Wednesday, May 11, 2016

[2016.05.12] FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 8 2016

For the week ending May 8 2016
Photos courtesy of Yahoo! Movies Hong Kong


10 EDDIE THE EAGLE
    d. Dexter Fletcher
    Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman, Tom Costello, Jo Hartley


 9 RACE
    d. Stephen Hopkins
    Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons, William Hurt


 8 PORT OF CALL
  Can : Dap Huet Chum Mui
  Lit : Step Into Blood In Search of Plum
    d. Philip Yung Chi Kwong
    Aaron Kwok Fu Sing, Elaine Jin (Kam Yin Ling),
      Patrick Tam Yiu Man, Maggie Shiu Mei Kei
  Rating : III
  Length : 120 mins.
  Opening April 6 2015 at the Hong Kong International Film Festival
  Opening December 3 2015
  Trailer: http://youtu.be/8WlHzaSeTus

 [ HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ]
    A teenage prostitute is murdered; her body cut up and flushed down the toilet, and her severed head thrown into Victoria Harbor. Director Philip Yung chooses to focus not on the crime or the investigation, but on the dead girl and her family, the cop and his family, and the killer who is without a family. The result is a genre-bender that progresses as it digresses, an atmospheric mosaic of human lives and actions that invariably get complicated, out of order and beyond reason, and with the characters firmly grounded in gritty and unforgiving reality.

[ THE FILM CATALOGUE ]
    Jiamei Wang has moved to Hong Kong from Dongguan, China two years ago. Desperate to become financially independent from her mother and step-father, she ends up becoming a “compensated date”. Chi-chung Ting, a truck driver who had just been brutally dumped, finds Jiamei online. They communicate with each other via text message and become friends right away. They share their background stories, and talk about everything from love to hate, from life to death.

    On the day of the murder, Jiamei and Chi-chung finally meet in person. In the room, they play, indulge in ketamine and really enjoy themselves. Finally, they go to the bed. During sex, Jiamei tells Chi-chung she wants to die. Chi-chung squeezes her neck until she passes away.

    Ching Sir, in charge of investigating the case, is a quirky police officer. When he investigates a case, he often ignores the details of the case itself but rather researches extensively on the personality of the people involved. Although he already has enough evidence to charge Chi-chung Ting, he wants to get to know Ting and Jiamei Wang better. He wants to look at our times with his heart. What exactly happened? He wishes to find out the real reason behind the incident, to prove that human nature is not evil, to shine a light onto the darkness.


 7 TRIVISA
  Can : Shu Dai Jiu Fung
  Lit : Big Trees Attract Wind
    d. Frank Hui Hok Man, Vicky Wong Wai Kit, Jevons Au Man Kit
    Gordon Lam Ka Tung, Richie Jen (Yam Yin Chai), Jordan Chan Siu Chun,
      Tommy Wong Kwong Leung
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 97 mins.
  Opening February 12 2016 at the Berlin Film Festival
  Opening April 7 2016
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/ZsE97uwjkEo

[ BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ]
    Hong Kong, summer 1997: while preparations are underway for the handover of the British Crown Colony to China, the underworld finds that it too must adapt to profound changes. With the opening of the border to China, new codes and mores make their way into the world of the triads – and those who don’t adjust their business models have already lost.

    A genre film from Hong Kong that chooses to set its story during those years of turmoil is tantamount to a double swan song. For these political changes also effectively spelled the end of an independent Hong Kong cinema that was admired across Asia. One of the few directors who has continued to defend and develop the genre is Johnnie To. By producing TRIVISA, To is flying the flag for three up-and-coming directors who tell the stories of three legendary gangsters of the period. This is not an anthology film, but rather an overlapping story of men who become victims of their own legends. As chance brings them all together one day in the same restaurant on the Chinese side of the border, rumours swirl that the three are planning a joint coup. In elegant fashion, hype and hubris lead to their downfall. (Christoph Terhechte)


 6 THE BOY
    d. William Brent Bell
    Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans, James Russell, Jim Norton



 5 HANA'S MISO SOUP
  Can : Shu Dai Jiu Fung
  Lit : Big Trees Attract Wind
    d. Tomoaki Akune
    Ryoko Hirosue, Yo Hitoto, Kenichi Takito
  Rating : I
  Length : 118 mins.

  Opening May 5 2016

[ 2015 HAWAII INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ]
    Chie, a young girl out of college, is diagnosed with cancer soon after becoming engaged. Undeterred, and with an understanding that the cancer treatment will leave her unable to bear children, her marriage still begins on a happy note.


    Out of the blue, a miracle happens and Chie discovers she is pregnant. But her decision to keep the baby comes with a high risk for her cancer to return. After consulting with a country doctor, she adopts lifestyle changes switching her diet to traditional Japanese foods to keep her body healthy. Knowing that her time with her daughter will be short, Chie caringly passes along lessons learned to prepare her child for life without her. — Anderson Le


 4 ZOOTOPIA
    d. Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Jared Bush
    Disney Animation
    English Voices: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba
    Cantonese Voices: Dayo Wang Tze Wah, Joey Yung Cho Yi


 3 I AM A HERO
  Can : Song Si Moot Yut Jin
  Lit : Zombie Doomsday War
    d. Shinsuke Sato
    Masami Nagasawa, Kasumi Arimura, Yo Oizumi
  Rating : III
  Length : 127 mins.
  Opening May 5 2016

[ HONG KONG MOVIE 6 ]
    Hideo Suzuki is still a manga artist’s assistant at the age of 35, but he dreams of making his own debut one day. One day Hideo’s girlfriend is infected by the mysterious virus that turns humans into ZQN, and attacks him! Hideo is shocked and flees Tokyo, taking his shotgun with him. The city is already overflowing with people infected with the virus. Amid the panic, Hideo meets high school student Hiromi Hayakari, and they team together to escape. Hideo and Hiromi seek refuge, along with other survivors, on the roof of a shopping mall where they must shoot ZQNs on sight. Will Hideo be able to protect Hiromi and find a cure for the virus? Can they develop an antibody using Hiromi, who has become a humane ZQN?


 2 BOOK OF LOVE
  AKA : FINDING MR. RIGHT 2
  Can : But Gaing Yu Seung Sai Nga Toh ji But Yi Ching Shu
  Lit : When Beijing Meets Seattle: Love Letter For No Other
    d. Xue Xiaolu
    Tang Wei, Wu Xiubo, Liu Zhihong, Paul Chun Pui, Kara Wai Ying Hung
  Rating : IIA
  Length : 130 mins.
  Opening May 5 2016

[ CINEMA ONLINE MALAYSIA ]
    Xiao Ye moved to Macau with her father when she was 15. Feeling lonely, the local casino there has become like a home to her. Her lonely days end after she meets Daniel, a real estate broker and father of a teenage son. Love blooms between the two as they start exchanging letters, sharing their most personal and intimate self with each other.

    A genre film from Hong Kong that chooses to set its story during those years of turmoil is tantamount to a double swan song. For these political changes also effectively spelled the end of an independent Hong Kong cinema that was admired across Asia. One of the few directors who has continued to defend and develop the genre is Johnnie To. By producing TRIVISA, To is flying the flag for three up-and-coming directors who tell the stories of three legendary gangsters of the period. This is not an anthology film, but rather an overlapping story of men who become victims of their own legends. As chance brings them all together one day in the same restaurant on the Chinese side of the border, rumours swirl that the three are planning a joint coup. In elegant fashion, hype and hubris lead to their downfall. (Christoph Terhechte)


 1 CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR
    d. Russo Brothers
    Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson,
      Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Anthony Mackey,
      Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd,
      Emily VanCamp, Tom Holland, Daniel Bruhl, Frank Grillo
      Chadwick Boseman, Tom Holland

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