Taichung lauded as movie capital by website
A local website is lauding Taichung as Taiwan’s “capital of the new movies,” as the city’s shooting locations account for half of those on the list of the “10 top locations for made-in-Taiwan movies.” The DailyView used the frequency of key words used in searches between April and Oct. to gauge netizens’ responses to the...Continue reading
Review: Hercules
My summer of big-budget action movies continues with Hercules! The title character is played by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, my favorite wrestler-turned-actor. Hercules features the titular demigod, but features a cast of other Greek worthies, though it’s hard to really say anything about them without going into spoiler-territory. The trailers that I’ve seen have done...Continue reading
Review: Guardians of the Galaxy
Hey all! Eric here with another movie review, this time of the latest Marvel offering: Guardians of the Galaxy! I’m guessing that the vast majority of the movie-watching audience has no idea who this band of merry misfits is. I’ve been reading comic books since I was a kid, and I’m only vaguely familiar with...Continue reading
Taiwan Film Institute Launched
The Taiwan Film Institute, an expansion from the previous Film Data Library, has been officially launched. It will bring together the resources and the various budgets allocated for preserving and restoring valuable old films. It also aims to educate the general public about cinematic art. Culture Minister Lung Yingtai and New Taipei Mayor Eric Chu...Continue reading
French Director Luc Besson Explains Lucy Location Choice, Praises Taiwan
French director Luc Besson said in a behind-the-scenes report Thursday that he fell in love with Taipei 10 years ago when he was promoting his film The Fifth Element and decided to pick the city as the location for his new action thriller Lucy. Besson made the comments in an exclusive, 110-second behind-the-scenes preview of...Continue reading
Luc Besson’s Lucy Starring Scarlett Johansson in Taipei City Set to Hit Taiwanese Theaters August 22
Lucy, a blockbuster film that was filmed in Taipei, will be hitting theaters in Taiwan August 22. The movie is directed by French director Luc Besson, and it stars Scarlett Johansson and Morgan Freeman. Many locals here in Taipei might remember last year when they spotted Johansson filming in many of Taipei’s most distinguished areas...Continue reading
Review: Edge of Tomorrow
This past weekend, I watched Edge of Tomorrow along with several other members of the ICRT Movie Crew (TM). For anybody who read my preview of this movie last month and wondered if the movie lived up to the hype, let me assure that it did in fact do so. This review will be mostly...Continue reading
Studio Ghibli’s The Tale of Princess Kaguya
For those that know me well, I’m a huge Studio Ghibli fan. I’ve seen just about every film the studio has put out except for a select few due to unavailability in the states. A week or so ago some of the ICRT gang and I saw the latest X-Men movie, and as we were...Continue reading
Preview: Guardians of the Galaxy
Marvel has dropped another trailer for its upcoming cosmic comic book movie, Guardians of the Galaxy! To be honest with you, while I’m a big fan of comic books, I know very little about this particular property. Part of that reason is because I actually grew up with a different team of Marvel superheroes that...Continue reading
First Look at Ben Affleck as Batman
We’ve got our first look at Ben Affleck as Batman, and the new Batmobile: I shot this with my @Leica_Camera M Monochrom. #Batman #Batmobile #Gotham http://t.co/WPHKLxgBLM pic.twitter.com/p5DEf6fLzJ — ZackSnyder (@ZackSnyder) May 13, 2014Continue reading
Preview: Edge of Tomorrow
Here’s the latest trailer to Tom Cruise’s upcoming sci-fi action film, Edge of Tomorrow. Unlike The Grand Budapest Hotel, this is the kind of movie I usually go for. I’m a science-fiction/fantasy novel buff, so the kind of action we’re getting in this trailer is right up my alley. Edge of Tomorrow is based on...Continue reading
Review: The Grand Budapest Hotel
It’s not every day that I’m tempted into seeing a movie just from a trailer. It’s even rarer when it’s for a movie that doesn’t fall into my normal viewing patterns. So when The Grand Budapest Hotel caught my eye, I was vaguely surprised at my own interest in the film. From the preview, it...Continue reading
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