Review: Sanjay Leela Bhansali's RAM-LEELA Forgoes Narrative Flesh For Visual Flash

Review: Sanjay Leela Bhansali's RAM-LEELA Forgoes Narrative Flesh For Visual Flash
China Lion Takes North American And Australian / New Zealand Rights For Dante Lam's THAT DEMON WITHIN
Underworld Grit In Danish Short Film ESCORT
Donnie Yen Teaches Action Star 101, Reveals Troubles With SPECIAL ID

Posted: 16 Nov 2013 08:30 PM PST

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Ram-Leela, a film based loosely on Romeo & Juliet, is perhaps the most stupefyingly gorgeous Shakespeare adaptation ever put on a cinema screen. When I think of Bollywood, I think of bright colors, festive music, overwrought melodrama, physics defying action, and musical numbers choreographed as though the world spins only with the help of the dancers' hips. Ram-Leela is all of that, but in many ways, it is so much less than the sum of its parts. Bhansali is a filmmaker whose past achievements bring a lot of expectation. Modern Bollywood classics like Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, and the almost painfully beautiful - yet dreadfully overwrought - Devdas have created a Sanjay Leela Bhansali who, in the minds of many fans, defines...

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China Lion Takes North American And Australian / New Zealand Rights For Dante Lam's THAT DEMON WITHIN

Posted: 16 Nov 2013 12:00 PM PST

Good news for fans of Hong Kong action maestro Dante Lam with word that China Lion has taken North American and Australia / New Zealand rights for his upcoming crime thriller That Demon Within, meaning we should see a day and date theatrical release in the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand timed to the Hong Kong release. Lam has firmly established himself as one of the finest action directors in the world today with a string of quality releases over the last few years so this should be welcome news for fans. Now if only we had a trailer.November 13th, 2013 - Los Angeles, California - [For Immediate Release] China Lion Film Distribution announced today that it has acquired and will release Dante Lam's...

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Underworld Grit In Danish Short Film ESCORT

Posted: 16 Nov 2013 11:35 AM PST

Another of this year's Danish National Film School short film projects - see also Klas Marklund's The Pack - Jonas Grum impresses with his effort, Escort. "Escort" tells the story of the escort driver Alex. Alex' job is to drive call girls from one customer to the other and protect them from possible danger. One night Lulu gets into Alex¿ car. Lulu is not like the other girls and Alex slowly realizes that the night ahead of them will be unlike any other.A gritty underworld drama that feels very much from the same cloth as this year's hit Northwest, take a look at the trailer for Escort below....

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Donnie Yen Teaches Action Star 101, Reveals Troubles With SPECIAL ID

Posted: 16 Nov 2013 09:30 AM PST

We caught up with superstar Donnie Yen, who gave us the facts about his never-ending schedule of projects, some words of wisdom for wuxia wannabes and revealed his struggles with the film he came to premiere at the New York Chinese Film Festival, Special ID.The Lady Miz Diva: Welcome back to New York. Can you tell us why you came to support the New York Chinese Film Festival? Donnie Yen: To be honest, this is my first time at this event. At this time, I normally take advantage of events like this to take a break from my busy schedule and then travel with my wife. That's the only time we have a long time. We're both so busy with my work and my films...

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