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Gong Li tapped for 'Last Empress': Seven Stars enlists thesp for lead role in China-US co-production
VarietySeven Stars Film Studios has tapped Gong Li to take the lead role in the China-US co-production of "The Last Empress." Seven Stars had announced in July that it had come on board as the lead investor in July with the late Jake Eberts producing the...Tags: Movies, Entertainment, China, Justin Lin, Joint Ventures
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Jiang Wen seeks U.S. partner for 'Bullets' sequel: Filmmaker to visit States next month
VarietyBEIJING -- Chinese multihyphenate Jiang Wen is talking to Hollywood about co-producing the sequel to his 2010 box office smash "Let the Bullets Fly," and will visit the U.S. to see potential partners next month. "Bullets," a pulsating Eastern take on a...Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Beijing (China), Literature, Sergio Leone
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Movie review: Chinese remake of 'What Women Want'
Special to the Los Angeles TimesFor those curious about what it's like to watch a Chinese-language remake of "What Women Want," it's mostly like watching the 2000 Nancy Meyers film "What Women Want." In Chinese. Just different enough, it has neither the obsessional pull of Gus Van Sant'...Tags: Nancy Meyers, Movies, Psycho (movie), Colin Farrell, Frank Sinatra
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Conservationists, animal activists worry about effects of the Year of the Rabbit
L.A. UnleashedBANGKOK â Many Asians believe the Year of the Rabbit means good luck for those born under that zodiac sign, but conservationists warn that the furry creatures themselves are being loved to death in Asia and some species are dying...... -
They created a (proto) monster
Special to The TimesHe's an orphaned immigrant who ascended to the top of the psychiatric profession. An accomplished author, gourmet and patron of the arts, he's a true Renaissance man. And he kills and eats people. Hannibal Lecter is the American dream on Thorazine. He...Tags: Movies, David Lynch, Anthony Hopkins, World War II (1939-1945), Audrey Tautou
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'Hannibal' prequel isn't rising to the top
Zap2It.comIn one of the few playful moments in Hannibal Rising, the evil genius with an advanced taste for humans dons a samurai mask (don't ask) that resembles the face guard Doctor Lecter wore to keep his fangs off innocent flesh in Silence of the Lambs. The...Tags: Movies, Dominic West, Entertainment, Superman (fictional character), Michael Mann
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'Hannibal Rising'
Special to The TimesLacking the wit to qualify as a sick joke, the ongoing saga of Hannibal Lecter has become the Grand Guignol equivalent of a shaggy-dog story, a rambling, directionless yarn whose promising beginnings have been eclipsed by its stubborn failure to end. A...Tags: Crimes, Movies, Anthony Hopkins, Crime, Law and Justice, Brian Cox
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Movie review: 'Hannibal Rising'
Tribune restaurant critic1 star (out of four) "I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti," is one of Hannibal Lecter's most chilling lines in 1991's "Silence of the Lambs," but in "Hannibal Rising," the latest prequel in the Lecter saga, it could serve as a punch...Tags: Fava Beans, Movies, Anthony Hopkins, World War II (1939-1945), Entertainment
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GASPARD ULLIEL
(Keith Hampshere/Weinstein Co.) Rookie Ulliel ("A Very Long Engagement") gets the Hayden Christensenlike task of tackling the early days of an iconic screen villain, showing how he went from normal lad to liver-chomping FBI case study. Obviously...Tags: Hayden Christensen, Vice (movie), FBI
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Curse of the Golden Flower
MetromixAll dressed up with nowhere to go, the Chinese-language period melodrama "Curse of the Golden Flower" lavishes so much attention on eye-popping sets, costumes and cinematography that it neglects story and characters. Instead the film delivers a...Tags: Movies, Celebrities and Bad Behavior, Vice (movie), Paris Hilton, Entertainment
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'Curse of the Golden Flower'
Special to The Times"Curse of the Golden Flower" is great news for admirers of director Zhang Yimou and actress Gong Li. Between 1990 and 1996 they made a series of richly varied films, including "Ju Dou," "Raise the Red Lantern, "The Story of Qiu Ju," "To Live" and...Tags: Movies, Family, D.W. Griffith, Entertainment, China
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Movie review: 'Curse of the Golden Flower'
Tribune movie critic4 stars (out of four) Cold cruel passion and wicked court intrigue are portrayed with a sensuous visual splendor in "Curse of the Golden Flower," the latest period film of the great Chinese director Zhang Yimou. It's an incredible film, among the...Tags: Clark Gable, Landforms, Crimes, Movies, Crime, Law and Justice
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