Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefChinese New Year is the biggest, most lucrative and brashest season of the year in mainland China cinemas.
It is a time for big-budget tentpoles and fun films that are pitched as family entertainment.Having reserved their place in the releasing calendar for months or even a year, seven films open simultaneously on Friday (Feb.
12). A further two open on Sunday, Valentine’s Day.Among those with the highest hopes is “A Writer’s Odyssey” a modern day fantasy directed by “Brotherhood of Blades” helmer Lu Yang.“Odyssey” tells the story of Lu Kongwen (Dong Zijian), the author of a fantasy novel series following a heroic teenager, who is on a quest to end the tyrannical rule of Lord Redmane, under the guidance of a.
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