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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

2.2.2011 - News

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THR: What Women Want
Asian box office luminaries Andy Lau and Gong Li add some spice to this shiny but uninspired Chinese remake.
Opening Feb. 3 (Sina)


Under the Influence poster
The film is a comedy about social problems and features Chen Peisi, Vivian Wu and Kristy Yang. Zhu Shimao directs and plays the lead. [I've seen some older 90's era Chen Peisi films so it's good to see him back again.]


Quick Take: I Love Hong Kong
FBA: Rose War of Nana (6/10)
Local but likable rom-com is a good vehicle for TV host-actress Xie Na.

Monday, January 3, 2011

1.03.2011 - News

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HK Film Archive celebrates 10th anniversary with "The Best From the Archive Collection"
Twenty-five film classics that are documents of their times as well as timeless works of art will be shown in "The Best From the Archive Collection" to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the HKFA.

Home of China's "Bigfoot" plans to shoot Avatar-like 3D film on the elusive beast

FBA: Let the Bullets Fly (8/10)
A richly entertaining Oriental Western anchored by a well-honed, ironic script and terrific performances.

After 17 days, Let the Bullets Fly breaks 500 million yuan at the box office.
Liao Fan, Jiang Wen, Shao Bing, Zhang Mo

Beautifully shot biopic of Lee's early life in '50s Hong Kong is more charming than dramatic.


Two Taiwan version posters for Chen Yen-Ping's (Treasure Hunter) martial arts comedy Just Call Me Nobody

Eric Tsang, Kelly Lin are among the cast that includes spoofs of Wong Kar-Wai's 2046, Wanted, The Terminator, Star Wars and the novels of Jin Yong (Louis Cha). (Sina)



Aaron Kwok performs at New Year's Eve countdown at APM Mall -- in shorts


Charlene Choi counts down to the new year in TST East
Deep Ng, Charlene, Vincy Chan
The following day, New Year's Day, Charlene collapsed from exhaustion at Shanghai's airport while enroute to her next activity. Posting on her Weibo, she said airport staff and colleagues came to her assistance so that she didn't make a fool of herself.
Twins, later New Year's Day

(Jan.1) The same evening, Charlene Choi, Yao Chen, Fahrenheit, Wu Chun, Wang Luo Dan and Han Geng performed in concert at the Shanghai World Expo Centre.


 
Yao Chen

Carina Lau and Tony Leung send New Year's greeting on Weibo

Faye Wong's five Hong Kong concerts in March are 93 percent sold out after half a day ticket sales. In addition, Faye has been leaving hints on her Weibo that she is pregnant again. (Sina)

Sandra Ng and George Lam were Andy Lau's guests at his New Year's evening concert




The next evening, January 2, Karen Mok, Connie Chan Po-Chu and her son joined Andy on stage






Top 10 cover female stars
...the shiniest female cover stars of 2010 according to their cover appearances on the Chinese editions of Vogue, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire and Harper's Bazaar.

Monday, December 27, 2010

12.27.2010 - News

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CRI: Feng Xiaogang's New Film to Focus on Chongqing Bombing

In Theater: 'Midnight Beating' (CRI)
The creepy story takes place in a hospital. The patient in Room 314 dies and no one knows what killed him. His doctor, Gu Zhensheng, becomes the number-one suspect. But, you know, it never rains, it pours. After the incident, Gu Zhensheng often runs into female ghosts at midnight.


Raymond Wong in makeup and costume for All's Well Ends Well 2011

Chapman To at the Beijing premiere of The Kidnap (Dec.27)

Ye Yiqing, director Gu Yu, Zhao Meitong


Not forgetting to send pictures to Weibo


Tsui Hark, Chen Kun, Zhou Xun, Mavis Fan, Guei Lun-Mei
The cast of Tsui Hark's Flying Swords of Dragon Gate celebrate Guei Lun-Mei's birthday. (Dec.25)


Taipei CD promo appearance

Thursday, December 16, 2010

12.16.2010 - News

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Here's a full list of the 668 Shaw Brothers titles available on the ZiiEagle mentioned yesterday. Trying to figure out which titles haven't been released on DVD, was Best Hustler Wins released? Cunning Hustler? Dear Murderer? Queen Hustler? Murder on the Wedding Night? The Gambling Syndicate? Trapeze Girl? (ZiiEagle's list of 668 films) This list at Shaw Brothers Reloaded might correspond to some of the new titles. Also, check out duriandave's "Missing" Shaw Films Found in Creative's ZiiEagle Movie Box

500 hours of TV next?


'If You Are The One 2' Gets Dec. 24 US Release
If You Are the One 2, by Aftershock director Feng Xiaogang will be the first Chinese film ever to release in North America on the same day as it premieres at home, marking a milestone in China’s push to raise its movie industry profile around the world.
On Christmas Eve, China Lion Film Distribution is set to release the second installment of the comedic on-again-off-again love saga starring Ge You and Shu Qi in 20 AMC and Cineplex Theatres in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Washington, D.C., Toronto, Vancouver and Ottawa, all cities with significant Chinese populations.

Jiang Wen's Let the Bullets Fly, set in Southwest China in the 1900s, premiers nationwide Thursday, following on from hits like Korean director Kim Ji-Woon's The Good, the Bad, and the Weird (2008).
At a preview screening in Beijing last week, laughter filled the theater. "I cannot recall what is the funniest part of the film, because there was a constant barrage of comedy," 28-year-old white collar worker Tan Li told the Global Times.

His new film may be full of gross-out sex and violence, but it's really all about love


Mr. and Mrs. Incredible held an opening ceremony and trailer release in Shenzhen's IMAX theater on Dec. 15
Sandra Ng

Director Vincent Kok, producer Peter Chan and Sandra Ng attended the event
Miyazaki edition of the Mr. and Mrs. Incredible poster

Sandra Ng, Louis Koo
Opens January 31

Here's the Peter Chan-produced animated short film promoting Hong Kong Tourism (i.e., shopping) that was released earlier. 


New fan-made Midnight Beating poster (Sina)

Apparently when the photos originally circulated on the internet netizens thought that they were real personal  photos of Francis Ng and an unknown girl. A statement had to be issued to confirm that they were publicity photos for Midnight Beating. The phrase, hoisted by their own petard, comes to mind. (Sina) (Thanks, V)

Four prospective 'Mou girls' training in Nanjing for Zhang Yimou's 13 Women of Jinling/Thirteen Girls in Jinling were expelled after they were caught micro-blogging. The four unfortunates admitted their error but were cast out nevertheless thus ruining the future hopes of stardom. (Photos) (Sina), 2

Mavis Fan - deleted scene
Mavis Fan's love scene will be deleted from the theatrical version of Derek Tsang's Lover's Discourse. The scene will be included in the DVD. (Sina)

Huang Yi and Louis Koo in an emotional scene from The Road Less Traveled

MSN: Vivian Hsu announces she is single
A few days ago, when Vivian received the Yahoo! Most Searched Chinese Actress award on stage, the actress however strongly expressed that she is single and does not have a boyfriend. Her strong attitude and self-contradictions created speculations of a split.

Vivian Hsu

Stephen Fung and Vivian Hsu in Japan this August.


Joyce was speaking at an anti-drug event with MC Jin (Xinhua)