Posts Tagged ‘shanghai-china’

Shanghai Kiss (2007)

Friday, April 18th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Leung, Ken | Panettiere, Hayden | Hu, Kelly | Moore, Joel | Hong, James | Lancaster, Kathleen | Scott, Lorna | Redford, Spencer | Connell, Steve | Gardner, Brian | Bottoms, Timothy | Altice, Summer | Yan, Oliver | Mann, Byron | Li, Chen
Directors: Konwiser, Kern
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A struggling Chinese-American actor, who unwittingly finds himself involved with a high school girl, learns he has inherited his grandmother’s home in Shanghai. The American-raised character moves to China in an attempt to connect with his ancestry, leaving behind quite possibly the only girl who has ever loved him.

Code 46 (2003)

Friday, March 14th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: Robbins, Tim | Igawa, Togo | Elouhabi, Nabil | Morton, Samantha | Backhouse, Sarah | Ibbotson, Jonathan | Jackson Mendoza, Natalie | Puri, Om | Marwa, Emil | Fog, Nina | Lastra, Bruno | Simpson, Christopher | Nguyin, Lien | Fahm, David | Jones, Mick
Directors: Winterbottom, Michael
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Code 46 is a love story set in a Brave New World-type near-future where cities are heavily controlled and only accessible through checkpoints. People cannot travel unless they have “papelles,” a special travel permit issued by the totalitarianistic government, the “Sphinx”. Outside these cities, the desert has taken over and shanty towns are jammed with non-citizens - people without papelles forced to live primitive lives. William is a family man who works as a government investigator. When he is sent to Shanghai to solve a case of fake papelles, he meets a woman named Maria. Although he realizes she is behind the forgeries, he cannot help but fall completely in love with her. He hides her crime and they have a wild, passionate affair that can only last as long as his papelles: 24 hours. Back home, William is obessed with the memory of Maria. When the original investigation is inevitably re-opened a week later and William is sent back to finish the work he started, he tracks her down, only to discover she has been accused of a Code 46 violation and any further relationship is impossible.

Kung fu (2004)

Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime | Fantasy
Countries: China | Hong Kong
Actors: Chow, Stephen | Feng, Xiaogang | Yuen, Wah | Zhi Hua, Dong | Chan, Kwok Kuen | Lam, Chi Chung | Yuen, Qiu | Tin, Kai Man | Jia, Kang Xi | Fung, Stephen | Huang, Sheng Yi | Lam, Suet | Yuen, Cheung-Yan | Chiu, Chi Ling | Xing, Yu
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Set in Canton, China in the 1940s, the story revolves around a hapless wannabe gangster who aspires to become a member of the notorious “Axe Gang.” Other characters include an obnoxious landlady and her apparently frail husband who exhibit extraordinary powers in defending their turf.

Painted Veil, The (2006)

Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: China | USA
Actors: Watts, Naomi | Norton, Edward | Schreiber, Liev | Jones, Toby | Rigg, Diana | Howland, Juliet | Wong Chau-Sang, Anthony | Steed, Maggie | Laurence, Lorraine | Lee, Johnny | Feng, Li | Meiduo, Gesang | David, Alan | Voller, Lucy | Rennick, Ian
Directors: Curran, John
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This love story has Kitty meeting young, intelligent, shy and somewhat dull Dr. Walter Fane, whose forte is the study of infectious diseases, and the convenient marriage that she finds herself committed too. It is in this web of intrigue that they head for China, only after Walter discover’s Kitty’s infidelity with one dashing and witty Diplomat Charlie Townsend. So much as to hide her from herself and to help thwart a cholera outbreak, this is a marriage more than on the rocks. This is a cold, indifferent and loveless partnership in a vast unknown and deadly environment that will test both these flightless lovebirds and with the hardships and tolerances more than any had ever anticipated. A visual delight amidst the pain and suffering of a dying people and failing marriage. Will a cure be found for both, before it’s too late?

4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)

Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Countries: Germany | UK | USA
Actors: Gruffudd, Ioan | Alba, Jessica | Evans, Chris | Chiklis, Michael | Jones, Doug | McMahon, Julian | Washington, Kerry | Garrett, Beau | Benson, Peter | Braugher, Andre | Duffy, Graeme | Fishburne, Laurence | Grover, Fabrice | Menendez, Gonzalo | Cant, Heather
Directors: Story, Tim
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With Von Doom back in his homeland of Latveria the fantastic four have new troubles when Galactus has decided that Earth is his next target. When his henchman, The Silver Surfer, is sent to Earth he discovers that he’s getting more than he bargained for when he encounters the Fantastic Four. But that’s not all when Dr. Doom decides that after two years in the homeland he is ready to return.

Mission: Impossible III (2006)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Cruise, Tom | Rhames, Ving | Pegg, Simon | Berry Jr., Michael | Chase, Jeff
Directors: Abrams, J.J.
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Former spy Ethan Hunt is called back into action to recover a missing IMF Agent. But complications arise when his fiancée is captured and he must fight to get her back.

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Thriller
Countries: Germany | Japan | Netherlands | UK | USA
Actors: Jolie, Angelina | Butler, Gerard | Hinds, Ciarán | Barrie, Chris | Taylor, Noah | Hounsou, Djimon | Schweiger, Til | Yam, Simon | Yin, Terence | Caltagirone, Daniel | Martell, Fabiano | Coyne, Jonathan | Cavanah, Robert | Vibert, Ronan | Juma, Lenny
Directors: Bont, Jan de
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Intrepid British archaeologist Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) has made perhaps the most important archaeological discovery in history: an orb that leads to the mythical Pandora’s Box. Unfortunately, the orb falls into the hands of Jonathan Reiss (Ciarán Hinds), an evil scientist who deals in killer viruses and hopes to sell the secrets of the box as the ultimate weapon. Recruited by British Intelligence to get the orb back from Reiss, Lara recruits Terry Sheridan (Gerard Butler), a British marine turned mercenary (and her former love interest) to help. The two embark on an adventure that spans continents in an attempt to regain the orb…

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Ford, Harrison | Capshaw, Kate | Quan, Jonathan Ke | Puri, Amrish | Seth, Roshan | Stone, Philip | Chiao, Roy | Yip, David | Young, Rick | Kahjoo, Chua | Ngui, Rex | Tan, Philip | Aykroyd, Dan | Mitamura, Dr. Akio | Yama, Michael
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Renowned archeologist and expert in the occult, Dr. Indiana Jones, is back in action in the 2nd Indy film. He teams up with a night club singer and a 12 year old named Short Round. They end up in an Indian village, where the people believe evil spirits have taken their children away after a sacred stone was stolen. Indiana agrees to try and retrieve the stone for the villagers.