After an interlude producing the successful noir “Black Coal, Thin Ice”, awarded in Berlin, Vivian Qu is back on the director chair with her sophomore film “Angels Wear White”. The movie premiered at the last edition of Venice International Film Festival, where it was also nominated for the Best Film Award and went on collecting several nominations and awards, one for all the prestigious Taiwanese Golden Horse Award. Nevertheless, the film has encountered some problems with Chinese censorship because of its controversial topic and social commentary.
In a provincial seaside town on the Hainan Island, Mia (Wen Qi) works as a cleaner for an upmarket motel. She hasn’t got documents and tries to maintain a low profile, taking any job she finds without questioning too much, as – like many migrants – her goal is to save enough money to buy her way through bureaucracy. A hard-working, cheeky and friendly 15-year-old,...
In a provincial seaside town on the Hainan Island, Mia (Wen Qi) works as a cleaner for an upmarket motel. She hasn’t got documents and tries to maintain a low profile, taking any job she finds without questioning too much, as – like many migrants – her goal is to save enough money to buy her way through bureaucracy. A hard-working, cheeky and friendly 15-year-old,...
- 10/20/2018
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
China kicked off the New Year with a massive $200m hit delivered by The Ex-File: The Return Of The Exes, but Star Wars: The Last Jedi opened soft.
Disney’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi was the first Hollywood blockbuster to arrive in 2018, but it was easily defeated by a large margin. Despite its worldwide success ($1.2bn worldwide so far), it took $30.9 from its three-day opening weekend, half of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and about 70% of Rogue One: A Star War Story which was released almost exactly one year ago.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi was the only new entry in the top 10 chart.
Instead The Ex-File 3 has become the first runaway success of 2018, garnering $167m in the first week (Jan 1-7). It’s almost on par with the second week earnings of last October’s National...
Disney’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi was the first Hollywood blockbuster to arrive in 2018, but it was easily defeated by a large margin. Despite its worldwide success ($1.2bn worldwide so far), it took $30.9 from its three-day opening weekend, half of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and about 70% of Rogue One: A Star War Story which was released almost exactly one year ago.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi was the only new entry in the top 10 chart.
Instead The Ex-File 3 has become the first runaway success of 2018, garnering $167m in the first week (Jan 1-7). It’s almost on par with the second week earnings of last October’s National...
- 1/8/2018
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Based on the novel “Evil Minds: City Light” written by Lei Mi, “The Liquidator” is an action blockbuster in Hollywood style, which features some resemblance with “Seven” in a very interesting combination. Let us see what the film amounts to, though.
The Liquidator comes to UK cinemas starting January 5th, via CineAsia
A series of gruesome and ritualistic murders dichotomize public opinion, since the victims have all been subjected to media controversy, and the perpetrator has adopted the persona of the vigilante. Detective Nam, who is in charge of the case, soon finds herself out of her depth, and her boss advises her to ask the help of forensic psychologist expert Mu, a former associate of the police who has been discharged due to some controversy of his own. The two of them start hunting for evidence and eventually manage to narrow down the suspects significantly. Meanwhile, the murderer is...
The Liquidator comes to UK cinemas starting January 5th, via CineAsia
A series of gruesome and ritualistic murders dichotomize public opinion, since the victims have all been subjected to media controversy, and the perpetrator has adopted the persona of the vigilante. Detective Nam, who is in charge of the case, soon finds herself out of her depth, and her boss advises her to ask the help of forensic psychologist expert Mu, a former associate of the police who has been discharged due to some controversy of his own. The two of them start hunting for evidence and eventually manage to narrow down the suspects significantly. Meanwhile, the murderer is...
- 1/6/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Feng Xiaogang’s local hit fends off comedy The Ex-File: The Return Of The Exes.
Source: Im Global
‘Youth’
As 2017 drew to a close, a wide variety of Chinese tentpoles led the last week of the year (Dec 25-31). Feng Xiaogang’s Youth, already in its third week, retained the overall No.1 position, while new release The Ex-File: The Return Of The Exes ruled the weekend.
With almost overwhelming praise from Chinese audiences, Youth delivered a hat trick and added $51.3m. The bittersweet coming-of-age drama was exceptionally resilient as it bounced back to the second place on Sunday after dropping to the fifth on Friday. After 17 days, it has amassed $169.5m, making it the eighth highest grossing film in 2017. It has also overtaken 2013’s Personal Tailor to become Feng’s top grossing film.
Local romantic comedy The Ex-File: The Return Of The Exes took the weekend but came in only...
Source: Im Global
‘Youth’
As 2017 drew to a close, a wide variety of Chinese tentpoles led the last week of the year (Dec 25-31). Feng Xiaogang’s Youth, already in its third week, retained the overall No.1 position, while new release The Ex-File: The Return Of The Exes ruled the weekend.
With almost overwhelming praise from Chinese audiences, Youth delivered a hat trick and added $51.3m. The bittersweet coming-of-age drama was exceptionally resilient as it bounced back to the second place on Sunday after dropping to the fifth on Friday. After 17 days, it has amassed $169.5m, making it the eighth highest grossing film in 2017. It has also overtaken 2013’s Personal Tailor to become Feng’s top grossing film.
Local romantic comedy The Ex-File: The Return Of The Exes took the weekend but came in only...
- 1/2/2018
- by Silvia Wong
- Screen Daily Test
Feng Xiaogang’s local hit fends off comedy The Ex-File: The Return Of The Exes.
Source: Im Global
‘Youth’
As 2017 drew to a close, a wide variety of Chinese tentpoles led the last week of the year (Dec 25-31). Feng Xiaogang’s Youth, already in its third week, retained the overall No.1 position, while new release The Ex-File: The Return Of The Exes ruled the weekend.
With almost overwhelming praise from Chinese audiences, Youth delivered a hat trick and added $51.3m. The bittersweet coming-of-age drama was exceptionally resilient as it bounced back to the second place on Sunday after dropping to the fifth on Friday. After 17 days, it has amassed $169.5m, making it the eighth highest grossing film in 2017. It has also overtaken 2013’s Personal Tailor to become Feng’s top grossing film.
Local romantic comedy The Ex-File: The Return Of The Exes took the weekend but came in only second overall with $42m from its first three...
Source: Im Global
‘Youth’
As 2017 drew to a close, a wide variety of Chinese tentpoles led the last week of the year (Dec 25-31). Feng Xiaogang’s Youth, already in its third week, retained the overall No.1 position, while new release The Ex-File: The Return Of The Exes ruled the weekend.
With almost overwhelming praise from Chinese audiences, Youth delivered a hat trick and added $51.3m. The bittersweet coming-of-age drama was exceptionally resilient as it bounced back to the second place on Sunday after dropping to the fifth on Friday. After 17 days, it has amassed $169.5m, making it the eighth highest grossing film in 2017. It has also overtaken 2013’s Personal Tailor to become Feng’s top grossing film.
Local romantic comedy The Ex-File: The Return Of The Exes took the weekend but came in only second overall with $42m from its first three...
- 1/2/2018
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
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