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Film Review: ‘Demons Strike Back’ at the Audience in ‘Journey to the West 2’

Feb 6, 2017  /  Reviews  / 
Slapstick subversiveness notwithstanding, "Journey to the West 2: The Demons Strike Back" still amounts to a Sinocentric power play that diminishes the appeal of the enterprise. Read More

China Box Office: A Record Set, A Scandal Brews, and Accounting Rules Change

Jan 31, 2017  /  Box Office  / 
After three chaotic days of five wide-release Chinese New Year (CNY) films jockeying for the hearts and wallets of Chinese moviegoers, a clearer picture of the holiday’s box office winners and losers has begun to emerge. Journey To The West: The Demons Strike Back (西游伏妖篇) Journey To The West: The Demons Strike Back (西游伏妖篇), a Read More

Film Review: ‘Buddies’ Out of Control in ‘India’

Jan 30, 2017  /  Reviews  / 
‘Buddies’ Out of Control in ‘India’ Buddies in India (2017), written and directed by Wang Baoqiang. Distributed by ChinaLion, opened in the U.S. January 27, 2017 (cinemas here). Grade: C+ A bromance with a hollow message, combined with a whirlwind of wuxia action, road comedy, Bollywood musical, and a half-baked primer on classical monkey-god mythology, Read More

‘Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back’ Sets Records

Jan 29, 2017  /  Box Office  / 
The sequel sets a new single-day mark and looks like it’s going higher. Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back exploded at the Chinese box office on Saturday, the first day of the week-long Lunar New Year Holiday, it scored a single-day record for local language films with RMB 345 million (US$50.2 million) in Read More

On Screen China: Part Two of CFI’s Chinese New Year Preview

Jan 28, 2017  /  Box Office  / 
This Saturday, the first day of the Spring Festival/Chinese New Year (CNY), tens of millions of Chinese citizens will flock to cinemas nationwide in the start of the busiest moviegoing period on the planet.  Last year, RMB 3.56 billion (US$548 million) in tickets were sold over the seven-day CNY period, the highest-grossing week in any Read More

On Screen China: Out with the Monkey and in with the Money

Jan 26, 2017  /  Box Office  / 
Part one of our preview of Spring Festival releases, likely to be the most lucrative season of the Chinese cinematic year.   This Saturday, the first day of the Spring Festival/Chinese New Year (CNY), tens of millions of Chinese citizens will flock to cinemas nationwide in the start of the busiest moviegoing period on the Read More

Could ‘Journey to the West’ Be China’s Next Box Office Champ?

Oct 25, 2016  /  News  / 
Two legends of Chinese cinema are teaming up for a sequel to a screen adaptation of one of China's favorite stories, an effort that could topple existing box office records. Read More

‘Journey to the West’ — A Chinese Epic for Western Eyes

Oct 6, 2016  /  Chinasplaining  / 
Will Western audiences fail to engage with a story that celebrates Confucian, Buddhist, and Daoist values? Or instead, could it be that “Journey to the West” is based on the same underlying narrative as the typical Hollywood blockbuster? Read More

On Screen China: A Week for ‘Monkey’ Business

Feb 4, 2016  /  Box Office  / 
Box office records are likely to be smashed during the Chinese New Year “Golden Week” holiday by three homegrown films with blockbuster potential: The Mermaid, From Vegas To Macau III, and The Monkey King 2. Read More

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