[2012.07.05] MINI YANG SHOWS OFF HER CANTONESE

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The Vincent Zhao Wenzhuo and Mini Yang Mi starred WU DANG (DAI MO DONG ji TIN DEI MUK MA) yesterday promoted in Guangzhou. Zhao Wenzhuo was in a great mood and even told dirty jokes at the expense of Yang Mi's relationship with Harwick Lau Hoi Wai.

Zhao Wenzhuo compared Yang Mi with his GREEN SNAKE co-star Maggie Cheung Man Yuk.  "I remember when Cheung Man Yuk and I worked on a water seduction scene.  It was very cold at the time, 2 degrees Celsius below zero and at night.  Yet she was rolling and turning in the water without any complaint.  Yang Mi was just as professional as Cheung Man Yuk -- later in the shoot she definitely was bruised here and there, but she never complained or showed (her wounds) to others." Zhao Wenzhuo said that on the set he loved to chat with Yang Mi.  "I am someone who has been there after all, sometimes I would talk about my love experience with her.  Sometimes we would talk about children.  Yang Mi is young, I can't help but nag her: eat more, drink more water, put on more clothes.  She said that I was overabundant with fatherly love."  He even revealed that seeing his onscreen "daughter" Xu Jiao in love with Louis Fan Siu Wong who was much older than her, he could not help but think of his daughter.  "If my daughter will be in love, what will I do?  I think I have to be her driver.  Where she will go I will follow.  However, I guess I still won't be able to stop her.  I can only clearly discuss those "safety" issues first, then let her go -- of course, I am just saying now."


Yesterday Yang Mi showed off her Cantonese. "How are you, I am Yang Mi."  The host praised her Cantonese fluency and asked her where she learned it from.  Before Yang Mi could open her mouth, Zhao Wenzhuo jumped in.  "After swapping so much spit of course she would be able to speak." Everyone knew he was referring to Yang Mi's romance with Hong Konger Lau Hoi Wai and cracked up.  Yang Mi looked embarrassed, but the host did not spare her and kept asking how Yang Mi and Lau Hoi Wai communicated.  Yang Mi could only explain, "In general he speaks Cantonese and I speak Putonghua."

[2012.07.05] SYLVIA CHANG WILL WORK WITH JOHNNIE TO

Stars of King Hu: Sylvia Chang, Hsu Feng, Cheng Pei Pei
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This year would have been famous director King Hu (Wu Kam Chuen)'s 80th birthday.  In honor of his contribution to wuxia films, Taipei Museum Of Contemporary Art and Film Archive organized KING HU: THE RENAISSANCE MAN, an exhibit that will run until August 26.  Two nights ago at the opening ceremony female stars who have worked with Wu Kam Chuen before.  They included veteran director Sylvia Chang (Cheung Ngai Ga), COME DRINK WITH ME's lead actress Cheng Pei Pei and TOUCH OF ZEN's lead actress Hsu Feng.

Cheung Ngai Ga and director Wu Kam Chuen worked together on the 1979 film LEGEND OF THE MOUNTAIN.  At the time Director Wu did not have a son.  Because Cheung Ngai Ga looked like a boy, he called her "son". Recalling when she worked with Director Wu, Cheung Ngai Ga was sentimental.  He was the pride of the film industry.  She learned a lot from him.  She joked, "I have to come and check out Old Pa's special exhibit."  As for her film work, Cheung Ngai Ga since making the film RUN PAPA RUN has not made a new film.  However she has already adapted the play DESIGN FOR LIVING (WA LAI SEUNG BAN JOOK) into a film script and planned to make it before the end of the year.  Johnnie To Kei Fung will direct because she will star.

[2012.07.05] JEANA HO BECOMES CONSERVATIVE

Daniella Wang, Mo Qiwen, Jessica Kizaki, Jeana Ho

Jeana Ho
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The film YUT LO HEUNG SAI (A ROAD TO THE WEST) two nights ago shot its poster, as its actresses dressed provocatively for their appearance.  They included Jeana Ho Pui Yu, Japanese adult video actress Jessica Kizaki, Mainland actresses Daniella Wang Lidan and Mo Qiwen.  Wang Lidan's 32F figure became the focus, Mo Qiwen appeared topless but Jeana was much more conservative.  She still claimed that she was the "captain" and two nights ago she was responsible for commanding other shipmates. She said that every movie was different and this one she did not need to be too sexy.  Would she just make room for others and avoid bed scenes altogether?  She said that this time she was responsible for commanding and left all the heavy lifting to her teammates.  As for Mongolia's Daniella Wang Lidan stealing the show, she said that strong nation naturally has a strong momentum.  She thought Jessica Kizaki was the sexiest.

Wang Lidan admitted that Mongolians were busty, both her mother and her grandmother were.  Her size was the Mongolian standard.  She also said that her figure and facial features were all natural.  This was her first performance and in the film she had topless scenes.  She said that her parents were very open minded.  In the past she has posed for sexy photos and her parents appreciated them like artwork.

Fellow Mainlander Mo Qiwen posed naked two nights ago.  She said that her topless scenes have already been shot.  She and Wang Lidan both had near six figure salaries, but she felt Wang was better than her.

[2012.07.04] SATURDAY, JUNE 30 2012

GLOBAL CHINESE SONG CHART

For Saturday, June 30 2012

15 LET ME LOVE YOU

  Can : Yeung Ngor Oi Nei
  Hu Xia

http://youtu.be/lhyhuYpLjHc

14 LOVE AIMLESSLY
  Can : Moot Yau Muk Dik Dei Oi Liu
  Miriam Yeung Chin Wa

http://youtu.be/KBe-Qlhk28Y

13 R U KIDDING ME?
  Da Mouth

http://youtu.be/JWs8gPYzFv8

12 NOT SO EASY

  Can : Ho But Yung Yi
  Jane Zhang Liangying

http://youtu.be/_QrmES5Ri7o

11 OPEN YOUR EYES
  Can : Jung Oi Ngan
  RubberBand

http://youtu.be/TtgyVR8vY98

10 DISTANT SONG
  Can : Yuen Gor
  Huang Ying, Denis Ng Tung

http://youtu.be/Q5XBljNNEow

 9 ALL YOU NEED IS ME
  Fiona Sit Hoi Kei

http://youtu.be/CteSTqRU5I4

 8 LOVE YOU
  Can : Oi Nei
  Kimberley Chen Fong Yu

http://youtu.be/KGrulNiJ6Uc

 7 IN MY ARMS
  Can : Joi Ngor Wai Lui
  Abin Fang (Fong Gwing Bun)

http://youtu.be/E9OTbwlLVU4

 6 VERY HARD TO COME BY
  Can : Ho Lan Dut
  Della Ding Dong

http://youtu.be/8yvWJ6nq_HE

 5 MING MING
  Charlene Choi Cheuk Yin

http://youtu.be/GoRiq4zFxHI

 4 SEDUCTION
  Can : Yau
  James Lin (Lam Yau Ga)

http://youtu.be/1uIE_ivcj1g

 3 DO YOU DARE
  Can : Nei Gum But Gum
  LaLa Hsu (Tsui Gai Ying)

http://youtu.be/HLibG1_lcTk 

 2 IF IT WERE U
  Can : Hor Sik But Si Nei
  Shane Cao (Cho Hin Bun)

http://youtu.be/YsS3ZHO3KTw

 1 YOU EXIST IN MY SONG
  Can : Ngor Dik Gor Sing Lui
  Qu Wanting (Kuk Yuen Ting)

http://youtu.be/ywJ5bR7g-Vo

[2012.07.04] THURSDAY, JUNE 28 2012

For Thursday, June 28 2012

Photos courtesy of Yahoo! Movies Hong Kong

10 WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING
    d. Kirk Jones
    Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Elizabeth Banks, Chace Crawford,
      Brooklyn Decker, Anna Kendrick, Matthew Morrison, Dennis Quaid,
      Chris Rock, Rodrigo Santoro

 9 SILENCED
  Can : Mo Sing Lap Hom
  Lit : Silence Cry
    d. Hwang Dong-Hyuk
    Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-Mi
  Rating : III
  Length : 125 mins.
  Opening June 21 2012

[ YAHOO! MOVIES HONG KONG ]
  This is a true story that happened in a South Korean school for the deaf.

  Since 2000, the principle and several teachers cruelly abused and sexually violated the handicapped students aged between 7 to 22 in the school and were not discovered until five years later. Yet due to the South Korean justice system loophole they avoid the penalties that they deserve with unreasonably light sentences. The media widely reported the matter to the shock of the nation and the case is retried recently.

  The fact that angers people: the teacher who sexually violated students are still teaching in that school.

 8 SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN
    d. Rupert Sanders
    Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron

 7 THE RAVEN
    d. James McTeigue
    John Cusack, Alice Eve, Luke Evans

 6 MEN IN BLACK III
    d. Barry Sonnenfeld
    Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin

 5 SADAKO 3D
  Can : Jing Ji 3D
    d. Tsutomu Hanabusa
    Satomi Ishihara, Koji Seto, Yusuke Yamamoto
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 96 mins.
  Opening June 14 2012

[ CITYLINE HONG KONG ]

  At a high school where Akana Aikawa works as a teacher, a rumor exists of a video. The video is purported to show someone committing suicide.  Then Akane Aikawa’s student Noriko kills herself. During that time, more suspicious deaths occur one after another. The police concludes that the deaths are suicides. What the police miss is that a key element exists in all of the students’ deaths. All of them watched a video before they died. Akane Aikawa now holds the key to the revival of Sadako and must defeat her once and for all...

 4 THE DICTATOR
    d. Larry Charles
    Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris, Ben Kingsley

 3 THE BOUNTY
  Can : Yuen Hung
  Lit : Reward
    d. Fung Chih Chiang
    Chapman To Man Jat, Alex Man Chi Leung, Fiona Sit Hoi Kei,
      Wen Chao, Sire Man Choi
  Rating : IIA
  Length : 104 mins.
  Opening June 21 2012
  Opening April 27 2012 at the Udine Far East Film Festival 14
  Site : http://www.fareastfilm.com/EasyNe2/LYT.aspx?Code=FEFJ&IDLYT=7505&ST=SQL&SQL=ID_Documento=3519

[ UDINE FAR EAST FILM FESTIVAL 14 ]
  For Cho, a bounty hunter for whom no job is too small, his line of work is one that puts him in touch with all manner of strange people, and that's very much in evidence in his newest case. When a reward is placed for the capture of fugitive Lee Kin-fai, who's said to be hiding on an island off Hong Kong, Cho heads to the quiet locale and takes a room at a small hotel, the Lazy Inn, run by housekeeper and astrology columnist Linda and an intensely meddlesome manager.

  Obstructing Cho's attempts at finding his target is the general weirdness of the locals. The lodge's manager and Linda appear to be father and daughter, though the man's denials cloud the situation; word gets out that Lee, wherever he is, has fallen for Linda; and the small-time hoodlums of the local Biting Sugar Cane Gang are making things difficult with their triad-style theatrics. Soon enough, it seems Cho doesn't just need to catch his man, but also has to clear up family woes and tackle island crime as well. - Tim Youngs

  2 PROMETHEUS
    d. Ridley Scott
    Noomi Rapace, Logan Marshall-Green,
      Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron

 1 MOTORWAY

  Can : Choi Cheh

  Lit : Driver

    d. Soi Cheang Po Shui

    Shawn Yue Man Lok, Anthony Wong Chau Sun, 

      Gordon Lam Ka Tung, Michelle Ye (Yip Shuen), 

      Guo Xiaodong, Barbie Hsu (Tsui Hei Woon), 

      Josie Ho Chiu Yi, Wilfred Lau Ho Lung

  Rating : IIB

  Length : 89 mins.

  Opening June 21 2012

  Opening June 28 2012 in Malaysia

  Official Site : http://www.mediaasia.com

[ CINEMA ONLINE MALAYSIA ]

  Sean is an overconfident rookie in the Stealth Riders, a secret police unit consisting of the best drivers in the force that targets underworld racing and fugitives on the run. Jensen is a legendary getaway driver, who's never been caught before his retirement 15 years ago. When Sean chances upon Jensen one day, he thinks his day has finally come.

[2012.07.04] LOVE IN THE BUFF EDGES OUT A SIMPLE LIFE

MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS

A SIMPLE LIFE

LOVE IN THE BUFF
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In the first half of the year Hong Kong film made a mad dash, LOVE IN THE BUFF (CHUN GIU YU JI MING), A SIMPLE LIFE (TOH JEH) and VIRAL FACTOR (YIK JIN) all made over 20 million at the box office.  LOVE IN THE BUFF and A SIMPLE LIFE were head to head at the box office. Finally LOVE IN THE BUFF with HK$27,974,902 edged out A SIMPLE LIFE's HK$27,776,345 with a difference of only 200,000.  LOVE IN THE BUFF became the first half of the year Hong Kong film box office champion and A SIMPLE LIFE came in second.  The Nicholas Tse Ting Fung and Jay Chou (Chow Kit Lun) starred VIRAL FACTOR came in third with HK$22,212,450.

The Hong Kong Motion Picture Industry Association even announced the top ten foreign film box office in the first half of the year. MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS made HK$96,584,951 since its April 26 release, leaving the second place MEN IN BLACK 3' HK$44,113,103 and the third place JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND's HK$35,217,217 far behind. In the first half of the year the overall Hong Kong film market condition, the total box office reached HK$753,967,014, an increase of 19.08% from last year's HK$633,185,027 in the same period.

[2012.07.03] TONY LEUNG CHIU WAI WORKS ON THE SILENT WAR COMPLETELY BECAUSE OF ZHOU XUN

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The Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Zhou Xun starred summer suspense THE SILENT WAR (TING FUNG JEH) was based on the May Jia's original novel.  Directors Alan Mak Siu Fai and Felix Chong Man Keung added the Zhou Xun played Zhang Xuening, the female superior office to the Tony Leung Chiu Wai played special agent He Bing, to create an intricate relationship.

Leung Chiu Wai already took THE SILENT WAR before making THE GREAT MAGICIAN (DAI MOR SHOOK SI), which had a lot to do with his admiration for Zhou Xun. Wai Jai said, "I never thought that later we would work together again, we really are connected."

Mak Siu Fai and Chong Man Keung in the past rarely made women films.  This time they chose Zhou Xun they absolutely would not let her be a flower vase.  "We have always wanted to find a chance to work with Zhou Xun.  We feel that she has a lot similarities to us.  Her thinking, her acting ideas, they all have a lot feeling.  Actually we can see He Bing and Zhang Xuening as two men, only with Zhou Xun we have a lot of feeling and emotions that we didn't have before."