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Blood Simple (aka A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop, 2010) Movie Review
All things considered, a new version of the Coen Brothers’ 1984 dusty film noir “Blood Simple” by an acclaimed Fifth Generation Chinese director was never going to be particularly high on the list of...
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A Woman, a Gun, and a Noodle Shop Serves Up Weirdness This February
A comedic Chinese remake of the Coen brothers’ 1987 noir thriller “Blood Simple” set in a noodle shop in the desert, you say? Regardless of the lukewarm reviews the film has received, I’m actually...
Read More »Zhang Yimou’s Zany Blood Simple Remake Headed to US Theaters
The idea of a wacky, high-energy remake of the Coen Brothers’ feature-length debut “Blood Simple” certainly seems strange, especially when it’s produced in China. Those of us who love this sort of nonsense will...
Read More »Zhang Yimou’s Three Guns a Big Box Office Winner
Since Zhang Yimou’s 2006 martial arts, royal palace epic “The Curse of the Golden Flower,” the internationally renowned Chinese director returns with the highly anticipated comedy, crime thriller “Amazing Tales: Three Guns,” remake of...
Read More »Amazing Tales: Three Guns Trailer aka Zhang Yimou’s Blood Simple Remake
A trailer for Zhang Yimou’s “Amazing Tales: Three Guns” has popped up online, and it looks … interesting. Adapted by Jianquan Shi and Jing Shang, the Chinese remake of the Brothers Coens’ “Blood Simple”...
Read More »Zhang Yimou’s Three Guns is a Remake of the Coens’ Blood Simple
Now this should give all the fanboys who like to bitch and moan about Hollywood remaking Asian films fits — Chinese director Zhang Yimou’s originally announced “Amazing Tales: Three Guns” is actually a remake...
Read More »Zhang Yimou Readies Three Guns
The last time we heard from Chinese director Zhang Yimou, he was busy orchestrating the opening ceremonies of the Summer Olympics in Beijing. Looks like he’s ready to get back behind the camera. His...
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