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Opening This
Week: March 20 - 26, 2010
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March 26, 2010 |
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Love in a Puff |
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Love in a Puff
is the only Chinese language film released this week. From Hong
Kong director Pang Ho-Cheung, the comedy tells how a man and a women
falls in love while enjoying smoking together on the back of their
office tower and during the hunt for low tax cigarettes.
Other new movies opened
this week:
China:
Ballistic (Taiwan)
Alice in Wonderland (USA)
Hong Kong:
Fantastic Mr. Fox (USA /
UK)
Good (UK / Germany)
Old Partner (South Korea)
Das Weisse Band - Eine
deutsche Kindergeschichte / The White Ribbon (Austria /
Germany / France / Italy)
When in Rome (USA)
The Young Victoria (UK /
USA)
Taiwan:
Bandage (Japan)
The Bounty Hunter (USA)
Dear John (USA)
How to Train Your Dragon
(USA)
Hero of the Rails (USA /
UK / Canada)
Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji
(Japan)
Remember Me (USA)
Sagan (France)
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The 4th Asian Film Awards - The Result s
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Mar 23,
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Winners' names were announced last night in Hong Kong during a grand
ceremony. South Korean drama
Mother
collected three awards, including Best Film, Best Actress (Kim
Hye-ja) and Best Screenplay (Park Eun-kyo, Bong Joon-ho). It tells a
story of a mother desperately searching for the killer of a girl
when her young son is charged for the murder.
Chinese director Lu Chuan was awarded for his WWII Nanking Massacre
project
City of Life and Death,
which also won Best Cinematography (Cao Yu).
Two best actor awards went to Hong Kong and mainland China jointly
produced semi-historical thriller
Bodyguards and Assassins.
Chinese actor Wang Xueqi won Best Actor title for playing a wealthy
business man, who is supporting the revolution financially while
banning his own son from joining the revolution. Hong Kong star
Nicholas Tse was named Best Supporting Actor for playing a young
rickshaw-puller, who is willing to protect a revolutionary leader he
barely knows.
The awards of Best Supporting Actress and Best New Performer were
given to
Malaysian, Hong Kong and South Korean co-production
At the End of Daybreak,
about a young man trying to escape the burden of his alcoholic
mother, developed an illicit online relationship with an under-aged
school girl. Hong Kong actress Kara Hui was named the Best
Supporting Actress for playing the alcoholic mother, and first-time
Malaysian actress Ng Menghui was granted the Best New Performance
title for playing the school girl.
Chinese director Zhang Yimou was honored for his Outstanding
Contribution to Asian Cinema and Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan
received the Lifetime Achievement Award. Hong Kong director John Woo
was also awarded for directed the top grossing Asian film last year,
Red Cliff, one film and
two films, depending on which part of the world it was released.
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Best Film:
Mother (South Korea) |
Best Director:
LU Chuan (City of Life
and Death - China) |
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Other nominees: |
Other nominees: |
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Bodyguards and
Assassins (Hong Kong / China) |
BONG Joon-ho (Mother -
South Korea) |
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City of Life and Death
(China- mainland) |
Asghar FARHADI (About
Elly - Iran) |
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Lola (Philippines) |
Brillante MENDOZA (Lola -
Philippines) |
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No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti
(Taiwan) |
SONO Sion (Love Exposure
- Japan) |
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Parade (Japan) |
YONG Fan (Prince of Tears
- Hong Kong / Taiwan) |
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Best Actor:
WANG Xueqi (Bodyguards
and Assassins -
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Best Actress:
KIM Hye-ja (Mother -
South Korea) |
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Hong Kong / China) |
Other nominees: |
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Other nominees: |
BAE Du-na (Air Doll -
Japan) |
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Tadanobu ASANO (Villon's
Wife - Japan) |
LI Bingbing (The Message
- China) |
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HUANG Bo (Cow - China) |
Takako
MATSU (Villon's Wife -Japan)
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Hitoshi
MATSUMOTO (Symbol - Japan) |
CHANG Yung-yung (Yang
Yang - Taiwan) |
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SONG Kang-ho (Thirst -
South Korea) |
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Best Supporting Actor:
Nicholas TSE (Bodyguards and
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Best Supporting
Actress:
Kara HUI (At the End of
Daybreak -
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Assassins- Hong Kong / China) |
Malaysia / Hong Kong / South Korea) |
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Other nominees: |
Other nominees: |
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Eita (Dear Doctor -
Japan) |
Sakura ANDÔ
(A Crowd of Three - Japan) |
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HUANG Xiaoming (The
Message - China) |
Ryoko
HIROSUE (Villon's Wife - Japan)
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TOU Chung-hua (The
Warrior and the Wolf) |
Gobi KIM (Breathless -
South Korea) |
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WONG Bin (Mother - South
Korea) |
YAN Ni (Cow - China) |
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Best New Performer:
NG Menghui (At the End of
Daybreak -
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Best Screenplay:
PARK Eun-kyo, BONG
Joon-ho (Mother
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Malaysia /
Hong Kong /
South Korea) |
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South Korea) |
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Other nominees: |
Other nominees: |
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Sonam KAPOOR (Delhi 6 -
India) |
Asghar FARHADI (About
Elly - Iran) |
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KIM Sae-ron (A Brand New
Life - South Korea) |
HONG Sang-soo (Like You
Know It All - South Korea) |
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LI Yuchun (Bodyguards and
Assassins) |
PHAN Dang Di (Adrift -
Vietnam) |
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Oceane ZHU
(Prince of Tears - Hong Kong / Taiwan) |
WAI Ka-Fai, AU Kin-Yee
(Written By - Hong Kong) |
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Best Cinematography:
CAO Yu (City of Life and Death -
China) |
Best Art Direction:
Alain-Pascal HOUSIAUX,
Patrick
DECHESNE,
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Other nominees: |
LEE Tian-Jue (Face - Taiwan
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Netherlands / Belgium / France) |
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CHENG Siu-keung
(Vengeance - Hong Kong) |
Other nominees: |
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JEONG Jeong-hun (Thirst -
South Korea) |
Yuji HAYASHIDA (Yatterman
- Japan) |
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LY Tah Dzung (Adrift -
Vietnam) |
Kenneth MAK (Bodyguards
and Assassins - Hong Kong /
China) |
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Jake POLLOCK (Yang Yang -
Taiwan) |
RYU Seong-hie (Thirst - South Korea) |
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XIAO Haihang, YANG Haoyu
(The Message - China) |
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Best Original Score:
LO Ta-yu (Vengeance -
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Best Editing:
Lee Chatametikool
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Hong Kong) |
Other nominees: |
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Other nominees: |
KWONG Chi-Leung, CHAN
Chi-Wai (Overheard -
Hong Kong) |
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HOANG Ngoc-Dai (Adrift -
Vietnam) |
MOON Sae-kyoung (Mother -
South Korea) |
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JANG Yeong-guy, LEE
Byeong-hun (Running Turtle - |
Kats SERRAON (Lola -
Philippines) |
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South Korea) |
TANG Hua, ZHANG Yifan, DU
Yuan (Silver Medalist -
China) |
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LIU Tong (City of Life
and Death - China) |
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Kazuyoshi SAITO (Fish
Story Punk - Japan) |
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Best Visual Effect:
YI Zeon-hyung (Thirst -
South Korea) |
Best Costume and
Make-Up Design:
Christian LACROIX,
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Other nominees: |
Anne
DUNSFORD, WANG Chia-Hui (Face - Taiwan / |
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Takuya FUJITA, Koji
NOZAKI (Goemon - Japan) |
Netherlands /
Belgium / France) |
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LEI Zhenyu, GUO Jianquan,
ZHANG Fuzhi
(Silver
Medalist - China) |
Other nominees:
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NG Yuen-fai, (The Storm
Warriors - Hong Kong) |
Tina KALIVAS, Vaughan
ALEXANDER (Goemon - Japan) |
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Hiroyuki SESHITA (Symbol
- Japan) |
Dora NG (Bodyguards and
Assassins - Hong Kong /
China) |
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SHIM Hyun-sub (The Sward
with no Name - South Korea) |
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Emi WADA (The Warrior and
the Wolf - China) |
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Outstanding Contribution to Asian Cinema: Zhang Yimou (Chinese
director and cinematographer) |
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Asian Film Award for Lifetime Achievement: Amitabh Bachchan (Indian
Actor) |
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Asian Film Award for 2009's Top-Grossing Film Director: John Woo
(Red Cliff) |
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Official site of Hong Kong International Film
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Opening This
Week: March 13 - 19, 2010
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March 19, 2010 |
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Just Another Pandora's Box |
Womb Ghosts |
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Images: Bona Cultural Exchange Co., Gallop Horse Film & TV Production
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Hong Kong director Jeffrey Lau is trying to make fun of many classic
movies, including one of his own,
Chinese Odyssey, with
Just Another Pandora's Box,
which tells a
bandit and an immortal girl, who is in love with him,
travel back to the Three Kingdom Period, on the eve of the Battle of
Red Cliff...
Womb Ghosts is a low-budget horror flick about a nurse's aborted
fetus is unexpectedly infected with a bad spirit.
Other new movies opened
this week:
China:
Gamer (USA)
Percy Jackson & the
Olympians: The Lighting Thief
(Canada / USA)
Hong Kong:
Just Another Pandora's
Box (China)
The Last Station (Germany
/ Russian / UK)
The Lovely Bones (USA /
UK / New Zealand)
Meat Grinder (Thailand)
Season of the Witch (USA)
Taiwan:
9 (USA)
Edge of Darkness (UK /
USA)
A Good Husband (Japan)
The Lovely Bones (USA /
UK / New Zealand)
Maria, Ihm Schmeckt's
Nicht!/ Wedding Fever in Campobello (Italy / Germany)
The Shock Labyrinth 3D
(Japan)
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Opening This
Week: March 6 - 12, 2010
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March 18, 2010 |
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A Good Rain Knows |
Echoes of the Rainbow |
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Martial Spirit |
Tears |
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Images: Zonbo Media, Pancinema, Polybona Film Distribution Co. Ltd.,
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Dadi Entertainment, Film Development Fun of Hong Kong, Sky Cosmos
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A Good Rain Knows
tells a Korean man reunited with his ex-girlfriend, a Chinese girl,
who has no memory of the time they spent together in school.
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Martial Spirit, three young chase
their dreams with martial-art.
Echoes of the Rainbow
tells the story of a family of three in the 1960's Hong Kong.
Tears
is about an aged detective seeks redemption after taking on a case
of the a college girl, who apparently died from drug overdose.
Other new movies opened
this week:
China:
K-20: Legend of the Mask
(Japan)
Kandidaten / The
Candidate (Denmark)
More Than Just a Game
(South Africa)
Ne Te Retourne Pas /
Don't Look Back (France / Italy / Luxembourg / Belgium)
Hong Kong:
The Hurt Locker (USA)
It's Complicated (USA)
Shutter Island (USA)
A Single Man (USA)
Taiwan:
Brothers (USA)
Dalai Lama Renaissance
Vol. 2: A Revolution of Ideas (USA)
Did You Hear About the
Morgans (USA)
Green Zone (France / USA
/ Spain / UK)
The Hurt Locker (USA)
Des Illusions (France)
Un Proph¨¬¨¬te / A
Prophet (France / Italy)
Snakes and Earrings
(Japan)
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Opening This
Week: February 27 - March 5, 2010
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March 5, 2010 |
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Port of Return
is a Taiwan-made full-length animation with a story of a little
girl's adventure at sea.
Other new movies opened
this week:
China:
Back in Time (Russia)
La Habitaci¡§¬®n de Fermat
/ Fermat's Room (Spain)
My Girlfriend Is an Agent
(South Korea)
Hong Kong:
Alice in Wonderland (USA)
Alvin and the Chipmunks:
The Squeakquel (USA)
Nekonade (Japan)
Nodame (Japan)
Taiwan:
A Single Man (USA)
Alice in Wonderland (USA)
Nodame (Japan)
Up in the Air (USA)
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Opening This
Week: February 20 - 26, 2010
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March 5, 2010 |
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New movies opened this
week:
China:
Sherlock Homes
(USA)
Hong Kong:
Little Big Soldier
(China / Hong Kong)
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
(USA)
The Blind Side
(USA)
Detective Conan: Full
Score of Fear
(Japan)
Nine
(USA / Italy)
Precious: Based on the
Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
(USA)
Up in the Air
(USA)
Taiwan:
Little Big Soldier
(China / Hong Kong)
Hot Summer Days
(Hong Kong / China / USA)
True Legend
(Hong Kong / China / USA)
The Beaches of Agn¡§¬¡§¬s
/ The Beaches of Agnes
(France)
The Blind Side
(USA)
Nine
(USA / Italy)
The Rainbowmaker
(Finland / Italy / Russia / Germany / Netherlands)
The Road
(USA)
Shatter Island
(USA)
When a Man Comes Home
(Denmark / Sweden)
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Opening This
Week: February 13 - 19, 2010
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March 5, 2010 |
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The Chinese New Year is in progress and there is only one new movie
is released this week - Little Big Soldier:
Jackie Chan plays an aging soldier who survives a major battle by
faking his death, kidnapped the supreme commander of the enemy
troops. He determines to sent his prisoner home for a prize and. It
turns out the young commander is the crown prince and they are
hunted by his brother prince who wants to be the king.
Other new movies opened
this week:
China:
Arther et La Vengeance de
Maltazard / Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
(France)
Hong Kong:
Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf 2
(China)
The Wolfman
(UK / USA)
The Princess and The Frog
(USA)
Taiwan:
none
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Opening This
Week: February 6 - 12, 2010
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March 5, 2010 |
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Fortune King Is Coming to Town! |
True Legend |
14 Blades |
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All's Well End's Well 2010 |
72 Tenants of Prosperity |
Hot Summer Days |
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Images: Produced by: China Film Group Corp., Ding Long Da, Great
Dream Distribution Co., FreshTime Entertainment, Ltd., EDKO Film, Focus
Features, Shanghai Film Group, Visualizer Film Production, Shanghai Film
Group, Mandarin Films Distribution Co., Enlight Pictures, Pegasus Motion
Pictures, Shaw Brothers, Sil-Metropole Organisation, Sunwah Media,
Television Broadcasts Limited, Fox International Productions (FIP), Hot
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Eve of the Chinese New Year means movie theaters are crowed more
than any time of the year, both for the moviegovers and for the
movies being released.
Fortune King Is Coming to Town!
- a comedy about how fortune gods brings fortune or missfortune to
people on earth.
True Legend
- a martial-art movie about how a self-destructive man become a
national hero.
14 Blades
- a martial-art movie tells chief of the imperial secret service
fights to clear his name.
All's Well End's Well 2010
- a comedy with a good ending.
72 Tenants of Prosperity
- a comedy about how tenants work together against rental hike.
Hot Summer Days
- a romantic drama tells how 6 men and 6 women fall in love.
Other new movies opened
this week:
China:
72 Tenants of Prosperity
(Hong Kong)
All's Well Ends Well 2010
(Hong Kong)
Hot Summer Days
(Hong Kong / China / USA)
True Legend
(Hong Kong / China / USA)
Alvin and the Chipmunks:
The Squeakquel
(USA)
Hong Kong:
Percy Jackson & The
Olympians: The Lightning Thief
(Canada / USA)
Valentine's Day
(USA)
Taiwan:
The Book of Eli
(USA)
Bride Flight
(Netherlands / Luxembourg)
Hidden Diary
(France / Canada)
I Love You Phillip Morris
(France / USA)
De L'Autre Cote Du Lit / Changing Sides
(France)
Percy Jackson & The
Olympians: The Lighting Thief
(Canada / USA)
The Princess and The Frog
(USA)
Valentine's Day
(USA)
Villon's Wife
(Japan)
The Wolfman
(UK/ USA)
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Opening This
Week: January 30 - February 5, 2010 - More
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March 5, 2010 |
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Monga |
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In Taiwan,
Monga
a domestically made film defeated Avatar and became
the new box office winner on the first day of release.
In a Taipei neighborhood called Monga, a young boy's fate changes
forever when he is accepted as a member of a local gang...
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