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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

4.19.2011 - News

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THR: '3D Sex and Zen' Beats Out 'Avatar' for One-Day Hong Kong Record
Producers had set aside “lady’s house” women-only screenings of the film on two screens, which proved popular as well and were sold out.
WSJ: ’3-D Sex and Zen’ Tops Weekend Box Office
The soft-porn movie “3-D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy” pulled in 13.1 million Hong Kong dollars (US$1.7 million) on its opening weekend in Hong Kong, topping the box-office chart for the four-day period ending Sunday, according to the local Motion Picture Industry Association.
"3D Sex" sells!

Auds get an eyeful of flesh, served with sadistic, spasmodic laughs, in "3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy," an attempt to revive the 1990s Hong Kong softcore-comedy franchise.

A rollicking homage to Hong Kong kung fu movies in the 1970s, Andy Lau's Gallants was the dark horse of the night, scooping Best Film, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Film Score.

[Carina] Lau, wife to Hong Kong actor Tony Leung, has had six such nominations over the past 22 years. Though her performance in Detective Dee is generally regarded as not as convincing as her past roles, she beat fellow contenders Miriam Yeung, Fiona Sit, Tang Wei, and Josie Ho, daughter of Macau casino magnate Stanley Ho.

"Counting acting alone, I would choose Yeung or Sit," critics Wei revealed to the Global Times, "but Lau has too many failed experiences and the judges felt they owed her the award. She won due to her long professional career and tradition-respecting in the Hong Kong film circle."

Ed's Favorite Hong Kong actresses gives his take on the actresses and their dresses seen on the red carpet at the HKFA awards on Sunday night.
MSN: Carina Lau crowned Best Actress after 25 years

Best Actor, 1994 for The Untold Story
After receiving the award, Anthony Wong was distressed over receiving nothing but offers for trashy roles, so he threw the trophy into the trash but his mother later retrieved it. (Xinhua)


THR: 'Love Letter' Director to Head New Talent Jury at Shanghai Int'l FIlm Fest
Shunji Iwai is best known in China for his 1995 teen romance film. (CF)
FBA: Beijing Screenings highlights trends

CF: Latest Photos of "The Founding of a Party"
The production company of "The Founding of a Party" released new photos featured Chen Kun as Zhou Enlai, Chang Chen as Chiang Kai-shek, Yu Shaoqun as Mei Lanfang and Ma Shaohua as Sun Yat-sen.

CF: Poster Out for Thriller "Case Sensitive"
The film is a Sino-American co-production, with American director Gil Kofman taking the helm.
It revolves around Luo Xiaoni, played by Ady Ang, a web celebrity who pretends to be kidnapped to gain more exposure.
Gu Changwei enrolled three famous directors for surprise guest roles in his new film Till Death Do Us Part/Life is a Miracle which opens in May.
Feng Xiaogang
Lu Chuan
Gu Changwei, Jiang Wen
Pu Cunxin, Feng Xiaogang

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Jiang Wu

War of Words: Jiang Wu in dispute with Warring States director Jin Chen, had his scene deleted. Jin Chen charged that of a 30 day contract, Jiang Wu only showed up for 7 days at a time. Jiang Wu responded that he completed his required shots and will leave for the audience to judge. Jin Chen said some of the dross can be deleted and that if he deleted the essence of the film and left the dross in, it would foolish [oh, snap]. Jiang Wu, for his part, said that the shoot was chaotic and the script changed 5 times. Jin Chen said that Jiang Wu's schedule broken into 5 visits to the set disrupted the other actors and because Jiang was absent some of his scenes could not be shot. (Sina), 2, 3


Gong Xinliang plays the Demon Green Snake in A Chinese Fairy Tale


(Sina)

CRI: Karen Mok Stars in Micro Movie
Filming is currently on the way on the famed US Route 66, which is known as the shooting location of many road films.
Its prequel, 90-second-long micro movie, "Explosive," featuring Daniel Wu, was released at the end of last year.


MSN: Is Barbie Hsu pregnant?
The Taiwanese actress left a message on her microblog, saying that “something good” has happened


Change of plans for Late Autumn actor

The airline has ordered its 23 new cabin crew to master wing chun -- a form of kung fu practiced by martial arts legends Bruce Lee and Ip Man -- which is characterized by sharp movements and close-range combat.

Origins of Jin Ping Mei discovered? [Jing Ping Mei is the inspirational source of many a Cat. III HK films]
The Forbidden Legend: Sex & Chopsticks (2008)

And have you heard of this model called Mavis Pan Shuang Shuang?
Chinese model hits celebrity status after photos leak

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

3.22.2011 - News

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FBA: Celestial unveils My Kingdom
A tale of fame, love and revenge, the film is the story of two orphans adopted into an opera troupe at the end of the 19th century. They are trained in Peking Opera and martial arts and become sensations in Shanghai.
FBA: To and Wai again Romancing with Media Asia
The film is shooting in Shangri-la in China's Yunnan province and stars Louis Koo as a superstar dumped by his girlfriend, played by Gao Yuanyuan. He flies off to Shangri-la to seek peace, but falls in love with another character played by Sammi Cheng).
FBA: Mei Ah gives Palace royal treatment
The film, a co-production between Mei Ah, Hunan etv Culture Media and Huanrui Century Film is based on the hit 2010 television series of the same name, and revolves around a time-travelling female scientist during the Qing dynasty. Separately, Mei Ah also launched Mysterious Island starring Hong Kong stalwart Jordan Chan

Production is underway on Mayday 3DNA, a 3-D film starring popular alternative rock band Mayday
THR: China's Top Rocker Cui Jian Set to Get 3D Concert Film
Producer of "U2 3D" to bring Chinese rocker's symphonic show to life.
Tentatively titled Stereo Symphony On the New Long March, the roughly 75-minute film will feature footage shot around two New Year’s 2010 concerts Cui gave in December at Beijing’s outdoor Workers' Stadium cut together with interviews with the rock legend and his fans.

Yet comedy will come before tragedy for Pegasus, as Wong reawakens his Happy Ghost franchise of the 1980s CinemaCity heyday for the Chinese audience, now renamed Magic to Win. Wong’s Ip Man director Wilson Yip is at the helm, and Edmond Wong again on the screenplay. In fact, the whole crew from Ip Man will return for this CGI-heavy US$10 million update, with Wong reprising the role of the motivational high school teacher, this time possessing not supernatural powers nor a Chinese vampire-style past life but magic instead.

A little less sex was just what the censor ordered for Singapore.
Three minutes of footage depicting group sex has been left on the cutting floor for the South Korean edition.
The Hong Kong theatrical version of the period sex romp is set and approved for release on April 14 at 118 minutes, but a full 129-minute director’s cut has been made. The producers will decide whether to release it in Hong Kong cinemas depending on public demand and local censors, or on DVD; European distributors can choose between the two versions.

Tai Chi was originally slated as a martial arts drama tracing the life story of 19th century tai chi master Yang Lu-chan, with Jet Li confirmed as the lead and Stephen Fung at the helm.

But the colorful life of the founder of the Yang school of tai chi proved too eventful for the producers, who decided to spread the biography into a three-part series. Part one will detail the master’s young life from age 17 through 25, with an as yet-unconfirmed young Chinese actor in the lead. Li will take part in the second installment, and an older actor will portray the martial artist’s later years in the third.

Also in the pipeline for the boutique label is another remake of the John Woo classic, A Better Tomorrow, of which both Fung and Wu have been dedicated fans.  

CRI:  Stars Return to 'Painted Skin 2
This time, Wuershan, director of the film "Dao Jian Xiao", or "The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman", has taken over the directorial reins from Gordon Chan with Chen Kuo-fu as executive producer.

The new project is said to be an updated version of her highly-acclaimed film, "Go Lala Go!" about romance and survival in the office, which she directed and acted in last year. The new flick is likely to be the last project which would feature her acting and directing in tandem.

The Bottom Line
Frequently charming, diverse collection of shorts that speaks to the city like few films have in recent years
Marking the screen return of 1980s movie actress Pat Ha (An Amorous Woman Of Tang Dynasty, My Name Ain’t Suzie), this directorial effort by Calvin Poon - a Cantopop lyricist, football commentator, screenwriter and one-time film director (1986’s Kiss Me Goodbye) - starts out as a character drama centred around three unhappily married middle-aged Hong Kong women, but gradually turns into full-on B-movie mode.
The Bottom Line
Nostalgic, feel-good stories set in an amusement park is only periodically amusing.
"It’s a Great, Great World" dramatizes a few individuals who made a living in a Singaporean amusement park with 40 years’ history.
Hsu’s narrative structure is symptomatic of many new generation Taiwan filmmakers whose feature length ventures are thinly disguised amalgams of shorts. Its lack of one strong lead story will weaken its impression on buyers and audiences alike, limiting commercial prospects to short spells of semi-arthouse release domestically.

NPR: 'Til Death Do Us Part' Tackles AIDS In Rural China (Life is a Miracle)
Director Gu Changwei is praising the all-star cast he assembled in his first film in four years, a drama exploring how AIDS impacts a rural Chinese village.
HKIFF Press Conference photos
Aaron Kwok, Zhang Ziyi


Aaron Kwok

Aaron Kwok, Zhang Ziyi, Jiang Wenli, Gu Changwei

 Zhang Ziyi

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White Vengeance (lit. Banquet at Hongmen)
Directed by Daniel Lee, the poster features the seven main characters.
(Sina)
Liu Kai-Chi is back for Detective 2 (lit. B+ Detective)



(Sina)

Andrew Lau
Andrew Lau confirmed that Beautiful Life received a name change to "No Longer Leave You Alone" at FilMart today. The title now matches the theme song of the same name. Shu Qi demonstrated her calligraphy skills and wrote the new title by brush in Lau's studio.

(Sina), (Xinhua)

MSN: Raymond Lam sheds light on relationship with model
According to Raymond, Shuang Shuang likes to take sexy photos. He added, "[I] told her to not take so much [sexy photos] initially. No one likes to have his own girlfriend expose herself."MSN: Andy Hui hopes for a future with Sammi Cheng
The Hong Kong singer tells how the pair reconciledMSN: Barbie Hsu’s father to give her away at wedding
CRI: Stars Leave for Barbie Hsu's Wedding
CRI: A Wedding in the Limelight

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