From: NO TOP TEN CENTRAL Newsgroups: alt.asian-movies,soc.culture.hongkong.entertainment Subject: [TAKE OVER] HKSAR Film No Top 10 Box Office (June 20 2019) Organization: Chaffing Heart Club (TM) The following publication contains material that might be objectionable to some readers. Parental guidance and reader discretion are advised. [FLUFF OF THE WEEK] Courtesy of Ming Pao, Sing Tao Daily, Apple Daily, Oriental Daily, and Ta Kung Pao 1. THIS TOP 10 IS DEDICATED TO A. Richie Jen (Yam Yin Chai) who celebrates his birthday on the 23rd B. Isabella Leong Lok Si who celebrates her birthday on the 23rd C. Grace Chan Hoi Lam who celebrates her birthday on the 23rd D. Michelle Reis (Lee Ka Yun) who celebrates her birthday on the 20th 2. MISCELLANEOUS * (2019/06/24) Artist Justin Cheung Kin Sing and Jeana Ho Pui Yu two nights ago attended the film DECEPTION OF THE NOVELIST (JOK GA DIK FONG YIN: BUK JUNG YAU JUI) audience appreciation event. First time producer Cheung Kin Sing stated that the box office was as expected, thus now aside from tightly following the box office trend everyday he also made surprise appearances alone at the movies for audience appreciation. He said, "I just saw a show that was almost sold out and I immediately called my colleagues to communicate with the cinema. I rushed like a mad man into the cinema. The audience was very surprised to me, which made me very sentimental. The film wasn't born in the right time. Viewers told me to go for it. I really felt every facet of emotions. I can only attend more audience appreciation events. (Did you ask your girlfriend Kelly Chen Ka Lei to go with you?) Let me face it alone!" Would this "mishap" affect his confidence for behind the scene work in the future? He stated that he indeed would make more consideration. Busy with her film RAGING FIRE (NO FOR), Jeana revealed that working with Donnie Yen Chi Tan and Nicholas Tse Ting Fung has been pleasant. She praised them for being very gentlemanly and absolutely good elders. She benefit a lot from the production experience. * (2019/06/24) Chan Chun Chi, Aka Chiu Wai Shan and veteran actress Sheung Yi yesterday attended the film THE LONG GOODBYE's charity premiere. Chan Chun Chi revealed that the funeral for his friend Lee Siu Kay, who passed away earlier this month would take place on either July 5th or 9th at the Diamond Hill funeral parlor with a Christina ceremony. Because they had to accommodate the cremation schedule, the date was to be determined. He said, "I represent Lee Siu Kay's family in thanking everyone for their concern. Because when he was ill his family was already mentally prepared, Brother Kay's wife has already settled down emotionally. I hope Brother Kay's friends would pay their respect in person and send flowers. I have already prepared over 200 stems of roses." Chan Chun Chi and Lee Siu Kay have known each other for over 60 years. They grew up together. "Before his passing, I held Brother Kay's hand at the hospital and said, 'You are not a bad guy, not an addict, you are Christian.' Brother Kay looked mean but had a very gentle heart." Chan Chun Chi also praised his late friend for his film industry contributions and participation in many anti drug events. Speaking of the Hong Kong Performing Artist Guild president Louis Koo Tin Lok making contact numerous times in hopes of doing something for the funeral, Chan Chun Chi said that the funeral was already set and thanked Koo Tin Lok for his good intention. He hoped that Koo Tin Lok would be able to make time and see Brother Kay off on his final journey. * (2019/06/23) Max Zhang Jin yesterday attended a star audience appreciation event at a Causeway Bay cinema for his film INVINCIBLE DRAGON (GAU LUNG BUK BAI). His wife Ada Choi Siu Fun did not come along. Zhang Jin said that his wife already accompanied him to the premiere, only that night she felt a little under the weather and did not make an appearance. He said that earlier their daughters had hand, foot and mouth disease. At first they had no idea and took care of their daughters with any protection. Luckily they were not infected. However he and his wife took turns all nigh to give their daughters medicine and take their temperature. His wife was also very exhausted. He said, "When I see my daughters sick it's very hard to take inside, but after learning what kind of illness it is I am not too worried. I am used to the kids getting sick, I am only afraid that I am not at my best when I make appearances. I can take it though!" Speaking of working with MMA champion Anderson Silva for the first time, Zhang Jin said that he was an actual champion. It was his first movie so it had certain degree of difficult. The level of the danger was high as well, because he was used to competitive fight they could easily get hurt if they did not have a good grasp. He said, "However in the end we still had to fight topless, we couldn't add padding and had to take the hits. It felt like I fought many fights!" Did he notice the audience's reviews? Zhang Jin said that he also hoped that the audience would like it. He would humbly and sensibly watch everyone's sincere critique, only that way would he improve. * (2019/06/23) The 13th Fresh Wave International Short Film Festival closing ceremony and award presentation took place two nights ago to promote domestic film and short film creativity, discover and cultivate potential young film creative talent. The award presentation received support from Johnnie To Kei Fung, Tsui Hark and Louis Koo Tin Lok. Fresh Wave chair To Kei Fung thanked Koo Tin Lok for his support as well as Lau Kam Hung for his donation fund development operation. To Kei Fung even encouraged young directors of participating projects and wished that they would be able to shine brightly in the film industry. Guest presenter Tsui Hak also said that he watched many short films that moved him. Although no exciting visuals appeared, new directors represented new hope. Film has always represented the breathing of the times, the speed of memory, the comforting of the soul; it also has recorded historical era, society, culture, given the next generation the emotions to thin. Thus asset was also very important. No matter who was right or wrong today, in the future one wave would still follow another and add even more excitement ot this era. * (2019/06/22) The Law Wing Cheong directed Hong Kong guide dog film LITTLE Q (SIU Q) will open in August. Two days ago the director along with actors Simon Yam Tat Wa, Gigi Leung Wing Kei, Law Chung Him, Mainland actor Yuan Shanshan, Hu Ming and Singapore resident Charlie Yeung Choi Nei attended a charity event in Shanghai to begin the film promotion! Everyone shared their production experience. Leung Wing Kei even revealed that at home she would be "searched", which made her give her dog psychological therapy. Guide dogs dedicated their lives to visually impaired people in need and should have the love of the public. Everyone involved in the LITTLE Q production hoped to be able to make this type of community knowledge common and took on a sense of duty! Lead actor Yam Tat Wa strongly expressed his wish. "Three months before work began, the director arranged for me to be blindfolded and asked me to find over 20 different items in a room in three minutes. Because I couldn't see, I fully experienced the fear that the character felt when he lost his sight." Brother Wa had the most scenes with dogs in the film. In order to deepen the experience, the team arranged for him to take the dogs home and live with them. He described this experience with a professional term, "We are a successful pair!" Brother Wa even demonstrated commands with the guide dog and won applause from the crowd. To display the love between human and dog, director Law Wing Cheong's attention to detail made the actor have the most "bad takes" in their history. "I really want to thank each actor for their patience, their contribution, their coordination to make this film!" The director even revealed that as Little Q's foster mother (foster mother) Charlie Yeung Choi Nei would often converse with the dogs. Yeung Choi Nei said, "I would explain to the dogs what we want to shoot and tell them to obey orders, the performance would be a little better." Maintaining communication was not only Yeung Choi Nei but also Law Chung Him, who played a guide dog training in the film. He joked, "I would tell the dogs, everyone please help out, the shoot has to go smoothly. The situation is a little like praying before work, haha!" Playing the male lead Yam Tat Wa's sister in the film, Leung Wing Kei had eight dogs and remained a dog slave. Although in the film she did not have many scenes with dogs, at home she still had to have psychological therapy with her dog at home. Leung Wing Kei joked, "Each time after work, when I got home it would keep sniff, sniff, sniff nonstop all over me. I told it, 'It's OK, it's just work', just like giving a statement after being frisked!" In addition, Law Chung Him before the shoot had two months of guide dog trainer training. During the shoot he reminded workers who treated the guide dogs incorrectly on the set. Leung Wing Kei said, "Sometimes we could not help ourselves on the set and pat the guide dogs, but Him Him would immediately yell for us to stop and teach us how to treat guide dogs." Yeung Choi Nei felt that for this promotion dogs were with her everywhere, so she would particularly happy. * (2019/06/21) Artist Max Zhang Jin, UFC champion Anderson Silva and director Fruit Chan Gor yesterday attended the film INVINCIBLE DRAGON (GAU LUNG BUK BAI)'s Shanghai press conference. Silva changed his champion image to play cute and even posed for photos with Zhang Jin at the request of fans and made them laugh. Zhang Jin was still shaken when he recalled one of the fight scenes. "I am afraid of heights, in one scene I was on four wires. When I rolled out my leg was tangled and got sliced into. Luckily they didn't tangle around my neck, otherwise I would have to say goodbye to my wife." * (2019/06/21) Kenny Wong Tak Bun yesterday attended the 12th Hong Kong book prize as a guest presenter. He said that he had a habit of going to bookstores and buy books, in particular as an actor he would buy books for more information to help with his performance. Tak Bun lately performed in the Benny Chan Muk Sing directed film. In the film he worked with Donnie Yen Chi Tan and Nicholas Tse Ting Fung, naturally action scenes would be lacking. Since he was in such good shape he would be able to handle it. He said, "Ten years ago I would have been able to, but for now I am still fine with gun fight scenes. I hope the large scale action ending would not be too rough!" After that film, Tak Bun would work on another crime film. He probably would not have time to rest in the summer. He joked that did not matter since he was making a living. Since leaving TVB his film offers have been endless, so it was an opportunity of officially making money? Tak Bun said, "Earlier years ago maybe I wasn't mature enough, it's all fate!" Did MEN ON THE DRAGON (YIK LAU DAI SHOOK) help him a lot? He admitted that the audience felt that he was more action before. Reporters joked that now everyone also knew he was an "uncle". He said, "I have been an uncle for a very long time, actually I give the audience more variety!" * (2019/06/20) The Justin Cheung Kin Sing and Jeana Ho Pui Yu starred new film DECEPTION OF THE NOVELIST (JOK GA DIK FONG YIN: BUK JUNG YAU JUI) opens today. In the story a man gets into trouble because of cheating. In one scene Cheung Kin Sing takes Fama to a night spot and gets caught, as Jeana not only yells at and hits the "seductress" but also kicks the bottle of champagne and glasses. She even opens fire extinguisher in an attempt to "destroy" the night spot and the trio gets a face full of powder! Jeana said, "The action director and I coordinated on how hard to kick and where to kick because we only had a chance. I really couldn't imagine that I would get it in one take!" She admitted that she wore long sleeves so she was not worried about glass cut. He even said that gaining 15 pounds and playing a housewife without make up were great. She said, "I can't be happier about not having to play pretty, I have waited for this chance for a very long time!" * (2019/06/20) This summer the Hong Kong film line up is not too weak, with the support of four Best Actors Louis Koo Tin Lok, Andy Lau Tak Wa, Nick Cheung Ka Fai, and Francis Ng Chun Yu. It includes WHITE STORM 2 DRUG LORDS, LINE WALKER 2, BODIES AT REST and the "Strongest in the Universe" Donnie Yen Chi Tan starred ENTER THE FAT DRAGON. As for foreign films, SPIDER-MAN FAR FROM HOME leads, with Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCarpio starred ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, and FAST AND FURIOUS: HOBBS AND SHAW. As for animation, the most anticipated has to be TOY STORY 4. YOUR NAME director Makoto Shinkai's new film WEATHERING WITH YOU will also open. At this year's Hong Kong Film Awards, Anthony Wong Chau Sun when accepting the Best Actor award from Koo Tin Lok called him the "new generation film tycoon". Actually Goo Jai not only invested in film but also has been working very hard on camera. Before 2019 is half gone, his films A HOME WITH A VIEW (GA WOR MAN SI GAING), P STORM (P FUNG BO) and CHASING THE DRAGON 2 WILD WILD BUNCH (JUI LUNG II: CHAK WONG) have been released in Hong Kong. In the summer he will continue to "fight against himself". First in WHITE STORM 2 DRUG LORDS (SO DUK 2: TIN DEI DUI KUET), Goo Jai worked with Lau Tak Wa. 12 years after PROTEGE (MOON TOH) they worked together again. In WHITE rich philanthropist Yu Shun Tin hates drugs. As cop Lam Ching Fung is gathering evidence on arresting the drug lord, Yu Shun Tin also puts up a HK$ 100 million bounty on his former brother and leads to a storm in the community. Goo Jai in WHITE plays a drug lord, then in LINE WALKER 2 (SI TOH HUNG JEH 2: DIP YING HUNG DONG) played a police officer with Nick Cheung Ka Fai and Francis Ng Chun Yu. This film shot on location in Spain and Myanmar. In a serious traffic accident in Hong Kong, criminal intelligence bureau (anti terrorist) superintendent Yip Kwok Fu and chief inspector Ching To arrest a female hacker. Security Wing superintendent Jing Chun Yin suspects Yip and Ching and asks the police commissioner to pretend them from interfering with the case. He also wants to find the corrupt cop. Cheung Ka Fai like Goo Jai also has two summer releases. His film BODIES AT REST (CHUM MUK DIK JING YUN) is directed by DIE HARD 2's Renny Harlin. In the story medical examiner Chan Ka Ho and coroner in training Kiu Lam run into a mysterious criminal mastermind Santa one night. He along with two culprits suddenly attack the morgue to steal a body and turn the location into a battlefield. Yen Chi Tan in ENTER THE FAT DRAGON (FEI LUNG GOR GONG) plays Chu Fook Lung. Originally an agile cop he eats for relief after his fiance dumps him. In six months he gets over 200 pound. In the film Yen Chi Tan changes his from past handsome "grandmaster" image. * (2019/06/20) During the Shanghai Film Festival, the 2019 Tencent Pictures annual project announcements took place in Shanghai. A story abou a Chinese English securty company protecting overseas Chinese enterprise, VANGUARD (GUP SIN FUNG) unveiled its international teaser. Director Stanley Tong Kwai Lai revealed the dangers that Jackie Chan experienced during the shoot. VANGUARD is Tong Kwai Lai directed and written, Jackie Chan, Yang Yang, Ai Lun, Muqi Miya, Zhu Zhengting starred. This would also be Tong Kwai Lai and Jackie Chan's 9th collaboration. They worked together on classics like the POLICE STORY film series and RUMBLE IN THE BRONX (HUNG FAN KUI). Speaking of the production, Tong Kwai Lai admitted that this time had many dangerous scenes. He even had one scene in which he has not dared to try in ten years. "In one scene I think I have never dared to try for over a decade, going after speed and excitement in an underwater rapid chase." He said that because when he and Jackie Chan worked together they all "took it upon themselves", this time he "had to do it himself". Yet during the shoot, Jackie Chan's boat capsized. Tong Kwai Lai said, "When the boat flipped we were protected on the platform. After the flip the water turned him to under the our extra large platform. He was missing, at the time I couldn't even jump in. On the ride over when I didn't see Big Brother at all my tears came." After that, Muqi Miya was also swept under. Tong Kwai Lai said, "This is what I worry the most about, finally very luckily that place didn't become a landmark as they both were very safe." Tong Kwai Lai also said that as China's international position rose, Chinese people and enterprise also had more and more alliances with the world. "Now the Chinese film industry has a very good environment and production quality. I believe this film can contribute to Chinese culture export with everyone's hard work." * (2019/06/20) Andy Lau Tak Wa in the film WHITE STORM 2 DRUG LORDS (SO DUK 2 TIN DEI DUI KUET) aside from Louis Koo Tin Lok also worked with Karena Lam Ka Yun and Chrissie Chau Sau Na. Wa Jai praised the castings as suitable as they gave him freshness that he never ran into before. Wa Jai and Lam Ka Yun worked together on the big screen for the first time and played husband and wife. Wa Jai described how compatible they were on and off camera as he had a feeling of meeting too late. He never thought that he and Ka Yun would resemble husband and wife on camera, perhaps it was a natural chemical reaction. On the first day of work they shot a sweet home scene. Ka Yun joked that she got to play Wa Jai's wife for the first time they worked together, she was afraid that people would be jealous. They even had an argument scene. Ka Yun felt the enormous pressure. The 34 year old Chau Sau Na played 57 year old Wa Jai's former girlfriend. Their only scene together was an emotional breakup scene. Sister Na said that before the shoot Wa Jai rehearsed with her and was very friendly. She felt that one day was not enough. Wa Jai said that at first he felt embarrassed about playing a couple with Chau Sau Na. He joked that he was already up there in age. After the performance he felt the casting was good. An exchange with new blood could improve him. * (2019/06/20) The film INVINCIBLE DRAGON (GAU LUNG BUK BAI) two nights ago held its premiere. Boss Raymond Wong Pak Ming, Lam Kin Ming, actors Kevin Cheng Ka Wing, Annie Liu Sum Yau, Max Zhang Jin, Stephy Tang Lai Yun, Rachel Lee Lai Chun and first time actor and former champion Anderson Silva attended. Ka Wing did not watch his own performance that night because he had to rush home to take care of his son. He even said that at home looking at his wife and son was entertainment, the joy of family! Cheng Ka Wing revealed that after the premiere he would have to rush home to take care of his son, so he would not be able to stay and watch his performance. Since he had a child he no longer had any entertainment? Ka Wing said, "At home seeing my wife and son is entertainment, this is the joy of family!" However he said that he would arrange to watch the film with his wife, but when they went out they needed to find someone to take care of the baby. They tried not to be out of the house at the same time. Ka Wing in the film had no action performance. He wanted to make action films again but felt that the dramatic films now also had action. Would he decline any romantic action film? He said, "I can't say that, I can't narrow my range. If necessary I would make it." Speaking of his wife Grace Chan Hoi Lam's 28th birthday on the 23rd, Ka Wing said that he already planned to take his wife and child on vacation. It would the baby's first flight as well. Sum Yau said that she longed to make an action film, whether she would hit someone or get hit. She would like to fight with MMA champion Anderson Silva. "However my shape now cannot possible convince the audience, but I am very interested in fighting." Ka Wing urged Sum Yau that for fight scenes having an experienced opponent would be the best. He even recommended Zhang Jin as a good co-star. Earlier in MASTER Z: THE IP MAN LEGACY (IP MAN OI JUEN: CHEUNG TIN CHI) they fought. Did he get hurt? Ka Wing sad, "More or less yes, but that has nothing to do with the co-star. When I fell I didn't know how to adjust. Rehearsal and the actual fight are two different mater. During the shoot I had to use real power." Sum Yau admitted that she was mentally prepared for getting hurt, because she has never tried it before I would like to. "However I am a rookie, anyone who has made a fight scene could fight with me. I am not qualified to choose a co-star." She revealed that she has been working out her back and hoped to look powerful for everyone to see. Tang Lai Yun said that in the film she had no action performance, only running in a wedding gown on the light rail tracks. Although the distance was not too long, for different angles she had to run back and forth many times. Stephy admitted that she has always wanted to make a fight scene. Would she choose to find Zhang Jin or Anderson Silva in the film? Stephy said without any hesitation. "I would choose Silva, because in MMA he fought against men. He probably doesn't know how to fight a woman!" Zhang Jin reminded her to be careful that it might be an one way trip for her. Stephy replied, "I don't have to fight now, so I can take it very lightly. Earlier actually I have made fight films and know that it wouldn't be easy. If I want to I would need to accept training. I hope one day I can fight with Zhang Jin!" Zhang Jin of course could not miss out on the fight scenes. He and Silva had several, injuring each other was inevitable. Zhang Jin said, "The injury wasn't minor, luckily I didn't lose any limb. However in one scene I had to fly but hit my head in mid air, then I fell backward down the ladder. I almost broke my back. Later I discovered that my back was swollen. I had to rest for a week before fighting again." Who was more injured between him and Silva? Zhang Jin said, "When I hit him, he felt the pain but had no reaction. Then I kept hitting until his neck was all red. He told him if he didn't make any painful reaction it would be useless. He had to show the audience. However perhaps he was used to MMA fights, he was used to not showing his opponents his weakness!" [ BLAH OF THE WEEK ] Columns, Reviews, Interviews 1. TA KUNG PAO, JUNE 20 2019, EAST AND WEST FILM GODZILLA RULES THE SILVER SCREEN FOR 65 YEARS The original intention of the Japanese filmmaker who created Godzilla was to express the society's nuclear panic and make people think about the relationship between human and nature. Yet under the influence of the commercialization of intellectual property, Godzilla gradually distant itself from its anti nuclear duty. In recent years after Hollywood's massive makeover, Godzilla has become a purely visual monster to the regret to many. - LEE LING SAU After World War II ended, the U.S. military conducted many nuclear bomb and hydrogen bomb tests on the Bikini Atoll. The world renowned bikini swimsuits were named after the atole because their design was no less effective than the nuclear bomb tested at the Bikini Atoll. Yet the Bikini Atoll for the Japanese was a place of heartbreak. On March 1 1954, in the process of an U.S. underwater hydrogen bomb testing the Japanese fishing boat was affected. One of the crew half a year later died from acute radiation syndrome. The incident again triggered the public's nuclear panic as anti nuclear movement erupted in Japan. Japan's left wing filmmaker decided to make a monster movie, the inspiration of which came from the U.S. film KING KONG. The large sized, destruction monster paired well with how minute and hopeless mankind is and the best projection of the nuclear panic psychology. Early Godzilla: Bikini Atoll Avenger In November 3 1954, Toho film company created the first monster in Japanese film history. Godzilla was a prehistoric organism that was in hibernation in the Bikini Atoll, hydrogen bomb testing woke it and turned it into a 50 meter tall, 20,000 ton giant monster that could spit white hot ray. Director Ishiro Honda deliberately made Godzilla's skin rough, with which reminded everyone the memories of Japanese nuclear explosion survivor's horrifying appearance. Different from KING KONG's stop motion approach, GODZILLA started an all new film genre -- tokusatsu film. An actor performed in a heavy monster suit in the film, with detailed construction model that the prop team built extremely realistic visual effects were achieved. The film's director of photography "god of tokusatsu" Eiji Tsuburaya during World War II made THE WAR AT SEA FROM HAWAII TO MALAYA that involved the Japanese military air strike on Pearl Harbor. Because the battleship model in the film was excessively real, the U.S. once suspected that Eiji Tsuburaya's real identity was a military spy. After the war under the pressure of the Allied commander in Japan, Toho was forced to fire Eiji Tsuburaya. Eiji Tsuburaya then founded a film company "Tsuburaya Productions" and in 1966 created another major intellectual property in Japanese tokusatsu film -- Ultraman. Under the support of the tokusatsu technique, Godzilla's silver screen debut was rather spectacular. As the embodiment of nature's revenge again mankind, Godzilla landed in Tokyo and destroyed at will. The city was engulfed in a sea of fire, just like a nuclear explosion as the people of Japan "again" became the sacrifice. At the key moment, scientist Dr. Serizawa used a powerful "water anti oxygen chemical" and took Godzilla down with him. Although Godzilla was defeated, the nuclear threat never vanished. At the end of the film, the director through the mouth of protagonist Kyohei Yamane-hakase pointed out, "There wouldn't be just one Godzilla. As long as we continue to conduct nuclear testing, somewhere in the world may be creating a new Godzilla." In 1956, GODZILLA became the first Japanese film that the U.S. imported. In New York it created a 47 week long record run. At the end of the year Japan joined the United Nations and resumed its independent sovereign nation status. In 1962, Toho made GODZILLA VS. KING KONG. The historical meeting between the monsters of the U.S. and Japan was an unprecedented box office success. Godzilla through its extreme high level of recognition became the classical example of Japanese film and television culture export. Hollywood Era: Order Maintaining King of the Monsters In 1998, Hollywood finally purchased the rights as the U.S. version GODZILLA was released worldwide. Replacing tokusatsu with computer graphics, the film's special effects made leaps of improvement from the Japanese origin. However, this version of Godzilla did not live up to the Japanese audience's expectation. Not only did it have a lot of differences in appearance from the "Japanese version", it also lost its "trademark" -- "atomic breath". Godzilla in the flm was big lizard that mutated due to nuclear radiation. In the face of the U.S. military firepower it only cowered and was very awkward. Toho cannot regret this sale of the rights more, it even is unwilling to admit the authenticity of the U.S. version Godzilla. In the 2004 GODZILLA: FINAL WARS, Toho deliberated created a monster that strongly resembled the U.S. version Godzilla, Xilian. The Japanese Godzilla quickly dispatch it. Yet Hollywood's passion for Godzilla has not subsided. In 2014, the U.S. version Godzilla was rebooted as the giant monster's image was further strengthen. Its height reached 108 meters and weight 90,000 ton. As for the story, U.S. screenwriters also made massive creative changes. For example, the film explained that the 1954 Bikini Atoll hydrogen bomb explosion was actually a nuclear attack on Godzilla. The most surprising was Godzilla did not hate human after that. Instead as other monsters destroyed earth, it swam from the Pacific to San Francisco to lend a hand. After the fight was over it returned to the sea to "hide from credit and fame". With the release of this year's sequel GODZILLA KING OF THE MONSTERS, classic characters Mothra, Ghidorah and Rodan all made appearances. Godzilla took up the "world police" of the monster world duty. In most of the film, Godzilla was on "patrol" around the world. No matter which region had a monster attack, it would appear to maintain order. At the end of the film, monsters all over gathered to bow to their leader Godzilla and recognized him as their king. This flm also brought back the self sacrifice scene of Dr. Serizawa. When Dr. Serizawa touched Godzilla and lovingly said "Goodbye! Old Friend", the writer sensed that the Godzilla that carried the "anti nuclear" mission might never return again. 2. TA KUNG PAO, JUNE 20 2019, THE WEEK IN FILM SUMMER BLOCKBUSTERS LINE UP FOR ARRIVAL As summer will soon begin, several timely blockbusters SPIDER-MAN FAR FROM HOME, TOY STORY 4, UGLY DOLLS will open next week; this week's releases will not be weak either. Children are the most excited about THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 2. Three years ago when the first film opened it was the summer as well. It made HK$ 30.46 million. We shall see if the sequel will be able to break through. Another eye catching film would be about English rock superstar Elton John's life ROCKETMAN. Last BOHEMIAN RHAPSODE, a movie about the English rock band Queen's lad singer Freddie Mercury, was popular around the world. Rami Malek even won the Oscar Best Actor with the film and it made HK$ 12.28 million in Hong Kong. This time with Elton John the result would be hard to predict. Playing Elton John was the star of last year's ROBIN HOOD, handsome English star Taron Egerton. Winning the Palme d'Or Best Picture at the Cannes Film Festival, the Joon Ho-Bong directed Korean film PARASITE was "extremely rapidly" released in Hong Kong. Distributors worried that everyone would forget this Korean film's Cannes Film festival success if it would be released too late. As for Chinese films, two would be talkd about. The Fruit Chan Gor directed action film INVINCIBLE DRAGON (GAU LUNG BUK BAI), Max Zhang Jin, Kevin Cheng Ka Wing, Annie Liu (Lau Sum Yau) and Stephy Tang Lai Yun starred. This time Chan Gor "returns" to commercial film, the box office performance would determine its success. On and off camera it would be "close combat"; the other would be the internet novel based suspense DECEPTION OF THE NOVELIST (JOK GA DIK FONG YIN: BUK JUNG YAU JUI). Finally, Canadian director Borbert Budreau adapted film, based on the 1973 Stockholm bank robbery and hostage incident from which the so-called "Stockholm Syndrome" came; Ethan Hawke starred as the crazy robber Lars Nystorm. At the Mainland box office, the newly opened MEN IN BLACK: INTERNATIONAL landed on top of the box office; in fourth place the previous week MY BES SUMMER rose two places to second, seemingly the word of mouth was rather decent; GODZILLA II KNG OF THE MONSTERS fell one spot to third; the biggest drop was DARK PHOENIX, which went from first to fourth; CHASING THE DRAGON 2 WILD WILD BUNCH (JUI LUNG II CHAK WONG) dropped two places to fifth. As for other new releases, famous Mainland director Li Shaohong's film that was actually shot in Macau, MACAU IS A CITY starred Bai Baihe and Wu Gang and made 27.71 million in sixth place; based on the medical examiner Qin Ming novel, WHISPER OF SILENT BODY was Li Haishu and Huang Yanwei directed, Yan Yikuan and Daisy starred, made 20.6 million RMB in eighth place; the 1972 Munich Olympics Soviet Union and United States basketball game Russian film, THREE SECOND made 20.13 million RMB in ninth place. WEEKLY BOX OFFICE (Ending June 16 2018) Position(Previous Week), Film Title, Box Office, Cumulative Box Office MAINLAND 5(3) CHASING THE DRAGON 2 WILD WILD BUNCH, 72.86 M RMB, 268 M RMB 4(1) X-MEN DARK PHOENIX, 78.34 M RMB, 384 M RMB 3(2) GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS, 90.08 M RMB, 854 M RMB 2(4) MY BEST SUMMER, 136 M RMB, 310 M RMB 1(0) MEN IN BLACK INTERNATIONAL, 183 M RMB, 183 M RMB - LAM KAM BO 3. TA KUNG PAO, JUNE 20 2019, LIGHT SHADOW PATH "PRODUCER" EXPERIENCE Producer is a strange position. They can be professional or confidence people. How can you tell which one is good? One of the ways is to go to class and learn from experienced producers. In a producer class commercial online, the "producer" says a few things. Studying their advice indeed can have even deeper understanding of the producer's nature. First, they say the producer must be professional, have self control, emotional and intellectual quotient. This way cannot be more correct, and is suitable for professionals in any business. If it is suitable for any industry, basically it is a moral principle and has little to do with the business. Yet they are experienced professionals so they can point out some correct ideas. For example, "Film should not be tailored for the market, but bring to market something that has never appeared before". "What do investors invest in? First comes the screenplay then people." The two above points, the first is an ideal condition because among the several hundred film releases a year fewer than few can say they have not be watched. Yet this goal is right. The second is right as well. Film investment indeed starts with an idea that personnel executes. "Producer" also suggested, "This job must be able to properly use resources, organize a practical team, find suitable actors and investment, distribution." In other words producers must "do their jobs well". This point actually has no message, just like when we say secondary school students must study well, choose subjects that are suitable for them, find good universities. The question is how would they be able to do that? Another strange opinion of the "producer" in the commercial is, "Whether the film is director centered, producer centered, the director finishes the movie, the producer operates the team, in the end we speak with our work." I agree very much that the work always speaks, but if producers only operate the team so directors are able to finish their movies, producers are working for directors and the film is director centered. Now most Chinese productions are in this format. If producers are in the center, they have to manage how directors make the movies and they have to be responsible to investors. The "producer" even says "Only by keeping the pre production budget down would there be room for profit later". This idea is the opposite of reality, it is common knowledge that the lack of pre production preparation would cost even more later. Experienced producers would not make that mistake. Then, does the "producer" in the commercial know or no? It is very hard to say because producers do not require certification and have no professional tests. Whether their thinking is viable only the market can reply. Certainly, the "producer" is not suitable to teach because teaching must have good theoretical basis and logical thinking. - TIN LIK [ In Production Now/Soon ] DUST TO DUST Can : Dai 8 Gor Yim Yi Yun Lit : The 8th Suspect d. Jonathan Li Tsz Chun Gordon Lam Ka Tung, Da Peng, Sun Yang, Zhang Songwen Can : Chan Ying Hung Gan Lit : Ruined Shadow Space Stephy Tang Lai Yun, Philip Keung Ho Man, BabyJohn Choi Hong Yik, Ling Man Lung, Wong Sze Nga Can : Mo Yeh Cha Lit : Female Yaksha David Siu Chung Hung, Wylie Chiu Shek Chi, Yuri Chan Yui Yui, Bonde Sham Lok Yi Can : Fun Yun Dik Tung Wa? Lit : Fairy Tale of Marriage? d. Checkley Sin Kwok Lam Alice Chan, Michael Kwan Lai Kit, Vinci Wong Yin Chi, Connie Man Hoi Ling, Brian Yuen Chung Yeung, Rose Chan Ka Wun, Jacquelin Chong Sze Man ELISA'S DAY Can : Wai Oi Lit : Leftover Love AKA : Chong Hoi Wai Oi AKA : Love Left At Sea d. Alan Fung Chi Hung Ronald Cheng Chung Kei, Hanna Chan, Tony Wu Tsz Tung, Carol To Hei Ling, Aaron Chow Chi Kwan, Kenneth Cheung Moon Yuen Site : https://www.facebook.com/elisasday BE WATER, MY FRIEND Can : Giu Yeung Shui Yuet Lit : Proud Sun Age AKA : Guong Fai Shui Yuet Lit : Age of Brilliance d. Anthony Pun (Poon Yiu Ming) Chow Yun Fat, Anita Yuen Wing Yi, Liu Kai Chi, Kenny Wong Tak Bun MY PRINCE EDWARD Can : Gum Doh Lit : Golden Cty d. Norris Wong Yi Lam Stephy Tang Lai Yun, Chu Pak Hong, Kaki Shum Ka Kei Siuyea Lo Chun Yip, Creamy Yik Kin Yi, Bryant Mak Chi Lok Site : https://www.facebook.com/myprinceedwardfilm THE STOP HIT Can : Jik Gaing Goo Si d. Dr. Z Dr. Z, Carter Wong, John Cheung Ng Long, Eric Jacobus Length : 100 mins. Trailer : https://youtu.be/Sfofbe2ifoQ Site : https://www.reelasianfilms.com [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] Story of an international drug ring circuit between Los Angeles and Hong Kong where good cops are pinned against evil in a showdown of epic proportion. THE STOP HIT II Can : Jik Gaing Goo Si 2 AKA : THE ART OF INVINCIBILITY d. Dr. Z Dr. Z, Chan Kuan Tai, Ines Laimins, Raven Tao, Leon Hill Length : 90 mins. Trailer : https://youtu.be/hWRPkWsNyUk Site : https://www.reelasianfilms.com [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] Dead bodies are turning up all over the world in this continuing saga of The Stop Hit series. The MO however, is not by weapons, but by bare hands. The bare hands of the trained martial artist. This picture depicts both the mysticism and secret/undisclosed skills of the martial arts culture. Loaded with dynamite actions and stunts. DOUBLE WORLD Can : Jing Toh Lit : Expedition d. Teddy Chan Tak Sum Henry Lau Hin Wa, Peter Ho Yun Tung, Law Chung Him, Jiang Luxia, Lin Chenhan, Hu Ming, Xu Minghu, Mark Cheng Ho Nam, Zhang Yujiang, Wang Yianlong, Du Xiaofan, THE FIRST GIRL I LOVED Can : Hei Fun Nei Si Nei Lit : Like You For You AKA : Today AKA : Mau Yut Tin Mau Dei Dim Joi Gein Lit : On A Certain Day and Certain Place See You d. Ng Wing Shan, Yeung Chiu Hoi Hedwig Tam Sin Yin, Renci Yeung Sze Wing, Stephen Au Kam Tong, Willie Wai Kar Hung, Teresa Mak Fong Kiu (Mak Ka Kei), Kelvin Chan Kinlong, Kama Tam Sun Tung LADIES MARKET Can : Nui Yun Gai, Joi Gein Liu Lit : Ladies' Market, See You AKA : Joi Gein Nui Yun Gai Lit : See You Ladies’ Market d. Kwan Wing Chung Annie Liu (Lau Sum Yau), Ron Ng Cheuk Hei, Wan Kwong, William Hu (Wu Wai Hong), Liu Kai Chi, Peter Pang Ho Fung, Norman Cheung Lap Kei, Ma Suet Ching, Leung Oi Tung, Ricky Ng Kwok Sing, Gallan So Ka Lun Rating : IIA Length : 88 mins. Trailer : https://youut.be/AVqaCQkyi7I Can : SIU LUM JI Lit : LAUGHTER FOREST TEMPLE Eddie Cheung Siu Fai, Fama, Michelle Wai Sze Nga, Tats Lau Yi Tat, Chin Siu Ho, Chan Ka Kai, Barbie Liu (Ha Wai Yu), Lo Ho Yu Can : Joi Gein UFO Lit : See You UFO d. Patrick Leung Pak Kin Charlene Choi Cheuk Yin, Michelle Wai Sze Nga, Shine (Tsui Tin Yau, Wong Yau Nam), Ng Siu Hin, Alex Cheung Kwok Ming, Candy Man Suet Yee, Joey Leung Cho Hiu, Rachel Leung Yung Ting MMA DIVA Can : Gik Dau Nui Sun Margiela Kwok Sze Lam, Luvin Ho (Ching Wai), Wiyona Yeung Lai Ching, Giselle Lam Wai Sin, Willie Wai Kar Hung QUAN DAO: THE JOURNEY OF A BOXER Can : Kuen Doh Lit : Way of the Fist d. William So Danny Chan Kwok Kwan, Pierre Ngo Ka Nin, Awayne Liu (Lau Chun Wai), Ashina Kwok Yik Sum, Dominic Lam Ka Wa, Chan Kwok Pong Length : 90 mins. [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] Ah Ni's father loses his sight because of a friend - Uncle Hing. Since then, he tries to lie low and lives a peaceful life with his son. Years later, two brothers meet again. Uncle Hing is a teacher at a boxing studio now and he promises to train his son well. But Ah Ni is rebellious and has difficulties following any rules. Under Uncle Hing's training, Ah Ni's fists becomes faster, more ambiguous and more accurate. The boxing studio is not running as good as before. Ah Ni and Piggy wish to find a way to make underground fighting for money. Still, it’s not good enough in compared to a job in a slaughterhouse. One day, Piggy discovers a group of people from another boxing studio has used pigs to smuggle drugs. To make himself useful to the boxing studio, Piggy suggests to help. Instead, the boss sets up a trap and threatens to beat Piggy to death. To save Piggy, Ah Ni has decided to accept the final battle. Could Ah Ni finally be the champion and save Piggy from danger? FREAKY JIANG HU AKA : FREAKY JOURNEY TO THE WEST Can : Sai Fong Yau Gei ji Tong Jung Chai Chor Gai Lit : Western Lie Journey Chronicle: Tang Monk Crosses The Line d. Sandy Wong Lam Yiu Sing, Michelle Wai Sze Nga, Law Kar Ying, Mak Cheung Ching, Ken Wong Tak Bun, Angie Shum Yat Ka, Deon Cheung Chung Chi Length : 90 mins. Teaser: https://vimeo.com/261952864 [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] In Tang Dynasty, Monk Sha is following the Buddhist pilgrim Xuanzang. By accident, Monk Sha opens an inn door which connected to thousands of years later of a local restaurant in Portland Street of Hong Kong. They successfully travel through time to 2018. In this bizarre world, Monk Sha luckily meets Brother Tangshan who allows Monk Sha works in the restaurant in return of providing him a shelter. Actually, Juang Shiuan is undercover policeman gets close to Brother Tangshan for investigation. One day, Brother Tangshan is stalked by his old enemies, everyone try to save him and plan to escape. At the moment of life and death, Devil Spider appears...... DYNASTY WARRIORS Can : Jun Sam Gok Mo Seung Lit : Real Three Kingdoms No Double d. Roy Chow Hin Yeung Tony Yang, Han Geng, Justin Cheung Kin Sing, Wang Kai, Louis Koo Tin Lok, Ray Lui Leung Wai, Carina Lau Ka Ling, Lam Suet, Philip Keung Ho Man, Law Kar Ying, Eddie Cheung Siu Fai, WHEN THE WIND BLOWS AKA : THEORY OF AMBITIONS Can : Fung Joi Hei Si Lit : When Storm Rises Again AKA : Chuen Kau Tung Chup Ling Lit : Global Wanted List d. Philip Yung Tsz Kwong Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Aaron Kwok Fu Sing, Patrick Tam Yiu Man, Michael Chow Man Kin, Michael Hui Koon Man, Jessie Li (Chun Xia), Du Juan, Lawrence Ko Yu Lun, Eddie Cheung Siu Fai, Zeng Yixuan, Louis Cheung Kai Chung, Michael Ning (Bak J), Lam Yiu Sing, Ron Ng Cheuk Hei, Tse Kwan Ho, Maggie Cheung Ho Yi, Elaine Jin (Kam Yin Ling), Tsui Tin Yau, Belind Yan, Jeana Ho Pui Yu, Rose Chan Ka Wun Length : 120 mins. [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] Young Lui Lok became a policeman to uphold justice. But the rampant corruption within the police force made it impossible for him to remain independent. He decides to make a name for himself within the police force by controlling organized crime. Nam Kong looks gentleman, but operates with a dagger under his cloak. He is socially active among the police force as well as the social circles, in fact laying the groundwork for the empire of corruption he builds with Lui Lok. Nam Kong and Lui Lok, the brains and the brawn working in perfect unison, respectively become Chief Detective Chinese of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon / New Territories in 1962. They lord over organized crime, and lead tens of thousands of policemen. Nam Kong has long seen through Lui Lok’s cynicism and naiveté, and has been plotting a hostile takeover of power. Lui Lok discovers that everything is not as he had imagined, he vows to forcibly regain controlling leadership from Nam Kong. As the two forces begin their epic power struggle, who will rise and who will fall? LION ROCK Can : SI JI SHAN SEUNG Lit : ON THE LION ROCK d. Nick Leung Kwok Bun Alex Lam Tak Shun, Michelle Wai Sze Nga, Kevin Chu Kam Yin, Angela Yuen Lai Lam, J. Arie (Lui Sum Yu), Gregory Rivers (Hor Kwok Wing), Michelle Lo Mik Suet, Anna Ng Yuen Yi, Toby Leung Ching Kei, Deon Cheung Chung Chi, Anita Chui Bik Ka, Teresa Carpio (To Lai Sa), Dominic Lam Ka Wa, Stephanie Che Yuen Yuen, Terence Siufay, Lau Nam Kwong, Chan On Ying, Susan Shaw Yam Yam A former professional mountaineer becomes disabled but defies the odds and his handicaps to climb Lion Rock, the iconic mountain that towers over Hong Kong. FATAL VISIT AKA : MURDER IN SAN JOSE Can : Sing Hor Sai Mau Sat On d. Calvin Poon Yuen Leung Charlene Choi Cheuk Yin, Sammi Cheng Sau Man, Tong Dawei, Dominic Lam Ka Wa, Patrick Tam Yiu Man [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] The story tells of Yanny, who leaves Hong Kong to escape a love affair gone bad. She goes to San Jose to visit Ling, an old friend she hasn't seen in years. It seems like Ling and her husband Tang lead an ideal, carefree existence. But during the short span of five days, Yanny uncovers the truth hidden behind the façade as she discovers the unspeakable secrets that propel all three down a fatal path shattering their American dreams and imperiling their lives. SHE'S A MAN. HE'S A WOMAN. Can : Sam Tiu Boon Ho Hon Lit : 3 and a Half Good Man AKA : 3 AND HALF MEN AKA : MANG NAM SAM TIU BOON Lit : 3 AND A HALF HUNKS d. Lam Tsz Chung Wong Jing, Natalie Meng Yao, Lam Tsz Chung, Benny Chan Ho Man, King Kong Lee, Connie Man, Aaron Chow [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] A chubby manager and a charming lady are grudge mates. After getting struck by lightning, their bodies have "switched", hence living in the other’s body... [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] Hank Zhu is a manager of a leading property agency. His three subordinates, Fish Ball, Robert and Chester, are both his close workmates as well as drinking buddies. There is a female manager in the company, Lara Tong, aka Sister Chili, whom they all dread. Lara is a diplomatic and charming lady. In a lot of social occasions, men are attracted to her like bees to honey, hence beating Hank's team to the punch. After stealing an important client from Hank, the boss announces Lara's promotion to Chief Executive Officer, heading up Hank's team. Having gained the upper hand, Lara constantly gives Hank’s team hard times. This drives Hank crazy. On the other hand, Lara's boyfriend Jason Wong breaks up with her as he can no longer stand her bossy and dominant character. Grieving her love, Lara gets herself drunk. She goes to the company’s rooftop by herself, and is ready to jump. There she chances upon Hank, who is also depressed and is ready to end his life. At that very moment, a thunderstorm hits and they are both struck by lightning. The two wake up in a hospital to find their bodies "switched". Being trapped inside Hank's body, Lara cannot even move. Hank tries to tell his three buddies and his wife what has happened, but they only think Lara is joking with them. Before he can figure out a way to swap their bodies back, Hank has decided to live Lara's life while in her body, and make the best out of everything. Hank even uses Lara’s identity to apologize to Jason, and promises to change "her" overbearing attitude. Jason is deeply touched and finally forgives Lara. Can Hank and Lara finally get back into their own bodies? Or do they have to spend the rest of their lives using the other's body and identity? Can : NGOK YU TAM Lit : CROCODILE TALK Fish Liew Chi Yu, Yu Chiu Chung Yu, Alan Po (Bo Chi Lun) CID JEST Can : Gaing Goo Hup Jok Grace Lam Nga Sze, Rain Li Choi Wa, Bob Lam Sing Bun, Yip Sai Wing, Pinky Cheung Man Chi, Bonnie Ngai Chau Wa, Shirley Yim (Suet Lei) FIND YOUR VOICE Can : Yit Huet Hup Cheung Tuen Lit : Hot Blooded Choir d. Adrian Kwan Shun Fai Andy Lau Tak Wa, Lowell Lo Koon Ting, Rachel Lee Lai Chun, Michael Kwan Lai Kit, Hugo Goh (Ng Doi Yung), Vincent Wan Yeung Ming, Tse Kwan Ho, Mark Lui Chung Tak, Ashley Lam Kae Ning, Ng Wing Sze, Martin Wong Chi Hin, Keefe Ng Cheuk Hang, Yiu Hok Chi [ SCREEN INTERNATIONAL FILMART SPECIAL ] A former international conductor sets up a choir with a group of problem students MY DEAR ELEPHANT AKA : MY PET IS AN ELEPHANT d. Shao Xiaoli Sean Lau Ching Wan, Una You Jingru, Kong Wei Opening April 12 2019 in China Can : Kong Wu Sam Sor Lit : Three Mob Idiots Bob Lam Sing Bun, Don Li Yat Long, Raymond Chiu Wing Hung, Gloria Wong Yung, Yumi Wan Chun Hei, Wong Ha Wai, Joe Lam Jok MIDNIGHT DINER Can : Sum Yeh Sik Tong d. Tony Leung Ka Fai Tony Leung Ka Fa, Deng Chao, Eddie Peng Yu-Yan, Vision Wei Chen THE TRUE LOVE Can : But Oi But San Lit : No Love, No Break Up d. Chow Kwan, Yip Wai Ying Stephy Tang Lai Yan, He Jiong, William So Wing Hong, Zhao Rong, Alex Fong Lik Sun, Zhao Ke, Zheng Xinyu Hong Wa, Timmy Hung Tin Ming, Lam Suet SHE WILL BE LOVED Can : FA YU TA Lit : Flowery Language Her Grace Lam Nga Sze, Derek Wong Kin Tung, Samuel Kwok Fung, Ching Ho Wai, Taddy Ng Ho Leung Can : Yeh Mai Chong Lit : Night Hide and Seek Don Li Yat Long, Shirley Yeung Szeki, Derek Wong Kin Tung, Peter Ho Wah Chiu, Susan Shaw Yam Yam, Fanny Lee Man Fun COMEBACK NIGHT Can : Yut Yeh Joi Sing Ming Lit : Overnight Success Again d. James Leung Wa Sun Masatoshi Nakamura, Linah Matsuoka, Ren Ishikawa, Noriko Fujiwara, Naoto Takenaka, Mayumi Itsuwa, Yu Hayami, Momoko Kikuchi, Toshihiko Tahara, Yumiko Araki, Rain Li Choi Wa, Ng Man Tat, Pakho Chau, Shiga Lin Sze Nga CHANGE OF GANGSTER Can : Chuen Ying Tuen For Lit : Transition Team AKA : Fei Man Dik Ha Tin AKA : Summer of Feynman d. Francis Ng Chun Yu Francis Ng Chun Yu, Qiao Shan, Wen Song, Ng Chi Hung Yi Yunhe, Yu Shasha, Feynman Ng Opening April 19 2019 in Mainland Can : Goo Wat Jai Jai Lit : Wise Sonny Danny Chan Kwok Kwan, Hedwig Tam Sin Yin, Tony Ho Wa Chiu, Gabriel Harrison (Hoi Chun Kit), MR. MCDREAMY AKA : THE SEXY GUYS Can : NAM SUN FUN LIN YING Lit : MALE GOD TRAINING CAMP d. Lam Tze Chung Zheng Kai, Alex Fong Lik Sun, Danny Chan Kwok Kwan, Lam Tze Chung, King Kong Lee, Raquel Xu Dongdong, Michelle Hu Yan, Samantha Ko Hoi Ning, Sammi Cheung Sau Man, Kitty Zhang Yuqi, Cheung Tat Ming Xenia Chong Shui Yi, Tian Leixi,Chen Jiajia Opening April 2019 [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] An affluent second generation abandoned by his father, establishes "Mr. McDreamy Training Academy", using various unconventional means to transform his four proteges into "Mr. McDreamies". [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] KenKen is a typical affluent second generation who wastes his life away by squandering his money like playing ducks and drakes, and never takes up any proper job. He is so fond of himself that he named himself "Mr. McDreamy". Knowing his child has been spoiled, KenKen’s father decides to kick KenKen out of the house and stops financing him. Being abandoned, KenKen decides to set up his own business and establishes "Mr. McDreamy Training Academy". His die-hard girlfriend, Wanda stays with him to support him by all means. KenKen manages to recruit four proteges: Da Chun, Chocolate, Bully and Mimosa. He uses various unconventional means to transform his four protégés into "Mr. McDreamies", which unexpectedly turn into numerous hilarious scenes. With much effort, these four "trainees" manage to find their own loved ones. KenKen meets Angelalady at a banquet and falls for her. Wanda walks in on KenKen and Angelalady at home which makes her heartbroken. Worse still, the newly met lovers even make out in Angelalady’s house, and is caught in the act by her husband. Her furious husband lifts KenKen up and throws him out of the high floor house. KenKen hangs around on the street penniless. He meets Wanda and his four proteges again. After the break-up, Wanda has started a new life by dressing herself up, and making herself pretty. KenKen’s four protégés have become the real Mr. McDreamies, and maintain very sweet relationships with their girlfriends. Suffering from hunger and cold, KenKen has no choice but to return home. To his surprise, his house is set up as the mourning hall of his parents... Can : Ba Ba, Dui But Hei Lit : Papa, Sorry d. Checkley Sin Kwok Lam Rose Chan Ka Wun, Brian Yuen Chung Yeung, Rachel Chau Ka Lei, Crztal To Ji Jeun FAGARA AKA : FAGARA IN MARA Can : Fa Jiu Ji Mei Lit : Taste of Flower Pepper d. Heiward Mak Hei Yan Sammi Cheng Sau Man, Megan Lai Ya-Yen, Cherry Li Xiaofeng, Kenny Bee (Chung Chun To), Richie Jen (Yam Yin Chai), Linda Liu, Wu Yan-Shu, Bryant Mak Chi Lok, Andy Lau Tak Wa, Ben Yuen Fu Wa [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] In the wake of her father's untimely demise, Cira not only inherits his debt-ridden hot pot restaurant in Hong Kong but also two younger sisters whom she never even knew existed: Luna from Taiwan and Stella from China. Together, the three estranged sisters from radically different backgrounds must strive to build up their sororal bond in order to rescue their father's restaurant from imminent closure. Meanwhile, Cira is trying desperately to reconnect with the man she secretly loves, who has fled to Maasai Mara in Kenya after being spurned by her. THE WAY WE KEEP DANCING AKA : THE WAY WE DANCE 3 Can : Kong Mo Pai 3 d. Adam Wong Sau Ping Cherry Ngan Cheuk Ling, Babyjohn Choi Hon Yik, Yeung Lok Man, Heyo Fok, Lau Ho Lan, Afuc THE ATTORNEY Can : Yut Cup Ji Hung Lit : Class A Accusation d. Wong Kwok Fai Alex Fong Chung Shun, Patrick Tam Yiu Man, Carlos Chan Ka Lok, Nina Paw Hee Jing, Liu Kai Chi, Kenneth Tsang Kong, Justin Cheung Kin Sing, Jeana Ho Pui Yu, Lok Ying Kwan, Deon Cheung Chung Chi, Kelly Chen Ka Lei, Chan Po Yuen, Cho Yuet, Bernice Liu Bik Yi, Himmy Wong Ting Him Teaser : https://youtu.be/FX_P8d-dkWc DEATH NOTIFY AKA : DEATH NOTICE Can : Sei Mong Tung Ji Dan: Um Hak Jeh d. Herman Yau Lai To Louis Koo Tin Lok, Julian Cheung Chi Lam, Francis Ng Chun Yu, Myolie Wu Hung Yi, Pakho Chau, Chrissie Chau Sau Na, Babyjohn Choi Hong Yik [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] A killer called "E" has been leaving a death notification card after killing scumbags who evaded the law. Police reacted by forming a task force with the elite personnels from each field to capture the vigilante. But in reality, what each department did was dumping their best but most eccentric members to the task force. There is the high IQ but low EQ criminalist Luo Fei, the ill-mannered profiler Mu Jian Yun, the inflexible captain Han Hao, the cowardly crime lab specialist Yin Jian, the gothic loving forensic pathologist Liang Yin, the hacker Zeng Ri Hua, and the volatile combat specialist Xiong Yuan. With each murder, the task force uncovers the crimes the victims had committed, at the same time, gets closer to finding the mysterious vigilante. 77 HEARTWARMINGS AKA : 77 HEARTBURNS Can : Gum Dong Ngor 77 Chi Lit : Affect Me 77 Times d. Herman Yau Lai To Charlene Choi Cheuk Yin, Pakho Chau, Michelle Wai Sze Nga, Kara Wai Ying Hung, Mario Maurer, Jeana Ho Pui Yu, Rock Ji Gillian Chung Yun Tung, Yumiko Cheng Hei Yi, Candy Lo Hau Yam, J. Arie, C Kwan, Lawrence Cheng Tan Shui, Francis Ng Chun Yu [ EMPEROR MOTION PICTURES ] A couple enters the graveyard of love -- marriage. The challenge facing Adam is whether his love is enough for Eva to achieve a happy ending! RAGING FIRE Can : No For AKA : CROSSFIRE Can : For Ping Lit : Fire Fight d. Benny Chan Muk Sing Donnie Yen Chi Tan, Nicholas Tse Ting Fung [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] Shan is a righteous cop who's solved countless cases. One day, his past comes back to haunt him when his sting operation is attacked by a mysterious group of criminals led by Ngo, his former protege. Ngo was once a talented cop who admired Shan. However, a terrible accident sent him to prison three years ago, transforming him into a furious man dead set on killing everyone who’s wronged him – including his former mentor. DETECTIVE VS. SLEUTHS AKA : COLD DETECTIVE Can : Sun Tam Dai Jin Lit : Godly Detective Great War d. Wai Ka Fai Sean Lau Ching Wan, Charlene Choi Cheuk Yin, Raymond Lam Fung, Kevin Tan Kai, Jeana Ho Pui Yu, Kathy Yuen (Tong Yi), Deep Ng Ho Hong, Yeung Tin Hong, Carmen Lee Yeuk Tung [ EMPEROR MOTION PICTURES ] The story centers around a murderer who dubs himself "Super Sleuth" and challenges the police force’s own super sleuth. They engage in a battle of wits akin to a Hong Kong-style Seven, when at the critical moment the police's "cold detective" discovers the assassin’s next target and patiently awaits his arrival... THE RESCUE Can : GUNG GUP GAU WOON Lit : EMERGENCY RESCUE d. Dante Lam Chiu Yin Eddie Peng Yu-Yan, Ian Wang Yanlin, Xin Zhilei, Lan Yingying, Wang Yutian, Xu Yang, Carlos Chan Ka Lok, Li Mincheng, Zhang Guoqiang, Guo Xiaodong, Wei Daxun, Joy Liu Yichun Opening January 25 2020 [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] The film focuses on an emergency rescue operation and his pilot girlfriend, whose team find courage and camaraderie in adversity. CAUGHT IN TIME AKA : A PENNY Can : HAN KEI POR ON Lit : CASE RESOLUTION DEADLINE d. Lau Ho Leung Daniel Wu (Ng Yin Cho), Michelle Wai Sze Nga, Wang Qianyuan, Jessie Li (Chun Xia) Site : https://www.emp.hk/en/production/current/caught-in-time [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] Detective Zhong Cheng leads a task force in pursuit of Eagle, a criminal gang led by Zhang Sun. Highly methodical and disciplined, the gang manages to avoid capture after each heist. A decade later, the need to stop Eagle is more urgent than ever when Zhong Cheng realizes that his time is almost up. Will Zhang Sun and Eagle be caught in time? DECLARED LEGALLY DEAD Can : SEI YUN MO HOR YI Lit : UNSUSPICIOUS CAUSE OF DEATH d. Steve Yuen Kim Wai Anthony Wong Chau Sun, Karena Lam Ka Yun, Carlos Chan Ka Lok, Kathy Yuen (Tong Yi), Liu Kai Chi, Stephen Au Kam Tong, Joey Tang Kin Ming, Fung So Bo, Cheung Chun Hung, Benjamin Auyeung [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] When insurance agent Sean is called to visit Tak and Ling's home to follow up on a life insurance policy, he discovers their son's corpse hanging in the bathroom. Principled and kind-hearted, Sean suspects that the child may have been murdered. As Sean digs for the truth, the real perpetrator turns the tables and forces Sean into a psychological battle of wills. THE FALLEN Can : Dor Lok Fa Lit : Fallen Flower d. Lee Cheuk Pan Irene Wan Bik Ha, Kenny Kwan Chi Bun, Hanna Chan, Alice Chan Wai, Ashina Kwok Yik Sum, Jess Sum Cheuk Ying, Melvin Wong Kam Sun, Kyle Li Yam Sun, Yanny Chan Wing Yan, Eddie Chan (Ai Dik) [ THE HOLLYWOOD REPORT FILMART ] The estranged eldest daughter of a meth kingpin goes undercover for the police to dismantle her family’s drug empire. ECHOES OF THE THUNDER Can : Chook Jin: Yu Mung Tung Hung Lit : Speed War: Walk With Dreams d. Tang Tung Ming Carlos Chan Ka Lok, Liu Chang, Geng Changjun, Kara Wai Ying Hung [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] Nam and Fire are racing champions of Asia's track and street. However, when the owner of a racing team recruits Nam to mentor her son Calvin to become a future champion, Nam does not realize his choice will destroy everything he has. With Fire and Calvin suffering the fatal accidents caused by Kenji, a ruthless Japanese racer, it rekindles Nam's courage to take on his darkest challenge on the road again. VALENTINE'S DATE Can : Yeuk Wui Yut Lit : Date Day d. Patrick Kong (Yip Lim Sum) JUST 1 DAY Can : Cup Ngor Yut Tin Lit : Give Me One Day d. Erica Li Man Charlene Choi Cheuk Yin, Wong Cho Lam [ THE HOLLYWOOD REPORT FILMART ] a woman agrees to be a dying man's girlfriend for one day. TWO TIGERS Can : Leung Jet Lo Fu d. Li Fei Vicki Zhao Wei [ THE HOLLYWOOD REPORT FILMART ] A kidnapping comedy about a hostage turning the tables on his captor STORM CLOUD d. Jonathan Lee, David Lee, Ma Wing Shing Louis Koo Tin Lok Opening 2022 WHERE ALL ROADS END Can : Shu Lo Tung Gwai d. Chin Yun Ho Gordon Lam Ka Tung, Richie Jen (Yam Yin Chai), Jordan Chan Siu Chun, Hanna Chan THE STRANGLED TRUTH Can : Mit Seung d. Jil Wong Pak Ko Gordon Lam Ka Tung, Louis Koo Tin Lok, Tiffany Hsu Wei Nin, Li Cong, Sammy Sum Chun Hin, Phat Chan Wai Hung, Derek Tsang [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] Narcotics Bureau detective Wai is sent to jail for planting evidence on a drug raid. His sergeant, Sam, is given disciplinary action as well. Seven years later, Sam – now a member of the Serious Crime Unit – encounters Wai while pursuing a suspect. To redeem himself for his part in his former partner's downfall, Sam destroys all the evidence that incriminate Wai. When one of Sam's superiors suspect wrongdoing, Sam lies and says that Wai is working undercover for him. Caught between a rock and a hard place, Wai has no choice but to go undercover, but he is soon discovered by the head of the cartel. Sam's daughter is killed in a traffic accident, and Wai is attacked in his home. Without any hard evidence, Sam and Wai are forced to go back to their old ways... BURNING FOR BRAVERY Can : Yik For Ying Hung d. Jonathan Li Tsz Chun DRUNKEN G Can : Jui Bau Gwai Muk d. Law Hong-Aai Jacquelin Chong Sze Man, Grace Wong, Yuri Chan, Melrose Chan Length : 90 mins. [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] The story is about four friends: workaholic Coffee who is an insurance agent, outgoing yoga teacher Udon, secretary Maomao who is surrounded by admirers and chef Tissue who has quite an appearance online. One day, they woke up, hangover and totally forgot what happened last night. In face of the strange things, they have to trace back to find out what actually happened... LOST AND FOUND IN TOKYO Can : Suk Nui Oi Man Yau Lit : Mature Girl Loves Adventures d. Charlie Choi Michelle Wai Sze Nga, Danson Tang Length : 90 mins. [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] Sasa Tao comes to Tokyo after ending her 13-year relationship with her boyfriend. She lives in an old inn called Yamada Inn. There are four strange tenants, the landlord, Shiro Yamada, the 'exam ronin', an 'otaku saviour', a fan of Bruce Lee. Thereafter, Sasa begins her fantastic journey in Tokyo... PRISON FLOWERS AKA : WOMEN IN GRID Can : Nui Ji Gam Yuk Lit : Women Prison d. Lui Mei Fung Chrissie Chau Sau Na, Kate Tsui Tsz Shan, Gillian Chung Yun Tung, Jeanne Chan Ying, Carrie Ng Ka Lai, Karena Ng Chin Yu Length : 90 mins. [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] Gang leader Ding and business giant Grandpa are both in prison because of their husband. They fight against each other until the new prisoner Kelly accidently fix their relationship. Drug dealer Wa forces BO to deliver drug for her. Ding and Grandpa plan to negotiate with Wa but failed. Conflict is on the verge. On a windy night, Red, who wants to break the prison again, put drug in Wa’s dinner to drive her mad. Great mass is caused in the female prison, along with the pouring rain... MISSING Can : Suk Jung d. Ronnie Chau (Chiu Law Nei) Gillian Chung Yun Tung, Ling Man Lung, Candy Yu On On, Josephine Koo Mei Wa, Kao Hon Man, JJ Jia, Joey Leung Cho Hiu Length : 90 mins. [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] Eight thousand people on average are reported lost in HK every year. While most people can be found, some are lost forever. An area in the mountains of Sai Kung is linked with several unsolved missing-person cases, similar to Bermuda Triangle. Social worker Lam is reported missing. While most people think it is related to his debt, his fiancée Ho believes the mysterious area in Sai Kung, where her fiancé is lastly seen, has something to do with this. Ho, together with her friend Cheng and a police, enter the area together for Lam, only to find the place is much worse than they expected. BREAKOUT BROTHERS Can : Toh Chook Hung Dong Lit : Escape Mission d. Mak Ho Bong Patrick Tam Yiu Man, Louis Cheung Kai Chung, Adam Pak Tin Nam, Justin Cheung Kin Sing G STORM Can : G Fung Bo d. David Lam Tak Luk A WITNESS OUT OF THE BLUE Can : Fan Jui Yin Cheung Lit : Crime Scene d. Fung Chih Chiang (Fung Chi Keung) Louis Koo Tin Lok, Louis Cheung Kai Chung, Jessica Hester Hsuan (Suen Huen), Cherry Ngan Cheuk Ling, Philip Keung Ho Man, Fiona Sit Hoi Kei, Andy Tien (On Chi Kit), Ling Man Lung, Sam Lee Chan Sam, Deep Ng Ho Hong , Annie Liu (Lau Sum Yau), Jacky Cai Jie, Ng Siu Hin Chan Kwok Bong, Mak Cheung Ching, Deon Cheung Chung Chi, Tsui Kwong Lam, Patrick Tam Yiu Man, Aaron Chow Chi Kwan, German Cheung Man Kit, Jason Wu Cheuk Hei Teaser : https://youtu.be/-QPENthGlWQ [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] A man is found dead inside an apartment with a strange noise, "Help! Help!" next to the body. Detective Frank Lam arrives at the scene with his commanding officer Yip Sir to find the sole survivor and eye witness. Yip Sir is convinced the deceased, Henry Tsui is killed by his partner in crime, Sunny Wong, when they had a fight over how to divvy up the loot from an armed robbery a month ago. When Frank confronts Sunny, Sunny denies all allegations and names Yip Sir as the killer. Frank's only hope in cracking the case lies in the not-so-human witness left at the scene of the crime. REMEMBER WHAT I FORGOT Can : Din Ying Chi Hon Lit : Film Fanatic d. Chui Tze Yiu Philip Keung Ho Man, Fish Liew Chi Yu, Dada Chan Jing, Endy Chow Kwok Yin, Fat Cheong, Kelly Chen Ka Lei [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] Anyone who has anything to do with the film industry in Hong Kong must have heard of a film buff called Lil' Kim. He knows everything there is to know about filmmaking. Whether it's on the set, at the movie premiere or at a press conference, he always shows up uninvited. Nobody knows where he came from and why he showed up... Ginger Keung is the producer of a reality show who suspects Lil' Kim is in fact a film critic who pans movies to extort advertising dollars from film companies. She zeroes in on Lil' Kim as her next target and decides to dig into his elusive past... BACK TO THE PAST Can : Chum Chun Gei d. Ng Yuen Fai, Jack Lai Chun Lung Louis Koo Tin Lok, Raymond Lam Fung, Jessica Hester Hsuan (Suen Huen), Joyce Tung Lai Ming, Michelle Saram (Suet Yi), Sonija Kwok Sin Nei [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] Three years ago, Randy Lee, the only son of the richest man in Hong Kong, took part in a time traveling experiment back to the Qin Dynasty, to study the First Emperor's elixir of life. But he was never heard from again. Today, his father Lee Ka-chun uncovered 2 mummies near an unexcavated area of the First Emperor’s mausoleum, with one of them holding a smart phone. When it was confirmed that the phone belonged to Randy and contained pictures of a bomb defuser called Hong Siu-lung, Lee Ka-chun persuaded Hong Siu-lung to go back in time and bring his son home. A LIFE OF PAPERS Can : Ji Pei Por Por Lit : Cardboard Granny d. Ren Xia (Yam Hap) [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] Based on a real case, A Life of Papers tells the story of the 82-year-old Chu, a "cardboard granny" who makes her living by collecting waste cardboard boxes and selling them to recyclers at as low as HK$1 per kilogram. Under-privileged and oppressed, Chu almost consistently runs into conflicts with the merciless law enforcers, as well as the blood-thirsty press. The film also depicts her bonding with two other people: a 10-year-old AD/HD kid and Ling, her long-time crippled mate whom everyone believes to be her husband but what lies behind is a Platonic relationship of secret intimacy and loving care. Chu's story also affects the young soul of the ambitious and fame-driven reporter, Heidi. WHEN IT ALL BEGINS Can : Gai Dan Jai Lit : Egg Waffles d. Andy Lo Louis Koo Tin Lok, Gordon Lam Ka Tung [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] Long has two sons. His adopted son Fei helps him run his tiny store that sells charcoal grilled egg puffs. His own son Ho was a hairstylist and is now a not-so-successful financial practitioner. Ho hates egg puffs and wants to sell the shop under the stairs. Fei doesn’t want Ho to get his wish while Long only wants to pass on his trade. With conflicting agendas, father and sons soon became estranged from one another. When Long suddenly dies of a heart attack, the sons decide to throw in the towel. Different accounts from their father’s customers enabled the brothers to become re-acquainted with the father they didn’t really know and get a new perspective on life. UN COEUR D'ARTICHAUT Can : Luen Luen Luen Nam Lit : Warm Warm Warm Man d. Law Wing Cheong [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] An impulsive father who's overly helpful, his son who works as a press officer for a political party and his lover, an elusive star fortuneteller turn the family upside down. The old man’s dementia often sends the young couple’s heads spinning as he confuses one for the other. The son wants the father to behave but time is running out. As memories resurface, the son prays for more time with his father while he still remembers him. THE SECRET DIARY OF A MOM-TO-BE Can : Baby Fook Sau Gei Lit : Revenge of the Baby d. Luk Yee Sum Dada Chan Jing, Kelvin Chu [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] As the old saying goes, a child is a gift from Heaven. But for Carmen, a child is a curse, a creature only out for revenge. A woman's life is forever changed when she becomes a Mom. Kiss goodbye to the thin waist, magnificent breasts and the late night wining and dining. Quality of life is tragically dragged down because of the midnight feeding and frequency of poop and pee. For years, Carmen has no intention to have children and has enjoyed her quiet married life with her husband. But when she becomes pregnant by accident, her job transfer to the U.S. has been indefinitely postponed and she must give up her beloved smokes and booze. To top it off, when her mother-in-law moves in under the pretense of looking after her, her life goes haywire along with her hormones. TRIER OF FACT Can : Sau Kyut Jeh Lit : Watchtower Guard d. Tong Hon Wai Louis Koo Tin Lok, Nick Cheung Ka Fai [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] Police inspector Ben is tasked to enter the Narcotics Bureau to collect evidence against Car, an inspector who's suspected of working with the triads. However, the two men bond over their belief in justice while working together. On the surface, it appears that Car used criminals to bring down a drug kingpin, but Ben discovers that Car actually used the mission to save his mentor from being blackmailed. Even though everything Car has done has been in the name of protecting members of Hong Kong's Disciplined Services, Ben must also stay true to the word of law and procedure. A showdown between two methods of justice is about to begin. ON YOUR MOM, GET SET, GO! Can : Ma Ma Dik Sun Kei Siu Ji Lit : Ma Ma's Wonder Kid d. Jimmy Wan Chi Wan Sandra Ng Kwan Yu [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] This film is based on the story of So Wa Wai, the medal-winning Paralympic athlete. It teaches audiences that even people who "lose on the starting line" can achieve victory as long as they persist. Soon after birth, Wai was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, which made him hard of hearing and even unable to walk normally. But under a strict training regimen from his mother, Wai eventually learned how to walk and was even invited into the Hong Kong Disabled Track and Field Team. Wai has participated in multiple Paralympic Games and won many gold medals. To this day, he is still the record holder for men’s 100-meter and 200-meter at the Paralympics. For his achievements, he has earned the nickname "Wizard Boy". Wai wanted to be a full-time athlete, but due to his father's work injury, he chooses to become a courier instead to support his family. He tries to balance between work and training, but his mother begins to arrange ad appearances and paid appearances on his behalf. Soon, he falls out with Fong, his coach, for neglecting his training, and he begins to fight back against his mother’s control. At the 2008 Paralympic Games, Wai finds himself under unprecedented pressure from the match and his fallout with his mother. Fortunately, Wai repaired his relationship with his mother, and he received encouragement from his father and fellow competitors before the match. In the end, he not only wins the race, but also sets a new world record for the men's 200-meter sprint. As he stands on the podium with pop hit "Boundless Sky" playing in the background, he finds himself filled with pride as all 90,000 people inside the Bird's Nest sing along with the song. But Wai actually has a more important motivation for winning the gold medal: Wai wants to share the gold medal with his mother, who didn't have a piece of gold when she got married. Now, she can finally proudly wear the gold that she’s waited her entire adult life for. BEYOND THE SIN Can : Ngok Hung Ji Oi d. Kwok Man Ki YOLO d. Chui Tze Yiu Justin Cheung, Jeana Ho, Ng Siu Hin, Fish Liew Chi Yu [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] "Buying a home in Hong Kong is a dream that young people bankrupt themselves for. But when homes in surrounding areas like Taiwan, Thailand, Japan and Malaysia are so much cheaper, why not seize the day and see the world?" Leung Siu-wai says this to convince young people to travel the world and find their purpose, but it’s all merely part of an airline advertising campaign called YOLO ("You Only Live Once"). Wai can't even practice what he preaches – he happens to be one of those young Hongkongers who longs to buy a flat. However, Wai now finds himself dragged into another YOLO, an electronic dance music festival in Malaysia that is actually a scam... SHOCK WAVE 2 d. Herman Yau Lai To Andy Lau Tak Wa, Sean Lau Ching Wan, Ni Ni, Philip Keung Ho Man Opening Spring 2020 [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] When a bomb went off unexpectedly during a police operation to disarm it, Poon Shing-Fung, a bomb disposal officer, got caught in the blast and thus lost one of his legs. Poon decided to leave the police service. Three years later, the police suspect Poon, who was found in a coma at the spot of a terrorist bombing attack, of being involved in several bombing attacks in the past two years. Poon can hardly remember his past and even his own identity due to Post Traumatic Amnesia. He plans to escape to find out the truth. Meanwhile, knowing the terrorist organization's schemes of destroying Hong Kong landmarks, Poon, as the key person between the police and the terrorist organization, would possibly save or destroy lives of the innocent civilians in the city... VANGUARD Can : Gup Sin Fung d. Stanley Tong Kwai Lai Jackie Chan, Yang Yang, Ai Lun, Mu Qimiya [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] Jackie Chan stars as Tang Huanting, the head of an International security agency known as Vanguard. Vanguard is hired when an accountant, Qin Guoli, learns of his friend's terrorist ties and leaks the information to the US government. In a subsequent bombing, Qin's friend dies. Tang discovers there was a sole survivor of the bombing; Omar, the son of the man Qin betrayed. Omar vows to avenge his family by attacking the people responsible for their deaths. He hires a fearsome group of mercenaries known as the Arctic Wolves to hunt down Qin and the only thing standing in their way is Vanguard. In London the Arctic Wolves attempt to kidnap Qin but their plans are foiled when Vanguard helps Qin escape. Qin still fears for his family and instructs Vanguard to protect his estranged daughter, Fareeda. Fareeda is on expedition in Africa and is ambushed and held captive with a Vanguard operative, Lei Zhenyu. A high octane chase ensues, from Africa to the Emirates. Omar captures Qin and hauls him to his headquarters in Dubai. Omar is intent on attacking a US aircraft carrier and needs Qin's intel to find his dead father's hidden resources to finish the job. Tang and the Vanguard team are the last hope to stop Omar. CLIMBERS d. Danie Lee Yan Kong Jackie Chan, Wu Jing, Jing Boran, Hu Ge, Zhang Ziyi Opening Lunar New Year 2020 TILL WE MEET AGAIN Can : Sun Chin Yeuk Sei Hau Steven Ma Chun Wai Opening November 2019 HELL BANK PRESENTS: RUNNING GHOST Can : Ming Tung Ngan Hung Dut Yeuk: Fan Sun Jung Ba Jin d. Mark Lee Wong Yau Nam, Cecilia So Lai Shan, Zeno Koo Tin Hin ANITA d. Longman Leung Louise Wong, Terrance Lau [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] This long-awaited biopic provides a vivid account of the remarkable life of Anita Mui in and behind the limelight, chronicling her journey from a child performer to becoming one of world's most recognized music icons. SILENCE OF SMOKE Can : Mun Yin Lit : Fragrant Smoke d. Yojiro Kakita Han Geng, Zhang Guoli, Xu Qing [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] From the director of the Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film "Departures" comes a heart wrenching drama about a young cake maker's journey of profound growth and discovery, brought about through his father's death. The sole heir to eight generations of cake makers, Liu has been perfecting his craft from his father since a toddler, but his cakes still lack a certain oomph. When his father categorically refuses to pass down the secret recipe to him, he leaves town and starts eking out a living behind film sets. After his daughter is born, his father wishes to hand the family's century-old store to him, but he refuses to go back. When his daughter is diagnosed with leukemia, his father starts working extra hours in the store to earn money for her treatment. But this aggravates his lung cancer and he dies without revealing the key secret ingredient to his cake recipe. While sorting out his father's belongings and family genealogy, Liu discovers to secret behind his family's recipe and learns the real reason behind his father's unorthodox business model. For the first time, Liu understands his father and everything he has done for him. KNOCKOUT Can : Ngor Moon Wing Buk Yin Hei Lit : We Never Say Quit d. Roy Chow Hin Yeung Han Geng, Vivian Wu, Elena Cai Shuling, Philip Keung Ho Man, Janine Chang, Maxi Li, [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] After an accident lands a boxing champion in prison for five years, his pregnant wife has to give birth by herself. After his release, he learns that his wife has just passed away. To take care of his estranged daughter, he takes on a menial job at his former boxing gym but refuses to return to the ring. However, when his daughter is diagnosed with leukemia and has to undergo grueling chemotherapy, he determines to win the gold belt for The International Boxing Federation championship to encourage her to fight her cancer. At the age of 36, he manages to fight his way to the top 15 of the IBF ranking. But to win for the gold belt, he must fight to the very end, despite running out of energy and beaten to a bloody pulp... THE CALLING OF A BUS DRIVER Can : Ah Sok Dik Goo Si Lit : The Story of Ah Sok d. Patrick Kong (Yip Lim Sum) Ivana Wong Yuen Chi, Philip Keung Ho Man, Edmond Leung Hon Man, Jacky Cai Jie [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] Just when a middle-aged aspiring bus driver thinks she and her 7-year boyfriend are headed to the altar, she learns that he is involved with another woman. A year later, she receives invitation to their wedding banquet, where she accidentally foils the plan of that woman's ex-boyfriend to reveal her as a cheater and a swindler. These two jilted lovers decide to join forces and come up with a plan to take revenge on the alleged con woman. ONE SEC Can : Yut Miu Kuen Wong Lit : One Second Fist King d. Hang Chiu Sin Hung Endy Chow Kwok Yin THE REDEEMERS d. Wong Ka Fai Michael Tse Tin Wah, Pakho Chau, Shiga Lin, Ray Lui Leung Wai Length : 90 mins. [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] Triad member Ding and Inspector Doon of the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau are moles that have been planted by the rival party. Doon tries to wipe out his true identity but his move turns out to be costly. After the death of Doon’s fiancee Sin, he vows to take out the mastermind Song and set himself free from his past once and for all. OCTET: THE STORY OF HONG KONG Can : Bak Bo Boon Lit : Eight and a Half d. Johnnie To Kei Fung, John Woo (Ng Yu Sum), Tsui Hark, Ann Hui On Wa, Ringo Lam Lan Tung, Patrick Tam, Sammo Hung Kam Bo, Yuen Wo Ping [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] 8 of Hong Kong’s most renowned directors explore the history of Hong Kong through their unique artistic visions. Authenticity and genius. --- [ NOW SHOWING ] ENCHANTED DANCE-OFF Can : Wan Mo Sing Jung d. Tang Bing Kwong Winkie Lai Mei Yin, Zhang Yaotian, Jacky Jim Long Lam, LisaBaby (Poon Yuk Chun), Cheung Ching Yan, Kwai Chung, Rating : IIA Length : 96 mins. Openng June 27 2019 (Special Screening) Trailer : https://youtu.be/Ooe9mZtA6KU LONDON SWEETIES Can : Jun Oi Ng Sai Yik Lit : True Love Doesn't Need Translation d. Scrambled Egg Team Maylada Susri, Nutthasit Kotimanuswanich, Nattapong Chartpong Opening June 27 2019 Trailer : https://youtu.be/YSupKu83Szc [ HONG KONG MOVIE6 ] Pron, a young girl who has a weird habit of saying things backward is having a crush on Pop, a supervisor at the place where she's doing her internship. Pron has to suddenly make a trip to London as her sister, Pen is getting married with her foreign 7-days boyfriend in England. Pron was encouraged to take a basic English course, there she meets Bo, a Thai mechanic who sold his house to travel to London for his girlfriend, Jude, a young male from Thailand who wants to visit London and seek for a girl who later fall for an English girl Kathie. And last, Antoine, a French teenager who can't speak English but determine to hit on Pron. INVINCIBLE DRAGON Can : Gau Lung Buk Bai Lit : Invincible Nine Dragons d. Fruit Chan Gor Max Zhang Jin, Anderson Silva, Kevin Cheng Ka Wing, Annie Liu (Lau Sum Yau), Stephy Tang Lai Yun, Endy Chow Kwok Yin, JuJu Chan Yuk Wan, Hugo Goh (Ng Toi Yung), Rachel Lee Lai Chun, Lam Suet Rating : IIB Length : 90 mins. Opening June 20 2019 Trailer : https://youtu.be/oT1nl5NfWWY [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] The undercover agent with dragon tattoo Kowloon continually helped the police to solve mysterious cases, which made him known as a rising star. However, his impulsive personality dragged him into endless troubles. He got himself into fights with the Macau detective, as well as an American Army veteran Alexander who has a secret linkage to Kowloon’s background... DECEPTION OF THE NOVELIST Can : Jok Ga Dik Fong Yin d. Christopher Suen Lap Kei Justin Cheung Kin Sing, Jeana Ho Pui Yu, Linah Matsuoka, Raymond Chiu Wing Hung, Lok Wing, C Kwan (Cheng Sze Kwan), Kelly Chen Ka Lei, Terry Zou (Chow Man Ching), Gregory Wong Chung Hiu, Benny Chan Ho Man, Hugo Goh (Ng Doi Yung), Chan Kwok Kwan, Jessie Fong Wing Lam Rating : IIB Length : 90 mins. Opening May 9 2019 (Preview) Opening June 20 2019 Trailer : https://youtu.be/f_UfKDb_180 A successful young writer is embroiled in the suspected murder of his neighbor. [ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ] Tsui is renowned as an excellent healing author as well as a young successful man. His pieces are called "Chicken Soup for the Soul" for soothing many readers' soul and spirit. The public image of Tsui is a kindhearted family man who loves his wife deeply, though, he has inherited his wealth from his father. Since a trendy and charming lady, Elaine, had moved to live in the upper floor flat of Tsui's apartment, Tsui was facing a great impact on his calm and dull life. One night, Elaine was found dead on the platform of the residence. Tsui admitted to the Police that he had accidentally killed Elaine in anger by pushing her down the platform because Elaine kept on blackmailing him. But then, the case file is not closed as the Police's psychologist, Doctor So, believes that Tsui is not telling the truth after attentive observation from him. There are still several suspectable points in the case. Through serious investigation, Doctor So, eventually discovers that Tsui's wife, Kay, had already known Tsui had an affair with Elaine. Therefore, Doctor So has suspected that Elaine might be killed by Kay out of her hatred and in a spirit of revenge. After all, Who is the murderer? What is the story behind the truth? UTANO*PRINCESAMA MAJI LOVE KINGDOM d. Tomoka Nagaoka Japanese Animation Rating : I Length : 90 mins. Opening June 20 2019 Trailer : https://youtu.be/wXnHLMxznSA [ MCL CINEMA ] Based on a popular Japanese visual novel game which was released on June 2010, "Uta no Prince-sama Maji LOVE" TV anime series broadcast from 2011 to 2016 and there are four seasons. 18 boys chasing their dreams with fans, both inside and outside the story. This time, the stage is moved into theater. ST*RISH?QUARTET NIGHT and HE*VENS are going to bring us the greatest concert to all of their fans! PARASITE Can : Seung Lau Gei Sun Jook Lit : Upper Class Parasite d. Joon Ho-Bong song Kang-Ho, Lee Sun-Kyun, Choi Woo-Shik Rating : IIB Length : 132 mins. Opening June 20 2019 Trailer : https://youtu.be/p8KClAj2PXQ [ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ] The winner of Palme d’OR – Cannes Film Festival. Ki-taek's family of four is close, but fully unemployed, with a bleak future ahead of them. The son Ki-woo is recommended by his friend, a student at a prestigious university, for a well-paid tutoring job, spawning hopes of a regular income. Carrying the expectations of all his family, Ki-woo heads to the Park family home for an interview. Arriving at the house of Mr. Park, the owner of a global IT firm, Ki-woo meets Yeon-kyo, the beautiful young lady of the house. But following this first meeting between the two families, an unstoppable string of mishaps lies in wait. GUANG Can : Guong Lit : Light d. Quek Shio Chuan Kyo Chen, Emily Chan, Ernest Chong Rating : IIB Length : 88 mns. Opening June 13 2019 Trailer : https://youtu.be/tAVT4jTetw8 [ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ] A spark of childhood inspiration starts an autistic young man on a journey to collect specific glass wares for his own unique purpose. In doing so, he jeopardizes his relationship with his younger brother and both their jobs. Little do they know that this quest could unlock the answers to their dire situation? RAMEN TEH Can : Ching Hin Lai Min Cha d. Eric Khoo Takumi Saitoh, Seiko Matsuda, Mark Lee, Jeanette Aw Rating : I Length : 90 mins. Opening June 13 2019 Trailer : https://youtu.be/1bnQIP_4m1U [ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ] Masato is a young ramen chef in the city of Takasaki in Japan. After the sudden death of his emotionally distant father, he chances upon a suitcase of memorabilia and a red notebook – filled with musings and old photos – left behind by his Singaporean mother who passed when he was just ten years old. Acting on a hunch, he takes off for Singapore with the notebook, hoping to piece together the story of this life, as well as that of this parents. There he meets Miki, a Japanese food blogger and single mother who helps him track down his maternal uncle Ah Wee, who runs a bak kut the stall. Masato discovers that his grandmother Madam Lee is still alive, and that she holds the key to the tender yet turbulent love story of his parents. Masato and his grandmother try to heal each other’s broken soul, and find salvation in the kitchen where the meals they cook become more than the sum of their ingredients. MY DAD IS A HEEL WRESTLER Can : Ba Ba Si Wai Dan Guoon Gwan d. Kyohei Fujimura Hiroshi Tanahashi, Yoshina Kimura, Kokoro Terada, Riisa Naka Rating : IIA Length : 111 mins. Opening June 13 2019 Trailer : https://youtu.be/7NodI1kHP0c [ MCL CINEMAS ] "Daddy's job is to be a bad guy wrestler. At first, I was shocked..." Shota sneaks into his dad's car to do a report on "What Daddy Does" for school. What does he see there? "Daddy's job is to be a bad guy wrestler. At first, I was shocked..." Once he was a popular wrestler, but as he got older and injured, Takashi became the villain wrestler "Cockroach Mask", a role which he plays with all his strength. "If there's no bad guys, the heroes won't have anyone to fight, right?" Takashi says, but his son, Shota, is ashamed to tell anyone that his father is the hated Cockroach Mask. At first Shota’s shocked and embarrassed, but when he sees how hard his dad fights, he starts to think that he's really cool. Viewers will love to see Cockroach Mask fight, and the father's love for his son, and how his wife watches over them both. THE SAGA OF TANYA THE EVIL d. Kenta Ihara Japanese Animation Rating : IIA Length : 98 mins. Opening June 13 2019 Trailer : https://youtu.be/YIk9nYBhTIw [ MCL CINEMA ] UC 1926, The Imperial Army's 203rd Air Mage Battalion, led by Major Tanya Degurechaff, has won the battle to the south against the Republic's stragglers. They expected to be given a vacation after returning victorious, but instead receive special orders: there were signs of a large-scale deployment near the Empire-Federation border. Faced with the prospect of a new major enemy, the desperate Empire fans the flame of war. Meanwhile, an international volunteer army spearheaded by the Commonwealth set foot in Federation territory. Among them, Warrant Officer Mary Sue, a girl with tragic story, takes up arms hoping to bring the Empire, who killed her father, to justice. 0.0 MHZ Can : 0.0 Hak Siu Jiu Won d. Yoo Sun-Dong Jeong Eun-Ji, Lee Seong-Yeol Rating : IIB Length : 102 mins. Opening June 13 2019 Trailer : https://youtu.be/5wlrg9HMMBw [ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ] The 0.0Mhz is a supernatural club that reveals bizarre psychological phenomena such as ghostly sightings and other-worldly experiences. One day, five members of the club go to an abandoned house which is infamous for paranormal activities. They summon the spirit using brain waves and try to hear the "statement" in person. That night, the true nature of the spirit reveals... CHASING THE DRAGON II: WILD WILD BUNCH AKA : MASTER OF RANSOME Can : Jui Lung II Chak Wong Lit : Chasing the Dragon II Thief King d. Wong Jing, Jason Kwan Chi Yiu Tony Leung Ka Fai, Louis Koo Tin Lok, Gordon Lam Ka Tung, Simon Yam Tat Wa, Opening June 6 2019 Trailer : https://youtu.be/yrQFQHzm-OQ [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] Before 1997, due to the ignorance of the British Administration of Hong Kong, criminal genius Logan savages Hong Kong with a series of notorious crimes. He kidnaps the first sons of the Hong Kong regals, Li and Lui, ransoming over 2 billion dollars. In fear of the offenders avenging, the subjects promise not to report to the police after ransoming the hostages, hence letting Logan and his team evade justice. The police forces of Hong Kong and the mainland are highly concerned with Logan's case and send Sky, a Hong Kong undercover agent to infiltrate into Logan's gang. Sky is brave and intelligent. After various challenges, he manages to get close to Logan and quietly awaits the opportune moment to take action. However, Logan is very careful and cunning. Since no one has reported his crimes, the police cannot arrest him until he makes his next move. After numerous probing attempts, Sky finally unveils the identity of Logan's next kidnap target. Sky believes he has already gained Logan's trust, hence secretly contacts the police to plan their next move, only to realise it is just another test... Will Sky be able to complete his mission, save the hostage, and bring Logan to justice? CODE GEASS LELOUCH OF THE RE;SURRECTION d. Goro Taniguchi Japanese Animation Rating : IIB Length : 113 mins. Opening May 30 2019 Trailer : https://youtu.be/PnyXzXFsX_k [ MCL CINEMA ] It is the second year of the Kowa Period. The world has unified around the reorganize United Federation of Nations, and has enjoyed days of continuing peace. But now, that peace suddenly comes to an end. Suzaku, while travelling as the masked man “Zero” accompanying Nunnally on her visit to the refugee camp, is defeated by a mysterious Knightmare Frame, and the two of them are taken away. Following secret orders from Schneizel, Kallen, Lloyd and Sayoko infiltrate Zilkhstan, the Kingdom of Warriors, where they are attacked by a mysterious Geass user. There in Zilkhstan is a person named C.C., known to the assailants as the "former master." In the indomitable kingdom which once conquered even the great army of the Holy Britannian Empire, what do the people desire? Hope, or despair? The people of Zilkhstan Palace certainly know of Geass. What are they—and C.C.—planning? BIRTHDAY Can : Moot Yau Nei Dik Sun Yut Wui Lit : Birthday Party Without You d. Lee Jong-un Sul Kyung-gu, Jeon Do-yeon Rating : I Length : 120 mins. Opening May 30 2019 Trailer : https://youtu.be/y1w_nG6HrDw [ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ] 'Jung-il' and 'Soon-nam' miss their son, 'Su-ho', who passed away in a terrible accident. His family's longing for him only gets bigger as his birthday approaches. Su-ho's birthday without Su-ho...Family and friends plan to gather and present their special memories of him as gifts. One day a year, where we all come together for you..."We will never forget you." 3D MAYDAY LIFE Can : Ng Yuet Tin Yun Sun Mo Han Gong Si Lit : Mayday Life Company Unlimite d. Muh Chen Monster, Stone, Masa, Guan You, Ashin Rating : IIA Length : 112 mins. Opening May 24 2019 Trailer : https://youtu.be/TYYFbVgW3o0 [ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ] Mayday LIFE TOUR is linked by four distinct segments and the story is unveiled in "Yesterday's Rumbling Fun". Unlike Mayday's previous perfectionist and fussy attitude towards music, the members are now featured as the superhero of the day and form a fifth elite combat team. Monster the guitarist is now the agile Mr. Monster, complete with a red shining armor, Stone the guitarist is now Lonely Stone, who is as hard as a stone. Guan You the Drummer is the crossbowman Mini Ming, who is comical in nature and has super good luck. Masa the bass player is Hell Kitty, who is mean and humorous while owning heavy arms and ammunition. Ashin the Vocal acts as Honey Potter, and has super powers and is quite a genius. After the war, the five people went back to "Today Loser Record Store" to lead their usual ordinary life, until the Commanding Officer appears and "re-summons them". The Commanding Officer is portrayed by movie star Bo Huang, a Golden Horse Award-winning actor. However, when Supermen stop saving the earth, how should the Commanding Officer persuade the five middle-aged "losers" with super powers? To "restart training and rejoin the war" utilizing their limited life and infinite friendship and figure out the infinity of life? This memoir for 7 billion is now transitioning to the next chapter: LiFE will continue to be lived on the screen. SO LONG MY SON Can : Dei Gau Tin Cheung d. Wang XIaoshuai Wang Jingchun, Yong Mei, Qi Xi, Wang Yuan, Du Jiang, Ai Liya, Xu Cheng Rating : I Length : 174 mins. Opening May 23 2019 https://youtu.be/xZ-0YsBSKjI [ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ] Winner of both the best actor and best actress awards at the Berlin International Film Festival, SO LONG, MY SON traces the lives of two families over three decades of social, political and human upheaval in China. Yaoyun and his wife Liyun were once a happy family – until their son drowned playing by a reservoir. Leaving the hometown with deep sorrow, they plunge into a city in southern China, where nobody knows them and they cannot even understand the local dialect. Their adopted son Liu Xing does not offer them the comfort they had hoped for either. The married couple are repeatedly enmeshed in their memories. Finally, they decide to return to the site of their lost hopes. The film chronicles people and a society in full transformation - in which human relationships and the tumultuous evolution of a nation are inevitably and inextricably intertwined. MONEY Can : Man Yau Gum Chin Lit : Ten Thousand Temptation Money d. Park Noo-ri Ryoo Joon-Yeol, Yoo Ji-Tae, Jo Woo-Jin Rating : IIB Length : 115 mins. Opening April 24 2019 Opening May 23 2019 https://youtu.be/zUIw8MT4etY [ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ] Aspiring stockbroker Il-hyun dreams of making big money, but being a rookie without the right connections makes it difficult for him to survive in the cut-throat world of stock exchange market. So when he is approached by ‘The Ticket’, an anonymous mastermind who secretly controls the stock market, he takes the chance despite the dire consequences... [ COMING SOON ] SONS OF THE NEON NIGHT Can : Fung Lam For San Lit : Wind Forest Fire Mountain d. Juno Mak Chun Lung Takeshi Kaneshiro (Gum Sing Mo), Tony Leung Ka Fai, Louis Koo Tin Lok, Sean Lau Ching Wan, Gao Yuanyuan, Nina Paw Hee Ching, Lo Hoi Pang, Wilsom Lam Chun Yin Michelle Wai Sze Nga, Nikki Jiang Peiyao THE FATAL RAID Can : Lat Gaing Ba Wong Fa 2: Buk Yi Ji Jin Lit : Female Special Force 2: War of Dishonor d. Jacky Brother (Lee Chi Lun) Patrick Tam Yiu Man, Michael Tong Man Lung, Jade Leung Jung, Jeana Ho Pui Yu, Lin Min-Chen, Hidy Yu Hiu Tung, Jadie Lin (Lam Lam Kei), Kristy Yang Kung Yu, Benjamin Yuen Man Kit, Hang Chiu Sin Hung, Sharon Luk Sze Wan, Rating : IIB Length : 91 mins. Opening December 27 2018 (Preview) [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] Twenty years ago, Inspector Tam, Hard Gor and Special Female Force team Madam Fong, Shirley and a group of commandos started a secret operation to chase a group of gangster across the border of Hong Kong. This led to a large and drawn-out firefight between the police and gangsters, resulting in Shirley and a number of commandos killed in operation. The incident caused Inspector Tam and Madam Fong having a nightmare in this twenty years. Twenty years later, An escort operation bringing Inspector Tam and Madam Fong with four new-generation Special Female Force teammate Alma, Yan Han, Sheila, and Yu Yu to Macau, a group of gangster stormed the operation and they find Hard gor is still alive..... FIRST NIGHT NERVES Can: Bak Gor Nui Yun Yut Toi Hei Lit : Eight Women, One Stage of Play d. Stanley Kwan Kam Peng Sammi Cheng Sau Man, Gigi Leung Wing Kei, Fay Bai Baihe, Qi Xi, Angie Chiu Nga Chi, Kiki Sheung Tin Ngor, Catherine Chau Ka Yi, Bowie Lam Bo Yi, Kandy Wong Shan Yee, Kam Kwok Leung Length : 100 mins. Opening at the Busan International Film Festival Opening December 20 2018 Opening January 10 2019 Opening March 27 2019 at the Hong Kong International Film Festival Opening April 4 2019 in Malaysia Trailer : https://youtu.be/35eeazhLhk8 An actress past her prime attempts to make a comeback, only to discover that she is to be acting alongside her biggest rival. [ BUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ] Yuan Xiuling, a former star and has-been actress plans to return to the spotlight of the theater a year after her philandering husband died. She decides to star in Two Sisters, written and directed by transwoman An Ouyang. But, her biggest rival, He Yuwen, a rising actress, also stars in the play. Yuwen plans her theatrical debut through it. During the preparation of the play, such a drama unfolds at the backstage as much as on stage. With the opening night at Hong Kong’s City Hall Theater just seven days away, tensions at rehearsal increase and tempers flare as actresses Xiuling and Yuwen’s buried resentments rise to the surface. LIMBO Can : JI CHI Lit : WISDOM TOOTH d. Soi Cheang Po Shui Gordon Lam Ka Tung, Cya Liu, Mason Lee, Fish Liew Chi Yu, Sammy Sum Chun Hin, Hanna Chan, Kumer So (Fui Hung), Hiroyuki Ikenuchi Opening 2018 Trailer : https://youtu.be/MWBfc02U3N4 [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] A serial killer is on the loose. Under public pressure to solve the case, the police reinstate veteran detective JIN on active duty and assign him to the case with rookie cop KAI. However, Jin's past returns to haunt him when he encounters TAO, the girl who killed Jin's wife and child in an accident. To redeem herself, Tao volunteers to work for Jin on the case. However, Jin can’t control his hatred for the person who destroyed his life. As the idealistic Kai and the emotionally unstable Jin clash over their vastly different investigation styles and Jin's abusive attitude towards Tao, the truth becomes increasingly blurred... IP MAN 4 THE FINALE AKA : IP MAN 4 d. Wilson Yip Wai Shun Donnie Yen Chi Tan, Wu Yue, Vanness Wu, Scott Adkins Opening Summer 2019 [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] Ip Man has been living a peaceful life teaching Wing Chun. One of Ip’s students, Bruce Lee decides to open a Wing Chun school in the States. The local Kung Fu masters are not happy about it. Ip goes to the States and helps Lee to resolve the problems. Meanwhile, Ip also teaches Lee how to become a real Wing Chun master. Ip gains respect from China town and all across the States. He spreads the theory of Chinese Kung Fu to society and makes it popular in the world... THE KING Can : Gum Kuen Hak Mok d. Han Jae-Rim Jo In-Sung, Jung Woo-Sung, Bae Sung-Woo, Ryoo Joon-Yeol Rating : IIB Length : 134 mins. Opening December 2018 IT COMES d. Tetsuya Nakashima Junyichi Okada, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Haru Kuroki, Takako Matsu, Komastu Nana Opening March 2019 [ HONG KONG MOVIE 6 ] Hideki and Kana Tahara are newlyweds. Hideki is excited about his future with Kana. One day, a mysterious person visits the company where Hideki works. Hideki's colleague conveys the visitor's message to Hideki "about Chisa-san case." As soon as Hideki hears the name Chisa, he becomes stunned. His wife is pregnant and they have picked the name Chisa for their baby. Only Hideki and Kana know the name. Soon the colleague that talked to the visitor has a mysterious death. Two years later, more mysterious cases take place around Hideki. He is then introduced to freelance writer Nozaki and his girlfriend Makoto Higa. INSANE Can : Gum Goo Ji Dei Lit : Place of Imprisonment AKA : Imprisonment d. Wu Qi Pakho Chau, Robert Knepper, Zhen Wang Zhener, Length : 95 mins. Opening September 2019 Trailer : https://vimeo.com/267746173 [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] Adapted by a Korean horror title "Insane", continuing its chilly and mystery. A famous TV show producer Yam Chi Ho gets a chance to return to his pinnacle by directing a new project in a burned-out mental hospital where he believes there is mysterious happenings related to horrible spirit. A diary was found in the ruins, which made Yam curious about the experience of the diary's owner as well as the only survivor in the fire accident, Ng Yeuk Yan. Yam requested to interview Yan for details. During their meetings, Yam finds lots of unreasonable happenings described by Yan. The whole story is about to emerge... WARRIORS OF FUTURE AKA : VIRTUS Can : Ming Yut Jin Gei Lit : Tomorrow War Journal AKA : Mau Tung Jin Jung Lit : Spear Shield War d. Ng Yuen Fai Louis Koo Tin Lok, Sean Lau Ching Wan, Philip Keung Ho Man, Carina Lau Ka Ling, Nick Cheung Ka Fai, Tse Kwan Ho, Tony Wu Tsz Tung, Ng Siu Hin, Wan Guopeng, Kevin Chu Kam Yin Opening June 27 2019 Teaser : https://youtu.be/lMFJijxmUFo [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] In the not-too-distant future, pollution and global warming have left Earth barren, a giant meteorite crashed down and an odd looking vine started to grow from it. While this vine, people called it Pandora, sucked up the smog and began to purify Earth, it also grew at high speed destroying anything in sight. When the genetic map of Pandora was revealed, genetic modification became the last hope for mankind. UNDERCOVER PUNCH AND GUN Can : Chim Hung Jeh Lit : Diving Walker AKA : UNDERCOVER VS UNDERCOVER AKA : Ngor Fu Chim Lung Lit : Crouching Tiger Diving Dragon AKA : Chim Lung Jui Gik Lit : Diving Dragon Snipes d. Philip Lui Koon Nam, Frankie Tam Kwong Yuen Philip Ng Won Lung, Vanness Wu (Ng Kin Ho), Andy Tien (On Chi Kit), Feng Wenjuan, Jiang Luxia, Aka Chio Wai Shan, Chi Shuai, Meng Jia, Susan Shaw Yam Yam, Aaron Aziz, Carrie Ng Ka Lai, Jessica C., Opening June 28 2019 in Malaysia [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] Once in a methamphetamine trade, the undercover police Wu swears with a group tipster Hou Hu. However, the trade is messed up by the former Special Forces members Mai Lin and Eva. The Purchaser of methamphetamine is the smuggling king Xia Qiankun, whose base camp is the cargo vessels on the high seas. Xia captures Wu and forces him to hand over the meth owner as compensation. Afterwards, Mai Lin and Eva are willing to help Wu to find the meth owner out, since Mai was Xia’s comrade. Wu, Hou Hu, Mai Lin and Eva deceive to ally together and fight with Xia Qiankun. IF IT'S FOR MY DAUGHTER, I'D EVEN DEFEAT A DEMON LORD Japanese Animation Length : 100 mins. Opening June 30 2019 A LONG GOODBYE d. Ryota Nakano Yu Aoi, Yuko Takeuchi, Chieko Matsubara, Tsutomu Yamazaki Rating : I Length : 127 mins. Openng July 4 2019 [ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ] A party was held for the 70th birthday of their father, Shohei. What was told to his daughters, who haven’t all gathered together for a long time, is the fact that their strict father had contracted dementia. While being confused about the situation of their father losing his memory day after day, the family members reconsider their own situation by facing that reality. One day, the family members learn that a "lovely memory" that everyone in their family had forgotten, is still living in Shohei. EIGA YO-KAI WATCH: FOREVER FRIENDS d. Shigeharu Takahashi Japanese Animation Rating : I Length : 100 mins. Opening July 4 2019 [ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ] "Sakura Motomachi, Tokyo in the 1960s. Shin, a boy who lived happily, despite being poor, loses his mother, his only family member, and falls into deep misfortune. Itsuki, a boy who saves Shin. He also lost his older sister. Those two boys are joined by Tae, a girl who can see Yo-kai, and together with Shin's guardian spirit Su-san, and new Yo-kai such as Nekomata, they take on a mysterious incident in order to retrieve the souls of their precious family! And what is the shocking truth that awaits them...!? This is a story about the friendship formed between three children and Yo-kai--" JINPA Can : Jong Sei Liu Yut Jet Yeung Lit : Ran Over A Ram d. Pema Tseden Jinpam Genden Phuntsok, Sonam Wangmo Rating : IIA Length : 87 mins. Opening July 11 2019 Trailer : https://youtu.be/3f598Zd7sgo [ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ] On the path of life, sometimes we meet someone whose dreams overtake our own to the point that they converge. This is a story of revenge and redemption. On an isolated road passing through the vast barren plains of Tibet, a truck driver who has accidentally run over a sheep chances upon a young man who is hitching a ride. As they drive and chat, the truck driver notices that his new friend has a silver dagger strapped to his leg. He comes to understand that this man is out to kill someone who wronged him earlier in life. As he drops the hitchhiker off at a fork in the road, little does the truck driver realize that their short time together has changed everything, and that their destinies are inexorably intertwined. Venice Horizons Award – Best Screenplay. WHITE STORM 2 DRUG LORDS Can : So Duk 2 Tin Dei Dui Kuet Lit : Drug Sweep 2 Heaven and Earth Duel d. Herman Yau Lai To Andy Lau Tak Wa, Louis Koo Tin Lok, Michael Miu Kiu Wai, Karena Lam Ka Yun, Chrissie Chau Sau Na, Cherrie Ying Choi Yi Site : https://www.facebook.com/TheWhiteStorm2.DrugLords/ Opening July 16 2019 [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] In the quadripartite drug market in Hong Kong, Jizo gradually expands in collaboration with Mexican drug lord across the border, followed by a chain of dog-eat-dog events which shock and bring the whole trade on high alert. On the other hand, Yu Shun-Tin, who hates drugs like poison because his father died of drugs when he was young, now a financial tycoon and a philanthropist, is offering a 100 million bounty to eliminate the No.1 drug dealer in Hong Kong, which causes a stir in society. Policeman Fung intended to try his best to collect evidence for arresting Jizo, but now he cannot but protect Jizo instead due to the bounty. Helplessly, he even receives a tempting offer from Tin which puts him into an internal struggle. A final battle has broken out between the two tycoons which were lesser-known brothers from the same triad. LYING TO MOM Can : Ling Muk Ga Dik Fong Yin Lit : The Lie of the Suzuki Family d. Katsumi Nojiri Ittoku Kishibe, Hideko Hara, Mai Kiryu, Ryo Kase Length : 133 mins. Opening July 18 2019 CRAYON SHIN-CHAN: HONEYMOON HURRICANE ~THE LOST HIROSHI~ d. Masakazu Hashimoto Japanese Animation Length : 100 mins. Opening July 18 2019 [ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ] Misae and Hiroshi go to Australia to take their belated honeymoon with Shin-chan, Himawari and Shiro. However, Hiroshi suddenly disappear at night! Following a mystery masked man, Shin-chan arrives a village and finds that Hiroshi gets kidnapped and dresses like a groom. It turns out that Hiroshi is the key to a secret treasure. In order to rescue Hiroshi, the remaining members of Nohara family need to fight with the mystery masked man and treasure hunters all over the world! Can they bring Hiroshi back successfully!? [ CINEMA ONLINE MALAYSIA ] Because Hiroshi and Misae have never gone on a honeymoon trip in another country, they decide to take the whole family to Australia after Misae finds a cheap family-friendly holiday package. But while on vacation, Hiroshi gets kidnapped. Now it is up to Shinnosuke and Misae to rescue him from the treasure hunters and a mysterious masked man who are after him. BETTER DAYS Can : Siu Nin Dik Nei Lit : Young You d. Derek Tsang Kwok Cheung Zhou Dongyu, Jackson Yee, Yin Fang, Huang Jue Opening July 25 2019 DORAEMON: NOBITA'S CHRONICLE OF THE MOON EXPLORATION d. Shinnosuke Yakuwa Japanese Animation Rating : I Length : 111 mins. Opening July 25 2019 Opening August 8 2019 [ MCL CINEMA ] Nobita saw a moon turned yellow last night and told his class about it but they think it's funny. Doraemon gives him the "History Explorers Club Badge" and discovers there's life on the moon. Until a new student changed him forever. CHILDREN OF THE SEA Can : Hoi Sau Ji Ji Lit : Son of Sea Beast d. Ayumu Watanabe Japanese Animation Opening July 25 2019 Trailer : https://youtu.be/Cq31JFyDK5s THE GREAT DETECTIVE SHERLOCK HOLMES -- THE GREAT JAIL-BREAKER AKA : SHERLOCK HOLMES Can : Dai Jing Tam Fok Yi Mor Si Lit : Great Detective Holmes d. Matthew Chow, Yuen Kin To Animation Cantonese Voice: Louis Yuen Siu Cheung Opening July 28 2019 Adapted from the popular children's fiction franchise by author Lai Ho. A notorious swindler has escaped from prison, and Sherlock must team up with Watson to solve this seemingly impossible case before time runs out! MODEST HEROES: PONOC SHORT FILMS THEATRE, VOLUME 1 d. Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Yoshiyuki Momose, Akihiko Yamashita Japanese Animation Opening August 1 2019 [ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ] Mary and The Witch’s Flower's Studio Ponoc presents a celebration of short animations from Japan portraying the modest heroes of today. Kanini & Kanino is the grand adventure fantasy of two crab brothers. Life Ain't Gonna Lose is a moving drama about the love between a mother and her boy. Invisible is an action spectacle of the lonely and solitary fight of a man who wants to be seen again. ENTER THE FAT DRAGON Can : Fei Lung Gor Gong Lit : Fat Dragon Crosses the River d. Kenji Tangiaki Donnie Yen Chi Tan, Teresa Mo Shun Kwan, Niki Chow Lai Kei, Wong Jing, Louis Cheung Kai Chung, Jessica Jann Kei Ching, Naoto Takenaka, Joe Tee, Tetsu Watanabe, Chaney Lin (Lam Chau Nam), Wong Cho Lam, Lawrence Chou Chun Wai, Jerry Lamb Hiu Fung, Yan Hua, Hiro Hayama (Yip Shan Ho), Jim Chim Shui Man, Anthony Chan Yau, Bob Lam Sing Bun, Tyson Chak, Philip Ng Won Lung, Wong Jing Opening July 25 2019 Opening August 29 2019 in Malaysia [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] The 300-pound special agent Chu loses his convict in custody in Japan. Deeper trouble befalls when he finds himself pursued by both triads and police... THE CONFIDENCE MAN JP Can : Shun Yung Hei Ja Si JP d. Ryo Tanaka Masami Nagasawa, Masahiro Higashide, Fumiyo Kohinata, Yuko Takeuchi, Haruma Miura Opening July 25 2019 LINE WALKER 2 Can : Si Toh Hung Jeh 2 Dip Ying Hung Dung d. Jazz Boon (Man Wai Hung) Nick Cheung Ka Fai, Louis Koo Tin Lok, Francis Ng Chun Yu, Jiang Peiyao, Zhang Yichi, Liu Yuning, Huang Zhizhong, Grace Wong Kwan Hing, Benjamin Yuen Wai Ho, Joe Ma Tak Chung Opening August 8 2019 [ CINEMA ONLINE MALAYSIA ] The police force is plagued by a conspiracy that involves a triad planting a mole within the force. WEATHERING WITH YOU Can : Tin Hei Ji Ji Lit : Son of Weather d. Makoto Shinkai Japanese Animation Opening August 8 2019 Trailer : https://youtu.be/s9TiLYJwWf0 [ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ] "I wanted to try going into that light." First year of high school, summer. Hodaka runs away from his home on an outlying island to come to Tokyo. He falls into poverty quickly, but after many days of solitude, at last finds work as a freelance writer for a dubious occult magazine. Rain falls day after day, as if taking its cue from his life. One day, though, Hodaka meets a girl in one corner of the hustle and bustle of the big city. Hina is a cheerful, strong-willed girl who lives alone with her little brother due to certain circumstances. She also has a strange power. "Hey, it's gonna clear up now." Little by little, the rain stops and the cityscape gives off a beautiful glow. For Hina has the power to make the sky clear just by praying... LITTLE Q d. Law Wing Cheong Simon Yam Tat Wa, Gigi Leung Wing Kei, Law Chung Him, Frankie Lam Man Lung, Charlie Yeung Choi Nei, Roger Kwok Chun On, Liu Chutian, Angela Yuen Lai Lam, JJ Jia, Opening August 15 2019 Teaser : https://youtu.be/801IeIw0oYI [ BROADWAY CIRCUITS ] Puppy Quill (nickname Little Q) is born with a birthmark in the house of Dr. Lo, it is being sent to the Chan's family after two months. Mr. Chan, Mrs. Chan and their daughter Chi Kiu take care of Little Q, they bond well with each other. As Little Q grows bigger, it is being trained by guide dog trainer Simon. Simon takes it to match with famous chef Lee Bo Ting. He has become irritable and constantly losing his temper over his sister Bo Yi who resigned her teaching job to help Bo Ting at his dessert house since he lost his eye sight. Bo Ting tries to drive Little Q away for several times, but as a well trained guide dog Little Q always stays by Bo Ting's side and protects him under any circumstances. Eventually Little Q earns Bo Ting’s trust with its loyalty prompting him to take a new lease of life and quit blaming his blindness. He continues to delve into new dessert recipe and travels around with Little Q. However, as Little Q gets older and Bo Ting gets sick, the two of them have to face an unwilling separation...... [ MCL CINEMAS ] A story about the life of the guide dog Quill (nickname Little Q): the love interaction between Little Q and the puppy raiser, the guide dog trainer and the newly blind dessert chef Lee Po Ting -- how it earns the trust of Po Ting and makes Po Ting take a new lease of life. DETECTIVE CONAN: THE FIST OF BLUE SAPPHIRE d. Tomoka Nagaoka Japanese Animation Length : 99 mins. Opening August 15 2019 [ CINEMA ONLINE MALYASIA ] The 23rd instalment of the "Detective Conan" franchise and of the "Case Closed" series based on Gosho Aoyama's manga series of the same name. This time the focus is on 'blue lapis fist', the world's greatest blue sapphire. It is said to have sunk in the late 19th century, in a pirate ship on the coasts of Singapore. When it is displayed at an exhibition at the Singaporean Marina Sands hotel, after a local millionaire retrieves it, a murder takes place there. At the crime scene, a bloody Kaitou Kid card is found. BENTO HARASSMENT d. Renpei Tsukamoto Ryoko Shinohara, Kyoko Yoshine, Rena Matsui, Kanta Sato, Ryuta Sato Opening June 2019 Opening August 22 2019 ONE PIECE STAMPEDE d. Takashi Otsuka Japanese Animation Opening August 22 2019 [ CINEMA ONLINE MALAYSIA ] Pirates from around the world, including Luffy and the gang, have gathered at the Pirates Expo. Everyone is joining the big hunt for a lost treasure, which belongs to Gol D. Roger. [ MCL CINEMAS ] Invited by "Master of Festivities" Buena Festa, Straw Hat Pirates come to the world's greatest pirate's festival "Pirates Expo". Pirates all over the world gather here and join a big treasure hunt to find Gold Roger's treasure. However, an evil plan from Festa is hidden behind this festival. Smoker lead the Marines lurking in the event in order to catch all the pirates. At the same time, "Demon Heir" Douglas Bullet, who is a former member of the Roger Pirates, also join the battle and become Luffy’s biggest threat...A fierce melee is going to begin! APPWAR Can : Oi Ching Gung Fong Jin d. Yanyong Kuruaungkoul Nat Kitcharit, Warisara Yu, Patchanan Jiajirachote Opening August 29 2019 RESIDE Can : Wui Won Jau d. Wisit Sasanatieng Ananda Everingham, Natthaweeranuch Thongmee, Length : 103 mins. Opening August 29 2019 Trailer : https://youtu.be/tcP5ptoe4UE [ MCL CINEMA ] In a stormy night at an isolated mansion, 6 people in black are gathering, lead by “the mother”. They are now practicing a mysterious ritual with an unknown body, not knowing that it would summon a wandering spirit to come into their residence. Haunting happenings follow its entrance, the terrifying spirit possesses members and no one has any clue who will it go for next or when. It does not only desire to fear but to bury its roots and take complete control on the innocent soul here. BINDING SOULS Can : Bong Ling d. Chan Peng Chun Kara Wai Ying Hung, Tsao Yu-Ning, Carlos Chan Ka Ling, Esther Huang, Yune Cheung Yan, Angie Shum Yat Ka Opening August 2019 [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] To reminisce about the old-school life, Ho Tsz Fung and his university classmates go back to his high school together. Over the years, there are a lot of mysterious rumours spreading among the students, due to the occupation by Japanese army as a military laboratory during the World War II. The college's principal and in a teacher in training, Mr. Law and Miss Fong, show them around the campus and some specific historical traces. When passing the school museum, they're extremely excited when checking out the archives of Japanese army. They find a former student's diary among the archive journals, which recorded lots of supernatural events in the past, even included a mysterious disappearance of a girl. What on earth was hidden behind those cases? Will these 5 visitors have the same experience soon? BODIES AT REST Can : Chum Muk Dik Jing Yun Lit : Silent Witness d. Renny Harlin Nick Cheung Ka Fai, Richie Jen (Yam Yin Chai), Carlos Chan Ka Lok, Yang Zi, MC Jin, Ron Ng Cheuk Hei, Clara Lee, Feng Jiayi, Ma Shuliang, Length : 100 mins. Opening March 18 2019 at the Hong Kong International Film Festival Opening August 22 2019 [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] A cat-and-mouse game unfolds over a single night when three armed criminals barge into a morgue, demanding the forensic doctor and his assistant to hand over a bullet lodged inside a corpse. While the criminals are in a desperate attempt to hide their true identities, the doctor finds himself sinking deeper and deeper into a quagmire as his past inadvertently catches up with him. Each explosive twist soon pushes the characters beyond their limits. [ CINEMA ONLINE MALAYSIA ] A forensics expert and his intern are working in the morgue when suddenly a group of masked thugs break in. The criminals demand access to a body that contains evidence to a crime that was committed recently. ATONEMENT AKA: IN TURMOIL Can : Ah Lung d. Mark Wu, Ronald Cheng Chung Kei Ronald Cheng Chung Kei, Fu Shun Ying, Chrissie Chau Sau Na, Philip Keung Ho Man Length : 112 mins. Opening September 5 2019 in Malaysia [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] Lung and his daughter Ying are each other’s only dependence. Unfortunately, Ying is taken by the kidnap gang during their first trip to Thailand. Lung stays in Thailand only to revenge the murder of Ying. Lung sacrifices everything to turn himself into a bloody revenger. Endless hatred gradually turns him into a sinner...can he be salvaged at the end? THE KISS ADDICT d. Li Yanning Tan Zhuo, Chris Lee, Louis Sun Opening September 7 2019 Trailer : https://youtu.be/PbHvbYhHFuE [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] Wen Feng is a violinist. After winning the International Youth Music Competition, he climbs up the Yalazhen for a big celebration. After drinking a lot, he participates in a game "Dare to kiss?" After returning to Beijing, he suddenly has a strange addiction longing for kisses, similar to drug addiction. Everything begins from the night in Yalazhen. Would it be the punishment he got from blaspheming against the god? Or is he infected by a new virus? Wen Feng decides to visit Tibet again to find the answer. Back to Tibet, he meets Duo La, a beautiful Tibetan girl he once had a passionate kiss with. He falls in love with this talented and beautiful cellist soon after they reunited.Wen Feng and Duo La feel seamlessly connected like they have known each other for a long time. They are like lovers with no distance. Therefore, they decide to find out the secret of the Kiss Addiction together. The mystery of kiss opens the door of memory. Every kiss brings in a new piece of memory, and the pieces come together as a story , a cycle of endless losing and searching of love.Dou La was Wen Feng’s wife in his previous life, she was also a physicist who dedicated herself to the study of genetic memory. She believes memory is a substance that can be transmitted in distance. The memory of the previous life can be transferred through kissing. Can love last forever when consciousness can be passed on? When Wen Feng falls for Dou La in the now life, the passionate love puts Dou La, who craves for freedom, in a dilemma. She loves Wen Feng, but she loves freedom even more. To her, there are only three destinations – love, freedom, or death which puts everything to an end... HYPNOTIZE THE JURY AKA : GUILT BY DESIGN Can : Chui Min Choi Kuet Lit : Hypnotized Verdict d. Paul Sze Pak Lam, Kenneth Lai Siu Kwun, Lau Wing Tai Nick Cheung Ka Fai, Zhang Han, Paul Chun Pui, Kent Cheng Juk Si, Elaine Jin (Kam Yin Ling), Eddie Cheung Siu Fai, Jiro Lee Sheung Ching, Babyjohn Choi Hong Yik, Cecilia So Lai Shan, Jo Kuk Cho Lam, Derek Kwok Ching Hung, Vincen Wong Ho Shun, Ai Mi, Dun Chan, Felix Lok Ying Kwan, Renci Yeung Sze Wing Opening September 12 2019 [ HONG KONG ASIA FILM FINANCING FORUM ] It is the last day in the trial of a controversial murder case. Zen, as a jury member, learns that his daughter was kidnapped before the deliberation began. He is forced to find the defendant guilty of murder, otherwise his daughter will die. It seems to be an impossible task for Zen since the majority of the jury believes that the accused is innocent. The kidnappers know that Zen used to be a well-known hypnotist and they are certain that Zen can find a way to convince the jury. Also, under no circumstances should the jury be dismissed, otherwise, Zen's daughter will be dead. Zen has no option, and after eight years he uses his rusty skills to hypnotize the jury, which gets him four additional guilty votes out of six. Zen has to perform the hypnoses in an isolated small room secretly under the sight of six other jurors. Still, this is not the most difficult condition Zen has to face, because he is going against the most fundamental and important principle of hyposis, "The subject should be informed and understood that he/she is going to participate in hyposis; if not, the chcance of a successful hypnosis will be less than 10%." An ultimate performance of hypnosis quietly takes place in this small space. I'M LIVIN' IT AKA : I'M LIVING IT Can : Mak Lo Yun Lit : Wheat Road People AKA : Muk Lo Yun Lit : Man on A Strange Path d. Wong Hing Fan Aaron Kwok Fu Sing, Miriam Yeung Chin Wa, Alex Man Chi Leung, Cheung Tat Ming, Nina Paw Hee Ching, Cya Liu Yase, Zeno Koo Ting Hin, Wong Yui Ka Angie Shum Yat Ka, Lo Ho Yu, Opening October 2019 [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] Once a star in his finance firm, Bowen now spends his nights in a 24-hour fast food joint, where he encounters other "roommates" who are in a similar predicament: a mother with her daughter who has taken put high-interest loans to cover her mother-in-law's debt, an old man who is too afraid to go home, a young runaway, and a young singer living in a temporary shelter. Together these accidental roommates must strive to lift one another out of rock bottom. TOURNAMENT 6 Can : Gik Dau 6 Piu Yi Doh Si Lit : Extreme Combat 6 Drifting City d. Sam Leong Chi Sing Sam Leong Chi Sing, Burmie Wong Wing Kwan, Ng Yo Yo, Lam Hin Fai, Law Kwan Fai, Leung Chun Yu, Coka Lau Ting Ting, Fion Wong Suk Ying, Sakamoto, Lee Ho Sing, Lee Wing Ho, Yeung Yuk Mui, Yik Chi Yuen, Sze Ming, Sophie Ngan Chin Man, Lui Ching Man, Sau Kin Ming, Wong Chung Yi, Chiu Jik Yu Opening October 2019 --- [ NORTH AMERICA AREA CONCERTS ] * ALAN TAM 40TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT IN RENO DATE AND TIME: Sunday, September 1 2019 @ 8 PM VENUE LOCATION: Reno Events Center 400 N Center S. Reno, NV 89501 TICKET PRICES: $ 288, 188, 128, 98, 68 TICKET VENUE LOCATION: ONLINE: http://www.sellingticket.us/site/ * WAYNE LAI AND MYOLIE WU DATE AND TIME: Sunday, August 25 2019 @ 7 PM Monday, August 26 2019 @ 8:30 PM VENUE LOCATION: Avalon Ballroom Theatre Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort 6380 Fallsview Boulevard, Niagara ON L2G 7X5 Canada https://www.fallsviewcasinoresort.com/entertainment/event/wayne-lai-and-myolie-wu TICKET OUTLET LOCATIONS: TICKETMASTER CANADA http://www.ticketmaster.ca/event/100056A4F22E5449 http://www.ticketmaster.ca/event/100056A4F230544E * ALAN TAM 40TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT DATE AND TIME: Sunday, August 25 2019 @ 1 AM VENUE LOCATION: Waterfront Conference Center Harrah's Resort Atlantic City 777 Harrah's Blvd. TICKET PRICES: $ 288, 158, 128, 98 TICKET OUTLET LOCATIONS: ONLINE : https://99concerts.com * KENNY BEE DATE AND TIME: Saturday, August 24 2019 @ 7PM VENUE LOCATION: Fantasy Springs Resort Casino 84245 Indio Springs Dr., Indio, CA 92203 TICKET PRICES: VIP $ 138, 108, 88, 68, 48 TICKET OUTLET LOCATIONS: Ng Hing Kee www.nghingkee.com 518 W Garvey Ave, Monterey Park, CA 91754 (626) 284-4861 WenEntertainment.com FantasySpringsResort.com * CHRIS WONG DATE AND TIME: Friday, August 2 2019 @ 9 PM VENUE LOCATION: Casino Rama 5899 Rama Road Rama ON L0k 1T0 Canada https://www.casinorama.com/Live/Artist/Chris-Wong.aspx TICKET OUTLET LOCATIONS: TICKETMASTER CANADA http://www.ticketmaster.ca/event/10005664C21F4444 * JULIE SUE AND HUANG PIN YANG DATE AND TIME: Sunday, July 28 2019 @ 7 PM Monday, July 29 2019 @ 8:30 PM VENUE LOCATION: Avalon Ballroom Theatre Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort 6380 Fallsview Boulevard, Niagara ON L2G 7X5 Canada https://www.fallsviewcasinoresort.com/entertainment/event/julie-sue-and-huang-pin-yang TICKET OUTLET LOCATIONS: TICKETMASTER CANADA http://www.ticketmaster.ca/event/10005684D3104ACB http://www.ticketmaster.ca/event/10005684D3124AD3 * FEI YU CHING FAREWELL CONCERT 2019 AUSTRALIA DATE AND TIME: Saturday, July 27 2019 @ 8:15 PM VENUE LOCATION: Melbourne Convention Centre 1 Convention Center Place South Wharf VIC 3006 Australia TICKET PRICES: VIP AU$ 439, 399, 299, 199, 159, 109 TICKET OUTLET LOCATIONS: Chinatown Cinema Corporation http://www.chinatowncinema.com.au Enquiry: (03) 9662 3465 * FEI YU CHING FAREWELL CONCERT 2019 AUSTRALIA DATE AND TIME: Friday, July 26 2019 @ 8:15 PM VENUE LOCATION: ICC Sydney Theatre Darling Dr, Darling Harbour Sydney NSW 2000 Australia TICKET PRICES: VIP AU$ 438, 389, 288, 198, 108 TICKET OUTLET LOCATIONS: Chinatown Cinema Corporation http://www.chinatowncinema.com.au Enquiry: (02) 9283 6166 * GEORGE LAM "THE SMILING" CONCERT DATE AND TIME: Saturday, July 20 2019 @ 7 PM VENUE LOCATION: Pechanga Summit at Pechanga Resort Casino Pechanga Resort and Casino 45000 Pechanga Pkwy, Temecula CA 92592 https://www.pechanga.com/entertain/george-lam TICKET PRICES: VIP $ 238, 168, 138, 108, 98, 78 TICKET OUTLET LOCATIONS: TICKET MASTER https://www1.ticketmaster.com/0A005699EA7941B5 Ng Hing Kee www.nghingkee.com 518 W Garvey Ave, Monterey Park, CA 91754 (626) 284-4861 * YU YAR AND JOHNNY YIP DATE AND TIME: Saturday, July 6 2019 @ 10 PM VENUE LOCATION: Tropicana Las Vegas 3801 S Las Vegas Blvd. Las Vegas NV 89119 www.troplv.com TICKET OUTLET LOCATION: TICKETMASTER https://www1.ticketmaster.com/event/17005691F02134DE Ng Hing Kee www.nghingkee.com 518 W Garvey Ave, Monterey Park, CA 91754 (626) 284-4861 HQ VIP Services Jade Entertainment www.jadeticket.com * RONALD CHENG ONE MORE TIME WORLD TOUR RENO DATE AND TIME: Saturday, July 6 2019 @ 8 PM VENUE LOCATION: Reno Events Center 400 N Center S. Reno, NV 89501 TICKET PRICES: $ 188, 128, 98, 68 TICKET VENUE LOCATION: ONLINE: http://www.sellingticket.us/site/ * OWEN CHEUNG AND FANG NING SUMMER CONCERT DATE AND TIME: Sunday, June 30 2019 @ 5PM VENUE LOCATION: Morongo Casino Resort and Spa 49500 Seminole Dr. Cabazon CA 92230 TICKET PRICES: $ 98, 68, 48 TICKET OUTLET LOCATIONS: ONLINE: www.jadeticket.com 626-964-4747 * RONALD CHENG ONE MORE TIME WORLD TOUR LOS ANGELES DATE AND TIME: June 29 2019 @ 8 PM VENUE LOCATION: The Show Aqua Caliente Casino 32-250 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage CA 92270 TICKET PRICES: $ 188, 128, 98, 68 TICKET OUTLET LOCATIONS: ONLINE : https://99concerts.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- Box office info : What Box Office Info? The usual suspects : Internet Movie Database, Yahoo! Hong Kong Erors : ye olde chaffing editor For the week ending June 23 2019 10 ROCKETMAN d. Dexter Fletcher Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden 9 GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS d. Michael Dougherty Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Zhang Ziyi 8 DECEPTION OF THE NOVELIST Can : Jok Ga Dik Fong Yin d. Christopher Suen Lap Kei Justin Cheung Kin Sing, Jeana Ho Pui Yu, Linah Matsuoka, Raymond Chiu Wing Hung, Lok Wing, C Kwan (Cheng Sze Kwan), Kelly Chen Ka Lei, Terry Zou (Chow Man Ching), Gregory Wong Chung Hiu, Benny Chan Ho Man, Hugo Goh (Ng Doi Yung), Chan Kwok Kwan, Jessie Fong Wing Lam 7 CHASING THE DRAGON II: WILD WILD BUNCH Can : Jui Lung II Chak Wong Lit : Chasing the Dragon II Thief King d. Wong Jing, Jason Kwan Chi Yiu Tony Leung Ka Fai, Louis Koo Tin Lok, Gordon Lam Ka Tung, Simon Yam Tat Wa, 6 INVINCIBLE DRAGON Can : Gau Lung Buk Bai Lit : Invincible Nine Dragons d. Fruit Chan Gor Max Zhang Jin, Anderson Silva, Kevin Cheng Ka Wing, Annie Liu (Lau Sum Yau), Stephy Tang Lai Yun, Endy Chow Kwok Yin, JuJu Chan Yuk Wan, Hugo Goh (Ng Toi Yung), Rachel Lee Lai Chun, Lam Suet 5 X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX d. Simon Kinberg James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, Alexandria Shipp, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Evan Peters, Jessica Chastain, 4 PARASITE Can : Seung Lau Gei Sun Jook Lit : Upper Class Parasite d. Joon Ho-Bong Song Kang-Ho, Lee Sun-Kyun, Choi Woo-Shik 3 ALADDIN d. Guy Ritchie Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, 2 THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 2 d. Chris Renaud Illumination Animation English Voices: Patton Oswalt, Kevin Hart, Harrison Ford, Eric Stonestreet, Jenny Slate, Tiffany Haddish, Cantonese Voices: Julian Cheung Chi Lam 1 MEN IN BLACK INTERNATIONAL d. F. Gary Gray Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson, ------ Summaries for some of the films above. Some contain SPOILERS INVINCIBLE DRAGON Rating : IIB Length : 90 mins. Opening June 20 2019 Trailer : https://youtu.be/oT1nl5NfWWY [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] The undercover agent with dragon tattoo Kowloon continually helped the police to solve mysterious cases, which made him known as a rising star. However, his impulsive personality dragged him into endless troubles. He got himself into fights with the Macau detective, as well as an American Army veteran Alexander who has a secret linkage to Kowloon’s background... DECEPTION OF THE NOVELIST Rating : IIB Length : 90 mins. Opening May 9 2019 (Preview) Opening June 20 2019 Trailer : https://youtu.be/f_UfKDb_180 A successful young writer is embroiled in the suspected murder of his neighbor. [ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ] Tsui is renowned as an excellent healing author as well as a young successful man. His pieces are called "Chicken Soup for the Soul" for soothing many readers' soul and spirit. The public image of Tsui is a kindhearted family man who loves his wife deeply, though, he has inherited his wealth from his father. Since a trendy and charming lady, Elaine, had moved to live in the upper floor flat of Tsui's apartment, Tsui was facing a great impact on his calm and dull life. One night, Elaine was found dead on the platform of the residence. Tsui admitted to the Police that he had accidentally killed Elaine in anger by pushing her down the platform because Elaine kept on blackmailing him. But then, the case file is not closed as the Police's psychologist, Doctor So, believes that Tsui is not telling the truth after attentive observation from him. There are still several suspectable points in the case. Through serious investigation, Doctor So, eventually discovers that Tsui's wife, Kay, had already known Tsui had an affair with Elaine. Therefore, Doctor So has suspected that Elaine might be killed by Kay out of her hatred and in a spirit of revenge. After all, Who is the murderer? What is the story behind the truth? CHASING THE DRAGON II: WILD WILD BUNCH AKA : MASTER OF RANSOME Opening June 6 2019 Trailer : https://youtu.be/yrQFQHzm-OQ [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] Before 1997, due to the ignorance of the British Administration of Hong Kong, criminal genius Logan savages Hong Kong with a series of notorious crimes. He kidnaps the first sons of the Hong Kong regals, Li and Lui, ransoming over 2 billion dollars. In fear of the offenders avenging, the subjects promise not to report to the police after ransoming the hostages, hence letting Logan and his team evade justice. The police forces of Hong Kong and the mainland are highly concerned with Logan's case and send Sky, a Hong Kong undercover agent to infiltrate into Logan's gang. Sky is brave and intelligent. After various challenges, he manages to get close to Logan and quietly awaits the opportune moment to take action. However, Logan is very careful and cunning. Since no one has reported his crimes, the police cannot arrest him until he makes his next move. After numerous probing attempts, Sky finally unveils the identity of Logan's next kidnap target. Sky believes he has already gained Logan's trust, hence secretly contacts the police to plan their next move, only to realise it is just another test... Will Sky be able to complete his mission, save the hostage, and bring Logan to justice? PARASITE Rating : IIB Length : 132 mins. Opening June 20 2019 Trailer : https://youtu.be/p8KClAj2PXQ [ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ] The winner of Palme d’OR – Cannes Film Festival. Ki-taek's family of four is close, but fully unemployed, with a bleak future ahead of them. The son Ki-woo is recommended by his friend, a student at a prestigious university, for a well-paid tutoring job, spawning hopes of a regular income. Carrying the expectations of all his family, Ki-woo heads to the Park family home for an interview. Arriving at the house of Mr. Park, the owner of a global IT firm, Ki-woo meets Yeon-kyo, the beautiful young lady of the house. But following this first meeting between the two families, an unstoppable string of mishaps lies in wait. ------ GLOBAL CHINESE MUSIC CHART For the week starting June 22 2019 15 THE HIDDEN MEMORY Can : Yun Yik Dik Gei Lim Ashin https://youtu.be/HCCNgmm-8rk 14 JIANG Can : Keung Meng Meiqi@Rocket Girls https://youtu.be/hxwGb2sGy5o 13 BIG BOWL THICK NOODLE Can : Dai Woon Foon Min Kris Wu (Ng Yik Fan) https://youtu.be/rQPPPaLTQsY 12 PRETTY CRAZY Joey Yung Cho Yi https://youtu.be/pNlnj5go5tQ 11 ACTUALLY LONELY Can : Kei Suk Jik Mok Kay Tse On Kay https://youtu.be/dN-rqS1-KFk 10 WHITE HAIR Can : Bak Fak Khalil Fong Datong https://youtu.be/zr56RLXc4u8 9 HARMLESS Can : Mo Fong Sun Nan https://youtu.be/KnoQDssWajg 8 I REMEMBER Can : Ngor Gei Dut Jinny Ng Yeuk Hei https://youtu.be/DCQL0OnCOC0 7 BRILLIANT YOU Can : Chan Lan Dik Nei Wang Feng https://youtu.be/EZEh5CLU9Fc 6 AS A MONSTER Can : Jok Wai Gwai Muk Chris Lee Yuchun X Wu Tsing-Fong https://youtu.be/dM5zQPZV60M 5 WOMXNLY Can : Mui Gwai Siu Nin Jolin Tsai (Choi Yi Lam) https://youtu.be/feOq6MWeUXA 4 PASSING BY HUMANITY Can : Lo Gor Yun Gan Yisa Yu (Yuk Hor Wai) https://youtu.be/ucy5q5Pjp0M 3 MORE THAN FRIENDS Can : Chiu Yau Yi Eman Lam/Number Six@RubberBand https://www.kkbox.com/hk/tc/song/yKm0067L1L4BBQWcBBQWc0XL-index.html https://youtu.be/VUOb30w3Mx8 2 WAITING FOR YOU Can : Dung Nei Jeung Diamond Zhang Bichen https://youtu.be/tmivkp4p64Q 1 HOW AM I Can : Ngor Ho Ma Fish Leong Jing Yu https://youtu.be/NzbIolOSWto ---------------------- HK Top Ten Central hktopten@hotmail.com http://www.geocities.ws/hktopten | http://hktopten.blogspot.com