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Hey Australia! Win Tickets to See Jet Li's LEAGUE OF GODS in Cinemas!
Based on the classic fantasy novel Investiture of Gods, the upcoming big budget Chinese epic League of Gods has an incredibly strong cast, which includes Jet Li, Louis Koo, Huang Xiaoming, Fan Bingbing, Angelababy, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Wen Zhang,...
LEAGUE OF GODS Brings Big Star, Big Budget Fantasy To China
While you may not recognize Koan Hui by name you are almost certainly familiar with his work if you are at all a fan of classic Hong Kong cinema. A long time collaborator with Tsui Hark, Hui racked up assistant...
SKIPTRACE: Jackie Chan And Johnny Knoxville Take The Long Way To Hong Kong In New Trailer
Jackie Chan has been trying to break into the Hollywood mainstream for decades, with wavering results. The best efforts always come when he partners up with an American co-star, with Chris Tucker and Owen Wilson fulfilling those duties in the...
WHITE HAIRED WITCH: New US Trailer For The Wuxia Fantasy
Jacob Cheung's wuxia fantasy White Haired Witch hits DVD, Blu-Ray and VOD on March 10th from Well Go USA and we've got the new US trailer to share for the film.In the twilight of the Ming Dynasty, the Imperial court...
Tragedy On Set Of Jackie Chan's SKIPTRACE As Cameraman Drowns
Tragedy has struck the production of Jackie Chan star vehicle Skiptrace with reports from the South China Morning Post stating that a boat carrying the crew of the Renny Harlin directed picture has capsized off the coast of Lantau Island...
Review: THE WHITE HAIRED WITCH OF LUNAR KINGDOM Is A Soulless Remake, Devoid Of Magic
Jacob Cheung's new retelling of Liang Yusheng's bestselling novel makes a royal mess of its source material as well as bearing little resemblance to Ronny Yu's much-loved 1993 adaptation. Conflicted over whether to favour action, intrigue or romance, the film...
The Many Faces Of Fan Bingbing
The biggest new film in theaters this week in most of the world is X-Men: Days of Future Past, and you can read Peter Martin's review here. It is a crowded film though, providing us here at ScreenAnarchy with an...
SKIPTRACE: Harlin, Chan, And A Little Bingbing Come Together In Action Comedy
I was just thinking the other day, "Man. It has been some time since I saw Jackie Chan get paired up with a wise-cracking Gweilo". And then it got me to thinking, "Man. It has been a while since I...
First Teaser For Wuxia Fantasy THE WHITE HAIRED WITCH OF LUNAR KINGDOM
China's most stunning leading lady Fan Bingbing is set to not only bewitch audiences with her gorgeous looks, but will also unleash her cold hearted scorn in Jacob Cheung's wuxia fantasy epic The White Haired Witch Of Lunar Kingdom. Its...
Seann William Scott Rounds Out Cast Of SKIPTRACE With Jackie Chan And Fan Bingbing
The cast of upcoming Jackie Chan action comedy Skiptrace is now complete with word that Seann William Scott will join the iconic action star and Fan Bingbing in the US / China co-production. Scott will play an American gambler recruited...
Fan Bingbing Gives A Cold Stare In THE WHITE HAIRED WITCH OF LUNAR KINGDOM Posters And Concept Art
Our first look at Fan Bingbing and Huang Xiaoming in the upcoming wuxia fantasy epic The White Haired Witch Of Lunar Kingdom has arrived in the form of two character posters and several pieces of concept art. Based on the...
Jackie Chan Needs a Partner for Action Comedy SKIPTRACE
Following the baffling success of CZ12 (aka Chinese Zodiac) at the Chinese box office, Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan has clearly found the confidence to take on Hollywood once again. His new project, Skiptrace, is being touted as a...
NYAFF 2011: BUDDHA MOUNTAIN Review
[Once again, our thanks to Mark Popham for the following review.]Watching Old Fish for NYAFF, back in 2009, I was struck with how the film had basically the same plot as a standard Hollywood action movie- not a Bourne Identity,...
BEGINNING OF THE GREAT REVIVAL Review
In the centre of Tiananmen Square, in Beijing, stands the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, where Mao Zedong's body is on display to the general public. Every day the queue stretches hundreds of metres across the square as people flock...
BUDDHA MOUNTAIN review
If you go into Li Yu's Buddha Mountain wanting more of the crude two fingers at mainland Chinese censors that was her earlier Lost In Beijing, you'll probably walk away disappointed. Buddha Mountain is still a raw, down and dirty...
HOLEHEAD 2010: FUTURE X-COPS Review
[Our thanks to Peter Galvin for offering his review to the Twitch readership.] Future X-Cops (Mei loi ging chaat, 2010) is a paint-by-numbers, sci-fi action flick that's doing gangbusters in China but is unlikely to make it past the bargain...
NYAFF 2010: SOPHIE'S REVENGE Review
[Thanks goes to Alexander Thebez for this review.]Yimeng Jin's SOPHIE'S REVENGE is a gleeful, well-polished Chinese rom-com with a lot of slapstick humor and snippy banter. The film follows the story of Sophie (Zhang Ziyi), a cartoonist who is trying...
SOPHIE'S REVENGE review
The dark side of mainland China's domestic film industry flexing its muscles on the world stage ('We can too compete') is when it takes Hollywood self-indulgence and refines it into something many times worse. Witness Eva Jin's Sophie's Revenge,...
Well, Ain't That Andy Lau Fighting.... Cyborgs?
And who could possibly be behind this, if not Wong Jing?After his latest "tour de force" 大內密探靈靈狗 (On His Majesty's Secret Service), Hong Kong's Maestro of Crap has decided to up the ante, this time with an ambitious (?) action...
SOPHIE'S REVENGE review
Chinese starlet Zhang Ziyi's first foray into the contemporary romantic comedy genre is a mostly successful one, due in large part to her own rather wonderful performance. The story may be somewhat run-of-the-mill, but with plenty of cash behind it,...
