Leslie Nielsen (1926 - 2010)

Comedian Leslie Nielsen has passed away at the age of 84. Nielsen is best known of his roles in The Naked Gun series, Airplane!, Spy Hard and Mr Magoo. Until recently, he has brief roles in Scary Movie 4 and Superhero Movie. Nielsen appeared in over 100 films as well as over 1,500 TV programs during his longtime career and will probably be remembered by movie-goers for his fumbling comedic roles.

His Face Sells......

You should have seen the commercial on TV, the one where Andy Lau is touting a massage chair that is fit for heavenly kings. Do check out the behind-the-scenes featurette right here for die-hard Andy fans and the curious of course.

Detective Dee 通天神探狄仁杰 on DVD/Blu-ray 29 November 2010

In Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame, Tsui Hark brings
one of the most iconic figures in Chinese history and fiction to the big screen for the very first time. If you missed the theatrical runs, Detective Dee BLU-RAY/DVD/VCD will be available comes 29 November 2010. The DVD comes with Mandarin, Cantonese audio tracks, English, Chinese and Malay subtitles including Making of features.

FM933 DJ Dennis Chew 周崇庆 Sings “THE GHOSTS MUST BE CRAZY” 《鬼也笑》Movie Theme Song!

Dennis Chew 周崇庆, lead actor for upcoming local horror-comedy THE GHOSTS MUST BE CRAZY《鬼也笑》, sings the theme song for the movie titled 《遇到鬼》!《遇到鬼》is composed by Benny Wong with lyrics written by Jack Neo. The song will kick start the movie together with the opening credits. In addtion, the regular trailer, starts playing in cinemas from 25 November onwards. THE GHOSTS MUST BE CRAZY features two stories namely GHOST BRIDE 《鬼才嫁给你》and THE DAY OFF 《鬼才给你OFF》. Besides Dennis Chew, it stars several local comedians including, Mark Lee, Henry Thia, Chua En Lai, Wang Lei and John Cheng. Distributed in Singapore by Golden Village Pictures, THE GHOST MUST BE CRAZY opens in local cinemas on 6 January 2011.

THE FOURTH PORTRAIT WINS THREE AWARDS AT THE GOLDEN HORSE

Festive Films is proud to announce that THE FOURTH PORTRAIT has garnered three awards at the 47th Golden Horse Award, including Outstanding Taiwanese Film of the Year, Best Director (Chung Mong-hong)and Best Supporting Actress (Hao-Lei. The film, which examines domestic violence and prostitution also took home the FIPRESCI Prize for Best Picture, awarded by the International Federation of Film Critics. SPRING FEVER, was handed the Best Editing and Best Original Film Score awards. SPRING FEVER is now in cinemas and THE FOURTH PORTRAIT is slated for release on the 9th December 2010.