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This Week: August 25 - 31
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Mini |
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Produced by West Movie Group, West Corp., Ltd., Element Films Ltd.,
China Post Group Corp., Beijing All Media and Culture Group, Beijing
Forbidden City Film Co., Emei Film Studio,
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This week in mainland China, two local films have released.
Mini, about
a man and a woman, both are disillusioned about their life,
meet and fall in love; and
A Postman of Paradise,
tells a real story of a lone postman on horseback. Two Hong Kong
flicks, Nakara 19 and
Simply Actors,
are also release in the mainland
China. Nakara 19
tells a story of several girls die from accident after receiving a
text message asking them about the 19th layer of hell.
Simply Actors
is a comedy about a young cop learns acting in order to take
undercover missions.
In Hong Kong, one new movie hits the local theaters. Contract Lover,
tells a young hires a girlfriend to fool his dad.
In Taiwan, two local romance movies become available this weekend.
My DNA Says I Love You,
tells two girls taking medication to battle their generic defects,
which have kept them single; and
Keeping Watch,
about a girl works at an antique clock store discovers the man she
is in love with has been dead for many years.
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Ang Lee's LUST,
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Press conference photos:
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We are all waiting for reviews to pop up...
People from the Chinese language press are almost overwhelmingly
praising the film. Derek Elley from Variety writes "too much
caution and too little lust squeeze much of the dramatic juice out
of Ang Lee's Lust, Caution, a 2?hour period drama that's a
long haul for relatively few returns," Ray Bennett from The
Hollywood Reporter says "brings to main what soldiers say about
war: that it's long periods of boredom relieved by moments of
extremely heightened excitement," Dan Fainaru claims "it promises
much more than it actually delivers," and "had Lee accepted that his
film is about the conflict between duty and desire, and worked
smoothly on this premise, this could have been a far more focused
and precise film," Roderick Conway Morris from The International
Herald Tribune says "the film is grueling to watch and some
audiences may find very little in the way of recognizable 'love' in
this supposed 'love story'," and Boyd van Hoeij blogs at
european-films.net that it "is an uncompromising and
incredibly seductive piece of filmmaking that is too long but has so
many good elements going for it that it is hard to really care that
on certain points the director seems to have thrown caution to the
wind" and "acting and technical credits are more than first-class
and newcomer Wei Tang, starring alongside veteran Tony Leung, is
simply riveting."
Bear it in mind, it appears Ang Lee has done a faithful adaptation
of Eileen Chang's original short story, which is only known among
the Chinese. The title "Lust, Caution" and the MPAA's NC-17
rating could also be very misleading.
(Thanks to "dwhudson" of
GreenCine Daily.)
Review by Derek Elley, Variety
Review by Ray Bennett, The
Hollywood Reporter
Review by Dan Fainaru, Screen Daily
Review by Roderick Conway Morris,
The International Herald Tribune
Review by Boyd van Hoeij,
european-films.net
Related story:
In Ang Lee's 'Lust, Caution,' love is
beautiful to see, impossible to hold, by Dennis Lim,
International Herald Tribune
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Official Synopsis
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The synopsis is a little bit spoiling, so please beware.
The new film from Ang Lee, the Academy Award-winning director of
“ Brokeback Mountain ” and “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.” A
startling erotic espionage thriller about the fate of an ordinary
woman’s heart, it is based on the short story by revered Chinese
author Eileen Chang, and stars Asian cinema icon Tony Leung opposite
screen newcomer Tang Wei. Shanghai, 1942. The World War II Japanese
occupation of this Chinese city continues in force. Mrs. Mak, a
woman of sophistication and means, walks into a caf? places a call,
and then sits and waits. She remembers…how her story began several
years earlier, in 1938 China . She is not in fact Mrs. Mak, but shy
Wong Chia Chi (Tang Wei). With WWII underway, Wong has been left
behind by her father, who has escaped to England . As a freshman at
university, she meets fellow student Kuang Yu Min (Wang Leehom)
Kuang has started a drama society to shore up patriotism. As the
theater troupe’s new leading lady, Wong realizes that she has found
her calling, able to move and inspire audiences – and Kuang. He
convenes a core group of students to carry out a radical and
ambitious plan to assassinate a top Japanese collaborator, Mr. Yee
(Tony Leung). Each student has a part to play; Wong will be Mrs.
Mak, who will gain Yee’s trust by befriending his wife (Joan Chen)
and then draw the man into an affair. Wong transforms herself
utterly inside and out, and the scenario proceeds as scripted –
until an unexpectedly fatal twist spurs her to flee. Shanghai, 1941.
With no end in sight for the occupation, Wong – having emigrated
from Hong Kong – goes through the motions of her existence. Much to
her surprise, Kuang re-enters her life. Now part of the organized
resistance, he enlists her to again become Mrs. Mak in a revival of
the plot to kill Yee, who as head of the collaborationist secret
service has become even more a key part of the puppet government. As
Wong reprises her earlier role, and is drawn ever closer to her
dangerous prey, she finds her very identity being pushed to the
limit...
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Peter Chan Is
WAITING for Takeshi Kaneshiro and Zhang Zi
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Back in 2001, director
Peter Chan said he would make Waiting, based on the same name
novel by Ha Jin, the cast would include Chow Yun-Fat and Gong Li,
and it would be produced by Ruddy Morgan Production and China Film
Group Corp. Now according to an unknown source, Han Sanping,
president of China Film, said Chow and Gong had been replaced by
Takeshi Kaneshiro and Zhang Ziyi.
Set in China in the
1950s and 1960s, Waiting tells a military doctor, Lin Kong
(Kaneshiro), who is unhappy about his arranged marriage, falls in
love with a nurse Wu Manna (Zhang). For 18 years, Kong has tried to
arrange a divorce, which is forbidden politically, and for 18 years,
Wu has waited Kong to join her.
Takeshi Kaneshiro was
the leads in Peter Chan in Perhaps Love and The Warlords.
He worked with Zhang Ziyi in House of Flying Daggers.
Production of Waiting would begin by April 2008.
Related story:
WAITING Chow Yun-Fat and Gong Li
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
September 5, 2001 |
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Poster and Trailer
of Jia Zhangke's New Documentary USELESS
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Useless is the second installment of Jia's "The Artists
Trilogy." It consists three segments, telling the stories of young
women working at clothing factories in Guangdong Province of
southern China, fashion designer Ma Ke releasing his new product
line called "Useless" in Paris, and a seamster making a living at a
coal mine in Shanxi Province of northern China.
Useless will be premiered at the coming Venice International Film
Festival. Jia's Still Life was awarded with he Golden Lion
last year in Venice.
Trailers:
Guangdong
Paris
Fenyang (Shanxi)
Related story:
Venezia 64 Lineup
(LaBiennale.org)
July 26, 2007 |
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Ang Lee's LUST,
CAUTION Got NC-17 in America and Shortened in China
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Both Variety and The Hollywood Reporter
report Ang Lee’s latest film, Lust, Caution has been rated
NC-17 in the US. Let’s hail director Ang Lee, producer James Schamus
and Focus Feature for not kowtowing the outdated MPAA by deleting
some shots in order to get an “R.”
In the US, the censors would make a movie less
accessible if they thought it was
too extreme.
However in China, where the film
was made, the policy has always been "cut or no deal." According to
newspaper, The Beijing News, a deputy director of the State
Film Bureau said those “pornographic shots” had been deleted but
there were only a handful of them and it would not affect how the
audiences understood the story. There is no movie rating system in
China and the regulator has refused, even talking about the
possibility of a rating system. All movies have to be made or cut to
be suitable for audiences of all ages. By just cutting a few shots,
this movie would probably match the "R" standard by MPAA.
Ironically, an
"R" movie is still not quite appropriate for kids to watch but it is
considered safe for everyone in China.
(Thanks to “Sean” and “Mighty Ganesha” for the
links.)
Related
stories:
Ang Lee's latest nabs NC-17 rating
, by Diane Garrett, Variety
"Lust" too hot for Hollywood censors,
by Gregg Goldstein, The Hollywood Reporter
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Opening
This Week: August 18 - 24
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August 24, 2007 |
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Night
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Crazy Money & Funnymen |
Blood Brothers |
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Shanxi Film Studio, CCTV and August 1st Film Studio, Shanghai
Wallen Pictures Production Co., Ltd., Kadokawa Herald Pictures, Long
Shong Entertainment Multimedia Company, Omega Project, Pony Canyon.) |
This week in China, two new locals movies became available -
Night Attack, about a
surprise raid on a Japanese military airport during the WWII,
and
Crazy Money & Funnymen,
about how a young man defeats two big shots in the circle of
stock trading. In Hong Kong, Alexi Tan directed and John Woo
produced
Blood Brothers, about
three brothers' up and down in the 1930s Shanghai, has been
released. Meanwhile in Taiwan, one new film opens today -
Tripping,
a Taiwan-Japan co-production, about a girl traveling back to the
ancient time and teaming up with a young man to fight the evil
forces.
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THE SUN ALSO RISES
Posters
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August 23, 2007 |
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The Madness |
The Gun |
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Four
posters four mini-stories told in the film - The Madness, The Gun,
The Attraction and The Dream.
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posters:
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Related stories:
Official Site of Jiang Wen's THE SUN ALSO
RISES, with a Brand New Trailer
(Sohu.com)
July 26, 2007
Wow! The First Trailer of Jiang
Wen's THE SUN ALSO RISES
(Sohu.com)
July 15, 2007
Emperor rises to take China's 'Sun'
(Variety Asia Online)
A New Round of THE SUN ALSO RISES
(Movie World Magazine's Blog)
April 23, 2007
More Stills from Jiang Wen's THE SUN
ALSO RISES
(Sina.com)
February 13, 2007
China Okayed the Content of Jiang
Wen's THE SUN ALSO RISES
(MonkeyPeaches
Exclusive)
February 12, 2007
SUN RISES AGAIN Promotional Stills
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
March 29, 2006
Jiang Wen's SUN RISES AGAIN in
Production
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
March 1, 2006
Jiang Wen's WHERE THE SUN RISES to Be
Filmed in Shangri-La
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
September 30, 2005
Wong Chau-Sang Joints THE PAINTED
VEIL Remake and Jiang Wen's THE SUN RISES AGAIN
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
August 13, 2005
Actor Director Jiang Wen Plans His
Third Directorial Effort - THE SUN RISES AGAIN
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
June 30, 2005 |
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THE SUN ALSO RISES
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Click here for more.
Related stories:
Official Site of Jiang Wen's THE SUN ALSO
RISES, with a Brand New Trailer
(Sohu.com)
July 26, 2007
Wow! The First Trailer of Jiang
Wen's THE SUN ALSO RISES
(Sohu.com)
July 15, 2007
Emperor rises to take China's 'Sun'
(Variety Asia Online)
A New Round of THE SUN ALSO RISES
(Movie World Magazine's Blog)
April 23, 2007
More Stills from Jiang Wen's THE SUN
ALSO RISES
(Sina.com)
February 13, 2007
China Okayed the Content of Jiang
Wen's THE SUN ALSO RISES
(MonkeyPeaches
Exclusive)
February 12, 2007
SUN RISES AGAIN Promotional Stills
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
March 29, 2006
Jiang Wen's SUN RISES AGAIN in
Production
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
March 1, 2006
Jiang Wen's WHERE THE SUN RISES to Be
Filmed in Shangri-La
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
September 30, 2005
Wong Chau-Sang Joints THE PAINTED
VEIL Remake and Jiang Wen's THE SUN RISES AGAIN
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
August 13, 2005
Actor Director Jiang Wen Plans His
Third Directorial Effort - THE SUN RISES AGAIN
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
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LUST, CAUTION
Chinese Posters
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FYI: the tile in Chinese is written from the right to the left, the
more traditional way of writing in China. The tagline literally
means, "Lust is easy to stop but passion is not."
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THE SUN ALSO RISES'
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Click here.
Official website
Related stories:
Official Site of Jiang Wen's THE SUN ALSO
RISES, with a Brand New Trailer
(Sohu.com)
July 26, 2007
Wow! The First Trailer of Jiang
Wen's THE SUN ALSO RISES
(Sohu.com)
July 15, 2007
Emperor rises to take China's 'Sun'
(Variety Asia Online)
A New Round of THE SUN ALSO RISES
(Movie World Magazine's Blog)
April 23, 2007
More Stills from Jiang Wen's THE SUN
ALSO RISES
(Sina.com)
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ebruary 13, 2007
China Okayed the Content of Jiang
Wen's THE SUN ALSO RISES
(MonkeyPeaches
Exclusive)
February 12, 2007
SUN RISES AGAIN Promotional Stills
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
March 29, 2006
Jiang Wen's SUN RISES AGAIN in
Production
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
March 1, 2006
Jiang Wen's WHERE THE SUN RISES to Be
Filmed in Shangri-La
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
September 30, 2005
Wong Chau-Sang Joints THE PAINTED
VEIL Remake and Jiang Wen's THE SUN RISES AGAIN
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) August 13, 2005
Actor Director Jiang Wen Plans His
Third Directorial Effort - THE SUN RISES AGAIN
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Click here.
(Thanks
to Wilson Morales.)
Related stories:
WAR Clips
(...)
July 29, 2007
More Shots of Jet Li in WAR
(IGN)
July 7, 2007
More Shots of Jet Li in WAR
(BlackFilm.com)
July 5, 2007
WAR's New Poster
(Comingsoon.net)
June 30, 2007
WAR Poster with Jet Li and Jason
Statham
(IGN)
May 31, 2007
THE SECRET OF THE MAGIC GOURD's
After-Credit Bloopers
(Sina.com)
June 21, 2007
More Stuffs from THE SECRET OF
THE MAGIC GOURD
(...)
May 26, 2007
THE SECRET OF THE MAGIC GOURD
Full Trailer
(Sina.com)
May 17, 2007
THE SECRET OF THE MAGIC GOURD
Official Website
(MagicGourd.cn)
May 9, 2007
Trailer: THE SECRET OF THE MAGIC
GOURD
(Sina.com)
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Nomination List of
Hong Kong's 12th Golden Bauhinia Film Awards - Complete
(MonkeyPeaches
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August 17, 2007 |
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The complete nomination list has finally arrived. As what I said
yesterday,
Exodus, the latest from director Pang Ho-Cheung, picking up 10
nominations has stirred some debate because it has yet been
released. Exodus, starring Simon Yam, Annie Liu and Nick Cheung,
tells a unconventional story of how a young wife is secretly
planning to kill her husband. A few other titles also received large
numbers of multiple nominations, including Battle of Wits,
director Cheung Chi-Leung’s war drama set in the ancient China,
Eye in the Sky, Yau Nai-Hoi’s directorial debut, about a
cat-and-mouse game between a HKPD surveillance team and a gang of
thieves, and After This Our Exile, Patrick Tam’s story of the
derailed relationship between a trashy father and his infant son.
Johnnie To’s Exiled, about five gunmen’s unexpected reunion,
only got three nominations.
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CHEUNG Chi-Leung (Battle of Wits) |
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YAU Nai-Hoi (Eye in the Sky) |
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CHEUNG Chi-Leung (Battle of Wits) |
Andy Lau (A Battle of Wits) |
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YAU Nai-Hoi, AU Kin-Yee (Eye in the Sky) |
Leung Ka-Fai (Eye in the Sky) |
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Patrick TAM, TIAN Kai-Leong (After This Our
Exile) |
Aaron Kwok (After This Our Exile) |
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Lau Ching-Wan (My Name Is Fame) |
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Best Supporting Actor |
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Nick CHEUNG (Exodus) |
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Rene LIU (Kidnap) |
WANG Zhiwen (Battle of Wits) |
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FAN Bingbing (Battle of Wits) |
LAM Suet (Eye in the Sky) |
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Charlene CHOI (Simply Actors) |
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King-to (After This Our Exile) |
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Gong LI (Curse of the Golden Flower) |
LIU Ye (Curse of the Golden
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Best New Performer |
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Fiona SIT (Wonder Women) |
Maggie SIU (Eye in the Sky) |
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Isabella LEONG (Diary) |
NG King-to (After
This Our Exile) |
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Monie TUNG (My Mother Is a Belly
Dancer) |
HUO Siyan (My Name Is Fame) |
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Kelly
LIN (After
This Our Exile) |
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ZHOU Xun (The Banquet) |
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Best Action Direction |
Best Art Direction |
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Donnie YEN (Dragon Tiger Gate) |
MAN Lim-Cheung
(Exodus) |
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TUNG Wai (Battle
of Wits) |
YI Zhenzhou (Battle
of Wits) |
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YUEN Wo-Ping's Team (The
Banquet) |
Tim YIP (The
Banquet) |
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CHING Siu-Tung (Curse
of the Golden Flower) |
HUO
Tingxiao (Curse
of the Golden Flower) |
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Best Editing |
Best Cinematography |
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TAM Kwok-ming (Exodus) |
Charlie LAM (Exodus) |
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David Richardson (Eye in the Sky) |
CHEUNG
Tung-Leung (Eye in the Sky) |
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Patrick
TAM (After
This Our Exile) |
CHEUNG Siu-keung (Exiled) |
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LIU Miaomiao (The
Banquet) |
LAU Wai-Keung, LAI Yiu-Fai (Confession
of Pain) |
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ZHANG
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Banquet) |
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Best Film Song |
Best Music |
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"Wish for a Long Life (literal)", music by DONG
Dongdong,
lyric by SU Shi,
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Gabriele Roberto
(Exodus) |
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performed by Jacky CHEUNG (Wish for a
Long Life (literal)) |
Robert Jay, Ellis Geiger
(After This Our Exile) |
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"Secret", music by
Tetsuya YUKUMI and Hikari, lyric by
KWOK Kai-Wa,
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TAN Dun (The Banquet) |
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performed by Denise HO,
(Confession ofPain) |
Peter KAM (Protege) |
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"I Repay Love with All I Have
(literal)", music by TAN Dun
and ZHONG Xingmin,
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ZHANG Liangying (The Banquet) |
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"Chrysanthemum Terrace (literal)", music by Jay CHOU,
lyric by Fran FANG,
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Best Sound |
The Award for Creativity |
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WANG Lei, MO Huijia (Dragon Tiger Gate) |
Exodus |
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Steve Burgess, HE Wei (Battle of Wits) |
My Mother Is a Belly Dancer |
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Kinson TSANG (Confession of Pain) |
Simply Actors |
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TAO Jing
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Opening
This Week: August 11 - 17
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Organization, Ltd., Shanghai See Yuen Film and TV.) |
This week, Alexi Tan directed and John Woo produced
Blood Brothers, about
three brothers' up and down in the 1930s Shanghai, has been released
in the mainland China and Taiwan. It will arrive at Hong Kong
theaters next Thursday. This film was jointly produced by from
Beijing, Hong Kong, Taipei and the Santa Monica, California (the
registered location of John Woo's Lion Rock Productions.) Another
movie,
Contract Lover, tells the
story of a young man hired a girlfriend to fool his father, produced
by legendary producer Ng See-Yuen, has been released in the
mainland.
Secret of Magic Gourd, the
first Chinese kids movie co-produced by Disney, has begun showing in
Hong Kong.
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Nomination List of
Hong Kong's 12th Golden Bauhinia Film Awards - Incomplete
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August 16, 2007 |
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At a
press conference Hong Kong Film Critics Association released the
nomination list for the 12th Annual Golden Bauhinia Film Awards. The
biggest surprise this year, Pang Ho-Cheung's yet to be released
Exodus,
about how a young wife secretly planning to murder her husband, got
10 nominations. We only have part of the nomination at this point,
because no one is interested in showing us the full list.
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Pang Ho-Cheung (Exodus) |
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Battle of Wits |
Patrick Tam (After This Our Exile) |
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Eye in the Sky |
Johnnie To (Exiled) |
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After This Our Exile |
Cheung Chi-Leung (Battle of Wits) |
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Yau Nai-Hoi (Eye in the Sky) |
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Simon Yam (Exodus) |
Gigi Leung (Wonder Women) |
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Rene Liu (Kidnap) |
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Leung Ka-Fai (Eye in the Sky) |
Fan Bingbing (Battle of Wits) |
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Aaron Kwok (After This Our Exile) |
Charlene Choi (Simply Actors) |
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Lau Ching-Wan (My Name Is Fame) |
Gong Li (Curse of the Golden Flower) |
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BLOOD BROTHERS
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IMDB) |
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Explosion
Production design
Daniel Wu and Li Xiaolu
Guns
Gunplay
Costume
Men on fire
Shu Qi
Dinner
John Woo
Brother against brother
Dance
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Chinese Screen Writer Zhang Ziliang
Died at 66
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One and Eight |
Yellow Earth |
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Zhang Ziliang would be remembered the most for the scripts he wrote
for
One and Eight
and
Yellow Earth.
One and Eight,
directed by Zheng Junzhao and lensed by Zhang Yimou,
was the first of many films made by China’s Fifth
Generation directors; and Yellow Earth was Chen Kaige’s
directorial debut and was also lensed by Zhang Yimou. Reported Zhang
Ziliang, had been suffering from serious brain bleeding for many
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Another Round of
Spy Photos of John Woo's RED CLIFF
(Southern
Metropolitan Daily / Sina.com) |
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BLOOD BROTHER
Picture Book - The Set and The Extra
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New Asian Chinese Edition of Ang Lee's LUST,
CAUTION
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This Asian / Chinese edition (1 minute 30 seconds), 15 seconds
shorter than the one Focus Features released at its website,
got many shots we have never seen before.
It is the same trailer, showed up on Focus Features' website almost
a month ago and was removed shortly after.
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Opening
This Week: August 4 - 10
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Point |
Secret |
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(Images:
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EDKO Film, Sil-Metropol Organization Ltd..) |
Have collected more than 20 million yuans (US$ 2.64 million) from
theaters of the mainland China in the past week, Wilson Yip and
Donnie Yen's story,
Flash Point, about how one
cop is fighting a gang, is released this Thursday in Hong Kong.
Taiwanese singer actor Jay Chou's directorial debut,
Secret, a Hong Kong-made
low budget film about a talented music student searching for his
suddenly disappeared girlfriend, has earned the even more than 26
million yuans (US$ 3.43 million) from mainland Chinese theaters in
the past 10 d, is released today in Taiwan.
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Ching Siu-Tung's
KINGDOME AND THE BEAUTY Is in Production Now
(MonkeyPeaches
Exclusive) |
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Director Ching Siu-Tung. |
(L to R): Leon Lai, Kelly Chan and Donnie Yen. |
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We first heard about the project in April and
nothing follows came out until today. From a press conference held
on the set just outside Beijing, the production studios tell us that
not only the period drama is in production but also the production
has started for at least a month.
The story is about an exiled warrior princess (Kelly Chen)
determines to get her stolen kingdom back, with the help from a
general (Donnie Yen) and a traveling warrior (Leon Lai). The cast
also include Guo Xiaodong, Kong Zhenhai and Eric Tsang.
Master choreographer Ching Siu-Tung (Curse
of the Golden Flower,
House of the Flying Daggers,
Hero) is the director and choreographer. The production and
costume are designed by Yee Chung-Man (The
Warlords,
Curse of the Golden Flower,
Perhaps Love),
who also outlined the story of the period film. The director of
cinematography is Zhao Xiaoding
(Curse
of the Golden Flower,
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles,
House of Flying Daggers,
Hero).
From the press conference:
Snapshots
A Video clip
Related Story:
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(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
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BLOOD BROTHER
Picture Book - Daniel Wu
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August 8, 2007 |
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Click here for more.
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June 19, 2007
Posters - THE WARLORDS, THE
ASSEMBLY, BLOOD BROTHERS
(movieXclusive.com /
Sina.com)
June 18, 2007
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(Sina.com)
June 7, 2007
Newer, Bigger and QuickTimer Trailer of BLOOD BROTHERS
(Twitch)
May 30, 2007
BLOOD BROTHERS Stills
(...)
May 24, 2007
Fortissimo to Sell BLOOD BROTHERS outside of Asia
(MonkeyPeaches
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February 2, 2007
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(Variety)
February 1, 2007
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November 13, 2006
BLOOD
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November 15, 2006
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HEAVEN
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May 24, 2006
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(movieXclusive.com /
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(Sina.com)
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(Twitch)
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HEAVEN
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May 24, 2006
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(MonkeyPeaches
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February 2, 2007
Fortissimo bonds with 'Blood Brothers'
(Variety)
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Produced BLOOD, BROTHERS Meets the Press
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BLOOD
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Feng Xiaogang Will Do a NOBLE
with Pang Ho-Cheung’s Writing
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The president of Beijing-based HY. Bros., Wang
Zhongjun, recently told a few Chinese newspapers that director Feng
Xiaogang’s next project would be Gui Zu (literal title:
Noble) with the script penned by Hong Kong writer/director Pang
Ho-Cheung. Wang said Feng were not quite satisfied by Pang’s first
two drafts and more work should be done on the script. Feng would
spent all his time on the project once the post-production of The
Assembly, his latest project, was done. The early idea for
Noble is about a story of the new wealthy class of Beijing. Wang
expects the pre-production to end by the end of 2007 and the
shooting to start by the spring of 2008. The cast may include
Ge You, who appeared in most Feng's movies and Fan Wei.
Feng Xiaogang is the most well-known comedy
director in China. His comedies, such as The Dream Factory,
Be There or Be Square, Sorry Baby, A Sigh and
Big Shot’s Funeral, more appealing to the people in northern
China, tells stories of ordinary people in extraordinary situations.
A few years back, he began to reduce comedic element from his
movies. He made Cell Phone and A World without Thieves
in attempt to appeal audiences of entire China. Then he shot The
Banquet, a big budget historical drama. His latest, The
Assembly, is a war drama. With Noble, we would see Feng
returning to his comedy root.
Pang Ho-Cheung made himself famous with You
Shoot, I Shoot, a comedy with a very entertaining story
assembled with ideas from the real life. His following movies,
Men Suddenly in Black, Beyond Our Ken and A.V.
continues his unique style started in You Shoot, I Shoot. He
tried out none-comedy with his last one Isabella. He just
wrapped up Exodus, surpassingly working on
Victoria Bay
(literal), and is preparing for Now Showing. |
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Hong Kong Actor Bak Man-Biao Died
at 86
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Hong Kong TV and film actor Bak Man-Biao died lat
a New York hospital last Thursday. He became a Cantonese opera
player in the 1940s. In the 1950s, Bak joined Hong Kong's movie
industry. He was the screenwriter and assistant director of many
movies made at that time. He also worked in some earlier projects of
director Li Han-Hsiang. Later he became an in-house actor of Hong
Kong's TVB and appeared in many series, some of them were led by the
young Chow Yun-Fat. His last on-screen appearance was a small role
in
92 Legendary La Rose Noire.
Soon after Bak moved to New York and began teaching Cantonese opera
in the local Chinese community. Bak Man-Biao's funeral service will
be held in Ng Fook Funeral Home next Friday
in New York. |
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Opening
This Week: July 28 - August 3
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August 3, 2007 |
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Wilson Yip and Donnie Yen's bone-crashing action Flash Point,
about two cops fighting a gang, is released in Hong Kong and the
mainland China. Also available in these regions, Taiwanese singer
actor Jay Chou's directorial debut Secret, about a mysterious
love story of a boy and a girl. People in Taiwan will not be able to
watch the movie until next week.
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New Development on
Disney's SNOW AND THE SEVEN
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August 2, 2007 |
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Jet Li in
The Forbidden Kingdom.
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According
to an article by The Hollywood Reporter,
Lawrence falls for Disney's 'Snow',
Constantine and I Am Legend director Francis Lawrence
will helm the project, claimed as a "live-action East-meets-West
take on the 'Snow White' fairy tale." The article says the story
"centers on a British girl being raised in 19th century Hong Kong.
When she realizes her destiny is to conquer an evil force, she must
prepare to fight by being trained by seven Shaolin monks." An early
report by Hong Kong paper Wen Wei Po suggests the "evil
force" is the queen, the
girl's
stepmother in her previous life, one millennium in the past.
The queen have been trying to restored her mirror-on-the-wall, which
was broken into seven pieces, and the last piece is in the girl's
possession. Wen Wei Po also says Jet Li would play the
captain of the Shaolin Monks. Li played a shaolin monk in his acting
debut Shaolin Temple. Yuen Wo-Ping is no longer attached as
the director but he stays as the choreographer. Originally Nartalie
Portman was considered for playing the girl but this news was a few
year old. "The studio is eyeing a start in 2008, which China being
likely the site of the shoot" and the title is expected to be
changed before the release.
Right now
another East-meets-West Hollywood project, The Forbidden City,
is in production in China. With Jet Li and Jackie Chan in the cast,
it is a quasi-adaptation of classic Chinese fantasy novel "Journey
to the West."
(Thanks to "Da :-)".)
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Natalie Portman, the Snow White?
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
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Character Trailers
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August 1, 2007 |
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Director
Alexi Tan on the set inside Shanghai Film Studios. (Image: HY.
Brothers) |
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Character
trailers
A
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D
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Clip
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(Sina.com)
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Site with Trailers for ASSEMBLY, BLOOD BROTHERS...
(...)
June 19, 2007
Posters - THE WARLORDS, THE
ASSEMBLY, BLOOD BROTHERS
(movieXclusive.com /
Sina.com)
June 18, 2007
BLOOD BROTHERS Poster
(Sina.com)
June 7, 2007
Newer, Bigger and QuickTimer Trailer of BLOOD BROTHERS
(Twitch)
May 30, 2007
BLOOD BROTHERS Stills
(...)
May 24, 2007
Fortissimo to Sell BLOOD BROTHERS outside of Asia
(MonkeyPeaches
Exclusive)
February 2, 2007
Fortissimo bonds with 'Blood Brothers'
(Variety)
February 1, 2007
John Woo
Produced BLOOD, BROTHERS Meets the Press
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
November 13, 2006
BLOOD
BROTHERS Poster
(Twitch)
November 15, 2006
John Returns Home to Produce GATE TO
HEAVEN
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
May 24, 2006
Stanley Tong Wants to Tell His Nanjing Massacre
Story with THE DIARY
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
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