2007-11-06 15:55
- The Hong Kong websites couldn't deliver the Hong Kong box office stats in time, so I'll just do it myself thanks to Box Office Mojo. As predicted from the opening day gross, the relay film… Read More
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2007-11-04 17:02
- Let's start with some AFM news:CJ entertainment has already presold director Park Chan-Wook's untitled vampire film to France and Russia before the director has even started shooting. Star… Read More
2007-11-03 18:58
- Time for some news on Johnnie To/Wai Ka-Fai's latest collaboration Mad Detective. First of all, Hong Kong's Oriental Daily reported that the category-III crime drama has secured a November… Read More
2007-11-03 16:12
- When I went to the showing of Tsui Hark/Ringo Lam/Johnnie To crime film Triangle, the theater wasn't even half-full. Looking at other theaters' bookings on the internet, I really thought i… Read More
2007-11-02 17:02
- Variety Asia, after their "10 actors to watch out for" feature, now has a "10 cinematographers to watch for" feature. While three of them are Asian, none of them work in Asian films.Rain L… Read More
2007-10-31 23:50
- Let's first go over the Japanese box office numbers. Takashi Miike's Crows Zero was quite a hit, making 397 million yen over the first two days from 259 screens, which was way more than en… Read More
2007-10-30 13:40
- The Hong Kong box office numbers are back. On Sunday in Hong Kong, the crime drama Brothers topped the charts with HK$590,000 from 34 screens for a 11-day total of HK$9.18 million. That me… Read More
2007-10-29 16:04
- Another Monday, another look at Japanese drama ratings this past week. Galileo holds on to its strong premiere ratings with a 22.1 rating for its second episode. Abanrenbo Mama with Aya Ue… Read More
2007-10-29 14:45
The Sunday Hong Kong box office has not been updated yet, so just wait for another day.- Japanese attendance ranking is out, but only in Japanese. Finally, Hero has been dethroned, and by a… Read More
2007-10-28 15:42
With The Hong Kong Film blog wondering whether Hong Kong box office source mov3.com has closed down for good, this blogger has found a new box office source in now.com.hk. Starting tomorrow… Read More
2007-10-27 17:24
- The biggest news of the day is the announcement of the Golden Horse Awards. After getting rejected from two important film awards, Ang Lee's Lust, Caution finds a home in the Golden Horse… Read More
2007-10-26 16:52
The start of another weekend, and the beginning of spreading news out over 3 days. Don't worry, there's plenty of news all weekend.- Last week I linked to the review for Suzuki Matsuo's Welc… Read More
2007-10-24 16:55
For convenience, everything will be combined into one entry today:- The Japanese box office numbers are out, and it's consistent with the audience admission rankings. As expected, the box of… Read More
2007-10-23 14:32
This is going to be another relatively short entry. Quite frankly, I was expecting more news from the Tokyo International Film Festival, but we only have this so far:- The Tokyo film market… Read More
2007-10-23 13:29
- This week's Hong Kong numbers come courtesy of Box Office Mojo, because mov3.com hasn't been doing its job for over a week now. Hence, the following covers the entire weekend rather than j… Read More
2007-10-22 16:20
Try not to be shocked - most of today's news come from only Variety Asia and Tokyograph.- Let's do the Japanese drama ratings first (All drama information on Tokyograph) - a few more dramas… Read More
2007-10-22 13:14
- For some reason, mov3.com has not updated their box office page for a week now. However, the Hong Kong Film blog comes to the rescue with their own box office report. On Sunday, the rankin… Read More
2007-10-21 15:46
This week's Song of the Week is again not picked because it's any good, but because the video is so damn out there. From the man who introduced naked boob suits to the yearly New Year Kohaku… Read More
2007-10-21 14:44
Let's start off with some more news from the TIFF (That's what the Tokyo International Film Festival calling themselves these days, despite Toronto having the same abbreviations):- Jason Gra… Read More
2007-10-20 16:43
The Tokyo International Film Festival is officially underway, with the action film Midnight Eagle premiering tonight. Variety's already got their people on the job:- Festival head Tsuguhiko… Read More
2007-10-19 15:35
Today is a public holiday in Hong Kong, so no box office reports. However, from unscientific research (looking at the ticket sales on the internet and from my observation last night at the c… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Like the fate of Lust, Caution, the sad lost orphan that is The Golden Rock has found a new home with larger exposure and a prettier layout. We are now one of the three official Lovehkfilm b… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
- Earlier in the week I wrote that the Japanese film Always 2 opened at 150% of its sequel's opening. Thanks to Eiga Consultant, I now realize I was wrong. At 550 million yen, its opening is… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
- It's Oricon charts time! Mr. Children scores their 27th consecutive number 1 single this week, while Glay's latest EP could only get a 2nd place debut. As for the album chart, The Backstre… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
- It's Japanese drama ratings time! Galileo saw another small decline in its 3rd week, though it's still very strong at 21.3 rating (yes, I realize that the 4th week has already been shown… Read More
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