News Links - 1/25/08

[dleedlee]

Dialogue with "The Drummer" star Josie Ho at Sundance
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/con ... 45eeca2381

Lost in Beijing - China Drops the Curtain on Art
http://www.nysun.com/article/70151

Cheng Pei Pei in 'They Wait'- Not a ghost of a chance
http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/Mo ... cle/297266
'They Wait' a decent horror flick
http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Reviews/T/Th ... 6-sun.html
Take every spook story cliché that’s been recycled from The Shining to The Ring...
http://www.nowtoronto.com/movies/story. ... ent=161476
An interesting, long overdue premise can’t stop this pathetic chiller from constantly reminding you that “they suck”
http://www.exclaim.ca/musicreviews/late ... fid1=29459

Olympians in "Jing Wu Men" join Jordan Chan and Fan Bingbing
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2008/01/24/1461@317388.htm

'Warlords' invades Korean territory
http://www.variety.com/article/VR111797 ... id=13&cs=1

Hengdian's "Chinawood"
Made-in-China flicks save funds
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/ ... e64be66b2b

Michelle Yeoh wants UN action on road deaths
http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/displ ... eId=188965

Hubei broadcaster, regulators criticized over obscene programs
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008 ... 421075.htm
China slams province for ignoring TV sex ban
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/breakingnew ... 81,00.html

Hollywood's version of "The Yellow Handkerchief"
http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/5378/1/

[Brian Thibodeau]

Cheng Pei Pei in 'They Wait'- Not a ghost of a chance
http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/Mo ... cle/297266
'They Wait' a decent horror flick
http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Reviews/T/Th ... 6-sun.html
Take every spook story cliché that’s been recycled from The Shining to The Ring...
http://www.nowtoronto.com/movies/story. ... ent=161476
An interesting, long overdue premise can’t stop this pathetic chiller from constantly reminding you that “they suck”
http://www.exclaim.ca/musicreviews/late ... fid1=29459

Ouch! I guess we can't be surprised that this is playing on only one screen here in one of the boroughs of Toronto. That area is also conveniently home to one of the largest Chinese "enclaves" in the whole region, next to the one near me, so it's a bit obvious who they're targeting with this little gem. I'm almost tempted to make the drive across town to see it; it sounds just bad enough for me to sink my teeth into.