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Hong Kong film to conclude Venice film festival Posted: 10 Aug 2011 03:49 AM PDT 'Life Without Principle' will wrap up the official selection for this year's Venice film festival. The movie tells the story of three characters – a bank teller, a thug and a police inspector – who are in dire need of money and whose stories interlink when a bag of stolen money worth US$5.0 million (RM15 million) pops up. "This is a turbulent world. In order to survive, people have no choice but play the game. No matter how hard you try to follow the rules, sooner or later, a part of you will be lost," To was quoted as saying about his new film. Fifty-four-year old To's previous films "The Mad Detective", "Exiled" and "Throw Down" were also in competition for the prestigious Golden Lion award. The festival starts on August 31 and concludes on September 10. – AFP Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search. |
Russell Crowe joins ‘Broken City’ with Mark Wahlberg Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:45 AM PDT Russell Crowe will play a shady New York mayor in 'Broken City'. – AFP pic The director, Allen Hughes, made The Book of Eli starring Denzel Washington with his brother Albert as the Hughes Brothers. The neo-noir story involves an ex-cop hired by the mayor to investigate his wife. After the detective confirms the mayor's suspicions, the wife's paramour shows up dead and a scandal involving a real estate scheme surfaces. Wahlberg and Hughes will produce the drama, due in 2014. Crowe last starred in Robin Hood. His next films include Man of Steel, the next Superman film as Jor-El, and The Man with the Iron Fists, set in feudal China. Wahlberg will next be seen in Contraband with Kate Beckinsdale, due in January 2012, about a security guard considering returning to smuggling. He will also co-star in the comedy Ted with Mila Kunis, about a man and his teddy bear that comes to life. – AFP Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search. |
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