The End Is Nigh

• Twitch reports the possible end of Variety Asia

Japan Box-Office 2008

• Ponyo On A Cliff By The Sea was tops at home last year

• Jason Gray scrutinises the list at Screen Daily

Stephen Chow Heads West

• There's proof Stephen Chow is going ahead with Journey To The West, according to Monkeypeaches (frustrating thing about that site, no permalink)

Red Cliff Tops In Korea

• Red Cliff 2 continues to blaze through Asian box-office

Historical Humour

• Kong Rithdee in Bangkok Post reviews Blue Sky Of Love, which he calls a product of total ignorance

• The trailer gave Wisekwai a headache

Movie Disease

• Mark Schilling in Japan Times takes a look at Kansen Retto (Pandemic), the latest disaster pic from Japan

Big B Clears The Air

• Amitabh Bachchan says Slumdog Millionaire comments were misunderstood

Windy Movie

• Huayi Brothers' Sound Of Wind, starring Zhou Xun and Zhang Hanyu, to start production soon

Ip Man On DVD And Blu-ray

• Twitch reports that Ip Man will be out on DVD and Blu-ray on Feb 13 in Hong Kong

Movie Music

• Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra will present the music of Joe Hisaishi

Supermodel Time Travels

• Lin Chiling to star in Jay Chou time-travel movie

Lunar Neo Year

• A Nutshell Review scrutinises Jack Neo's Love Matters

Film Ratings Finally

• A proposal for a film ratings system in China finally appears

More Awards

• The Good, The Bad, The Weird leads Asian Film Awards nominations

• Meanwhile, more Asian films for Berlinale's Forum

Big In Japan

• Medical thriller Pandemic (Kansen Retto) knocks Pixar off the Wall-E

• Miike Takashi's Crows Zero 2 and Takita Yojiro's Sanpei The Fisherman will premier at Yubari

Awards

• Japan's Departures nabs Best Feature at Palm Springs

• John Rabe, a film about the Nanking Massacre, co-produced with, among others, Beijing's Huayi Brothers, wins big in Germany's Bavarian

Big Bad Wolf Does Big Business

• Local animated film Pleasant Goat And Big Big Wolf off to a great start in China

Big B Slams Slumdog

• Amitabh Bachchan dislikes Slumdog Millionaire, but lauds A.R. Rahman's win

Chandni Chowk Bad News

• Chandni Chowk To China gets thumbs down from critics

Chandni Chowk 2 Being Planned

• Having just had its release worldwide, it's been revealed that there are already plans for a sequel to Chandni Chowk To China