News Links - 1/3/09

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News Links - 1/3/09

Postby dleedlee » Sat Jan 03, 2009 4:04 pm

Sammi Cheng
Back with a bang
http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story ... sec=movies

Frozen Flower tops Korean box office
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/Frozen-F ... 14260.html

Michelle Yeoh - an all-action heroine
http://my-1.themalaysianinsider.com/ind ... on-heroine

Look For Star opens Jan. 26
Shu Qi and Andy Lau
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http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/p/2009-01-03 ... 5745.shtml

Parking opens in Hong Kong Jan. 8
Chang Chen and Kwan Lun-Mei
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http://news.xinhuanet.com/ent/2009-01/0 ... 596437.htm

CNN ready to offend again with another list! :)
15 movies for geeks in 2009
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Mov ... index.html
Jeon Ji-hyun has the geeks excited
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/Jeon-Ji- ... 14503.html

More lists
APA's
Best of 2008: (Not so) Guilty Pleasures
http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/090102/art ... tID=102523

Best of 2008: Asian American Films
http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/090102/art ... tID=102525

Best of 2008: Taiwanese Films
http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/090102/art ... tid=102512

Best of 2008: Asian Films
http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/090102/art ... tid=102510

Best of 2008: Ten Best Film Moments
http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/090102/art ... tid=102511

2009: Ah Sa will have many opportunities - interview
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/2009-Ah- ... 14548.html


Ispy: Gillian Chung shopping for dancing shoes
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http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/p/2009-01-03/12162325763.shtml
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http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/p/2009-01-03/12162325767.shtml
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http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/p/2009-01-03/12162325771.shtml
http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/h/2009-01-03/10332325697.shtml

Nic Tse international marathon ambassador at Xiamen
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http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/h/p/2009-01-03 ... 5876.shtml

Mainland money bounces idol from Taiwan series Summer Bubbles
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/Producer ... 14580.html

77 year old Lee Heung Kam's skin looks 27
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/77-year- ... 14343.html

Punk Chan (The Warlords) to compose music for the soundtrack of the film “Kingdom of Solomonâ€
???? Better to light a candle than curse the darkness; Measure twice, cut once.
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Re: News Links - 1/3/09

Postby Bearserk » Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:15 pm

dleedlee wrote:CNN ready to offend again with another list! :)
15 movies for geeks in 2009
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Mov ... index.html
Jeon Ji-hyun has the geeks excited
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/Jeon-Ji- ... 14503.html


Fanboys - Seems like it can be some cheap fun. And the scene with Shatner in the trailer was hilarious :lol:

Coraline - Looked rather boring, or maybe it is just me that is getting to old.

Blood: The Last Vampire - Unable to find a trailer for this one, but I get a bad vibe by looking at the images supposedly from the movie here.

Watchmen - Maybe the movie the I am anticipating the most this year. Great comic and what I have seen so far from the trailers have me in high hopes :)

Dragonball : Evolution - Holy, did this one look like crap :shock: One I without doubt is going to pass up on.

X-Men - Wolverine - I have enjoyed the X-men movies to some degree, but this one just didn't seem to cut, might have to check it out though being a long time marvel fan :)

Star Trek XI - It's sad to see where they have taken the Star Trek franchise these days, seems to be all about pretty CGI and action and horrible scripts :cry:

Terminator Salvation - This one however seems like it can get the terminator movies up and going again after the rather horrible last movie.

Transformers : Revenge of the Fallen - Have just seen small bits from the first one, and I am probably not going to see much more from this one.

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - Really looking forward to watching this one. Hopefully it will be just as entertaining as the others :)

GI Joe: Rise of Cobra - Couldn't find much about this one, but it is not one I have high hopes for, nor anticipate.

Astro Boy - Not much to be seen in the teaser, but it might turn out ok.

Witchblade - This I actually have some hope for. The series that was running for just 2 seasons was great, as long as you can get through the pilot which is rather horrible. Frist season is fantastic. So I will cross my fingers and hope they can bring along some of the magic from the first season in the series to the movie.

Inkheart - Looks ok enough judging from the trailers. Might have to check this one out :)

Street Fighter : Legend of Chun-Li - Might turn out to be some cheap fun :)
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Re: News Links - 1/3/09

Postby Brian Thibodeau » Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:57 pm

Bearserk wrote:Street Fighter : Legend of Chun-Li - Might turn out to be some cheap fun :)



STREET FIGHTER has a few Hong Kong mainstays in it, to boot: Cheng Pei-pei, Edmund Chen, Josie Ho, Robin Shou. Updated some of their bios a few days ago. ;) (now if only we could add such info to their filmographies etc. etc. etc. )
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