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January 2007

Written By: 孙智谦 on January 31, 2007 No Comment

 

You may recognize the guy above as the Chinese kid whose face has been Photoshopped into nearly every famous image, movie poster, and random photograph in history in the past several months. If not, you can see his face on the picture from the “Chinese Banshee” post (for the record, that was the best [...]

Written By: 孙智谦 on January 30, 2007 No Comment

AFP Photo: Hory mory! Casino Royare!!!

 

Well, China managed to hold out 45 whole years, but they’ve finally given in to formulaic Hollywood entertainment at its “best”: They’re getting James Bond films. Casino Royale (which is actually much better than all previous James Bond films) is now playing in a theater near [...]

Written By: 孙智谦 on January 29, 2007 No Comment

 

Zhang Yimou’s use of rich colors and gorgeous scenery (remember Hero from 2002?) in his movies has earned him a lot of fame, and he’s probably China’s most famous director (overseas, anyway). You could call him China’s King of Color. But his newest movie, Curse of the Golden Flower, is starting to make [...]

Written By: 孙智谦 on January 26, 2007 No Comment

 

A Chinese court has ordered a 4-year-old boy’s father to pay $230 in compensation to the owner of hundreds of dead chickens because apparently the boy’s screaming killed them. The banshee boy was with his dad delivering bottles of gas (I’m sorry, did you say gas?) to a house in a village in Jiangsu [...]

Written By: 孙智谦 on January 24, 2007 No Comment

Photo courtesy Paul Drinkwater/NBC

 

If you’ve seen the show Heroes on NBC, you should immediately recognize the guy in the picture above as Hiro Nakamura, played by Masi Oka. And you’ll agree that he’s by far the most entertaining character on the show. If you don’t agree, repeatedly hit yourself in the head with [...]

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