Wanted to post a China Drama Review in December last year but was too busy. I wrote small reviews for My Poseidon and The Night of the Comet at our page. I am unlikely to write long reviews for them. I guess the drama drought didnt affect me as much the past few months as I was ...
Long Live the Mistress reveals the deep influence of Hollywood classical cinema to Chinese movies. The storyline focusing on the life of middle-class people rather than Chinese typical working class people, shows the trend of mimicking Hollywood. Secondly, the techniques that were usually used in ...
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Forget about Joe -wasn't there an a.d. or an extras-wrangler on the set who could yell some encouragement to these lumps of flesh. It reminded me of the haven't-got-a-clue black island studs Joe non-directed in his XXX '70s movies. Helpful•17 8 lor_ Jan 25, 2011 Permalink...
She, a Chinese: Directed by Xiaolu Guo. With Lu Huang, Yibo Wei, Geoffrey Hutchings, Chris Ryman. This is the story of Mei, a young woman on a trip from East to West after her escape from her provincial Chinese village. Beginning in Chongqing and a disas
A Chinese Odyssey: Love You a Million Years: With Zitao Huang, Zheng Yin, Viola Mi, Yi Zhao. The drama is based on the Stephen Chow's version of the Chinese Odyssey movies. Hong Kong director, producer and screenwriter Jeffrey Lau, who also wrote and dir
All of this has an authentic but passé flavour: mian’ao movies actually went out of favour with western festivals some time ago, and Hong Kong stars rarely hide marriages any longer from their fans. If the whole film had been set 20-odd years ago, it would have had much more bite. ...
If you're learning Chinese and are up for a challenge, you might want to have a go at watching Chinese movies on Netflix. Make no mistake, this is a high-level activity. And not everyone will be able to manage. But if you think your Chinese is up to it, there’s nothing to ...
7 Chinese Brothers: Directed by Bob Byington. With Jason Schwartzman, Olympia Dukakis, Tunde Adebimpe, Eleanore Pienta. Sharing a small apartment with his sleepy French bulldog, an unmotivated thirty-something slacker lands a job at a Quick Lube to be cl
The Chinese Exclusion Act: Directed by Ric Burns, Li-Shin Yu. With Hoon Lee, Mae Ngai, Jean Pfaelzer, David Lei. The origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already