2.1.2011 - News

FBA: The Killer gets green light for 3-D remake
South Korea’s Jung Woo-sung will star in a 3-D English-language remake of iconic Hong Kong film The Killer.

Variety: Shaolin
Well-mounted Chinese-Hong Kong martial-arts co-production “Shaolin” elevates enlightenment above brute strength, but weak helming undercuts the pic’s punch.

FBA: Shaolin (7/10)

Potentially epic tale ends up as okay popcorn entertainment.

(Sina)

Louis Koo plays a makeup artist in All's Well Ends Well 2011

(Sina)

Eric Tsang crashed the Hong Kong premiere of CNY rival Raymond Wong's All's Well Ends Well 2011.

He sported an I Love Hong Kong t-shirt, of course. (Sina)

Josie Ho has dropped out of Quentin Tarantino-RZA project The Man With the Iron Fist in order to remain in Hong Kong and deal with the Stanley Ho family financial squabble. The project would have required her to spend a month-long shoot in Shanghai. (Sina)

Jay Chou and Lin Chi-Ling rehearse for CCTV's Spring Festival broadcast.

(Sina-gallery)

New Year greetings from My Own Swordsman

Yao Chen

Yan Ni

Writer Ning Caishen, director Shang Jing

(Sina)

CNA: Celluloid time machine: "It's a Great Great World"

"This is the first Singaporean film that shows how people lived from the 40s to the 60s," says director Kelvin Tong of his new film which was shot on a lavish set built at a former army camp in Choa Chu Kang.

MSN: Lin Chi-ling has no time to get married

MSN: Faye Wong never gave up on her daughter

MSN: Jay Chou’s ‘The Green Hornet’ topples charts in Taiwan

1.24.2011 - News

THR: China's 'What Women Want' Remake to Get Day-and-Date U.S. Release
China Lion will also distribute Chen Daming's film to cinemas in Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

• What Women Want, starring Andy Lau and Gong Li, will open at select North American theaters day-and-date with its China premiere on Feb. 3, the first day of the Lunar New Year, distributor China Lion said on Friday.
• China Lion will open What Women Want, subtitled in English, at AMC theaters in cities where there are large concentrations of ethnic Chinese moviegoers, such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Toronto, Boston, Seattle and Washington, D.C., and at Cineplex theaters in Vancouver.
• Its next North America and China day-and-date release will be the March 18 premiere of the Fox International Productions film The Butcher, The Chef and the Swordsman.

CRI: Chinese Hostess Invited to Star in Tarantino's New Movie

MTV VJ JuJu (Zhu Zhu) in upcoming What Women Want

Cast promote "If You Are the One II" in Taipei

Shu Qi, Ady An Yixuan

CRI: A Review of the Shaolin-Themed Kung Fu Movies
Shaolin: Character driven with a dash of Kung Fu
Underneath all the violence, bloodshed and machismo in Hong Kong director Benny Chan's "Shaolin" is an endearing tale of a man's journey in search of redemption.

Andy Lau promoting Shaolin at Kowloon Bay

(Sina-gallery)

Mr. and Mrs. Incredible's Sandra Ng, Louis Koo and Vincent Kok opened the Lunar New Year Flower Market in Tsimshatsui

(Sina-gallery)

Faye Wong busy blogging even just before her Taipei concert! ;D

Faye Wong's Hello Kitty phone case (Xinhua)

Zhao Wei did not travel alone to Taipei to support Faye Wong's concert. She was also accompanied by her husband, Huang You-Long, and daughter. (Sina-gallery)

MSN: Maggie Cheung rumoured to have met boyfriend’s parents
HK's Maggie Cheung rubbishes breakup rumours
MSN: Andy Lau admits he is working on having children
RazorTV: Andy Lau: I used to be a snob  (1/5)

GlobalTimes: Barbie meets her Ken in lightning-fast path to the altar

HK heartthrob Louis Koo meets fans

Koo, who is still recuperating from an injury to his left leg sustained during the filming of a movie in Beijing last August, said he could only take on action movies after August this year.
RazorTV: 881 The Musical (1/7)
Judee Tan and Joanna Dong play the new Papaya Sisters in the musical.

China sports brand tries to break into US market
Praise in China for Lang Lang's martial White House tune (NYPost) (EpochTimes-video link)

1.19.2011 - News

THR: Fresh 'Shaolin Temple' Goes for Drama Over Kung Fu
"Shaolin" is being released in China and the Philippines on Wednesday; in Australia on Thursday; in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia on Friday; and in Vietnam on Feb. 18.

FBA: Close to You (6/10)

Formulaic but effective tearjerker about two young boxers and the women in their lives.

Let The Bullets Fly: Hit Chinese film a sharp-edged satire 

One online comment asked how the relevant authorities could give the green light to such a subversive movie. Indeed, this is puzzling. Maybe because Let The Bullets Fly makes cinema a venue for people to vent their discontent and anger over current social evils and injustice, and in this way helps to sustain social stability.

CRI: Cecilia Cheung's First Date in "All's Well, Ends Well"
CRI: Sun Li in 'The Lost Bladesman' (Sina)
CRI: Xu Qing Joins Bruce Willis for Time-Travel Movie
FBA: Kang does things My Way
Its cast includes a trio of Asian stars with pan-regional following Japan's Joe Odagiri, South Korea's Jang Dong-gun and China's Fan Bingbing.
FBA: Hong Kong IFF puts on Wai tribute
Andy Lau turns "sexy goddess" for new movie
In "What Women Want", Lau plays an ad exec who can read women's minds. He uses the ability to sabotage his boss, played by Gong, but ends up falling in love with her instead.

MSN: Comedian Eric Tsang’s 94-year-old father dies
He was charged with embezzlement in 1975. Tsang fled to Taiwan after pleading guilty. The next year, ICAC issued an arrest warrant, which lasted for the next 35 years. Tsang kept a low-profile and lived a reclusive life during his years in Taiwan.

1975 wanted poster (Xinhua)

SG: More Hollywood celebrities pouring into China

CRI: Selina Ren Makes Public Debut after Hospitalized for 3 Months
 MSN: Selina Jen discharges from hospital after 89 days
 Burned pop star Selina to be discharged Jan 22
 Selina Jen faces media for the first time since filming accident

Selina (Xinhua)

MSN: ‘Little Heavenly King’ rumoured to have impregnated a fan

Jacky Cheung adds second Singapore show

Jacky Cheung and Shu Qi onscreen

Larger than life Lydia Shums

Closing concert in Guangzhou (Xinhua-gallery)

Hu Jintao jets into Washington


US-Sino Currency Rap Battle

1.14.2011 - News

FBA: Hong Kong festival drives new Quattro

Omnibus project Quattro Hong Kong 2

CRI: 'Shaolin' Premieres in Beijing
Set in the warlord-dominated 1920s, "Shaolin" is about an arrogant Chinese warlord (Andy Lau) who gains a new understanding of life and becomes a merciful Buddhist monk.

Evening premiere photos

Jackie Chan, Andy Lau

Andy Lau, Fan Bingbing, Nicholas Tse

Nicholas Tse (Sina), 2 3, 4 (Sina-slide show)

Eric Tsang, Jam Hsiao

Jeffrey Huang plays a gang boss

(Taiwan) Eric Tsang showed up on the set of The Killer Who Never Kills in sunglasses, presumably acting cool. In fact, Eric has burst blood vessels in his eye while appearing in the ultra-cold for a promotion. (Sina)

Jeff Lau announced that he will begin filming  Eagle Shooting Heroes 2011 in March. The casting has not been announced yet. (Sina)

Charlene Choi dressed as a chocolate rabbit in a publicity photo for a Harbour City promotional event.

 (Sina)

Ad to show 'friendly China' during Hu's visit to US
Yao Ming, former Olympic 100-metres-hurdles gold medallist Liu Xiang, famous actresses Zhang Ziyi and Zhou Xun, and Chinese astronauts are among other celebrities who took part in the film, People's Daily said.

MSN: Maggie Cheung rumoured to have split from boyfriend (Sina)

Exes not invited to Barbie Hsu's wedding

1.12.2010 - News

CRI: Different Looks of Gong Li in 'What Women Want'
CRI: Mr. and Mrs. Incredible': the Actual Trailer

(21cn)

CRI: Chinese Animated Film Competes for Oscar
"The Dreams of Jinsha", a Chinese animated film, is in the running for an Oscar.

FBA: Production underway on Zhang's Flowers

Production is now underway on 13 Flowers of Nanjing the new Christian Bale-starring movie by leading Chinese director Zhang Yimou.

Poster for Wilson Yip's A Chinese Fairy Tale (aka A Chinese Ghost Story)

The film stars Liu Yifei and is currently in post-production in South Korea for special effects.

(Sina)

Four new posters for Shaolin featuring the lead actors

Nicholas Tse edition

Andy Lau edition

Jackie Chan edition

Fan Bingbing edition

(Sina), 2

CRI: Jet Li's One Foundation Goes Public
CRI: Jay Chou Attends 'Hornet' Premiere with Rumored Girlfriend

(Xinhua)

MSN: Aaron Kwok and Lynn Hung rumoured to be engaged
MSN: Faye Wong sang theme song for husband’s movie

1.04.2011 - News

Checking China Lion Entertainment's website (they are in cooperation with AMC theatres to distribute their films here in North America), here's what we might be looking forward to seeing in 2011: Mr. and Mrs. Incredible, Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman, What Women Want, Wu Xia, 1911. China Lion

CRI: Buddha Mountain' to Hit Cinemas in March
Starring Sylvia Chang and Fan Bingbing, the film was nominated for several awards at the 23rd Tokyo Film Festival and the 47th Golden Horse Awards.

Newest version of poster for Shaolin

Xiong Xin-Xin (Hung Yan-Yan)

Wu Jing

Fan Bingbing

(Sina-slide show)

CRI: Vivian Chow Promotes Upcoming Concert, (Sina-slide show)

Cecilia Cheung on the cover of February Harper's Bazaar

(Xinhua)

Zhang Jingchu

Zhang appeared at a recent Zhejiang TV award event

(Sina-slide show)

MSN: Lin Chi-ling rumoured to wed this year
A fortune teller predicted that the model would not be able to get married after this year
MSN: Faye Wong’s online message evokes pregnancy suspicions
MSN: No second season for Jay Chou’s ‘Mr. J Channel’