A version of this story about “Everything Everywhere All at Once” directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert originally appeared in the Race Begins issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
In one of the dozens of bonkers metaverses that populate “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” Michelle Yeoh is a teppanyaki chef who discovers that the secret to her colleague’s culinary brilliance is a gastronomically gifted raccoon hiding under his chef’s toque. While trying to explain this bizarre discovery to her family in a different universe, Yeoh’s character, Evelyn, calls the animal “Racacoonie,” which is, of course, a winking reference to Pixar’s “Ratatouille.”
The homage is one of many in the mad, maximalist movie written and directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. Released last spring, it became the biggest indie breakout of the pandemic age, grossing 100 million worldwide. Audiences and critics enthusiastically embraced the story of an...
In one of the dozens of bonkers metaverses that populate “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” Michelle Yeoh is a teppanyaki chef who discovers that the secret to her colleague’s culinary brilliance is a gastronomically gifted raccoon hiding under his chef’s toque. While trying to explain this bizarre discovery to her family in a different universe, Yeoh’s character, Evelyn, calls the animal “Racacoonie,” which is, of course, a winking reference to Pixar’s “Ratatouille.”
The homage is one of many in the mad, maximalist movie written and directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. Released last spring, it became the biggest indie breakout of the pandemic age, grossing 100 million worldwide. Audiences and critics enthusiastically embraced the story of an...
- 11/14/2022
- by Missy Schwartz
- The Wrap
Most Notorious Chinese Blockbusters Of All Time
Are you a fan of Chinese films? If so, you are probably familiar with the country’s notorious blockbusters. The Chinese film industry reportedly grossed $12.8 billion in 2018, compared to the $60.1 billion reported by the global movie industry. Like the US film industry, the China film industry took a big hit from the Covid-19 pandemic. The country was forced to close around 2,300 land-based cinemas in response to the Covid-19 shutdown. This is not to mention, the country also shut down film production to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Chinese officials have called for the reopening of land-based cinemas across the country. The country’s film market is expected to fully recover, but no one really knows how long it will take. China has some of the world’s highest-grossing movies of all time. Learn more about some of the country’s...
Are you a fan of Chinese films? If so, you are probably familiar with the country’s notorious blockbusters. The Chinese film industry reportedly grossed $12.8 billion in 2018, compared to the $60.1 billion reported by the global movie industry. Like the US film industry, the China film industry took a big hit from the Covid-19 pandemic. The country was forced to close around 2,300 land-based cinemas in response to the Covid-19 shutdown. This is not to mention, the country also shut down film production to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Chinese officials have called for the reopening of land-based cinemas across the country. The country’s film market is expected to fully recover, but no one really knows how long it will take. China has some of the world’s highest-grossing movies of all time. Learn more about some of the country’s...
- 5/14/2021
- by Peter Adams
- AsianMoviePulse
One of the biggest commercial blockbusters in Chinese cinema, Jiaozi’s extraordinary family-friendly animated tale Ne Zha follows a special look at one of the main folk-tales in the country’s history. Now, American audiences will get a chance to see Jioazi’s acclaimed animated, action-packed fantasy tale available March 3, 2020 on Blu-Ray, DVD and digital from WellGo USA.
Born under a troublesome sign, the young Ne Zha comes to be a burden to his parents’, Li Jing and Madam Yin’s neighbors who find his behavior tough to put up with. Knowing the burden they share as spiritual protectors of the village, they try to contain Ne Zha’s wild behavior by informing him that his destiny is tied to spiritual pills that were created by the Gods and swallowed by him at birth that will cause him to be a savior to humanity as a result.
Born under a troublesome sign, the young Ne Zha comes to be a burden to his parents’, Li Jing and Madam Yin’s neighbors who find his behavior tough to put up with. Knowing the burden they share as spiritual protectors of the village, they try to contain Ne Zha’s wild behavior by informing him that his destiny is tied to spiritual pills that were created by the Gods and swallowed by him at birth that will cause him to be a savior to humanity as a result.
- 3/4/2020
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
Stars: Nicola Posener, Caroline Amiguet, Filareta Atanasova, Ivica Dimitrijevic, Scott Anthony Gould, Hailey Hermida, Li Jing, Lee Kholafai, William Legue, Michael Madsen, Eric Roberts, Tommy Nash, Ivy Natalia, Houston Rhines | Written by Amanda Barton | Directed by Ali Zamani
Action/fantasy horror can be very hit or miss. I have to say in general I quite enjoy it as a sub genre. Movies like the Underworld, Resident Evil and Blade franchises or Dracula Untold, Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter and The Last Witch Hunter are all pretty entertaining films. Don’t get me wrong, these aren’t ‘great’ movies but when kept at about ninety minutes, they’re an enjoyable and fun watch. So despite its awful title, this is what I expected from Angels Fallen.
It is clearly influenced by the movies mentioned above but does not have anywhere near the budget. A budget that it very much needs to pull off its ideas.
Action/fantasy horror can be very hit or miss. I have to say in general I quite enjoy it as a sub genre. Movies like the Underworld, Resident Evil and Blade franchises or Dracula Untold, Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter and The Last Witch Hunter are all pretty entertaining films. Don’t get me wrong, these aren’t ‘great’ movies but when kept at about ninety minutes, they’re an enjoyable and fun watch. So despite its awful title, this is what I expected from Angels Fallen.
It is clearly influenced by the movies mentioned above but does not have anywhere near the budget. A budget that it very much needs to pull off its ideas.
- 3/2/2020
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
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