“Fantasy World” delves into the anatomy of rape and dissects it within personal and legal contexts. It dares break the “ideal rape victim” characterization, a stereotype perpetuated within the legal system where those who suffered from sexual assault should be morally upright, their circumstances untainted for them to be believable.
It delves into the relationship between student Chen Xin and cram tutor Tang Shicheng, who is way older than her and is married. By making their connection romantic, the film does two important things: one, it illustrates how such setup traps and maneuvers women into a cycle of emotional manipulation and two, how this also serves as a legal shield, a weapon which a perpetrator can wield in his defense especially that time in Taiwan, when adultery was still a criminal offense.
Tang uses self-deprecation to endear himself to Chen and the other students whom he preys on. He makes...
It delves into the relationship between student Chen Xin and cram tutor Tang Shicheng, who is way older than her and is married. By making their connection romantic, the film does two important things: one, it illustrates how such setup traps and maneuvers women into a cycle of emotional manipulation and two, how this also serves as a legal shield, a weapon which a perpetrator can wield in his defense especially that time in Taiwan, when adultery was still a criminal offense.
Tang uses self-deprecation to endear himself to Chen and the other students whom he preys on. He makes...
- 5/7/2023
- by Purple Romero
- AsianMoviePulse
While other online video platforms cater to Gen Z and other young generations, a three-year-old app is adopting an adults-only mentality. Clapper, established in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, is a short-form video hub that appeals to middle-aged users.
Clapper is led by Edison Chen, who has raised $4 million of venture capital to support his fledgling app. Clapper’s App Store listing indicates that it’s only available for users above the age of 17, and Chen’s target audience is much older than that. He told the Dallas Morning News that the average Clapper user is between the ages of 35 and 55.
“I feel like a majority of the social media in the United States are targeting younger generations, and this group, Gen X and Gen Y, are still using Facebook,” Chen said. “So I’m thinking there’s a potential out there I can build out a short video content platform for those groups of people.
Clapper is led by Edison Chen, who has raised $4 million of venture capital to support his fledgling app. Clapper’s App Store listing indicates that it’s only available for users above the age of 17, and Chen’s target audience is much older than that. He told the Dallas Morning News that the average Clapper user is between the ages of 35 and 55.
“I feel like a majority of the social media in the United States are targeting younger generations, and this group, Gen X and Gen Y, are still using Facebook,” Chen said. “So I’m thinking there’s a potential out there I can build out a short video content platform for those groups of people.
- 5/5/2023
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about lotsa shows including The Rookie, Law & Order: Organized Crime, The Voice, The Conners and more!
1 | Does Sweet Tooth‘s General Abbot remind anyone else of Dr. Robotnik from Sonic the Hedgehog? Also, does Gus have some magical connection with animals he doesn’t know about yet? Why else would the herd of bison stampede around him?
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1 | Does Sweet Tooth‘s General Abbot remind anyone else of Dr. Robotnik from Sonic the Hedgehog? Also, does Gus have some magical connection with animals he doesn’t know about yet? Why else would the herd of bison stampede around him?
More from TVLineTVLine Items: Groff Visits Doctor Who, Cable Lassos 1883 and MoreTVLine Items: Selling Sunset Season 6 Trailer, Gh...
- 5/5/2023
- by Vlada Gelman, Matt Webb Mitovich, Kimberly Roots, Dave Nemetz, Rebecca Iannucci, Ryan Schwartz, Nick Caruso, Charlie Mason, Keisha Hatchett and Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
Pierre The Pigeon-Hawk, Little Emma on initial roster.
Toonz Feature Film Division president Ariel Veneziano and Gold Valley Films head of international Allen Tsang have announced a co-production and co-financing partnership on six animated features over the next three years and are joining forces on sales of their entire combined slates in Cannes.
Currently in production, Pierre The Pigeon-Hawk features the voice talent of musician will.i.am in the title role alongside Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus), Luis Guzmán, Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls), rapper Snoop Dogg, and Whoopi Goldberg and Howie Mandel.
The quest story sees Pigeon-Hawk set out...
Toonz Feature Film Division president Ariel Veneziano and Gold Valley Films head of international Allen Tsang have announced a co-production and co-financing partnership on six animated features over the next three years and are joining forces on sales of their entire combined slates in Cannes.
Currently in production, Pierre The Pigeon-Hawk features the voice talent of musician will.i.am in the title role alongside Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus), Luis Guzmán, Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls), rapper Snoop Dogg, and Whoopi Goldberg and Howie Mandel.
The quest story sees Pigeon-Hawk set out...
- 5/3/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Michelle Yeoh, Simu Liu and Daniel Dae Kim are among the headliners and honorees set to appear during The Asian American Foundation’s Heritage Month Summit and Celebration, as well as its inaugural awards dinner.
All three Hollywood talents are set to join fellow trailblazers, leaders and luminaries, along with more than 500 attendees, between May 5-6 in New York to celebrate the Api community and Taaf’s second anniversary. The two-day event will feature panels and roundtable discussions, tied to this year’s summit theme of “Together We Build,” daytime discussions will focus on efforts to address the rise in hate crimes, underfunding of Aapi communities and representation gaps in media and leadership.
That includes a fireside chat with Barbie and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings star Liu moderated by ABC News’ Juju Chang, as well as a screening and panel of the upcoming Disney+ series American Born Chinese,...
All three Hollywood talents are set to join fellow trailblazers, leaders and luminaries, along with more than 500 attendees, between May 5-6 in New York to celebrate the Api community and Taaf’s second anniversary. The two-day event will feature panels and roundtable discussions, tied to this year’s summit theme of “Together We Build,” daytime discussions will focus on efforts to address the rise in hate crimes, underfunding of Aapi communities and representation gaps in media and leadership.
That includes a fireside chat with Barbie and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings star Liu moderated by ABC News’ Juju Chang, as well as a screening and panel of the upcoming Disney+ series American Born Chinese,...
- 5/2/2023
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Leading Chinese film director Chen Kaige is poised to shoot historical epic “Swan Song” as his next feature movie. It will focus on 18th century classical music composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky through critical failure, persecution for his sexuality and a mysterious death during the strife of the soon-to-collapse Russian Empire.
Moonstone Entertainment will launch pre-sales on the film at Cannes later this month. Production is scheduled to begin in late 2024 and early 2025 in the Baltics.
“Swan Song” was written by Shahar Stroh, who will also produce alongside Moonstone principal Etchie Stroh. Corporate credits go Moonstone Entertainment and Strohberry Films.
“The story of ‘Swan Song’ goes beyond the music of one man. It is about the perpetual struggle of beauty and love against darkness and hate, and I am excited to be bringing it to a global audience,” said Chen in prepared comments. “Creating a visually stunning and compelling story, paired with Tchaikovsky’s timeless music,...
Moonstone Entertainment will launch pre-sales on the film at Cannes later this month. Production is scheduled to begin in late 2024 and early 2025 in the Baltics.
“Swan Song” was written by Shahar Stroh, who will also produce alongside Moonstone principal Etchie Stroh. Corporate credits go Moonstone Entertainment and Strohberry Films.
“The story of ‘Swan Song’ goes beyond the music of one man. It is about the perpetual struggle of beauty and love against darkness and hate, and I am excited to be bringing it to a global audience,” said Chen in prepared comments. “Creating a visually stunning and compelling story, paired with Tchaikovsky’s timeless music,...
- 5/2/2023
- by Patrick Frater and Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
In the first film, while escorting Emperor Wu's concubine Chen Yuan Yuan to safety, the Ching Ping Escort Group was attacked, and Yang Liu An, their commander, was the only surviver. Released exclusively on streaming platform Tencent Video, “The Bravest Escort Group 2: Howling Wind” sees Tao and Fan Siu Wong back on location in beautiful Guizhou to bring the viewers another adventure concerning the whereabouts of concubine Chen and sole survivor Yang.
After the annihilation of his escort agency, Yang (Fan Siu Wong) now lives in seclusion and Chen has gone missing. But thinking that they know the location of some hidden treasure, people in Wulin, the martial arts society, are still keen to locate them. Meanwhile, the Qing Dynasty is in turmoil again, as a new rival army fronted by Chong Shan (Liu Hao Jun Long) has emerged and he wants the treasure badly besides plotting to...
After the annihilation of his escort agency, Yang (Fan Siu Wong) now lives in seclusion and Chen has gone missing. But thinking that they know the location of some hidden treasure, people in Wulin, the martial arts society, are still keen to locate them. Meanwhile, the Qing Dynasty is in turmoil again, as a new rival army fronted by Chong Shan (Liu Hao Jun Long) has emerged and he wants the treasure badly besides plotting to...
- 5/1/2023
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
When it comes to getting rid of cultural stereotypes, art plays an important role in teaching people about cultures, the way(s) they are perceived and how some of these ideas may be wrong and therefore worth correcting. Interestingly, being or even living in a new culture oftentimes coincides with the fact people suppress that part of themselves in order to not cause any attention due to the aforementioned stereotypes. Taiwanese-American director Kevin Wong, also known under the acronym Keff, explained in a Q&a about his 2019 short feature “Secret Lives of Asians”, that he tried to keep the Asian part of himself hidden because the neighborhood his family had moved in was predominantly white. His short is therefore not just a play on the kind of movies which Asian cinema, Hong Kong, Chinese and Japanese especially, have become famous for, but in a way also the conclusion of his...
- 5/1/2023
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
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