It seems like everybody is getting on the "Make a movie in China" train. There was John Cusack in Shanghai last year, then Hugh Jackman in Wendy Deng's Snow Flower & The Secret Fan. There's even a Disney reinterpretation of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves that will take place here. So perhaps its not surprising that our favorite time traveler-turned-surf cop-turned-virtual reality messiah has jumped aboard as well. more ›

Someone has heard our prayers! Not only has the China release of Christopher Nolan's Inception been pushed up from September 21 to NEXT WEEK (Sept. 2), but it'll be shown completely uncut lest nobody understand the already "confusing" plot. So come next Thursday, who's free for a Shanghaiist movie date? more ›

Awesome film news! Inception, one of the most highly anticipated (and then most highly rated) movies of the year, will be getting one of the coveted 20 spots reserved for foreign films here in China. That means it'll be coming to a theater near you! more ›

It seems like news about Killers, an apparently god awful spy thriller/comedy starring Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl, closing the Shanghai International Film Festival has recently gotten people in the U.S. a little heated. The fact that this movie, which was called a "brain-deadening collision of high concept and low standards" by the New York Times and earned a whimperingly low 8% on Rotten Tomatoes, may be one of the 20 foreign movies Chinese audiences can see this year led one media outlet to apologize to us. more ›

Following the spectacular box office revenues of Hollywood's "Avatar" (1.3 billion RMB) and "Alice in Wonderland" (168.6 million RMB in 12 days), it seems that Chinese movie makers are gearing up to take a slice of the lucrative 3D pie. more ›

Of course there were going to be official speeches, a PLA march or two, and tons of fireworks... but did you know the Chinese government was also planning on celebrating its 60th anniversary this year with a star-studded blockbuster movie was well? How delightful! more ›