Considering how its release over here was panned as one of China's worst movies that year, I hope American audiences don't go into this thinking it'll be the next House of Flying Daggers or Hero. Say what you will about the quality of those movies, but at least they were entertaining. more ›

Zhang Yimou, creator of the spectacle that was the Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony and director of a whole bunch of famous Chinese films, is now going to do a remake of the Coen brothers' "Blood Simple." Not to give too much of the plot away, but basically a Texas bar owner hires a PI to kill his wife and her lover, things go awry, lots of people die and one Shanghaiist editor oohs and aahs at the camerawork but finds the rest of the movie entirely forgettable. The Chinese "Blood Simple" will be called "San Qiang Pai An Jing Qi (三枪拍案惊奇），" which translates to "The Stunning Case of the Three Gun Shots" and is described as a "thriller-comedy." Source: SF Gate more ›