Review by Roger Carpenter
Lao Shi is a doting family man and a hard worker. Working as a taxi driver in a large, Chinese urban center, he spends long hours transporting riders in horrific traffic conditions while his wife runs an in-home nursery. Their dream is to save enough money to expand the nursery into another space as their small apartment is already cramped for them and their two small children. Shi and his wife both work hard to save for their dreams. There is constant financial pressure but Shi is an optimist and he doesn’t let it get him down.
One day he is forced to drive a drunken passenger who becomes unruly, grabs Shi’s arm, and causes Shi to hit a motorcyclist. Shi is very concerned for the victim’s welfare and is so busy calling an ambulance and dealing with the crowd of onlookers he...
Lao Shi is a doting family man and a hard worker. Working as a taxi driver in a large, Chinese urban center, he spends long hours transporting riders in horrific traffic conditions while his wife runs an in-home nursery. Their dream is to save enough money to expand the nursery into another space as their small apartment is already cramped for them and their two small children. Shi and his wife both work hard to save for their dreams. There is constant financial pressure but Shi is an optimist and he doesn’t let it get him down.
One day he is forced to drive a drunken passenger who becomes unruly, grabs Shi’s arm, and causes Shi to hit a motorcyclist. Shi is very concerned for the victim’s welfare and is so busy calling an ambulance and dealing with the crowd of onlookers he...
- 2/26/2018
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
It's Only the End of the World and Operation Avalanche recognized among the 2017 Canadian Screen Award NominationsIt's Only the End of the World and Operation Avalanche recognized among the 2017 Canadian Screen Award NominationsAdriana Floridia1/17/2017 2:50:00 Pm
This morning the Canadian Screen Awards announced their 2017 nominations, recognizing the best of last year's Canadian films.
The awards are given out by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. This year's nominees boast a diverse line up of films that tell stories not just in English and French, but also Mandarin, Atikamekw and Inuktiut.
The most high-profile of the bunch would have to be Xavier Dolan's It's Only the End of the World, which is a likely contender at the Oscars this year in the Best Foreign Language Film category. It made the shortlist of nine films that will be considered at the Oscars, which also includes Germany's Toni Erdmann and Chile's Neruda.
This morning the Canadian Screen Awards announced their 2017 nominations, recognizing the best of last year's Canadian films.
The awards are given out by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. This year's nominees boast a diverse line up of films that tell stories not just in English and French, but also Mandarin, Atikamekw and Inuktiut.
The most high-profile of the bunch would have to be Xavier Dolan's It's Only the End of the World, which is a likely contender at the Oscars this year in the Best Foreign Language Film category. It made the shortlist of nine films that will be considered at the Oscars, which also includes Germany's Toni Erdmann and Chile's Neruda.
- 1/17/2017
- by Adriana Floridia
- Cineplex
Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out.
This Past Weekend:
It wasn’t a bad Thanksgiving weekend, especially for the Weekend Warrior who pretty much nailed two of his predictions for the weekend! Disney Animation’s Moana indeed at opened at #1 with $55.5 million for the three-day weekend (exactly my prediction), although it ended up with more--$81.1 million--in its first five days. The Brad Pitt-Marion Cotillard spy thriller, Allied (Paramount), directed by Robert Zemeckis, also opened with $18 million, right on track with my prediction. I guess I could take some comfort on being spot on with two of the Thanksgiving releases—like I said last week, that holiday weekend is a bear to predict—but I way overestimated the other two movies as sequelitis indeed hit Billy Bob Thornton...
This Past Weekend:
It wasn’t a bad Thanksgiving weekend, especially for the Weekend Warrior who pretty much nailed two of his predictions for the weekend! Disney Animation’s Moana indeed at opened at #1 with $55.5 million for the three-day weekend (exactly my prediction), although it ended up with more--$81.1 million--in its first five days. The Brad Pitt-Marion Cotillard spy thriller, Allied (Paramount), directed by Robert Zemeckis, also opened with $18 million, right on track with my prediction. I guess I could take some comfort on being spot on with two of the Thanksgiving releases—like I said last week, that holiday weekend is a bear to predict—but I way overestimated the other two movies as sequelitis indeed hit Billy Bob Thornton...
- 11/30/2016
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
I've read the horror stories of Chinese drivers intentionally running over accident victims multiple times to ensure they're dead because it's cheaper to pay for a funeral than to cover the medical bills of a traffic accident victim. Apparently the man at the centre of Old Stone didn't get the memo.
Writer/director Johnny Ma's debut feature is a psychological thriller starring Gang Chen as Lao Shi, a taxi driver who injures a motorcyclist. Shi doesn't just stop to check on the man, he takes him to the hospital and is soon slapped with the news that he's responsible for the victim's hospital bills, a burden that weig [Continued ...]...
Writer/director Johnny Ma's debut feature is a psychological thriller starring Gang Chen as Lao Shi, a taxi driver who injures a motorcyclist. Shi doesn't just stop to check on the man, he takes him to the hospital and is soon slapped with the news that he's responsible for the victim's hospital bills, a burden that weig [Continued ...]...
- 8/4/2016
- QuietEarth.us
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