Opening This Week: April 24 - 30, 2010
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
April 30, 2010
Local Films
Other Films
China (mainland)
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The Double Life
/ A Mian B Mian (Mandarin) / Side A, Side B (literal)
(China)
(April 30,
2010)
A depressed woman is sent to a mental hospital and is then “rescued” by her ex-husband, who works at the hospital. Together they poison the woman’s husband, turning him mad and letting him end up in the same mental hospital...
Claimed as China's first suspense-comedy with the subject of mental
illness.
Directed by: NING Ying,
Written by: CHEN Jinhai,
Starring: ZHANG Jingchu, WANG Luoyong, CHEN Xiaodong, YUAN Wenkang, DENG Jiajia, KONG Wei, REN Quan, SHI
Hengxia,Produced by: Golden Globe Pictures (Hangzhou).
Hong Kong / China
Apr. 28
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A Singing Fairy / Xun Zhou Liu San Jie (Mandarin) / Looking for Liu San Jie (literal)
(China)
(April 30,
2010)
An American born Chinese guy travels to China's Guangxi Province, the birthplace of his dad, to collect folk songs for his music study. Arranged by his dad to find a local wife, he ends up falling in love with the tourist guard he hired...
Suspiciously, this movie was made as a tourist advertising for Guangxi.
Directed by: ZHU Feng,
Written by: Wei Shui, QI Xin, HUANG Keyun,
Starring: Alec SU, HUANG Shengyi, WEI Zongwan, CHE Yongli, AISIN-GIORO
Qixing, QIAN Liuyin, GUO Bingge,
Produced by:
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Mr. Black
/ Hei Mao Jing Zhang (Mandarin) / Captain Black Cat (literal)
(China)
(April 28,
2010)
Captain Black Cat leads the police force to fight the crime...
Created with re-edited and re-dubbed footages from the same name popular TV series made in the 1980s.
Directed by: DAI Tielang,
Produced by: Shanghai Animation Studio (Shanghai).
Hong Kong
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Ip Man 2 / Yip Man 2: Chung Si Chuen Kei (Cantonese) / Yip Man 2: Legend of the Grandmaster (literal)
(Hong Kong / China)
(April 29,
2010)
Moved to Hong Kong, master Yip Man begins teaching Wing Chun martial-art to support his family living. He has to fight against the repression from a much influential martial-art house, the corrupted police force and a British boxer humiliates Chinese martial-arts...
Part two of the series loosely based on the life of Wing Chun martial-art master Yip Man, who trained the teenage Bruce Lee in the 1950s.
Directed by: Wilson YIP,
Written by: Edmond WONG,
Starring: Donnie YEN, Sammo HUNG, HUANG Xiaoming, XIONG Dailin, FAN Siu-Wong, Kent CHENG, SHI Xiaolong, Simon YAM, JIANG Daiyan, TO Yu-Hang, CHENG Ka-Sing, Amber CHIA, Pierre NGO, Darren SHAHLAVI, Stefan MORAWIETZ,
Produced by: Mandarin Films Distribution Co. (Hong Kong), Henan Film & TV Production Croup Corporation Ltd. (Zhengzhou), Shengshi Huarui Film Investment & Management Co., Ltd. (Beijing), Foshan Media Group, Inc. (Foshan), Desen International Media Co., Ltd. (Beijing), Donlord & Skykee Film Investment Co., Ltd. (Hong Kong), Teng Yuan Film and TV Media Co., Ltd. (Dongyang).
Iron Man 2
USA
Apr. 29
Taiwan
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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
/ Yi Shan Yi Shan Liang Jing Jing (Mandarin) / Twinkle Twinkle Glittering (literal)
(Taiwan)
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A documentary about four kids suffering from broad autism phenotype...
Directed by: LIN Cheng-Sheng,
Produced by: O.G. Sun Productions (Taipei).
Hong Kong / China
Apr. 29
Iron Man 2
USA
Apr. 30
Mademoiselle Chambon
France
Spain
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Let the Wind Carry Me / Cheng Zhe Guang Ying Lü Xing (Mandarin) / Travel with Light and Shadow (literal)
(Taiwan)
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A documentary about Taiwan born cinematographer Lee Pin-Bing and movies has done in the past three decades,
Lian Lian Feng Chen (1986), In the Mood for Love (2000), Secret (2007)...
Directed by: CHIANG Hsiu-Chiung, KWAN Pung-Leung,
Produced by: You De Film Co. (Taipei).
Images: Golden Globe Pictures, Guangxi Film Studio, Jin Xin Film and TV Entertainment Distribution Co., Ltd., Shanghai Animation Studio, Mandarin Films Distribution Co., Henan Film & TV Production Croup Corporation Ltd., Shengshi Huarui Film Investment & Management Co., Ltd., Foshan Media Group, Inc., Desen International Media Co., Ltd., Donlord & Skykee Film Investment Co., Ltd., Teng Yuan Film and TV Media Co., Ltd., O.G. Sun Productions, You De Film Co.