LFM was invited to visit the set of an important and much-discussed new film last week. We had a wonderful time – and the cast, crew and production team could not have been friendlier.
We’ll be reporting on this in coming days … and breaking some news. So stay tuned.
Posted on July 19th, 2010 at 6:02pm.
LFM wants to congratulate the team of Mao’s Last Dancer for sharing the HBO Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the Provincetown International Film Festival this past weekend.
Mao’s Last Dancer will be released later this year, and is directed by Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy) and stars Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan, Joan Chen and Chi Cao in the lead role. We’ve posted on this film previously, and we’re looking forward to its U.S. release later this summer.
Mao’s Last Dancer takes place in the 1960’s-70’s, and tells the true story of Chinese ballet dancer Li Cunxin – who was taken from his impoverished family in rural China at the age of 11 by the Communist Chinese to train as a dancer in Madame Mao’s dance school in Beijing. The young Li soon became a star pupil due to his talent and indomitable work ethic – and at age 18 was given the opportunity to participate in the first cultural exchange program between Communist China and America, where he would eventually dance for the Houston Ballet Company.
The movie’s advocacy of democratic freedom appears to be refreshingly unapologetic. [See the trailer here.]
Mao’s Last Dancer has been picked up for distribution by Samuel Goldwyn Films, and is currently set for a limited U.S. release this August 20, 2010.
Posted on June 21st, 2010 at 2:05pm.
Here is the new trailer for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, which is the third film in Walden Media’s Narnia series. The film will reach theaters Dec. 10th, 2010. We hope you enjoy the trailer.
Posted on June 17th, 2010 at 12: 19am.
We want to thank Lars Larson for having LFM Co-Editor Govindini Murty on his national radio show yesterday to talk about MGM’s forthcoming Red Dawn, and other issues we’ve been covering here at LFM.
Lars is a fun and intelligent guy who runs one of the best talk shows on radio, and we hadn’t even known that his father appeared in the original Red Dawn …
To hear the show, and for more information on Lars’ program, please visit the show’s official website.
Posted on June 12th, 2010 at 7:21pm.
For you Iron Man fans, this is a great new short above – from Patrick Boivin – that’s currently making the rounds. It’s charming (in a loud, Hollywood way) and features some high-end FX. We hope you enjoy it.
If you’re looking for an edgier form of Hollywood satire, you can also try out the Flora and Fawna web series from Crunch Entertainment.
Marc Aramian, Veronica DiPippo and their team have put together a funny and salty series there.
“Flora and Fawna” features strong language and adult situations so viewer discretion is advised …
Patrol Base Jaker is a feature-length documentary film about the US Marine Corps and the practice of counter-insurgency in Afghanistan. The film apparently covers of the history of Afghanistan from the Soviet invasion to the current U.S. war against the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
We haven’t had the chance to see it yet, but Patrol Base Jaker recently unspooled at the GI Film Festival in Washington, and will apparently be released in theaters this summer (check the film’s website for further details). The trailer certainly makes the film look interesting, so check it out …