Looks like Wan Kar Wai's tribute to Yip Man should be out soon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ngxn9NzLzs

Thanks, that looks awesome!

I'm ever impressed with the increasing production quality of Chinese film.

Looks great!

It's about time Wong Kar Wai released another film. It seemed like it has been ages.

Loving the fighting style of the upcoming Judge Archer.

http://vimeo.com/53006640#at=0

http://vimeo.com/53014793


And Johnny To's new flick Drug War looks to be more over the top gangster thrills. Love To's films (most of the time).

http://vimeo.com/53272961

1942 with Adrian Brody opens November 30th!

I hear there will be a couple of special morning screenings in Westwood Village opening weekend at the Bruin.
It would be great to see it at that theater!






http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etF0QCTd ... ature=plcp

電視電影 遺忘 Forgotten

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj5lWHvv9zU part one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UePOkhMxHQk part two

Huh? Should we retitle this Asian films for non-native Asian language speakers? Besides, is that a made for tv soap opera?


1942 looks epic and heavy. Poster is freaking awesome. Seems the director, Feng Xiaogang, has a war fetish. This is his third WW2 film?

I'm interested in the opinion of native speakers, to get more of the context!

Oh, i only meant as far as subtitles. Sorry. Guess my reply sounded bad.

Just saw this review on Twitchfilm. Now I want to see "Back to 1942."

http://twitchfilm.com/2012/11/review-ba ... story.html

did director Feng make other films about WW2 before? I watched a film called "Aftershock." "Back to 1942" reminds me of that film a little.

Aftershock is his as well. The only thing I have seen by him was World Without Thieves which overall I thought was good but had some parts where, like old HK films, your scratching your head wondering who was high in the editing room.

1942 is screening Saturday and Sunday (Dec 1&2) at 11 am in Westwood Village (my local non-cineplex theater). Though not an IMAX, the Westwood theaters are awesome and I'm excited to see it on the big screen. Won the A.I.C. award for best cinematography at the Rome film festival.

1942 was amazing.... though not loved that much by the critics. While the character development could have been better, it is an incredible documentary-type film about the tragedy starvation of 1942 Henan provence. Be warned - graphic violence in all its full screen glory.

Any new asian films opening soon?

I saw Wu Xia (Dragon in US) with Donnie Yen is to be out now or soon. This is a one armed swordsman remake. Really liked the first two-thirds of the film. Then it got messy and a bit stupid.

Also, Jet Li in Sorcerer and the White Snake should get a US release this weekend. I can't remember this film. Saw it about a year ago. Must have been bored by it.

Two Monkey Kings next year. One with Donnie Yen and the other by Stephen Chow.

That's all I am up on.

Oh yeah, Host 2 in production...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fedr47ugbM

This list looks good. I seemed to have previously missed a few of these titles.

http://twitchfilm.com/2013/01/marshys-1 ... art-2.html

Ok, a little catch up as I just watched Wan Kar Wai's The Grandmaster. If you like WKW I am sure you'll love this film. It's beautifully shot. But as always i find him tedious. He is to busy trying to paint a painting instead of make a move. Much of the action was more about the shot then the choreography. I much preferred Donnie Yen's version of Ip Man with Sammo Hung being action choreographer.

On the other hand I loved Stephen Chow's Journey to the West. It felt both epic and personable. The violence was hard core and yet remained true to his playfulness. Looking forward to the next two installments.

Watched two sweet and gentle films as well. Au Revoir Taipei. A simple love story where everyone is really not so bad. Even the worst gangster is a Pee Wee Herman knock off. And the Korean movie Punch which was just a simple but sweet coming of age film.

Lots of others on my list to catch up on. Looking forward to New World, Berlin File, and Drug Wars.

Getting out of Asia I would highly recommend the John Hughes style Spanish film Ghost Graduation as well as the French film The Intouchables. Both were a true delight.