Summer Movie Guide 2009
Chinese movies struggle to make ends meet despite pretty box office
Jul 19, 2009
China's film producers are struggling to make their ends meet although the country's box office kept breaking records. The Hollywood blockbuster Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen gained 400 million yuan ...
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Midnight hour strikes with $22M for 'Harry Potter'
Jul 17, 2009
LOS ANGELES – Harry Potter has conjured up a record-breaking witching hour. The latest adventure of the teen wizard, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," took in ...
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Ice Age 3 opens big in Chinese Mainland
Jul 17, 2009
"Ice Age: Dawn of The Dinosaurs", the third installment of "Ice Age" series, has grossed 30 million yuan in Chinese mainland in the first week since its opening on July 9 ...
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Imax's China Deal Boosts Its Asia Expansion
By Kenji Hall Jun 26, 2009
Imax has been winning over Hollywood. Now a partnership with Chinese movie studio Huayi will likely help its expansion efforts across Asia. It took years for Imax (IMAX) to convince Hollywood studios and ...
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New Beijing International Movie Festival 2009 Brings the Best Independent Films in China to You
By Andrea Hunt, www.eChinacities.com Jun 16, 2009
The New Beijing International Movie Festival 2009 aims to bring you the best independent films in China. All around town this summer, you can find great movies made by Chinese and International film companies.
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'Searching for Jackie Chan'
By Fred Dintenfass, www.eChinacities.com Jun 02, 2009
Jackie Chan has been in 100 movies, but in the new movie bearing his name, Chan only makes a cameo appearance. The star of ‘Searching for Jackie Chan’ is Zhang Yishan, a 17 year old TV actor making his feature film debut.
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The Battle of Dingjunshan: The First Chinese Movie
By Fred Dintenfass, www.eChinacities.com May 21, 2009
Long before “The Battle of Red Cliff” grossed hundreds of millions of US Dollars, there was another movie about a different Three Kingdoms era conflict. That movie, “The Battle of Dingjunshan” was the first movie ever to be made in...
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Not Even Barely Legal: Movies in China
By Sarah Meik, www.eChinacities.com May 06, 2009
We all know the joys of less than legal DVDs purchased in stores of on the streets of China. This article goes further in examining where they come from, and why most Chinese don’t buy DVDs.
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