Friday, October 31, 2014

Hong Kong Box Office - October 26, 2014 - 香港票房榜

Hong Kong Box Office - Week Ending: October 26, 2014


Weekend of October 26, 2014
Rank Film Title
1 Fury (戰逆豪情)
2 Gone Girl (失蹤罪)
3 Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (一起黑爆的日子)
4 Let's Be Cops (我要做差佬)
5 屍城 (Zombie Fight Club)
6 The Judge (辯父律師)
7 The Giver (未來叛變)
8 爭氣 (My Voice My Life)
9 ??? (Zombie TV)
10 鼓動真我 (Whiplash)
... ...
14 黃金時代 (The Golden Era)
... ...
15 麥兜-我和我媽媽 (McDull: Me and My Mum)
... ...
24 唐伯虎衝上雲霄 (Flirting In The Air)
... ...
27 軍中樂園 (Jun Zhong Le Yuan/Paradise In Service)
... ...
29 後會無期 (The Continent)

Source: Box Office Mojo and WMOOV - retrieved October 28, 2014

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Please Unleash Jeremy Lin After Back To Back Loses



The Los Angeles Lakers begin their 2014-2015 basketball journey with 2 very ugly loses on back to back nights. The Lakers only lead in both games was when it was 3-2 agains the Rockets. Nice. They trailed by double digits for the entirety of both fourth quarters. Are we looking at a 0-82 season?

Jeremy Lin's stats line was nothing to write home about. Jeremy Lin didn't play great nor very bad. Was Jeremy Lin perfect? No way.

The coaching staff of the Los Angeles Lakers harped on making defense and conditioning the focal point of their training camp. Seems the coaching staff forgot to mention that to the Laker players. Giving up 108 and 119 on consecutive nights when they failed to score 100. And the garbage time in both fourth quarters shouldn't be underplayed as they got the game closer. With the focus on not shooting threes, the spacing is horrendous.

The offense also seems to flow through Kobe which is good when he scores. Unfortunately, that didn't happen all the time. Bricks to make a house. Mis-communications resulted in turn overs. Careless stuff like three second violations and passing to spots where no one is. Forcing passes into the post. Etc. Etc. Etc. Ugly basketball all around.

When will the Los Angeles Lakers play basketball vs. NBA Jam? When Kobe was on the bench. The offense was so snappy, but it was also against the teams 2nd unit.

The rotation of players on the court is also so perplexing. Ed Davis getting very limited minutes with Jeremy Lin is something that needs to be addressed by the coaching staff.

After only two games, there's a lot of blame to go around. Kobe was frustrated. Lin is being thrown under the bus after games.

I can only point the finger at a weak coaching staff and front office.

The defining game of Linsanity was vs the Lakers in 2012. THAT is the blueprint for how the Los Angeles Lakers should be using Jeremy Lin. Yet they want to run a no PG offense that constantly takes the ball out of Jeremy Lin's hands. Which is predicated by the PG crossing the half court and passing to the shoulder guy. What?! And when they try to put the ball in Jeremy Lin's hands, the rest of the 4 players just set up for isolation play and call for the ball without doing anything. Boozer and Johnson are not complimentary players for Jeremy Lin when he is looking for PnR.

With Randle's injury for the game against the Rockets, the solemn tone of the team took some attention off Jeremy Lin to an extent. But the post game vs. the Suns is very telling. So many "um"s and "ah"s.

I am going to read in between the lines of the post game vs the Suns. Jeremy Lin wants to say, let's run the offense through the PG, this triangle/princeton stuff is for college. Jeremy Lin wants to say, the PnR defense is so soft, they are making this look like Stockton and Malone. Jeremy Lin wants to say, when I call a play, my hope is that Kobe isn't demanding the ball and that the other 3 get in the right places. Jeremy Lin wants to say, can we get some spacing so Kobe and I don't run into 3 defenders when we attack the paint? Jeremy Lin wants to say, the help defense is weak and stop gambling for steals.

Robert Horry, please do every postgame analysis. Please!




Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Zhong Guo Box Office - October 26, 2014 - 中国票房榜

Zhong Guo Box Office - Week Ending: October 26, 2014


Weekend of October 26, 2014
Rank Film Title
1 Lucy (超体)
2 Guardians of the Galaxy (银河护卫队)
3 Hercules: The Thracian Wars (宙斯之子:赫拉克勒斯)
4 心花路放 (Breakup Buddies)
5 亲爱的 (Dearest)
6 不能说的夏天 (Sex Appeal)
7 Ice Age: The Meltdown (冰川时代:融冰之灾)
8 深夜前的五分钟 (Five Minutes to Tomorrow)
9 大话西游之大圣娶亲 (A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella)
10 大话西游之月光宝盒 (A Chinese Odyssey)

Source: Ent Group - retrieved October 27, 2014

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Jeremy Lin And The Lakers Start 2014-2015 Season Tonight



Jeremy Lin and Lakers begin their 2014-2015 basketball campaign. Due to injuries to Steve Nash and Ronnie Price, Jeremy Lin was named the probable starter for tonights game. The insanity of that last sentence shouldn't go unnoticed nor should Jeremy Lin's post practice interviews with the media from 10/26 and 10/27. Jeremy Lin's statements have been sorta like, "I am starting, because there's no one else to start". Had Jordan Clarkson played most of the pre-season, he may have gotten the nod. Something about Jeremy Lin that prevents coaches other than MDA to want to bench him with bogus excuses of defense and wanting to win. Jeremy Lin's defense for a PG is in the top 10 and Jeremy Lin helps teams win. That's evident with his above average fourth quarter stats.

The season starts with the hated Houston Rockets. The team that Coward escaped to when the lights of championship or bust got to bright and the mostly defense deficient Harden. The team also made Jeremy Lin's game unusable to their squad.

Let's go Lakers and make the playoffs this season.

Monday, October 27, 2014

Taiwan Box Office - October 26, 2014 - 台灣票房榜


Weekend of October 26, 2014
Rank Film Title Weeks
1 Gone Girl (控制) 3
2 The Judge (大法官) 2
3 The Equalizer (私刑教育) 1
4 Ouija (碟仙) 1
5 Dracula Untold (德古拉:永咒傳奇) 3
6 美味不設限 (The Hundred-Foot Journey) 1
7 Sex Appeal (寒蟬效應) 1
8 神劍闖江湖3:傳說的最終篇 (Rurouni Kenshin - The Legend Ends) 1
9 想飛 (Dream Flight) 2
10 A Walk Among the Tombstones (鐵血神探) 2
11 The Best Of Me (有你,生命最完整) 2
12 Annabelle (安娜貝爾) 4
13 The Maze Runner (移動迷宮) 7
14 KANO 24
15 回憶中的瑪妮 (Omoide No Marnie) 3
16 Left Behind (末日迷蹤) 2
17 Thomas And Friends - Tale Of The Brave (湯瑪士小火車 - 多多島的勇敢傳說) 1
18 活路:妒忌私家偵探社 (Live A Love) 2
19 痞子英雄:黎明再起 (Black and White: The Dawn of Justice) 4
20 The Finishers (我的鋼鐵老爸) 3

Source: Yahoo! Movies Taiwan - retrieved October 27, 2014

Sunday, October 26, 2014

Selfie The Television Show



Selfie, the televison show that premiered on ABC is actually a pretty little show. A sitcom I can come into any episode and enjoy watching. The two main characters continue to help each other in areas they didn't know they needed help with.

Each episode seems to show that both are growing.

Worth a watch.

Saturday, October 25, 2014

Jeremy Lin Comes Off The Bench In Last Preseason Game Lose



Jeremy Lin came off the bench for the last preseason game. Kobe, Boozer, and Hill sat out. Before three minutes were up, starting PG Ronnie Price banged knees with the King's Darren Collison twice, inserting Jeremy Lin into the game early. Jeremy Lin went on to play 1 second shy of 32 minutes with 19 points and 7 assist. There's something to be said about Steve Nash's career. He consistently got almost 10+ assist a game in his prime with scrub players. But those scrub players made shots in the regular but faded in the playoffs. Seems Jeremy Lin does not have that same effect on the scrubs when he was in New York and now on the Los Angeles Lakers. Scrubs miss easy shots. By NBA standards, wide open shots. They made them for Steve Nash, but refuse for Jeremy Lin. That 7 assist total could have easily been 11 or 12. Here's to hoping that passing it to Boozer and Kelly will result in more long two pointers.

The preseason finally comes to an end and the 82 game regular season journey begins on Tuesday against the hated Houston Rockets. When Jeremy Lin was traded to the Lakers, many in JLin Nation wanted MDA to come back and coach the Lakers, which was a pipe dream. After interviewing Byron Scott multiple times, they settled on him right after all key free agency moves were made. Handing Byron Scott a roster of mostly new faces to the Lakers roster. Combined with a healthy Kobe and Steve Nash, the trade for Jeremy Lin could have made the contenders for a low playoff seed in the West. If they played in the East, they would easily make the playoff, so ask the 9-11 seeds from last season.

However, for some strange reason, Jeremy Lin sprains his ankles and loses his starting spot after Steven Nash is not able to play anymore this season. By default, he will start on Tuesday because Price just got hurt. But I am perplexed by any thought that Jeremy Lin shouldn't start. The very same arguments the coaching staff and even some fans unfamiliar with Jeremy Lin's history are almost never applied to other PGs like Tony Parker, Chris Paul, Lillard, or Westbrook. Things like lock down defense and igniting the second unit. You could make the argument that OKC would be better served with Westbrook leading the second unit and maximizing his skills there by deferring to the MVP level play of KD. But NO, they don't argue a move to the bench but with co-existence. Why can't Jeremy Lin co-exist with Kobe? Are you not aware that Jeremy Lin stats and impact on the game is better than the other PGs currently on the roster?

But Jeremy Lin will get the start for the season opener by virtue of injuries. How a "smart" coach in Byron Scott could let this happen and to show to the media that you don't have confidence in Jeremy Lin via actions, is troubling. Basketball fans of Jeremy Lin don't want to see the same illogical behavior he received in Houston to be repeated by the coaching staff of the Lakers.

Friday, October 24, 2014

Hong Kong Box Office - October 19, 2014 - 香港票房榜

Hong Kong Box Office - Week Ending: October 19, 2014


Weekend of October 19, 2014
Rank Film Title
1 Gone Girl (失蹤罪)
2 Let's Be Cops (我要做差佬)
3 The Giver (未來叛變)
4 ??? (Zombie TV)
5 The Judge (辯父律師)
6 浪客劍心3 傳說落幕篇 (Rurôni Kenshin: Densetsu No Saigo-Hen/Rurouni Kenshin Part 3)
7 爭氣 (My Voice My Life)
8 Dracula Untold (德古拉伯爵:血魔降生)
9 The Maze Runner (移動迷宮)
10 鼓動真我 (Whiplash)
... ...
11 唐伯虎衝上雲霄 (Flirting In The Air)
... ...
13 麥兜-我和我媽媽 (McDull: Me and My Mum)
... ...
20 後會無期 (The Continent)
... ...
22 軍中樂園 (Jun Zhong Le Yuan/Paradise In Service)
... ...
29 男人唔可以窮 (Golden Brother)

Source: Box Office Mojo and WMOOV - retrieved October 23, 2014

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Jeremy Lin Comes Back To Back Strong From Ankle Sprain



Jeremy Lin played off the bench for back to back games on Tuesday and Wednesday night. Jeremy Lin had sat out the 3 previous preseason games. We're looking at a wind down of the starters for the last game as it has been announced that Kobe would sit the last two preseason games.

You can see a stark contrast of the offense taylor made for up tempo and PG play in both Phoenix and Portland. The PG gets 2-3 high screens to work off of to get free to score or to initiate their offense. Goran ran buck wild over the Lakers and the Portland PGs got pretty much whatever they wanted as well. The bigs PnR defense has improve.

What is sad to see is the Jeremy Lin gets no screens when he initiates the offense. Jeremy Lin throws the ball to the outside/sideline guy who throws to a screener that pops to the top of the key while Jeremy Lin runs a full circle to get some low post rub screens to get the ball back to run a PnR. If Jeremy Lin has to do that every SINGLE time to get the ball to do a PnR, you're going to RUN him into the ground as the game progresses.

I know it takes time to get a defense ready and the type of offense that the Suns and Trailblazers run take no account of a SG's break down defense skills that the Lakers have in Kobe, but it would be nice to see them have Jeremy Lin get to a focal point.

It's the preseason and the coaches are looking to see whom will NOT make the next round of cut offs. So I don't want to over-react. But things that should happen as the season progresses is that Lin needs more PG plays run for him and that he needs to play more with Ed Davis.



Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Zhong Guo Box Office - October 19, 2014 - 中国票房榜

Zhong Guo Box Office - Week Ending: October 19, 2014


Weekend of October 19, 2014
Rank Film Title
1 Guardians of the Galaxy (银河护卫队)
2 心花路放 (Breakup Buddies)
3 亲爱的 (Dearest)
4 Ice Age: The Meltdown (冰川时代:融冰之灾)
5 痞子英雄:黎明升起 (Black And White Episode 2/Black And White: The Dawn of Justice)
6 3D食人虫 (Bugs)
7 等一个人咖啡/等一個人咖啡 (Café.Waiting.Love.)
8 黄金时代 (The Golden Era)
9 诡替身 (Double Exposure)
10 蓝色骨头 (The Blue Bone)

Source: Ent Group - retrieved October 20, 2014

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Jeremy Lin Dons Disguise To Sell Adidas



Jeremy Lin was in Taipei this past summer and decide to team up with Adidas to trick some locals. As you can see, Jeremy plays it funny and loose with the customers trying to get a reaction. From his pre-Linsanity days to now, Jeremy Lin's mandarin has improved a lot. You can still hear the hint of ABT/ABC in him and in the video, he even mentions he from Japan to hide his accent.

Jeremy Lin's social media skillz are a step above other NBA players. With a smart crew around him and taping into the YouTubers, Jeremy Lin is blazing a new trail.

Monday, October 20, 2014

Taiwan Box Office - October 19, 2014 - 台灣票房榜


Weekend of October 19, 2014
Rank Film Title Weeks
1 Gone Girl (控制) 2
2 The Judge (大法官) 1
3 Dracula Untold (德古拉:永咒傳奇) 2
4 A Walk Among the Tombstones (鐵血神探) 1
5 Annabelle (安娜貝爾) 3
6 想飛 (Dream Flight) 1
7 The Maze Runner (移動迷宮) 6
8 Left Behind (末日迷蹤) 1
9 痞子英雄:黎明再起 (Black and White: The Dawn of Justice) 3
10 活路:妒忌私家偵探社 (Live A Love) 1
11 The Finishers (我的鋼鐵老爸) 2
12 回憶中的瑪妮 (Omoide no Marnie) 2
13 KANO 23
14 The Best Of Me (有你,生命最完整) 1
15 桃蛙源記 (The Frog Ville) 3
16 Before I Go To Sleep (別相信任何人) 5
17 海霧 (Sea Fog) 1
18 Chef (五星主廚快餐車) 6
19 神劍闖江湖2:京都大火篇 (Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno) 4
20 共犯 (Partners In Crime) 4

Source: Yahoo! Movies Taiwan - retrieved October 20, 2014

Sunday, October 19, 2014

Jeremy Lin Sits Out Another Game



Jeremy Lin sprained his other ankle on Thursday and will sit out tonights rematch against the Utah Jazz. The Jazz last played the Clippers the other night. Jeremy Lin hopes to play on Tuesday in the first of a back to back against the Phoenix Suns and the Portland Trailblazers the night after.

With the summer build to see Jeremy Lin in a Laker uniform, having to see him sit the last three games is good. No need to make a injury worst during pre-season. But this is also good on the court time with his future teammates. No need to throw away games at the beginning of the season.

The LA Times also did a feature on Jeremy Lin in the Sunday edition: "Jeremy Lin takes sane approach to his opportunity with the Lakers".

Saturday, October 18, 2014

The Walking Dead - Season Five Begins With A Bang



The Walking Dead return to broadcast last Sunday. Ho hum. It only bested their own record breaking viewing numbers from their fourth season. Seems there's no stopping this franchise. Every season has seen a major cast member bite the dust. I wonder who it will be this season. I think Rick, Daryl, Glenn, Maggie, Carl, and Michonne are safe. But the I think Rick, Daryl, and Carl are the only super safe. Carol, Tyrese, Beth, and Sasha are borderline. Bob and Tara are possibility for an early exit. The three amigos in Abraham, Rosita, and Eugene are not going last long. That's just my opinion.

Comic wise, I've only read up to the prison. So, I didn't get to Terminus myself. Seems that Gareth is alive and could come back to terrorize the group the future. Now, its to find Beth and save The Priest. Morgan's on the prowl now too.


Friday, October 17, 2014

Hong Kong Box Office - October 12, 2014 - 香港票房榜

Hong Kong Box Office - Week Ending: October 12, 2014


Weekend of October 12, 2014
Rank Film Title
1 Gone Girl (失蹤罪)
2 Dracula Untold (德古拉伯爵:血魔降生)
3 The November Man (諜網暗戰)
4 The Maze Runner (移動迷宮)
5 唐伯虎衝上雲霄 (Flirting In The Air)
6 Annabelle (詭娃安娜貝爾)
7 麥兜-我和我媽媽 (McDull: Me and My Mum)
8 咒怨:死結的開端 (Ju-on: Owari No hajimari)
9 ???
10 軍中樂園 (Jun Zhong Le Yuan/Paradise In Service)
... ...
15 爭氣 (My Voice My Life)
... ...
18 男人唔可以窮 (Golden Brother)
... ...
24 等一個人咖啡 (Deng Yi Ge Ren Ka Fei/Café.Waiting.Love.)
... ...
28 失戀急讓 (Temporary Family)
... ...
33 一生一世 (But Always/Yi Sheng Yi Shi)

Source: Box Office Mojo and WMOOV - retrieved October 15, 2014

Thursday, October 16, 2014

Jeremy Lin Sprains Ankle



Jeremy Lin sprained his ankle last Saturday during a 5 on 5 scrimmage. Robert Sacre either stepped on Jeremy Lin's ankle or Jeremy Lin stepped on Sacre's foot. It matters not. The result is that Jeremy Lin has a sprained ankle. As their Sunday game against The Golden State Warriors started, Jeremy Lin was not in the lineup and did not play. The Lakers lost big in that game. Steve Nash did not play much either.

The pre-season is playing out how it should, test their 19 man roster and see who's gonna stay and who's gonna get cut. There's also the evaluation of who's starting as well. The Lakers have a lot of players that were not on the team before and are playing together for the first time. If you can remember back, there was a time that OKC with both KD and Westbrook were not even picked to make the playoffs. It takes time to get a team to gel.

With Lin out of the game, I could barely watch this incarnation of the Lakers. Kobe had an off shooting night paired up with GSW going buck wild.

Since that Sunday game, there have been a couple of new developments. Steve Nash is not healthy anymore and Jeremy Lin in the starting line up. These are major developments for both Steve Nash and Jeremy Lin. Steve Nash is a future first ballot Hall of Fame player who may have stayed around the NBA one too many seasons. Jeremy Lin was poorly used prior to his time on the Lakers. Time will tell if Steve Nash can be healthy enough to contribute to the Lakers and if the Lakers will play FULLY to the strength of Jeremy Lin's game.

There's no doubt that Jeremy Lin's game has grown tremendously since his pre-Carmelo Linsanity run. Jeremy Lin has improved a lot with his shot, off the ball movement, etc. But the current offense of the Lakers still does not play fully to Jeremy Lin's strengths.

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Zhong Guo Box Office - October 12, 2014 - 中国票房榜

Zhong Guo Box Office - Week Ending: October 12, 2014


Weekend of October 12, 2014
Rank Film Title
1 心花路放 (Breakup Buddies)
2 Guardians of the Galaxy (银河护卫队)
3 亲爱的 (Dearest)
4 痞子英雄:黎明升起 (Black And White Episode 2/Black And White: The Dawn of Justice)
5 黄金时代 (The Golden Era)
6 3D食人虫 (Bugs)
7 麦兜-我和我妈妈 (Mc Dull - Me And My Mum)
8 铠甲勇士之雅塔莱斯 (Armor Hero Atlas)
9 新大头儿子和小头爸爸之秘密计划 (Xin Da Tou Er Zi He Xiao Tou Ba Ba Zhi Mi Mi Ji Hua)
10 魁拔Ⅲ战神崛起 (Kuiba 3)

Source: Ent Group - retrieved October 14, 2014

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Monday, October 13, 2014

Taiwan Box Office - October 12, 2014 - 台灣票房榜


Weekend of October 12, 2014
Rank Film Title Weeks
1 Dracula Untold (德古拉:永咒傳奇) 1
2 Gone Girl (控制) 1
3 Annabelle (安娜貝爾) 2
4 The Maze Runner (移動迷宮) 5
5 痞子英雄:黎明再起 (Black and White: The Dawn of Justice) 2
6 Before I Go To Sleep (別相信任何人) 4
7 The Finishers (我的鋼鐵老爸) 1
8 回憶中的瑪妮 (Omoide no Marnie) 1
9 Chef (五星主廚快餐車) 5
10 想飛 (Dream Flight) 1
11 KANO 22
12 神劍闖江湖2:京都大火篇 (Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno) 3
13 桃蛙源記 (The Frog Ville) 2
14 共犯 (Partners In Crime) 3
15 The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles (鱷魚的黃眼睛) 1
16 狼人鎮 (Wolves) 2
17 軍中樂園 (Paradise In Service) 6
18 等一個人咖啡 (Café.Waiting.Love.) 9
19 Summer In Provence/My Summer In Provence/Avis De Mistral (普羅旺斯的夏天) 2
20 愛,不怕 (Night Flight) 1

Source: Yahoo! Movies Taiwan - retrieved October 13, 2014

Sunday, October 12, 2014

The Walking Dead Starts Again



The Walking Dead Season 5 begins tonight, Sunday, October 12, 2014. The build up to it has been pretty intense. The one minute clips tease us, and taught us. Just start already!



I'll know what I am doing tonight.



Saturday, October 11, 2014

Jeremy Lin Goes 4 For 4 In Debut As Laker At Staples Center



Jeremy Lin had is Laker debut at Staples two nights ago against the Golden State Warriors. The Lakers lost the game and not many were all that surprised. The way they lost suggest they've got a lot of things to work on, specifically their defense.

Jeremy Lin finished 4 for 4 after going zero for six in his last outing. Add to that five free throws and Jeremy Lin has 14 points to go along with his 4 assists. Playing with the other four starters for the first time, you can see that they were a bit unsure during the first quarter. As the third quarter wound down, they looked a little better. But the Warriors were just so fluid.

It seems like it'll be a rough season, unless their defense takes off. I think the offense is limited in the front court, but with Lin, maybe he gets each of them a bucket or two more each game. That'll add up.

Friday, October 10, 2014

Hong Kong Box Office - October 5, 2014 - 香港票房榜

Hong Kong Box Office - Week Ending: October 5, 2014


Weekend of October 5, 2014
Rank Film Title
1 Dracula Untold (德古拉伯爵:血魔降生)
2 The Maze Runner (移動迷宮)
3 Gone Girl (失蹤罪)
4 唐伯虎衝上雲霄 (Flirting In The Air)
5 麥兜-我和我媽媽 (McDull: Me and My Mum)
6 Annabelle (詭娃安娜貝爾)
7 ???
8 The Boxtrolls (怪誕小箱俠)
9 The Equalizer (叛諜裁判)
10 千術之神 (Tazza 2/Tazza: The High Rollers 2)
... ...
12 男人唔可以窮 (Golden Brother)
... ...
16 等一個人咖啡 (Deng Yi Ge Ren Ka Fei/Café.Waiting.Love.)
... ...
17 爭氣 (My Voice My Life)
... ...
22 失戀急讓 (Temporary Family)
... ...
27 一生一世 (But Always/Yi Sheng Yi Shi)

Source: Box Office Mojo and WMOOV - retrieved October 10, 2014

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Jeremy Lin Has 10 Assists in San Diego



Jeremy Lin began his Lakers campaign in San Diego a few nights ago. On the bench with the second unit as Steve Nash starts, Jeremy got 10 assists for a 27 minute run. The second unit has 2 rookies that looked like rookies. But the starting five wasn't as strong as everyone thought as well.

It's going to be a long season. The Lakers looked very very disorganized out there. It'll be fun to see them gel and get their chemistry on. I predict a 450% team as the season rolls into the half way mark with a great run towards the all star break. I predict slow out of the gate there to have a massive push to make the playoffs in March and April.

Injuries will be a major factor in how they end the season. If Kobe or Jeremy Lin have any significant injuries, they will have no chance at the playoffs.

After only one game, there are a lot to take away from, but also nothing as this is pre-season.

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Zhong Guo Box Office - October 5, 2014 - 中国票房榜

Zhong Guo Box Office - Week Ending: October 5, 2014


Weekend of October 5, 2014
Rank Film Title
1 心花路放 (Breakup Buddies)
2 痞子英雄:黎明升起 (Black And White Episode 2/Black And White: The Dawn of Justice)
3 亲爱的 (Dearest)
4 铠甲勇士之雅塔莱斯 (Armor Hero Atlas)
5 麦兜-我和我妈妈 (Mc Dull - Me And My Mum)
6 黄金时代 (The Golden Era)
7 新大头儿子和小头爸爸之秘密计划 (Xin Da Tou Er Zi He Xiao Tou Ba Ba Zhi Mi Mi Ji Hua)
8 魁拔Ⅲ战神崛起 (Kuiba 3)
9 81号农场之疯狂的麦咭 (Farm House 81 II)
10 Non-Stop (猩球崛起:黎明之战)

Source: Ent Group - retrieved October 7, 2014

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

痞子英雄:黎明再起 - Black and White: The Dawn of Justice - Upcoming



Black And White: The Dawn of Justice (痞子英雄:黎明升起) was released in Taipei this past weekend. The movie is a sequel to to Black And White Episode 1: The Dawn of Assault (痞子英雄首部曲:全面開戰). Both which are prequels to the Taiwanese drama series from 2009.

The movie still follows Mark Chao with a new side kick. They much save the day, the fate of the city is in their hands.

During September, the crew of the movie went on a promotional tour. They seemed to be everywhere. I am not sure if this movie will make it to Zhong Guo, but the last two movies feature Zhong Guo stars in the side kick role.

Monday, October 6, 2014

Taiwan Box Office - October 5, 2014 - 台灣票房榜


Weekend of October 5, 2014
Rank Film Title Weeks
1 Annabelle (安娜貝爾) 1
2 痞子英雄:黎明再起 (Black and White: The Dawn of Justice) 1
3 The Maze Runner (移動迷宮) 4
4 Before I Go To Sleep (別相信任何人) 3
5 Chef (五星主廚快餐車) 4
6 狼人鎮 (Wolves) 1
7 神劍闖江湖2:京都大火篇 (Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno) 2
8 共犯 (Partners In Crime) 2
9 KANO 21
10 桃蛙源記 (The Frog Ville) 1
11 等一個人咖啡 (Café.Waiting.Love.) 8
12 軍中樂園 (Paradise In Service) 5
13 The Good Lie (扭轉命運的樂章) 1
14 This Is Where I Leave You (愛在頭七天) 3
15 The Purge: Anarchy (國定殺戮日:無法無天) 3
16 Good People (鎖命橫財) 2
17 Lucy (露西) 7
18 Summer In Provence/My Summer In Provence/Avis De Mistral (普羅旺斯的夏天) 1
19 永遠的0 (The Eternal Zero) 4
20 迴光奏鳴曲 (Exit) 1

Source: Yahoo! Movies Taiwan - retrieved October 6, 2014

Sunday, October 5, 2014

Selfie Premieres



Selfie made its premiere this past Tuesday night on ABC. Funny Or Die has a great article about how minorities are gravely misrepresented on US TV. Which makes John Cho's turn as the leading man all that more impressive.

This first episode is normally the pilot and was made available online the past few months. In any event, I stayed up to the late hours of 8pm to watch it and support the show.

Looking forward to see how this progresses. I also had to get a crash course on "My Fair Lady", for which this series is based on. I think its a generational thing here. I don't get My Fair Lady. Looks like the show only took the essence and not the play literally.


Saturday, October 4, 2014

Hong Kong Box Office - September 28, 2014 - 香港票房榜

Hong Kong Box Office - Week Ending: September 28, 2014


Weekend of September 28, 2014
Rank Film Title
1 The Maze Runner (移動迷宮)
2 The Equalizer (叛諜裁判)
3 男人唔可以窮 (Golden Brother)
4 The Boxtrolls (怪誕小箱俠)
5 Begin Again (一切從音樂再開始)
6 A Walk Among The Tombstones (亡命救參)
7 等一個人咖啡 (Deng Yi Ge Ren Ka Fei/Café.Waiting.Love.)
8 Magic In The Moonlight (情迷月色下)
9 浪客劍心:京都大火篇 (Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno/Rurôni Kenshin: Kyôto Taika-hen)
10 戀上春樹 (Wood Job!)
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13 黃金時代 (The Golden Era)
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15 一生一世 (But Always/Yi Sheng Yi Shi)
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20 爭氣 (My Voice My Life)
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21 失戀急讓 (Temporary Family)
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27 閨密 (Close Friends/Girls)
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29 看見台灣 (Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above)

Source: Box Office Mojo and WMOOV - retrieved October 1, 2014

Friday, October 3, 2014

Jeremy Lin At Lakers Training Camp



The Los Angeles Lakers began training camp three days ago on Tuesday. But Media Day was Monday. Jeremy Lin was one of the highlighted players. Recently traded to the Lakers, Jeremy Lin is in the last year of his current 3 year deal signed after Linsanity.

As a life long Lakers faithful. I can't even quantify the joy these last few days have been. This has been the LONGEST off season ever for me. I think the only other training camp I followed was in 2008 when they rebounded back to get the first of their back to back championships.

I am glued to Time Warner Sportsnet. I am following LakersNations. I only had a passing fancy about this stuff. I only wanted to watch the games if time allowed.

The one thing this season will present is the challenge of watching games via TWC vs. on league pass. I normally watched games days later to catch up. As of now, I don't see the watch back feature on the TWC app. And I don't have tivo.

Welcome to Los Angeles Jeremy Lin. Your presence is already annoying my wife and kids more than you will ever know.

Thursday, October 2, 2014

Zhong Guo Box Office - September 28, 2014 - 中国票房榜

Zhong Guo Box Office - Week Ending: September 28, 2014


Weekend of September 28, 2014
Rank Film Title
1 亲爱的 (Dearest)
2 Non-Stop (猩球崛起:黎明之战)
3 触不可及 (One Step Away)
4 Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (猩球崛起:黎明之战)
5 The Expendables 3 (敢死队3)
6 Into The Storm (不惧风暴)
7 一生一世 (But Always)
8 新大头儿子和小头爸爸之秘密计划 (Xin Da Tou Er Zi He Xiao Tou Ba Ba Zhi Mi Mi Ji Hua)
9 Divergent (分歧者:异类觉醒)
10 诡八楼(The Eighth House)

Source: Ent Group - retrieved October 1, 2014