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Song Hye-kyo Joins “The Grand Master”
7 hours ago
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Korean actress Song Hye-gyo (Legendary Courtesan Hwang Jin Yi , Make Yourself at Home) is confirmed to take part in the upcoming Hong Kong film director Wong Kar-wai martial arts drama titled “The Grand Master”
Hye-gyo is learning Cantonese and martial arts in preparation for her supporting role in the movie.
Wong Kar-wai, internationally renowned for visually unique and stylish films (Chungking Express, Happy Together) first revealed his hopes to work with Song during the 2004 Pusan International Film Festival.
The story centers around martial-arts master Wing Chun master Yip Man (played by Tony Leung Chiu Wai) who is best known internationally for being Bruce Lee’s martial arts instructor. Ziyi Zhang, Chen Chang and veteran Zhao Benshan also star.
For his role as Yip Man, Leung has been training extensively with Yuen Woo-ping’s stunt team and Yip Man’s son, Yip Chun. Their preparation hit a setback earlier in the
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Parking Review
27 November 2009 2:10 PM, PST
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Chen Mo (Chang Chen) was just trying to pick up a cake for his wife on his way home from work and score himself some "make-up" sex. He wasn't planning on being mistaken for a long-dead relative. He never imagined he'd find himself involved in the affairs of loan-sharks and prostitute rings, nor did he expect to be play foosball with a one-handed barber. But as Chung Mung-Hong's debut effort Parking proves, when one gets double-parked in Taipei, expect the unexpected.
Admittedly quite reminiscent of tried and true art house formulae with its quirky episodic plotting that intertwines the lives of unsuspecting strangers, and drawing often from the cinema of Wong Kar-wai in particular (one chase sequence pays homage to the step-printing aesthetics of Chungking Express), Mung-Hong is nonetheless able to assert a confident and original voice, expertly weaving comedy with dramatic profundity, while commanding strong performances from an already impressive ensemble cast.
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Tuesday Morning Foreign Blu-ray disc Report: "Red Cliff" and "Red Cliff 2" (John Woo, 2008)
17 November 2009 8:07 AM, PST
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A critic and enthusiast as old as myself was feeling bad for director John Woo a few years back. The American-produced 2002 World War II epic Windtalkers, concerning Native American code-breakers, was both widely misunderstood and unfairly subject to Private Ryan fatigue. It threw one-time cinephile cult-favorite Woo's already tentative Hollywood career into a tailspin; or at least that's how it looked to both his American claque and the detractors who felt his highly personal style of action-movie direction created too much friction with Tinseltown convention. His next picture, the indifferent, star-driven P.K. Dick adaptation Paycheck, provided a ready-made punchline concerning its ambitions and executions with its very title.
So rather than force the issue, Woo and longtime producing partner Terence Chang headed East once more, to embark on the most ambitious project of their long on-hold Asian careers: a massive two-part historical epic budgeted at $80 million—the biggest Asian-movie budget in history,
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Birthday Suit: Dolph 'the biggest one' Lundgren
3 November 2009 7:06 PM, PST
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Thought I'd goof around with a little b-day series. In case it's yours! Could be shortlived. Or maybe it'll go on forever. You never know.
Hal Hartley , Paprika Steen and Charles Bronson
Today's Birthdays, November 3rd ...some of them at any rate. For those who are prone to celebrating the lives of the filmic and famous. And if you aren't, you're not having enough fun.
1921 Charles Bronson had a Death Wish, five of them actually, and he had them before "franchise" was a daily spoken word in movie discussions.1930 Lois Smith, sweet character actress, is now 79 years old. I once saw her in a train station. It's true. Weren't you shocked when she died on the first season of True Blood? I sure was.
1931 Monica Vitti, breathtaking Italian goddess
1953 Kate Capshaw aka Mrs. Spielberg. Did she sing or was she dubbed for that awesome "Anything Goes" opening number in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
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- NATHANIEL R
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A Canon With More Cannons
10 August 2009 11:42 AM, PDT
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by Vadim RizovQuentin Tarantino loves movies, too many and not wisely. It's not that he doesn't recognize great, boundary pushing work for the artfag crowd: his Cannes jury awarded Tropical Malady in 2004. But Tarantino's better known as our foremost champion of junk culture: his now-defunct Rolling Thunder Pictures put out Chungking Express, but it also reissued The Mighty Peking Man. Anyone who has showed up for his marathon presentations from his personal collection ("QTFests" at Austin's Alamo Drafthouse and elsewhere) knows the very real risk of boredom from yet another film that's more fun to summarize than watch. But Tarantino's canonical reshuffling deserves attention, and his aesthetic has its critical equivalent. A contentious thread at Dave Kehr's website last year spiraled into a relatively civil argument about Nathan Lee, with Kehr summing up the case:"There's nothing more natural than for each new generation to revolt against the taste of the last,
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What I Watched, What You Watched: Installment #2
2 August 2009 4:26 AM, PDT
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Back again with another installment of "What I Watched, What You Watched," and due to my time in San Diego covering Comic Con and the fact one of the selections included this time around is the complete season from a television show this installment doesn't have as many titles, but the second page has a little extra something I hope you'll be interested in checking out.
As a reminder to those that either didn't read the first installment (read it here) in this new feature series or forgot, "What I Watched, What You Watched" is a chance for me to share with you the movies (and sometimes television shows) I have been watching that don't necessarily make it into the headlines every week. My goal is to do this on a weekly basis unless things get in the way (such as this time around).
I hope this will spark conversation
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- Brad Brevet
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Broken Sword With Broken Arm
15 July 2009 7:00 PM, PDT
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"Broken Sword" has broken his arm! It's practically all I've been thinking about today. Perhaps I should explain for those who haven't yet heard...
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai was so injured while training for Wong Kar Wai's next picture, a biopic about Bruce Lee's mentor called The Grand Master (not to be confused with Ip Man starring Donnie Yen which is on the same topic). Apparently his arm must rest for over a month (the September start date is looking shaky). My poor Tony. That arm is a cinematic treasure: it draped languorously over his head while he smoked in bed, it tenderly held stuffed animals and Faye Wong's legs, it smoked endless cigarettes and carried so many noodles, it held Tang Wei down while another appendage had its way with her, it embraced the goddess Maggie Cheung so many times. No real harm should ever come to it.
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- NATHANIEL R
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Criterion Collection Blu-ray Discs for $19.99
15 July 2009 12:57 AM, PDT
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If you don’t own a Blu-ray Disc Player that plays Code A discs: scroll along, there’s nothing to see here…
Everyone else may be happy to read that Amazon.com has reduced the prices of several Criterion Collection Blu-ray Disc releases down to $19.99! The sale includes Wages of Fear, The Third Man, Chungking Express, The 400 Blows, In the Realm of Senses (Ai no corrida), The Man Who Fell to Earth and The Last Emperor.
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- Ulrik
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14 Links (I Started and Couldn't Stop)
13 July 2009 8:18 PM, PDT
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Gawker Harry Potter pr strategy: well behaved role model stars
TransGriot excerpts from Kerry Washington interviews. She's on the circuit for her transsexual role in Life is Hot in Cracktown.
SLatIFR 'The Kings of Cinematic Schlong' ...and yes Ewan McGregor is accounted for
Cinematical a certain heiress is being sued for not promoting a movie that paid her a cool million. Serves the filmmakers right, really. Roles in movies are meant to be played by actresses.
Old Hollywood a classic quippy moment with Shelley Winters, also known as Shirley
JoBlo first still for Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Playlist is tired of Henry Cavill missing out on every A-List role he's been considered for (The Green Lantern being the latest). They have a point. He does look like this...
I Need My Fix yet another product endorsement for Scarlett Johansson. You know, I wouldn't be at all surprised if she retires
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- NATHANIEL R
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What to see at this year’s Fantasia Film Festival pt.1
30 June 2009 5:21 PM, PDT
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Fantasia Festival is North America [1]'s premiere (and largest) genre [2] film [3] festival [4]. It is also my favorite film festival and so I could not wait to share the highlights of this years line up. Here is a sneak peek at what we will be reviewing in the upcoming week of our podcast.
Crush And Blush - Canadian Premiere
South Korea Dir: Lee Kyoung-mi
For her first feature, director Lee Kyoung-mi had some high-calibre assistance. Park Chan-wook produced, co-wrote and appears briefly in the film, as does Bong Joon-ho, director of The Host. This vaudevillian comedy doused in dark humour follows an unpopular woman who deviously schemes to seduce a colleague and keep him away from his mistress. Hong Hyo-jin seems born to play the fascinating and hard-to-follow Me-sook, an unforgettable, engaging and well-developed character.
Love Exposure - Canadian Premiere
Japan Dir: Sion Sono
Prepare to witness miracles because Sion Sono (Suicide Club,
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Review: My Sister's Keeper
26 June 2009 7:02 AM, PDT
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I'm not ashamed to say that I cry at the movies. Not frequently, but occasionally a story and its characters will grab hold of me to the extent that I'm completely caught up in the emotions and feelings being expressed. Films as disparate as John Ford's The Searchers and Wong Kar-Wai's Chungking Express have caused me to weep with joy, relief, and sorrow.
Despite a relentless barrage of scenes evidently designed with the sole goal of jerking tears, Nick Cassavetes' My Sister's Keeper did not make me cry. It is, however, one of the most glorious-looking terminal cancer pictures I've ever seen. Cinematographer Caleb Deschanel (The Black Stallion, The Natural) paints the oft-mundane proceedings in an otherworldly glow, as though the transition to the next life had already begun. That's the guiding principle of the movie as a whole; even though an inflammatory and emotionally wrenching issue
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Brigitte Lin comes out of retirement for Wong Kar-Wai’s The Great Master
19 May 2009 7:44 PM, PDT
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Rejoice Brigitte Lin fans! The Taiwanese actress who’s been retired since 1994 is set to make a comeback in Wong Kar-Wai’s The Great Master. As with the last year’s biopic Ip Man, this film is also about the martial arts practitioner of Wing Chun and the mentor of Bruce Lee. The good news of the goddess’s return was cited from Yip Man’s son, Yip Chun but on what capacity of her role is not determine yet. Most people familiar with her previous films may remember her best in the wuxia film The Bride with White Hair as the vicious man-hating witch. Both Lin and Wai has collaborated before in Ashes of Time and Chungking Express.
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Love Me Love My Money
1 May 2009 2:03 AM, PDT
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Tony Leung (Hero, Hard Boiled, Chungking Express, Fighting for love) is Richard Ma, an extremely wealthy businessman who is unpleasantly tight fisted and stingy. After his ex-girlfriend cancels his credit cards and sells off the contents of his house, Richard is left temporarily penniless for a weekend. A chance meeting with a beautiful stock broker named Ah Choi, played by Shu Qi (The Eye 2, The Transporter) sets off a chain of events that will hopefully see the Richard change his selfish ways.
Love Me Love My Money see’s Hong Kong cinema’s Mr.Suave, Tony Leung in a fun if a little lightweight romantic comedy with the very cute Shui Qi, best known in the west for her role in The Transporter,as his leading lady. This is one of those films that’s all about being popcorn light-hearted fun, with the common theme of love conquers all and can tame the beast,
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Obit: Fortissimo Films' Wouter Barendrecht
6 April 2009 2:27 PM, PDT
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By Wrap Staff
Fortissimo Films co-founder and chairman Wouter Barendrecht died Sunday in Bangkok of heart failure. He was 43.
Barendrecht was in Thailand to screen a rough cut of Fortissimo's latest film, "Nymph," and had just left a busy Filmart in Hong Kong.
Barendrecht, who spent the past 19 years with Fortissimo and guided such Asian films as Wong Kar-wai's "Chungking Express" and "In the Mood for Love," was a leader in the independent
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Bursts of Life-Affirming Pleasure
10 March 2009 8:50 PM, PDT
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(Note: Introduction edited by the writer to remove excessive personal crankiness.)
When times get tough, the tough go to the movies.
It’s always been that way, or at least it has since the invention of cinema. (Before that, man had to find other ways to make himself feel better.) For years, my personal stand-bys have been Wong Kar-Wai’s Chungking Express and John Ford’s The Searchers. They don’t seem to have much in common, but both movies move me deeply each time I watch them. In their final scenes, both are about the slender thread that connects two people. Ultimately, both films celebrate love, and all the possibilities that involves. Both movies make me feel glad to be alive.
With hard times all around us, though, I decided it was time to update and perhaps expand my list of things that bring me pleasure, entertainment-wise. After the jump,
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- Peter Martin
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