On top of all the preferential treatment for the propaganda epic that marks the 90th anniversary of China's Communist Party, at least one multiplex chain is being accused of trying to inflate the film's box office numbers.
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SHANGHAI (AP) — Susan Sarandon cracked jokes with Chinese actor Zhang Guoli. Matt Dillon tried out his Mandarin and Rupert Murdoch touted the new movie his Chinese-born wife is producing.
Hollywood's elite joined China's biggest stars at the (...)
Susan Sarandon cracked jokes with Chinese actor Zhang Guoli. Matt Dillon tried out his Mandarin and Rupert Murdoch touted the new movie his Chinese-born wife is producing.
Hollywood's elite joined China's biggest stars at the Shanghai Grand (...)
"Lust, Caution" star Tang Wei's role in a Chinese propaganda blockbuster as the first love of Communist China's founding father, Mao Zedong, has reportedly been dropped, raising the prospect that the actress is still suffering backlash after playing (...)
Censors have cleared Bob Dylan to make his China debut despite worries that the country's authoritarian government would block his planned shows given the American folk icon's antiestablishment reputation.
China's Ministry of Culture said in a (...)
A Chinese political satire and a Japanese psychological thriller are the top contenders at the fifth Asian Film Awards as organizers announced the nominations on Thursday.
Jiang Wen's "Let the Bullets Fly" and Tetsuya Nakashima's "Confessions" (...)
Chinese box office takings surged 64 percent to 10.2 billion Chinese yuan ($1.5 billion) in 2010, although film officials say the figure still lags more developed markets and urged local filmmakers to make better movies that can compete with (...)
HONG KONG: Venus Williams lost to second-ranked Vera Zvonareva 6-4, 6-2 on Thursday at the Hong Kong Classic exhibition tournament in her first match since the US Open.
Williams was sidelined with a left knee injury for the last part of the 2010 (...)
A Golden Lion-winning Chinese director best known for portraying working-class struggles defended on Saturday his decision to try his hand at commercial cinema as he prepares to make his first kung fu epic.
Jia Zhangke made his name with realist (...)
HONG KONG: A leading virus expert urged health authorities around the world Sunday to stay vigilant even though the recent swine flu pandemic was less deadly than expected, warning that bird flu could spark the next global outbreak.
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An action thriller about a group of volunteers who protect modern China's founding father from imperial assassins dominated the Hong Kong Film Awards, winning best film and seven other awards.
"Bodyguards and Assassins also clinched best director (...)
HONG KONG: Hollywood s fighting cartoon panda is a hit in the furry animal s home country.
The American animated movie Kung Fu Panda has made nearly 110 million Chinese yuan (US$16 million) at the Chinese box office as of Wednesday, according to (...)