Spring Festival movie guide
Casino Royale
Daniel Craig and Eva Green in Casino Royale. File photos |
Directed by Martin Campbell, starring Daniel Craig and Eva Green.
The name is Craig, Daniel Craig. The craggy-faced British actor has won wide acclaim globally for his masculine interpretation of the most famous spy on screen. The new Bond is more like a person who makes mistakes and gets beaten some time. The greatest difference between Craig's Bond with the pervious textbook-perfect gentlemen is he really falls in love with the Bond girl. What Craig shows in the picture is not only his hot body, but also a real man, not a cartoon-like Mr Perfect.
Newly released DVD of the movie Call for Love. |
Directed by Zhang Jianya, starring Xu Zheng and 12 female stars.
The comedy resonates to all men's fantasy, or nightmares. A middle-aged urbanite gets a magic cellphone from an angel, which results in his one-after-another affairs with 12 different women. The seemingly lucky experience finally convinces the hero and maybe all the male viewers: The most desirable aspects of a woman may be also the most terrible. The movie's DVD, released by CAV Warner Home video, hits the mainland market today.
The Matrimony (Xinzhong Yougui)
Rene Liu featured in The Matrimony. |
Directed by Teng Huatao, starring Fan Bingbing, Leon Lai and Rene Liu.
For couples bold enough to choose a scary movie, a cuddle after shudder can be also a sweet choice. The ghost story is about a spectral former girlfriend and the hero's newlywed wife. Director Teng Huatao says he chooses rising mainland actress Fan Bingbing for the ghost because he "always thought she looked like a female ghost".
Ben Stiller in Night at the Museum. |
Directed by Shawn Levy, starring Ben Stiller and Robin Williams.
Ben Stiller plays a divorced father who applies for a job in the Museum of Natural History. The night guard finds himself in a wild ride when a magic curse makes all the inhabitants of the museum come to life. This Ben Stiller playing Ben Stiller and movie goers know exactly what to expect: Good fun.
(China Daily 02/15/2007 page18)
