East Screen / West Screen #11 – Between Chung Yeung and Halloween
on November 2nd, 2009Click to Play
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(Apologies for the late posting on the site, work and Halloween both piled on last week, but we made it in time for Christmas, which is a much more important holiday anyway…just ask Jack 
[honestly, Halloween is actually my favorite])
In this episode Kevin and I talk about some of the films slated for Chinese New Year 2010 (including the Andy Lau film Future X-Cops mentioned previously – see earlier post for link to the trailer) as well as some of the recent releases listed below. We end with a few picks to enhance your Halloween.
NEWS:
Dreamworks to produce live action Ghost in the Shell (Variety)
Saw VI doesn’t cut it. (Reuters)
EAST SCREEN:
Poker King (Hong Kong 2009)
The Message (China 2009)
WEST SCREEN:
Taking Woodstock (US 2009)
Astro Boy (US/China 2009) link to Frederick L. Schodt’s response to NY Times review (his is the 4th comment).
FLYING BUDDHA (賣飛佛):
Halloween Picks 2009
Out of the Dark (Hong Kong 1995)
Rahtree: Flower of the Night (Thailand 2003)
Running Time (01:01:53)
I wonder if you guys will go see Qiuxi next week. Twitchfilm gave it a positive reveiw. In the states, we get 2012 disaster film & Rain’s Ninja Assassin at the end of the month. And news that Jackie Chan is doing abother Police story film, Operation Condor 3 and Shaolin.
http://twitchfilm.net/reviews/2009/10/mainland-reviews-qiuxi.php
It’s not playing in Hong Kong in mainstream theaters yet, and as is often the proven case China/HK is very much under the 1 country 2 cinemas ideology. Kevin may have caught it in one of the various festivals, but I will try to make in a point to ask him in our next recording (#13). Were getting 2012 in HK on the coming Thursday (Nov 12). Tickets have actually been on advance sale since early Oct, but still no sigh of Zombieland (which I am sure will be gone when I head stateside in Dec – *cry)
Haven’t even heard of Qiu Xi until now (terrible title, by the way). If it is as strong as the review suggests, I’ll try to buy a legit Mainland DVD the next time I go to Shenzhen.
Sorry, Paul, just heard that Zombieland won’t get a theatrical release in HK.
Just bought a copy of Qiu Xi DVD in China. Will try to watch it soon and talk about it on the next episode.