoned by her husband, a wealthy tycoon. Though her baby's due date is unknown, Zhao Wei has previously stated that she planned to be back shooting an advert in June. Chow's film would not begin shooting until the end of the year at the earliest. (Xinhua)

Oxide Pang's planned shooting next month in Bangkok, Thailand of 'B+ Detective' with Aaron Kwok and Gong Beibi has been postponed due to the recent political unrest there. For the safety of the crew, Universal has delayed the shoot. Shooting in Bangkok originally began in October but was suspended when Oxide Pang and Angelica Lee prepared for their marriage. In addition, a new film (恐慌完美童話) by Pang with Lau Ching-Wan was also scheduled to begin next month in Thailand. (Xinhua)

The eponymous hawthorn tree

Zhang Yimou's "Romance Under a Hawthorn Tree" will begin filming in Yichang, Hubei Province under high security and secrecy on Apr.16. Filming is expected to take three months with an expected release in October or December. Most of the cast will be newcomers not yet graduated from university, though Lin Peng (Big Little Soldier) is rumoured to be also cast. The story takes place in the '70s during the Cultural Revolution. (Sina), 2

Monga: No glamour, only grit in this gangland film 

CRI: Leehom Wang's Monkey King Images Unveiled (Love Announcement)
CRI: Lowest Budget, Highest Potential - "KJ: Music and Life" for Best Film of HKFA
"KJ: Music and Life" tells a story of a young musician's tortured life. As a documentary, it is even more moving for audiences than a drama film. As today's parents pay a great deal of attention to art education for their children, the film's theme is quite attractive.
CF: "A Singing Fairy" to Hit Big Screen
Alec Su and Eva Huang Shengyi star in remake of Third Sister Liu




The Faye Wong MV photos in yesterday's news post are reportedly fakes, said Faye's manager responding to media inquiries. (Xinhua)

CRI: Photos of Xu Jinglei and Stanley Huang
Xu Jinglei and actor Stanley Huang, the two leads in the film "Go, Lala, Go", recently posed for a series of photos.
Feng [Xiaogang] may be impressed but some Netizens are not. They remain skeptical about the matter and suspect it is a public relations move to repair Zhang's tattered image after the scandal, citing the revelation to be a little too convenient.
Zhang seemed unperturbed by the matter. She told reporters that it is the thought that counts when donating to charity. She believed that as long as her thoughts and sincerity reach the recipients, there is nothing much else to say.
Currently six months pregnant, Gigi originally wanted to give birth in Hong Kong. However, due to various reasons such as the toxic sandstorm from northern China which swept through Hong Kong a few days ago, and the ongoing road renovations at her current home, the couple was afraid that it might harm their unborn child.
After consulting a fengshui master, the former actress decided to move into her husband's 10,000 square-metres luxurious estate in Sydney, for a smooth delivery.

Paris - Jean Todt, Michelle Yeoh

Attending the premiere of Luc Besson's new film


Sammi Cheng

Endorsing a protein drink


 
Gillian's clothing will be available on the Granville Rd shop. Joey Yung's topcoat is shown on the left.
Charlene Choi opened a second-hand consignment shop in Tshimshatsui. According to the clerk, TVB stars, Janice Man and Angelababy are regular customers. (Sina)

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

4.7.2010 - News

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THR: Ex
Bottom Line: Competent but unremarkable, derivative romantic drama offers nothing new to the genre in Asia.
Gillian Chung
Ex - Gillian Chung, William Chan Wai-Ting, Michelle Wai
HKIFF Closing Film press conference


Lin Miaoke, Charlie Yeung - 37



Variety: Secret Reunion (South Korea)
The Korean buddy-cop movie gets a North/South political veneer.

Donnie Yen, Huang Xiaoming, Lynn Xiong
Beijing press conference to launch website for Ip Man 2
Sik Siu-Lung (Shaolin Popey)


Jet Li brought small gifts and bottled water to drought stricken Yunnan, in addition to helping build a water storage project.


Marry Maggie Cheung in the afterlife!

China Hush: Extraordinary offerings on Qingming (Ching Ming) Day
Tony Leung hands it to Carina Lau
TV personality May Fung dishes on celebrities on last episode of Be My Guest
Nicholas Tse does not want gifted son to go into showbiz



Tuesday, March 23, 2010

3.23.2010 - News

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THR: Q and A: Andy Lau
His production outfit Focus Films, which made its name with the "Focus: First Cuts" initiative from 2005 that featured debuts of new directors across Asia including Ning Hao's "Crazy Stone" (2006), now launches the HK$50 million ($6.4 million) six-film initiative "Focus Fight" with Derek Kwok's "Gallants," showcased in this year's Hong Kong International Film Festival.

Screen Daily: Monga
Monga is a dynamic and powerfully impressive Taiwanese gangster film set against the stunning backdrop of Taipei of the 1980s as a group of teenagers become men as they fight to survive amongst the gangs that run the old Monga quarter of the city.
The title of Du Haibin's striking documentary refers to the exact time (14:28) on May 12, 2008, when a massive 8.0 earthquake rocked China's Sichuan province. Pic proceeds with virtually no exposition, except for the words supplied by survivors as they scramble to build a makeshift existence on the ruins. Visiting a devastated village 10 days and then 210 days after the quake, Du depicts, with immediacy and casual artistry, a wide range of human reactions to the natural and political aftershocks. Fascinating, beautifully crafted Venice prizewinner fully warrants an arthouse run.

4th Asian Film Awards 2010: Glitz, glam, and awkward moments

CRI: South Korean Film Named Best Asian Picture
CRI: Snapshots from the 2010 Asian Film Awards

CRI: Jia Zhangke's Hometown Trilogy in Print Form

Lynn Xiong and Donnie Yen attend press conference for Ip Man 2

Donnie Yen

Lynn Xiong (Xinhua)
WSJ:Bruce Lee’s Mentor Gets Second Biopic (Ip Man 2)

CRI: Hong Kong Int'l Film Festival to Mark the 70th Anniversary of Bruce Lee's Birth

China launches official English language film website
The Chinese government has announced that it will launch an official English-language website www.chinesefilms.cn to provide information on Chinese-language films and the Chinese film industry.

The website is co-established by the Film Bureau under State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) and Chinese Radio International (CRI), a state-owned radio broadcast company which broadcasts radio programs globally outside of China.

China Film Promotion International (CFPI), a state-owned promotion and sales company under the China Film Group, and CRI website will be operating the website.

The website offers information such as news, reviews, interviews, industry information on Chinese-language films and Chinese film policies. Most of the industry information is about mainland Chinese companies or institutions while film news covers the greater China region including Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia. In the future, CFPI also plans to provide online Chinese film screenings, online forum, and a database on the website. (Screen Daily)
Chinesefilms.cn, the first foreign-language website of the Chinese mainland for promoting Chinese films, was officially launched at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center on March 23.

Lan poster



Monday, February 15, 2010

2.15.2010 - News

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Playing more like a slapstick version of the Coen brothers’ classic Blood Simple than a remake, Zhang Yimou’s latest moves the action back a few hundred years and switches location to the spectacularYellow Earth landscapes of Northern China.
Variety: A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
For the record, pic's international version is four minutes shorter than that released in China and Hong Kong.
Chinese remake of Coen brothers classic screens in Berlin

Asian-American director Arvin Chen’s boy-meets-girl romance coasts along on sheer goofy sweetness. A brightly-coloured Before Sunrise in Taiwanese screwball sauce with just a pinch ofUmbrellas Of Cherbourg thrown in, it does little except charm, seduce and mildly amuse. But it does so with enough grace and storytelling skill to keep most audiences hooked though to the end, even though the sugar-rush wears off pretty soon after leaving the cinema.
It's the kind of larger-spanned movie that Taiwan should be attempting if the island's industry is ever to get back on its feet again. Niu's gamble looks to be repaid -- at least locally -- with "Monga" strong-arming a brawny $1.6 million in its first week since bowing Feb. 5.

Six movie stars -- playing themselves -- gather for a Vogue photo shoot in a Seoul studio in "The Actresses," a talky but involving fakumentary that continually plays with the thin dividing line between reality and fiction. Hardly the catfight it's expected to be, this cheekiest outing yet from writer-director E J-yong is a funny, sometimes surprisingly touching exploration of the role of actresses in South Korea's still socially proscribed film world, though considerable knowledge of local showbiz and the thesps themselves is necessary to get the most from the movie. Asia-friendly fests should extend invites to these broads.
Variety: I'm In Trouble (South Korea)
Korean Academy of Film Arts alum So Sang-min makes a promising feature debut with "I'm in Trouble!," a charmingly modest talking-eating-drinking movie -- carved from the same rockface as helmers like Hong Sang-soo, Emmanuel Mouret and Woody Allen -- in which a bunch of likable, indecisive losers endlessly repeat the same emotional mistakes.

Taipei Times: You might as well live
Based on a novel by one of Japan’s most acclaimed fiction writers of the 20th century, ‘Villon’s Wife’ possesses a cinematic presence rarely achieved by literary adaptations

All's Well Ends Well Too 2010
Ronald Cheng, Raymond Wong, Louis Koo, Sandra Ng



Raymond Wong

Sandra Ng
Ronald Cheng, Louis Koo
(Xinhua)


Jacky Cheung



Jacky Cheung promoting his new CD Private Corner on a TV program

Chrissie Chau


Chrissie Chau will celebrate Valentine's Day with boyfriend Avis
(Sina)
Liza Wang, Law Kar-Ying


AngelaBaby
James Parry, AngelaBaby (Sina)

Donnie Yen (Sina)


Rainie Yang (Sina)





Donnie Yen: I'm good in bedroom kungfu

Sandra Ng has no time to go online

Jackie Chan backs Vivian Hsu's Jap comeback

Zhang Ziyi - Chinese art of reveling in another's pain

With so many in Taiwan’s celebrity firmament embroiled in scandals over the past few years, 2010 may turn out to be the year when some turn to religion to change their evil ways. But don’t count on it.


Shannon Lee at Hollywood Madame Tussauds