Latest News |

Is US$2.4 Billion Enough to Redeem Cash-Strapped LeEco?

Jan 19, 2017 / News /

China real estate titan Sunac China Holdings Ltd. will become LeEco's second-largest shareholder after leading RMB 16.8 billion (US$2.4 billion) in fresh funding. Read More

Film Review: ‘Some Like It Hot’ More like Lukewarm Water

Jan 18, 2017 / Reviews /

A typical, and not unentertaining contemporary Chinese comedy of upwardly-mobile, city-dwelling, professional-class Chinese boy-men, dumbstruck by hot young women who are not their wives, with an unsubtle moral tacked on the end. Read More

China, Russia Team up to Take on ‘The Avengers’ with Communist Superheroes

Jan 16, 2017 / News /

Guardians by Russian-Armenian director Sarik Andreasyan is being billed as Russia’s answer to Marvel’s superhero adventures. Read More

Box Office China: ‘Passengers’ Takes ‘Rogue One’ For a Ride

Jan 16, 2017 / Box Office /

China’s chūnyùn (春运), the world’s largest human mass migration in which Chinese citizens will take an estimated 2.5 billion trips over the next 40 days, began in full force on Friday as college students finished midterm exams and headed home for the Lunar New Year. Read More

Is This 22-year-old Australian Actress Disney’s Choice for Mulan?

Jan 16, 2017 / News /

Chinese social media is abuzz with speculation that 22-year-old Australian actress Natasha Liu Bordizzo has scored the role of Hua Mulan in Disney’s upcoming live-action adaptation. Read More

China’s First Big Gay Movie Passes Censors Again

Jan 13, 2017 / News /

For the second time ever, China's movie regulators have approved the release of a film featuring gay central characters -- but in this case, that approval is for the same movie. Read More

On Screen China: ‘Passengers’ Takes on ‘Rogue One’

Jan 12, 2017 / Box Office /

This weekend brings Sony’s Passengers, the sci-fi romance starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt that has struggled critically and commercially in North America since its release on December 21. Read More

January May Be a Great Month for Hollywood Movies in China

Jan 12, 2017 / News /

For the first month of the year, normally the Chinese market serves as a dumping ground for foreign films that have bombed overseas and are bought, on the cheap, by local distributors looking to turn a modest profit. Read More

The Animated Film Industry is Taking off in China with Help from South Korea and Japan

Jan 11, 2017 / News /

Following the biggest year for animation ever at China's box office, Japanese and South Korean amimators are looking to cash in on the Chinese cinema market. Read More

Chinese Publishers Turn to TV as Book Profits Spiral