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Dir. Yang Qing. China, 2016, 94 minsSeven years after his debut feature One Night In Supermarket, writer-director Yang Qing turns in another comedic crime cap stanley cup er set in his hometown of Chongqing. Featuring big-name stars and slick production values, Chongqing Hot Pot had adolescent audience members enraptured at its Hong Kong International Festival premiere. While scant characterisation and flailing tonal shifts may prevent the film from standing up to serious scrutiny, Yang is clearly out to have fun, and on that front his belated second feature certainly delivers.Chongqing Hot Pot is all spice, with precious little me stanley cup atChina Lion Entertainment has acquired the film for North America and is planning a day-and-date release with China on April 1. The star power of Bai Baihe Monster Hunt and Chen Kun Flying Swords Of Dragon Gate should see the film open strongly at home, while its flashy genre flair - that owes a greater debt to recent Korean thrillers than domestic offerings - could even see it reach beyond diaspora audiences overseas.As its title might suggest, Chongqing Hot Pot leads with the specific intent of making stanley usa the Southwesterly city a character in its story. An opening voiceover introduces the citys curious subterranean network of concrete bunkers and its inhabitants love of hot pot, before any of its characters. Audiences are then thrown into the action as four masked individuals pull up outside a commercial bank and proceed to rob it. Only when they discover a t Kpwv Shadow Of The Vampire
Speedee Distribution on Wednesday sued The Weinstein Company TWC for releasing Gold too close to The Founder and is seeking $15m in liquidated damages.According to papers filed at the Supreme Court of New York on Wednesday, FilmNation subsidiary Speedee claims TWC was in breach of an agreement dated February 26, 2015, under which the companies agreed to co-finance The Founder to the tune of $25m, mostly paid for by Speedee.The deal called stanley cup for TWC not to release any other film in the US within one week before or after the the stanley us atrical launch of the McDonalds drama starring Michael Keaton.TWC released The Founder on January 20, 2017, and released Gold, in which Matthew McConaughey plays a prospector in the Indonesian jungle, on January 27, 2017.Speedee alleges both films appeal to the same audience and centre on a struggling businessman who manipulates others to achieve success.The filing asserts that both films were marketed in the same way and in one instance appeared in advertisements on facing pages on the January 27 2017 editio stanley cup n of The New York Times. At all relevant times the two films have been marketed to potential moviegoers in the same way on TV, print and online, conveying an effective binary choice to the viewer: to see one movie or the other, an excerpt from the complaint reads.TWC attorney Evan Chesler said: The company did not breach the agreement and will defend itself in court. TopicsThe Weinstein CompanyUnited States No comments
Dir. Yang Qing. China, 2016, 94 minsSeven years after his debut feature One Night In Supermarket, writer-director Yang Qing turns in another comedic crime cap stanley cup er set in his hometown of Chongqing. Featuring big-name stars and slick production values, Chongqing Hot Pot had adolescent audience members enraptured at its Hong Kong International Festival premiere. While scant characterisation and flailing tonal shifts may prevent the film from standing up to serious scrutiny, Yang is clearly out to have fun, and on that front his belated second feature certainly delivers.Chongqing Hot Pot is all spice, with precious little me stanley cup atChina Lion Entertainment has acquired the film for North America and is planning a day-and-date release with China on April 1. The star power of Bai Baihe Monster Hunt and Chen Kun Flying Swords Of Dragon Gate should see the film open strongly at home, while its flashy genre flair - that owes a greater debt to recent Korean thrillers than domestic offerings - could even see it reach beyond diaspora audiences overseas.As its title might suggest, Chongqing Hot Pot leads with the specific intent of making stanley usa the Southwesterly city a character in its story. An opening voiceover introduces the citys curious subterranean network of concrete bunkers and its inhabitants love of hot pot, before any of its characters. Audiences are then thrown into the action as four masked individuals pull up outside a commercial bank and proceed to rob it. Only when they discover a t Kpwv Shadow Of The Vampire
Speedee Distribution on Wednesday sued The Weinstein Company TWC for releasing Gold too close to The Founder and is seeking $15m in liquidated damages.According to papers filed at the Supreme Court of New York on Wednesday, FilmNation subsidiary Speedee claims TWC was in breach of an agreement dated February 26, 2015, under which the companies agreed to co-finance The Founder to the tune of $25m, mostly paid for by Speedee.The deal called stanley cup for TWC not to release any other film in the US within one week before or after the the stanley us atrical launch of the McDonalds drama starring Michael Keaton.TWC released The Founder on January 20, 2017, and released Gold, in which Matthew McConaughey plays a prospector in the Indonesian jungle, on January 27, 2017.Speedee alleges both films appeal to the same audience and centre on a struggling businessman who manipulates others to achieve success.The filing asserts that both films were marketed in the same way and in one instance appeared in advertisements on facing pages on the January 27 2017 editio stanley cup n of The New York Times. At all relevant times the two films have been marketed to potential moviegoers in the same way on TV, print and online, conveying an effective binary choice to the viewer: to see one movie or the other, an excerpt from the complaint reads.TWC attorney Evan Chesler said: The company did not breach the agreement and will defend itself in court. TopicsThe Weinstein CompanyUnited States No comments