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The Wandering Earth II (Frant Gwo, 2023)
Frant Gwo

The Wandering Earth II (Frant Gwo, 2023)

Four years and many, many crises ago, The Wandering Earth became one of the biggest Chinese blockbusters of all-time. A sci-fi epic about family and sacrifice for the collective good, it effectively welded Hollywood-style disaster effects action to a PRC-friendly message and dominated that year’s Lunar New Year season.
Jan 23, 2023 4 min read
Warriors of Future (Ng Yuen-fai, 2022)
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Ng Yuen-fai

Warriors of Future (Ng Yuen-fai, 2022)

Dec 2, 2022 4 min read
The Wandering Earth (Frant Gwo, 2019)
Frant Gwo

The Wandering Earth (Frant Gwo, 2019)

The Wandering Earth is to the Hollywood effects-driven disaster film what Farewell, My Concubine was to the Hollywood epic historical costume drama: a statement that Chinese cinema can be just as big and empty as the biggest movie machines in the world. Based on a novel by Liu Cixin, the
Feb 27, 2019 2 min read
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