From: NO TOP TEN CENTRAL Newsgroups: alt.asian-movies,soc.culture.hongkong.entertainment Subject: [TAKE OVER] HKSAR Film No Top 10 Box Office (May 18 2023) 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. Cecilia Cheung Pak Chi who celebrates her birthday on May 24th B. Eva Lai Yin Shan who celebrates her birthday on May 20th C. Pak Suet Sin who celebrates her birthday on May 19th D. Chow Yun Fat who celebrates his birthday on May 18th E. Nelson Cheung Hok Yun who passed away on May 18th 2. MISCELLANEOUS * (2023/05/24) Michelle Wai Sze Nga and Wong Yau Nam starred in the film TALES FROM THE OCCULT: BODY AND SOUL (SUT HUNG HUNG GAN ji JUI YU SAT)'s segment RAPUNZEL (TAU FAT). With her beautiful hair, Wai Sze Nga played a girl group member who was being stalked by the deranged hairstylist Yau Nam. In the film she had to be tied up, chased and screamed with all her might. During the shoot the on set atmosphere even scared the crew. Even Yau Nam praised how tough she was. Having made many horror films, Wai Sze Nga has never had any trauma. Actually she had a therapy that was filled with childlike innocence for her soul. She said, "As soon as I finish a stressful scene, I would go home and watch cartoon. Some people say cartoon has therapeutic power, I don't know if it's true or not; but I rely on this to recover." Playing a deranged character for the first time, Yau Nam spent a month in advance to study hair washing and cutting technique from a hairstylist. During the shoot he even played the "hair wash boy" and washed Wai Sze Nga's hair. "I have never played such an extreme character, both the director and I agree on an image change. This time I want everyone to see a Yan Nam no one has seen before." Wai Sze Nga was asked whether she hoped to find a breakthrough in her career? She said, "I have always been breaking through, now instead I wouldn't deliberately think about what I want to do. I used to really want to try new things; now even if the character is very similar to before, I would be very excited. I would think about how I could break through with the limited space. The only thing I want to try is a play or a silent drama. My shortcoming is body language, so I want to study in this area." * (2023/05/23) Karena Lam Ka Yun returned to a horror film after many years, playing a nurse in the film TALES OF THE OCCULT: BODY AND SOUL (SUT HUNG HUNG GAN ji JUI YU SAT)'s segment TOOTH FAIRY with tis share of bloody violent scenes. She challenged a S and M bed scene, not only wrapping her co-star Kelvin's head in a plastic bag but also choking him and chaining him to the bed. Before the shoot began, Ka Yun saw the topless Kelvin and joked, "I want to kill you, your figure is much better than mine. I am very mad." After the passion, Ka Yun admitted that she was nervous about her first S and M scene. "I was very worried, Kelvin's hands and necks were only belted and his head was in a plastic bag. Playing scenes like these I have to use real force to look the part. If the belts were loose it wouldn't look good. Everything had to be precise, I tried to get it in one take as much as possible to keep my co-star from having a tough time." Each time the director yelled cut, Ka Yun immediately untied Kelvin and asked how he was. "Everyone understood that making this scene would be tough, but safety is the most important." * (2023/05/21) Stephen Fung Tak Lun as a producer, a director and an actor attended two days of forums and shared exchanges about the unique perspective of Hong Kong film along with actor Angela Yuen Lai Lam, new director Cheuk Yik Him and others. Stephen has always supported Hong Kong film. This time he attended in hopes of being able to do something for the Hong Kong film industry. Stephen said, "I am very honored, very happy that the Hong Kong Film Development Council and Create Hong Kong invited me to attend this forum and Hong Kong Night. I am very happy to have a in depth exchange with new directors and new actors, and shared with everyone my film industry experience. I hope in the future I would be able to work with some more Hong Kong new directors." During the pandemic, Stephen reduced exchanges with overseas filmmakers. With this trip to the Cannes Film Festival, he was also happy to meet overseas filmmakers. He said, "With the Cannes Film festival is also the opportunity to have contact with foreign filmmakers and film companies. Because of the pandemic I haven't been here in a very long time, and this has been a very fun process." As the first forum, Stephen and Yuen Lai Lam shared the stage. He at first did not know her, so he did his "homework" on his flight to Cannes and watched Angela's movie to get to know her. Stephen said, "Because I didn't know Angela before, on the flight I watched her performance in THE NARROW ROAD (JAK LO MEI CHUN) and thought that she performed very well. In the future she definitely would be a good and successful actor." * (2023/05/21) Famous Hong Kong image director Nelson Cheung Hok Yun's suicide rocked the entertainment scene. Nel Nel's good friend Candy Law Lan at an event clarified on behalf of Nel Nel's family and that the incident was caused by depression and not financial distress. Ali Lee Kai Sum, Law Lam, Sharon Luk Sze Wan, Chan Kwan Yi and Liz Kong Hei Man yesterday attended a beauty center flagship store opening. After the ceremony, Law Lam got choked while talking about Nel Nel. She had to duck away to recover from her emotions before she was able to continue her interview. Law Lam said that a hour before attending the event, she received a call from Nel Nel's family. They asked her to clarify that Nel Nel was not in financial trouble, but he had depression. They hoped the related report videos could be removed. They did not want the family and Nel Nel to be blamed. Law Lam recalled the company dinner with Nel Nel in Shenzhen earlier (the 17th), he seemed to be down but at the time she thought that he was just tired from just finishing a 6 hour live stream. Thinking back, over the past few days she already sensed that Nel Nel was very tired and much thinner. Reportedly someone skipped out on paying Nel Nel. Law Lam said that that might be a possibility but she was not certain. However it definitely would not be at this company. Because she and Nel Nel were at the same company, she knew that Nel Nel and the company's account was in 6 figures. His family would donate the entire sum after the company's commission to charity. As for funeral arrangement, Law Lam revealed that Nel Nel's family has already arrived in Shenzhen and would discuss whether to transport the remains to Hong Kong or to have it cremated first. * (2023/05/20) Famous Hong Kong image director and fashion designer Nelson Cheung Hok Yun two nights ago died in an apparent suicide at age 59 in the mainland. Because Nel Nel worked in show business for many years, he had connections with many artists. His friend over 30 years Maria Cordero contacted his family as soon as she heard the news. thus before the coroner arrived, she already knew. Fat Ma was so heartbroken that she had difficulty sleeping; many artists also remembered him online. Fat Ma responded around 4AM because she was in such sorrow that she had difficulty sleeping. "In the past year I haven't seen him. Earlier he made a lot of money on my platform, then he went to Shenzhen as he wanted to have his own platform. I was happy for him and thought that he really did well. I was busy with my own work. In addition lately with the restrictions lifted I have been able to perform on tour. I couldn't be busier. I never thought that my first call was to find his family......it's very hard to settle down. Last night I really got too many calls. I took sleeping pills to sleep, but woke up after awhile. No matter how big the trouble was he still had Ma, for over 30 years if he had any problem he would call me first. I would immediately resolve it with him, and think of ways to find work for him. I thought he was doing very well. In the past year I thought he was doing very well, didn't need my help, so I spent time to help other people. I truly am very, very heartbroken. 30 years haven't been a short time.....may he have safe journey! My condolences to his family." Cheung Hok Yun's final public appearance was on Tuesday evening (the 16th) when he was a live online stream with Sharon Luk Sze Wan. Some said that at the time he was a little dazed and quiet. Luk Wan Sze said that behind the camera that day they chatted and he was very normal. He did not mention any trouble or unhappiness. He was a very happy person, so she still could not believe this to be true. Shirley Kwan Suk Yi and Cheung Hok Yun were close friends of 20 years. Her good friend's passing left her very shocked and heartbroken. He said that she and Cheung Hok Yun used to be great friends, in recent years they had fewer contact. He was happy and humorous, and very willing to help friends. She did not understand how he got to this place. When she remembered their happy memories, she was very saddened. Candy Lo (Law Lam) was rumored to be Nel Nel's neighbor, and two days ago Law Lam was also the one who discovered Nel Nel was in trouble. Law Lam has known Nel Nel for over 30 years. He nominated her to compete in Miss Asia. He also introduced her to the live stream company she worked for in Shenzhen. Now that Nel Nel passed away, she was still upset. She responded to media in text message and clarified that actually Nel Nel's company colleague discovered Nel Nel was in distress and she was not his neighbor. "On the evening of the 17th I had dinner with him and a company colleague. Perhaps due to depression, the past few days he was more emotionally low. She never expected that something like this would happen on the evening of the 18th. She immediately rushed to the location to get an understanding, but it was truly too sudden. All of his family and friends who loved him felt very heartbroken and saddened! He was kind and happy to help others, he also only shared good news but not bad news. May he have a safe journey! RIP" As for Nel Nel's friend Emily Kwan Bo Wai, after hearing the news she collapsed in tears. She later posted their photo on social media. "Love you forever! Already the fourth one this year, you have to be strong Nel, no need to be afraid anymore. See you soon, you are great!" Ruth Tsang (Lo Fu) and Nel Nel two years ago in April switched jobsto become salespeople. They sold goods at market stalls. Nel Nel at the time revealed that due to the pandemic his income was unstable. Ruth was very heartbroken to hear about Nel Nel and was speechless. Chung Wai Bing remembered Nel Nel with their photo and mentioned that the last time they saw each other was over ten years ago at the Top Ten Chinese Gold Song Awards. "He maintained his gentle ways, 'Sister Bing' left and 'Sister Bing' right, he was tender and sweet as usual! he told me that now he lived in Shenzhen, which was convenient for his 'live stream' work. I even set up an appointment with him to work on some projects together on my platform program." Nel Nel also sent his regards to her daughter Lam Ching Lei. When he learned that she was a host too, he immediately said, "Huh, then let me go backstage and check out her make up!" This was the last thing he said to me! "Those words actually represented his personality, direct, generous, carefree, willing to contribute his effort at anytime, was all in heart and soul for friends!" Chung Wai Bing remembered working with Nel Nel on Cable Television for over 6 years. She never thought that he actually chose to contribute a "news" item in the end. Although she did not understand, she still wished him a safe journey, from now on may he live in a place that was full of "love"! Tavia Yeung Sai Hiu (Yeung Yi) posted on social media, "Today I heard the news, I felt very sorry. When I officially met you, we were already working together on the I HAVE A DATE WITH SPRING musical. You were responsible for image design and play the role of Brother Pak Long." In her heart, Nel Nel liked to help people, take care of the younger generation and generous. "In our hearts you were so happy... farewell, Nel Nel, may you continue to be happy in another place. Have a safe journey......RIP." Yeung Yuk Mui shared many photos in remembrance. "Nel Nel everything are beautiful memories, from when I started in the business and met you at the beauty pageant to now I still don't dare to believe this is real. I admire your direct personality, honest, friendly, willing to help others. I wish you a safe journey, miss you always.....RIP!" Karen Tong Bo Yu also expressed her heartache nd would always remember Nel Nel. Cheung Hok Yun's father was Hong Kong soccer king of a generation Cheung Chi Doy. In 1980, Nel Nel went to Canada with her mother and studied fashion design there. In 1989 he returned to Hong Kong for summer vacation, met famous model Ellen Lau Guen Guen, and was invited to be the Miss Asia pageant image designer. Thus he began to his image design career. He also was the image consultant for artists like Priscilla Chan Wai Han, Aaron Kwok Fu Sing and Jordan Chan Siu Chun. Having worked in show business for years, he also performed on screen as he guest starred in films and was a host on Cable programs. * (2023/05/20) Chow Yun Fat two days ago celebrated his 68th birthday. "Fat Soh" Jasmine Tan presented a sweet surprise, arranging for Fat Gor's friends Alex Fong Chung Shun, Kenny Wong Tak Bun, producer Wong Bun, directors Felix Chong Man Keung and Anthony Pun (Poon Yiu Ming), as well as Fat Gor's "Iron Fans" Anita Yuen Wing Yee and Julian Cheung Chi Lam to celebrate with the birthday boy. Fat Soh even accompanied by the film GOD OF GAMBLERS (DOH SUN)'s classic music personally presented the cake. Fat Gor jokingly wielded the knife as he cut the cake while his friends sang the birthday song and thanked all the guests. A fellow iron fan with his wife Len Len, Cheung Chi Lam also made it for the cake cutting and the group photo. As soon as he saw Fat Gor he gave him a hug. Len Len even shot a video. First outside the door she said that she would have dinner with her favorite person and asked everyone to guess. Then she told everyone there was no need to guess. When she opened the door and Fat Gor and Fat Soh was already sitting at the dinner table. Len Len said, "It's my super idol Mr. Chow Yun Fat, today is my dear Fat Gor's birthday, Happy Birthday! We also have our super beauty (Fat Soh), come and see!" Fat Soh immediately raised a victory sign. Len Len also asked Fat Gor to talk about his birthday wish. Fat Gor joked, "Chow Yun Fat Happy Birthday, Good Health, I wish for the movie (ONE MORE CHANCE) to have many viewers!" Len Len said, "It must!" Fat also said, "It must, great, thank you!" * (2023/05/19) Dick Liu Kai Ch's final film FATE (SAI SEUNG JI YAU BA BA HO) recently opened. Earlier a premiere was held. Uncle Chi's widow Chan Man Yi said that this was a movie that touched her and also would be able to touch the audience. The story was related to organ donation. In the film Uncle Chi and Chiu Sin Hang played father and son who were mad at each other. Hang Jia remembered working with Uncle Chi and said that he first Uncle Chi for the first time on the set. He rarely talked to him; in one silent father and son meal scene, during rehearsal, Uncle Chi was looking at his phone. Hang Jai at first felt that was very strange. In the film Uncle Chi was a taxi driver. Later Hang Ji realized that Uncle Chi on his phone installed a taxi dispatch app to get into character. He also used this way to bring Hang Jai into character, and made this silent meal scene much richer in emotions. This was a very professional and smart way to act, and he has learned from it. Hang Jai said that Uncle Chi after leaving the character was a great elder and took great care of the younger generations. Thus he was very thankful and happy to have a chance to work with him. Hero Yuen Ching Fung also had memories from making this film. "Working with Uncle Chi was a shocking experience, from at first the feeling of seeing a giant to the process of working with him I discovered my shortcoming and nailed it right on the head. I remembered that after finishing the shoot, I had to spend 3 months to digest that disillusion because I experienced the difference in substance. Being able to rehearse with Uncle Chi felt very wonderful and fortunate!" * (2023/05/19) The "Strongest in the Universe" Donnie Yen Chi Tan at this year's Cannes Film Festival announced 3 movies in preparation. Among them as soon as IP MAN 5's poster was released it immediately became the media focus! Because the series has already shot its "final chapter", yesterday Chi Tan and Raymond Wong Pak Ming discussed the cause behind the return! Yen Chi Tan for years has liked to challenge different subject films, like the earlier SAKRA (TIN LUNG BAK BO ji KIU FUNG JUEN) and his Hollywood film with Keanu Reeves, JOHN WICK 4, all had different styles. Yesterday Mandarin Motion Pictures at the Cannes Film Festival announced that it would work with Chi Tan on 3 movies IP MAN 5, FLASH POINT RESURGENCE (DOH FOR SIN 2) and MIDJUDGEMENT (NG POON) and released film concept posters. IP MAN 5 and FLASH POINT RESURGENCE would all be sequels to classic films. Among them IP MAN 5 led to the biggest response, all because the film including the spin off has already made 5 movies. In the 2019 release IP MAN 4 Ip Man already passed away in the film. At the time the film company also pointed out that it was the subject's "ultimate film", but now it has been "resurrected" and made many online curious. The boss of the film company that would invest in the film, Wong Pak Ming yesterday personally explained the reason. He said, "In recent years when I met with many film companies around the world, they would ask to make more IP MAN. Because the previous films performed very well, Chi Tan and I have examined the possibility, to make another one at the 15th anniversary of IP MAN. The two of us have an understanding, first we don't have to repeat anything, we want to have new methods and new feeling for film viewers. So everything would wait until the script has been done before further announcement." As soon as the news of IP MAN 5 surfaced, many buyers went to ask at the film company's Cannes exhibit stall. FLASH 2 has also been another focus for buyers. The film opened in 2007, Wilson Yip Wai Shun directed, Chi Tan, Louis Koo Tin Lok, Fan Bingbing and others starred. Due to how explosive the action scenes were, the film has won word of mouth. Now with the sequel after 16 years, would the original team return? Chi Tan only talked about the reason for the sequel. "Actually all along I have hoped to be able to continue to challenge my own limits in Chinese action films. Back then the MMA in FLASH POINT many are still talking about now. Many people send videos to ask me how I came up with those moves." Because of this motivation, he kept thinking about another breakthrough and make a heart pounding action film. It was also the reason FLASH 2 would appear. Chi Tan would also work with the film company on the new film MISJUDGEMENT, the film's concept poster had the back of the lawyer. Many online guessed whether Chi Tan would play the lawyer and some were reminded of the box office hit THE GUILTY CONSCIENCE (DUK SIT DAI JONG), but Wong Pak Ming said, "Ours will be an action film, completely different from other films. Chi Tan is highly demanding for action. I believe no matter what character, what environment, he definitely would hand over high quality action scenes to repay the audience." Working with Chi Tan again, Wong Pak Ming was asked if he made him an astronomical offer to make 3 movies in one breath? He said, "Chi Tan and I would work on many movies in different ways, not just these 3. It would be a very long term collaboration that cannot be measured with money. It would be priceless." Chi Tan also joked, "With Brother Pak Ming we are about the heart and not the gold." [ In Production Now/Soon ] Can : Ba Ba d. Philip Yung Tsz Kwong Sean Lau Ching Wan FLY ME TO THE MOON Can : Dan Yuen Yun Cheung Gau d. Sasha Chuk Chi Ngan Wu Kang-Ren, Angela Yuen Lai Lam, Natalie Hsu (Hui Yan Yi) THE WONDER d. Riley Yip Marf Yau@COLLAR, Sheena Chan Shu Yan [ SCREEN DAILY FILMART 2023 ] A high-school student with a speech disorder uses different personas to sell second-hand lingerie online and attracts unexpected attention. STUNTMAN Can : Mo Tai Jeh d. 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Sun Lap Kei Justin Cheung Kin Sing, Louis Cheung Kai Chung, Mark Cheng Ho Nam, Wong Kwong Leung, Babyjohn Choi BURSTING POINT Can : Bau Lit Dim Lit : Explosion Point d. Calvin Tong Wai Hon Nick Cheung Ka Fai, William Chan Wai Ting, Shaun Tam Chun Yin, Tony Yang, Chrissie Chau Sau Na, Isabella Leong Lok Si, Wong Yau Nam, Kevin Chu Kam Yin, Sunny Dai Yu Ming, Angus Yeung Tin Yue, Jonathan Cheung Wing Hong, Aiden Hung Hung Jor Sing, Adrien Yau Tsz Him [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] This is the story of a chief inspector in the anti-narcotics unit who holds true to his beliefs as a police officer. He puts everything on the line to crack down on drugs and bring drug traffickers to justice. How will our hero resolve this "bursting point" crisis? I DID IT MY WAY Can : Chim Hung Lit : Undercover Walk d. Jason Kwan Chi Yiu Andy Lau Tak Wa, Gordon Lam Ka Tung, Eddie Peng Yu-Yan, Cya Liu, Simon Yam Tat Wa, Lam Suet, Kent Cheng Juk Si, Hedwig Tam Sin Yin, Chu Kam Yin, Philip Keung Ho Man Opening 2023 TRIAD 3 Can : Jat Jik 3 d. Ng Ka Wai Bosco Wong Chung Chak, Carlos Chan Ka Lok, Louis Cheung Kai Chung, Niki Chow Lai Kei, Mark Cheng Ho Nam, Michael Tao Dai Yu ONE NIGHT IN SCHOOL Can : Yeh Hau Lit : Night School d. Lau Yung MC Cheung Tin Fu, Candy Wong Hei Yi, Ling Man Lung, Heidi Lee Ching Yi, Ashina Kwok Yik Sum, Fong Wing Lam, Ng Siu Hin, Tsui Ho Cheong, Lai Hok Kun, Ken Law Ho Ming, Tsim Shui Man, Eric Kot Man Fai, Summer Chan Chi Huen READY OR ROT AKA : READY OR KNOT 2 Can : But Yut Sing Fun 2 d. Anselm Chan Mau Yin Carlos Chan Ka Lok, Michelle Wai Sze Nga, Chu Pak Hong, Kaki Sham, Renci Yeung Si Wing, Law Kar Ying, Vincent Kok Tak Chiu, Elaine Jin (Kam Yin Ling), Fish Liew Chi Yu, Michael Ning (Bak Ji) Teaser : https://youtu.be/BOjzdFwq6bY [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] Guy and Heidi are finally headed for the altar, but pressure from Guy's mother creates so much friction between them that they wonder why they got married in the first place. Meanwhile, Grey Bear suspects that his wife may be cheating on him, and Ken faces the biggest crisis of his life when Jessica accidentally gets pregnant. UNDER CURRENT Can : Noi Mok Lit : Inside Information d. Alan Mak Siu Fai Aaron Kwok Fu Sing, Simon Yam Tat Wa, Francis Ng Chun Yu, Alex Fong Chung Shun, Niki Chow Lai Kei, Kathy Yuen (Tong Yee), Gladys Lee Ching Kwan, Chan Kwok Bong, Lok Ying Kwan, Geng Changjun, Max Cheung Tat Lun [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] A foundation's chief financial officer is hang to his death on the stage during the annual charity party. As suspicions surround his death, rumors of a missing $200 million charitable donation begin to run rampant, attracting the attention of the masses... CUSTOMS FRONTLINE Can : Hoi Guan Jin Sin Lit : Customs Front Line d. Herman Yau Lai To Jacky Cheung Hok Yau, Nicholas Tse Ting Fung, Karena Lam Ka Yan, Cya Liu, Francis Ng Chun Yu, Kenny Kwan Chi Bun, Michelle Wai Sze Nga, Carlos Chan Ka Lok, Angus Yeung Tin Yue, Michelle Yim (Mai Suet), Shek Sau, Amanda S., Ben Yuen Fu Wa, Melvin Wong Kam Sun, Brahim Chab Opening 2023 Teaser : https://youtu.be/JtVM_VgfYE8 [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department officers Chow Ching-lai and Cheung Wan-nam share a close mentor-student relationship. On a case involving seized smuggled arms, Ching-lai is sent to take part in a joint operation with Interpol to capture a reclusive arms dealer. However, Wan-nam makes a drastic decision that complicates the case even further. AS IT BURNS Can : Bak Jau Yu Fun d. Lee Po Cheung Jasper Liu (Lau Yi Ho), Stephy Tang Lai Yan, Ray Lui Leung Wai, Gladys Li Ching Kwan, TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN AKA : KOWLOON WALLED CITY (Working title) Can : Gau Lung Sing Jai Wai Sing d. Soi Cheang Po Soi Louis Koo Tin Lok, Sammo Hung Kam Bo, Raymond Lam Fung, Terrance Lau Chun Him, Richie Jen (Yam Yin Chai), Kenny Wong Tak Bun, Philip Ng Won Lung, Tony Wu Tsz Tung, German Cheung Man Kit, Max Zhang Jin Length : 100 mins. [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] Set in the eighties inside the dangerous and enigmatic Kowloon Walled City, which was a de jure Chinese enclave within British colonial Hong Kong, Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In follows troubled youth Chan Lok-kwun as he accidentally enters the Walled City, discovers the order amidst its chaos, and learns important life lessons along the way. In the Walled City, he becomes close friends with Shin, Twelfth Master and AV. Under the leadership of Tornado, they resist against the invasion of villain Mr. Big in a series of fierce battles. Together, they vow to protect the safe haven that is Kowloon Walled City. [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] Adapted from the award-winning Hong Kong cult manga series "City of Darkness", this action thriller is set in the eighties inside the dangerous and enigmatic Kowloon Walled City which was a de jure Chinese enclave within British colonial Hong Kong. The walled city is populated by people in the lowest strata of society, among whom are various colorful and kung-fu savvy characters: e.g. a Vietnamese immigrant biding time for revenge, an ex-boxer on the lookout for his kidnapped girlfriend, a katana wielding martial arts boy wonder from Temple Street, as well as a local gang leader and his loyal friend. When the British Hong Kong government tries to demolish the Walled City once and for all with the help of a Triad kingpin and his ruffian underlings, they gather all the residents in the enclave behind them to fight against the invaders and protect their homes and properties. TRIAD 2 Can : Jat Jik 2 d. Terry Ng Ka Wai Bosco Wong Chung Chak, Carlos Chan Ka Lok, Louis Cheung Ka Chung, Niki Chow Lai Kei, Kent Cheng Juk Si, Melvin Wong Kam Sun, Kenny Wong Tak Bun, Michelle Wai Sze Nga, Ben Yuen Fu Wa, Jacquelin Chong Si Man, Kenneth Lai Chun, German Cheung Man Kit [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] Seventeen years ago, triad member Chai helped his childhood friend Meow flee Hong Kong after Meow attempted to kill Chai's boss. Now a successful triad figure, Chai runs into Meow, who has returned to Hong Kong to make an honest living. Caught between his duty to his gang and his loyalty to his friend once again, how will Chai choose? ROB N ROLL Can : Lum Si Hai Gip Lit : Temporary Armed Robbery d. Albert Mak Kai Kwong Aaron Kwok Fu Sing, Gordon Lam Ka Tung,Richie Jen (Yam Yin Chai), Maggie Cheung Ho Yi, Nancy Wu Ting Yan, Lam Suet, Leung Chung Hang, Calvert Fu Ka Tsun, Paulyn Sun Kai Kwan, Kathy Wong Chung Yan, John Chiang, Jr. (Chiang Cheuk Man), Deon Cheung Chung Chi, Mike Tsang Pei Tak, Ansonbean (Chan Ngai Sun), Nina Paw Hee Ching, John Chiang Dai Wai, Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/movierobnroll/ INEXTERNAL Can : Lui Ying Oi Hup Lit : Inside Response Outside Coordination d. Steve Yuen Kim Wai Louis Cheung Kai Chung, Angus Yeung Tin Yue, Macy Ma Sihui, Ng Wai Nam, Catherine Chau Ka Yee, Zhang Na, Jacquelin Chong Si Man, Deep Ng Ho Hong, Candy Yu On On, Can : Fun Sau Juen Ga Lit : Break Up Expert d. Patrick Kong (Yip Lim Sum) Carlos Chan Ka Lok, Tsang Lok Tung, Lai Chun, Macy Ma Sihui, Chung Ching, Polly Lau Yeuk Bo, Bob Lam Sing Bun, Master Seven (Chut Sin Yu) REMEMBER ME, REMEMBER LOVE Can : Oi Wan Gei Dut Lit : Love Still Remembers d. Ho Fung Penny Chan Kwok Fung, Snow Suen Man Suet, Wong Man Piu, Snowy Bai Yun, Tony Wong Wai Tung, Clorinda Chan Wing Lan, Lucas Chui Ho Dik, Meka (O Mai Ka Yi), Natalie Chan Bui Yi, Winnie So Yat Chi, Kelly Lin Kai Lai, Ho Pui Lam, Tsang Wing Kei, Kam Sun Fung, Moonna Tam Mung Na, Lai Chun Tat STAND UP STORY Can : Suet Siu Ji Yun Lit : Person who Tells Jokes d. Au Cheuk man Ng Siu Hin, Ben Yuen Fu Wa, Ng Wing Sze [ SCREEN DAILY ] The film tells the story of a man who gets involved in stand-up comedy, as an emotional outlet after becoming the primary caregiver to his intellectually disabled father. MAN ON THE EDGE Can : Bin Yuen Hung Jeh Lit : Edge Walker d. Sam Wong Ming Sing Sammo Hung Kam Bo, Simon Yam Tat Wa, Richie Jen (Yam Yin Chai), Alex Fong Chung Shun, Patrick Tam Yiu Man, Ron Ng Cheuk Hei, Jerry Lamb Hiu Fung, Karena Lam Ka Yun Opening April 15 2022 in Mainland China THE GOLDFINGER AKA : ONCE UPON A TIME IN HONG KONG Can : Gum Sau Ji Lit : Gold Finger d. Felix Chong Man Keung Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Andy Lau Tak Wa, Simon Yam Tat Wa, Alex Fong Chung Shun, Charlene Choi Cheuk Yin, Philip Keung Ho Man, Ken Hung Cheuk Lap, Carlos Chan Ka Lok, Catherine Chau Ka Yee, Chin Ka Lok, Dee Ho Kai Wa Opening 2023 Teaser : https://youtu.be/UDbHJ-f-mVk [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] In the 1980's, a stock market crash causes the sudden collapse of a multi-billion-dollar company. Elite anti-corruption investigator Lau uncovers a criminal conspiracy involving the company founder Ching, who built the company from the ground up. Little does Lau know that he's about to meet his match in a HK$200 million investigation that will entangle him for years to come. [ SCREEN DAILY ] the film is set in Hong Kong in the 1980s when a stock-market crash causes the sudden collapse of a multi-billion-dollar company. An anticorruption investigator uncovers a criminal conspiracy involving the company's founder, and becomes entangled in a long-running investigation. --- [ NOW SHOWING ] TALES FROM THE OCCULT: BODY AND SOUL Can : Sut Hung Hung Gan ji Jui Yu Sat AKA : TALES FROM THE OCCULT 2 d. Frank Hui Hok Man, Daniel Chan Yu Hang, Doris Wong Chin Hin Karena Lam Ka Yan, Michelle Wai Sze Nga, Terrance Lau Chun Him, Cecilia Choi Sze Wan, Wong Yau Nam, Chu Kam Hong, Kevin Chu Kam Yin, Tony Wu Tsz Tung, ANSONBEAN (Chan Ngai Sun), Scott Choi Ho Yin Rating : IIB Length : 93 mins. Opening May 25 2023 Trailer : https://youtu.be/qTeMK2r5l9U [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] "Rapunzel" (directed by Frank HUI) When a hair model's tresses are sullied in a carouse, she walks into a hair salon to salvage her sole pride and joy, only to meet her most macabre end. "Cheshire Cat" (directed by Daniel CHAN) A man that is asked by an animal lover to investigate incidents of cat torture turns out to be the perpetrator himself, whose next target could be human. "Tooth Fairy" (directed by Doris WONG) The death of a philandering dentist initially suggests a crime of passion, but it soon comes to light that a patient of his might not be as innocent as she looks. THE BEST IS YET TO COME Can : But Ji But Yau d. Wang Jing Bai-Ke, Miao Miao, Zhang Songwen Rating : I Length : 114 mins. Opening May 25 2023 [ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ] China, 2003. Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed journalism intern Han Dong decides to change the fate of 100 million people with a single article. GODSPEED d. Yi Xiaoxing Qiao Shan, Fan Chengcheng, Ma Li, Zhang Jingyi Rating : IIA Length : 100 mins. Opening May 25 2023 [ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ] A family of four people experience a laughable and touching truck journey. Truck driver Zhou Donghai doesn't think Wan Yi Fan is good enough as his son-in-law-to-be. In order to make his future father-in-law happy, Wan Yifan has been trying hard but keeps doing wrong things. At the same time his mother-in-law Huo Meimei and daughter Zhou Weiyu are also trying their best to reconcile the two rivals. The unlucky Boy will be able to pass all the tests of his future father-in-law Zhou Donghai during the journey? DAY OFF Can : Boon Yat Gung Yau d. Fu Tien-yu Lu Hsiao-fen, Fu Meng-po, Shih Ming-shuai, Annie Chen, Fang Chih-yu, Bolin Chen, Austin Lin Length : 106 mins. Opening May 18 2023 [ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ] For forty years A-Rui has been running a barbershop, a small place where she has seen happiness and sorrow, ebb and flow. Faced with all the troubles in her life, A-Rui fully commits to her work and defeat is never an option for her, but her children never appreciate it and treat her profession with disdain. One day, A-Rui receives a phone call from the family of an old regular client who moved far away a long time ago. The family asks A-Rui if she would be willing to travel to cut the hair for the bedridden old man. Reminded of what her master taught her, "Always provide your best service," A-Rui decides to hang up the "Day Off" sign and closes her shop for one day. She drives her beat-up old car and embarks on a long journey to do something others think is not worthwhile. FATE Can : Sai Seung Ji Yau Ba Ba Ho d. Gurt Wong Lui Lok Liu Kai Chi, Chiu Sin Hang, Baby Po Pui Yue, Hero Yuen Ching Fung, Kimi Chiu Wing Yiu Nina Paw Hee Ching, Mimi Kung Chi Yan, Amy Tam Ka Chuen, Milkson Fong Siu Chung Rating : IIA Length : 95 mins. Opening March 30 2023 Opening May 18 2023 [ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ] Delivery truck driver, Uncle Chuen, works hard every day to put food on the table. His only son, Chong, is only interested in photography. Uncle Chuen doesn't like how Chong idles his days away doing nothing, and this is a frequent flashpoint between the two. One time during an argument, Uncle Chuen slapped Chong on the face, and Chong ran out of the house, but didn't forsee that Chong would be hit unexpectedly by a car. Uncle Chuen and his wife rushed to the hospital, but there was no way to save him. The director of organ donation at the hospital found out that Chong had registered as an organ donor before he died. Although Uncle Chuen still could not accept his son's death, he pushed through the pain to fulfil his son's dying wish, to leave a gift to those still alive. SOCIAL DISTANCING AKA : SOCIAL DISTANCE Can : Din Ji Ling d. Gilitte Leung Bik Chi Gladys Li Ching Kwan, Angus Yeung Tin Yue, Jeana Ho Pui Yu, Zeno Koo Ting Hin, Mimi Kung Chi Yan, Kevin Chu Kam Yin, Paco Wong Hing Nam, Moss Wu (Ng Chi Mak), Lee Li, Max Cheung Tat Lun, Rating : IIB Length : 99 mins. Opening January 2022 (POSTPONED) Opening July 11 2022 at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival Opening May 11 2023 Site : https://www.bifan.kr/eng/program/program_view.asp?pk_seq=6244&sc_category_seq=5020&sc_num=1&actEvent=view [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] Cherry is a typical internet-obsessed woman who spends her days on her phone. After seeing a warning about an "e-ghost" in YouTube, she encounters numerous strange occurrences that force her to believe its existence. When the "e-ghost" takes control of her family, she must reach into the demons in her memories to free herself of the demon in her phone. FLASHOVER Can : Gaing Tin Gau Woon d. Oxide Pang Chun Du Jiang, Wang Qiangyuan, Tong Liya, Han Xue, Yu Haoming, Elvis Han Dongjun, Wang Ge Rating : IIB Length : 114 mins. Opening May 11 2023 Trailer : https://youtu.be/BLoD0b-Qkng [ CINANDO ] A mild earthquake ignites a disastrous explosion in a chemical plant, which wipes out the entire industrial zone. A group of firefighters put their lives on the line to combat the blaze that is to devour the neighborhood and demand sacrifices... FRAGMENTS OF THE LAST WILL d. Takahisa Zeze Kazunari Ninomiya, Keiko Kitagawa, Tori Matsuzaka, Kento Nakajima, Akira Terao, Kenta Kiritani, Ken Yasuda Rating : IIA Length : 133 mins. Opening May 11 2023 [ CINEMA CITY ] In 1945, after the end of World War II, Hatao Yamamoto was imprisoned in a concentration camp in Sibera, Russia. Despite the harsh, despairing condition in the camp, Hatao Yamamoto kept telling other prisoners not to give up hope, and that the day when they could all go back home would come. Hatao Yamamoto firmly believed that he would return to Japan and meet his wife, Mojimi Yamamoto, and their children someday. 8 years after the war, he received a postcard from his wife with a one-line message written on it, stating that "We are waiting for you to come back". Meanwhile, Hatao Yamamoto's health was deteriorating rapidly. After having a diagnosis, the doctor told him that he had only three months left... After listening to his friends' advices, he decided to write a will and left it to his friends to bring it to his family when they were released. However, the will was seen as a spying message by the officers in the concentration camp and was confiscated... A MOTHER'S TOUCH Can : Ji Jim Jook Doh Dik Oi d. Junpei Matsumoto Koyuki, Taketo Tanaka, Hisashi Yoshizawa, Mikako Yoshida, Ryutaro Yamazaki, Kota Fudauchi, Hajime Inoue, Aki Asakura, Lily Franky, Rating : I Length : 113 mins. Openng May 11 2023 BORN TO FLY Can : Cheung Hung Ji Wong d. Liu Xiaoshi Wang Yibo, Hu Jun, Yosh Yu Shi, Zhou Dongyu, Bu Yu, Zhai Yujia Rating : IIA Opening May 1 2023 in Mainland China Opening May 4 2023 [ CINEMA CITY ] BORN TO FLY tells the story of a special operations team headed by elite pilots, being ordered to test new fighter jets. Test flight after test flight, they continue to challenge the sky and the limits of themselves. THE ZEN DIRY d. Yuji Nakae Takako Matsu, Kenji Sawada Length : 111 mins. Opening April 29 2023 TOUKEN RANBU: THE MOVIE 2 d. Saiji Yakumo Akira Emoto, Terunosuke Takezai, Kanji Tsuda, Hiroki Suzuki, Yoshihiko Aramaki, Masanari Wada, Fuma Sadamoto Length : 115 mins. Opening April 28 2023 [ GOLDEN HARVEST CINEMAS ] In the year 995, due to a secret a talk between Michinaga Fujiwara and Seimei Abe, Yorimitsu Minamoto is ordered to subjugate ghost Shutendoji, who lives in Oe Mountain. Yorimitsu Minamoto and his men soon encounter difficulties in carrying out their mission due to the appearance of strangers. These strangers are handsome warriors Munechika Mikazuki, Kunihiro Yamanbagiri, Hasebe Heshikiri, and Toushirou Honebami and they are trying to protect history. TWELVE DAYS Can : 12 Yut d. Aubrey Lam Oi Wa Stephy Tang Lai Yan, Edward Ma Chi Wai Rating : IIB Length : 89 mins. Opening October 27 2021 at the 18th Hong Kong Asian Film Festival Opening April 23 2022 at the Udine Far East Film Festival Opening April 27 2023 fb : https://www.facebook.com/film.Twelvedays Site : https://www.hkaff.asia/en/film/2021/detail/57 [ GOLDEN HARVEST CINEMAS ] The 1st day when Jeannie and Simon decided to get married, they couldn’t find a place to get intimate. That’s Hong Kong for you – getting married so that a couple can have a place to be intimate. The traditional marriage ceremony is considered old fashioned and cringeworthy in the 21st century, but it’s only supposed to happen once in your life, so people savor in it anyway. And so, the marriage begins out of love, but this is the beginning of many challenges to come. One day, Jeannie realized that the person closest to her has become a stranger. She feels that her ideologies no longer align with those of Simon, and starts to feel ashamed about herself. She feels that her whole life revolved around Simon, and without him, she lacked purpose. And so, she decides to leave him, but she didn't realize that this parting would be more painful than death. At the end, she signs the divorce papers nonetheless. Three years later, Simon comes back to her, he's run into a dead end, with his business... [ HONG KONG ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL ] In 2000, screenwriter Aubrey Lam made her directorial debut with Twelve Nights, a heartrending romantic drama that unravels a doomed relationship over a dozen episodes. Two decades later, Lam offers up another searing dissection of modern romance with this long-awaited thematic continuation. Like Twelve Nights, Twelve Days depicts 12 scenes of a tumultuous marriage, from its blissful beginning through its bitter collapse. On day one, Jeannie and Simon seem to have the makings of a perfect marriage, but the following 11 vignettes reveal the various conflicts, both big and small, that slowly eat away at their bond. Love may build a marriage, but Twelve Days shows that reality can just as easily shatter it. RIDE ON Can : Lung Ma Jing Sun Lit : Dragon Horse Spirit d. Larry Yang Zi Jackie Chan, Liu Haocun, Kevin Guo Qilin Opening April 27 2023 BETTER MAN d. Zhang Qi Chang Yuan, Jackie Li, Wei Xiang Rating : IIA Length : 91 mins. Opening April 27 2023 [ HONG KONG MOVIE 6 ] Due to an elevator accident the macho man Hu Tienan accidentally entered a "female-dominated" world. As a former "Master of success". Now he became a "full-time family man". Old friends' afternoon tea party became a "beauty show". The constant differences make Hu Tienan unbearable. Hu Tienan faced with the female-dominated world experienced the real "housewife's life" in the messy life. Finally, he began to gradually understand his wife and no more neglect, realized his wife's silent efforts and difficulties, also learned the true meaning of "love"...... HACHIKO d. Xu Ang Feng Xiaogang, Joan Chen Length : 125 mins. Opening April 20 2023 A LIGHT NEVER GOES OUT Can : Dun For Lan Shan d. Anastasia Tsang Hin Ning Sylvia Chang (Cheung Ngai Ga), Simon Yam Tat Wa, Cecilia Choi Sze Wan, Henick Chou Han Ning Rating : IIB Length : 103 mins. Opening October 25 2022 at the Tokyo International Film Festival Opening November 13 2022 at the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival Opening December 2 2022 (Preview) Opening April 13 2023 Trailer : https://youtu.be/BdjneYwpLgA fb: https://www.facebook.com/people/%E7%87%88%E7%81%AB%E9%97%8C%E7%8F%8A-A-Light-Never-Goes-Out/100063961423671/ Tokyo International Film Festival Site : https://2022.tiff-jp.net/en/lineup/film/3502ASF06 Tokyo International Film Festival Trailer : https://youtu.be/UxHsOEU0xNs Site : https://www.hkaff.asia/en/film/2022/detail/131 [ 2022 TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ] Devastated by the loss of her skilled neon sign-making husband, a wife decides to carry on his unfinished dream of making neon signs. Simon Yam and Sylvia Chang star in this remarkable HK film. [ HONG KONG ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL ] Radiant neon signs once served as icons of Hong Kong's prosperity and vitality. However, such signs have gradually disappeared over the years, along with the craftsmen who spent decades mastering the craft of blowing neon lights. Director Anastasia Tsang revives this long-time tradition in her poignant directorial debut, telling the touching story of a widow who discovers secrets her late husband Bill buried within his neon lights workshop. While reminiscing about Bill, she sets out to fulfill his final wish of recreating a famous demolished neon sign with the help of Bill's young protege. KISSING THE GROUND YOU WALKED ON Can : Hoi Au Gor Loi Dik Fong Gan d. Hong Heng Fai Wong Pak-Hou, Lam Sheung Length : 95 mins. Opening April 13 2023 at the Hong Kong International Film Festival Opening May 11 2023 at the InDPanda International Film Festival Site : https://www.goldenhorse.org.tw/film/programme/films/detail/3446?r=en [ TAIPEI GOLDEN HORSE FILM FESTIVAL ] A writer who has not written for years is looking for a tenant to share a spare room in his house. One day, an actor comes to rent the room. His clear and innocent eyes have evoked the writer's interest. When the writer finds out that the daily life of the actor is a performance in itself, he begins to refer the new tenant as the blueprint of his novel. KAMEN RIDER GEATS X REVICE MOVIE BATTLE ROYALE d. Takayuki Shibasaki Hideyoshi Kan, Kentaro Maeda, Ryuga Sato, Yuna Hoshino Japanese Voice : Subaru Kimura Length : 95 mins. Opening April 13 2023 Trailer : https://youtu.be/MZA6fjBG7R0 [ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ] The breathtaking battle of "GEATS VS REVICE VS RYUKI" starts here! A crossover film between Kamen Rider Geats, Kamen Rider Revice, and Kamen Rider Ryuki, starting with the ending story of Kamen Rider Revice and continues with “a dreadful game” where the riders declare war on each other. Ace Ukiyo and other riders who fought in the Desire Grand Prix are invited to a new game called "Desire Royale". No one knows the true identity of the game master, while this mystical figure hides behind the shadow, uses different tricks to gather the riders for a fierce fight! Following the appearance of a mysterious rider, an unprecedented battle game begins! Who will be the winner? What then will the winner wish for? NOMAD (4K RESTORED DIRECTOR'S CUT) Can : Lit For Ching Chun d. Patrick Tam Ka Ming Leslie Cheung Kwok Wing, Cecilia Yip Tung, Kent Tong Chun Yip, Pat Ha Man Jik Rating : IIB Length : 94 mins. Opening April 6 2023 [ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ] "Nomad" describes the sexuality and love of today's young generation. The scene of Ken Tong and Pat Ha making love on the tram arises controversy when it is showed. In contrast, the love between Leslie Cheung and Cecilia Yip is a kind of tender and pure. Cecilia falls in love with Leslie in the first sight, they sympathy each other and then sleep in a reasonable way. This kind of love is more graceful and sweet. Besides sexuality and sex, this film also talks about the infiltration of Japanese culture into Hong Kong. Leslie is westernized but old fashion inside, Cecilia is influenced by Japanese culture and ambitious. This shows the characteristics of Hong Kong's unique culture. This film reflects the youngsters' attitude towards love and sex, which is a breakthrough as it should be a taboo in Hong Kong society at its time. The relationships among the boys and girls are also profoundly described and make it as the most realistic romance movie. YOKAIPEDIA d. Takashi Yamazaki Jyo Kairi, Yui Aragaki, Ryunosuke Kamiki Rating : I Length : 113 mins. Opening April 6 2023 Trailer : https://youtu.be/x0SMGXC1yvk [ HONG KONG MOVIE 6 ] Sixth-grade elementary school students Kazuki, Taichi, and Sunny have a "wish" they really hope would come true. The boys pray earnestly at the shrine. Suddenly, the wish-granting "Ghost Book" resonates with them and gives them a test. Guided by the magic of the Ghost Book, the boys and their homeroom teacher, Ms. Yohko, wander into a different world where ghosts live. They try to escape through trial and error but it seems that by catching the ghosts and completing the book, their wishes will come true and they will then be able to escape from this world. Thus, the five work together to challenge the scary ghosts and hope to make their wish come true. VITAL SIGN Can : Sung Yuen Toh Jung d. Cheuk Wan Chi Louis Koo Tin Lok, Yau Hawk Sau, Angela Yuen Lai Lam, Poon Chan Leung Length : 100 mins. Opening April 4 2023 at the Hong Kong International Film Festival Opening April 27 2023 at the Udine Far East Film Festival [ HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ] In one of his finest dramatic performances yet, Louis Koo stars as a veteran ambulanceman who simply wants to do his job without any interference from his boss. While he considers emigrating with his daughter, he clashes with his new partner, a young go-getter on the fast-track up the bureaucratic ladder. A mature directorial effort by Cheuk Wan-chi, this dramedy about Hong Kong's civil service culture and the latest emigration wave is a charming, yet sobering love letter to her city and its people, especially those who still remain. OVER MY DEAD BODY Can : Sei Si Sei Si Sei Sup Sei Lit : Corpse Died At Forty Four d. Ho Cheuk Tin Teresa Mo Shun Kwan, Ronald Cheng Chung Kei, Wong Yau Nam, Jennifer Yu Heung Ying, Edan Lui Cheuk On, Alan Yeung Wai Lun, Lau Kong, Bonnie Wong Man Wai, Wu Lai Ying, Jer Lau Ying Ting, Hanna Chan, Jiro Leung Sheung Ching, Kenneth Cheung Moon Ting, Josie Ho Chiu Yi, Rating : IIB Length : 119 mins. Opening March 10 2023 at the Osaka Asian Film Festival Opening April 4 2023 Teaser : https://youtu.be/57EFTCutFek Site : https://www.oaff.jp/2023/en/program/op.html [ OSAKA ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2023 ] Welcome to Seaside Heights, a fancy residential building where a group of residents experience a night of chaos and comedy after the nude body of a man appears and threatens to cause scandal and plunging property values! It all begins when Ming, together with his wife, mother-in-law, and brother-in-law, finds an anonymous naked body lying at their doorstep. Fearing that the presence of a corpse will turn their unit into a "murder home" and its property value will nosedive and impoverish them, their bickering family unite to pass the buck to their neighbours by moving the corpse to other units on the same floor. Their fiendish plot ropes in a motley bunch of people, including retired elderly couple, Mr. & Mrs. CHAN; a single lady and her maid; the CHEUNG's, an irascible father and his cantankerous son; and an overzealous security guard. Last but not least, is a mysterious chain smoking woman named Sue who might hold the key to helping get the body out of the building... A dark comedy of manners and Hong Kong home-ownership woes ensues in "Over My Dead Body" as each of these vividly portrayed characters turns on each other in an effort to avoid taking responsibility for both the body and their own personal problems. TO BE CONTINUED d. Haider Kikabhoy, Dora Choi Documentary Opening April 2 2023 at the Hong Kong International Film Festival [ HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ] A chronicle of the grassroots effort to save the iconic State Theatre in North Point from demolition. This evocative documentary is also a deep dive into the eye-opening story of Harry Odell, the theatre's founder and Hong Kong's first impresario, who brought Xavier Cugat, Isaac Stern, and other legendary musical figures to the city. Rich with local history, and possessing a surprising connection to local singer Hins Cheung, the story of the State Theatre and Harry Odell is a celebration of Hong Kong?s dynamic culture and indomitable spirit. MARRY MY DEAD BODY Can : Guan Yu Ngor Wor Gwai Bin Sing Ga Yun Dik Na Gein Si d. Cheng Wei-hao Greg Hsu Kuang-Han, Austin Lin, Gingle Wang, Tsai Chen-nan, Tuo Tsung-hua, Ma Nieh-hsien Rating : IIB Length : 129 mins. Opening April 1 2023 at the Hong Kong International Film Festival Opening April 27 2023 [ HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ] During a pursuit, homophobic police officer Ming-Han inadvertently picks a red envelope off the ground and becomes roped into a ghost marriage with a dead man named Mao-Mao. To get rid of his ghostly groom, Ming-Han agrees to help Mao-Mao find the culprit behind his death. Previously best known for scaring audiences with The Tag-Along series, director Cheng Wei-Hao proves himself to be one of the best genre directors in Taiwan cinema with a rambunctious high-concept comedy that has the comic energy of an old-school Hollywood farce. [ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ] Ming-Han is a passionate policeman in a muscular shape. One day, in the process of arresting a criminal with his beautiful colleague - Zi-Qing, Ming-Han accidentally picks up a red envelope, and a group of people suddenly jumps out to call him "son in law". They ask him to get married with their dead child, who is a dead guy! It is impossible for Ming-Han to accept this decision. However, he doesn't expect to be in misfortune since then. What is even more terrifying is that he begins to see his ghost husband Mao-Mao that scares Ming-Han to death. Therefore, Ming-Han visits a great master to get rid of Mao-Mao. The master tells him that he must get married to Mao-Mao and check Mao-Mao's wish lists; otherwise, Mao-Mao will follow him forever. To get rid of Mao-Mao, Ming-Han has no choice but to help him fulfill all his wishes; at the same time, Mao-Mao also acts like Ming-Han’s partner to help him with the investigation of drug smuggling. A fantasy journey full of laughter and tears between a straight man and a gay ghost has begun. WINTER CHANTS d. Tsang Tsui Shan Documentary Length : 102 mins Opening March 31 2023 at the Hong Kong International Film Festival [ HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ] Continuing her career-spanning contemplation of home and reunion, Tsang Tsui-shan (Flowing Stories, 38th) once again turns the camera on her home village of Ho Chung. This time, she documents her village's Tai Ping Ching Chiu Festival, a once-in-a-decade event that brings villagers back from all over the world to the village. But when the world is hit by a global pandemic, what will happen to this long-awaited reunion? Made amidst great change in Hong Kong and her own life, Tsang's latest love letter to her home is a melancholic and wistful affair. MAD FATE AKA : FATAL FATE Can : Ming Ong d. Soi Cheang Pou Soi Gordon Lam Ka Tung, Lokman Yeung, Berg Ng Yin Yip, Peter Chan Cham Man, Ng Wing Sze, Bonnie Wong Man Wai, Ko Tin Lung Rating : IIB Length : 109 mins. Opening February 19 2023 at the Berlin Film Festival Opening March 30 2023 at the Hong Kong International Film Festival Opening April 20 2023 Opening April 27 2023 at the Udine Far East Film Festival Site : https://www.berlinale.de/en/2023/programme/202307420.html Site : https://www.hkiff.org.hk/film/getdetail?fid=2358 [ HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ] When a fortune teller predicts that a psychopath is destined to commit murder, he uses the powers of feng shui and metaphysics to change the course of events. A thematic continuation of his classic films about the neverending struggle between fate and free will, Soi Cheang delivers a gripping thriller with intensity and panache, powered by producer Johnnie To and screenwriter Yau Nai-hoi. Gordon Lam and Lokman Yeung are extraordinary as two men standing at the edge of sanity, as they fight an invisible enemy. Berlinale Special. [ BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ] The sky above Hong Kong is not just heavy with clouds and rain, it also contains astral signs and dark omens in this esoteric neo-noir. In a radical and counter-intuitive move, rather than having the characters' trajectories converge towards the end, the plot instead knits their fates together from the start. Crossing paths at the scene of a heinous crime in a brothel are the serial killer perpetrator and the upstanding detective chasing him, but also a delivery boy obsessed with blood and knives and an occultist feng shui master who had predicted the victim's gory fate without being able to prevent it. The last two quickly form an unlikely pair, and this transforms the film into a surreal, hyperkinetic, expressionist buddy thriller. The horoscopes confirm that the boy will soon succumb to his bloodthirsty temptations, but to redeem past failures and save him from his fate, the fortune teller is willing to do anything. As the investigations gather pace, the pair sinks into delirium in a whirlwind of superstitions, rituals and distortions, against a backdrop of an alchemical metropolis. ELEGIES Can : Si Lit : Poem d. Ann Hui On Wa Length : 101 mins. Opening March 30 2023 at the Hong Kong International Film Festival Site : https://www.hkiff.org.hk/film/getdetail?fid=2333 [ HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ] From Boat People (1982) to Our Time Will Come (2017), from family struggles to anti-Japanese history, Venice Career Golden Lion-winning auteur Ann Hui finally films a topic she holds most dear ? poetry. Through her personal encounters with some of Hong Kong's most notable poets, Hui shows the topography of contemporary poetry on and of the city. Two poles of reality, the unrestrained Huang Canran and the cosmopolitan Liu Wai-tong, are juxtaposed to reveal two distinctively different personalities, ideals, and ways of life. Seeing the late Xi Xi recite her own poem about the old Kai Tak Airport is a deeply heart-warming moment. THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET Can : Bak Yut Ching Chun Lit : White Sun Youth d. Lau Kok-Rui (Lau Kwok Shui) Anthony Wong Chau Sun, Sahal Zaman (Lam Lok), Endy Chow Kwok Yin, Inderjeet Singh (Poon Man Sing), Kireanjeet Gill (Kiu Ka Wan) Rating : IIB Length : 112 mins. Opening December 2 2022 (Preview) Opening March 30 2023 Site : https://www.goldenhorse.org.tw/film/programme/films/detail/3478?r=en&search_year=2022&search_category=FF&ghff_id=579 Trailer : https://youtu.be/q0HX9xPbVco [ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ] A refugee boy is helped by a local taxi driver to flee Hong Kong. They develop the father-son relationship until the boy finds the driver is the murderer of his father. [ TAIPEI GOLDEN HORSE FILM FESTIVAL 2022 ] Hassan is a Hong Kong-born Pakistani kid waiting for refugee status to Canada. His father died in a car accident that Yat is involved in, who himself was a refugee from China in the 1970s. When Hassan joins a refugees' gang and gets entangled with the police, Yat decides to help him flee, but Hassan finds out the truth about his father's death. Can their journey continue? A NEW OLD PLAY Can : Jiu Ma Tong Wui d. Qiu Jiongjiong Tao Gu, Chen Jianing, Yi Sicheng Rating : IIB Length : 180 mins. Opening March 30 2023 DETECTIVE CONAN: THE STORY OF AI HAIBARA: BLACK IRON MYSTERY TRAIN Japanese Animation Rating : IIA Length : 90 mins. Opening March 30 2023 LONELY CASTLE IN THE MIRROR d. Keiichi Hara Japanese Animation Rating : IIA Length : 116 mins. Opening March 30 2023 Trailer : https://youtu.be/eDVpRbBWKJI [ CINEMA CITY ] Kokoro hides in her bedroom after she loses her place in school. One day, the mirror in her room begins to shine, and pulls Kokoro into a fairytale castle. Six other students have been brought to the castle too. A strange girl in a wolf mask tells them that they will grant a wish if they find the key hidden in the castle within a year. As Kokoro and her new acquaintances spend more time in their new sanctuary, they begin to unlock the castle's secrets and each other's. Can they get the hidden key? Why are they chosen? And what are their secret wishes? UTANO*PRINCESAMA SHINING STAR STAGE -SONG PARADE*- Japanese Animation Length : 125 mins. Opening March 26 2023 HEAVY CRAVING Can : Dai Ngor d. Hsieh Pei-ju Yao Chang, Tsai Jia-yin, Samantha Ko Opening March 25 2023 [ HONG KONG MOVIE 6 ] Thirty years old and 105 kilograms of weight, lunch lady Ying-Juan was dealt a bad hand. She works at her mother's childcare centre and has a harder time fitting in than a T-Rex in a petting zoo. On her birthday, Ying-Juan's mother signs her up for a weight loss programme. To earn her mom's approval, Ying-Juan reluctantly joins the class. But things change when Ying-Juan meets Wu, a deliveryman who bears a checkered past underneath his radiant smile. Encouraged by Wu, Ying-Juan becomes more determined to lose weight. Meanwhile, Ying-Juan discovers Xiao-Yu, a straight-A student at the childcare centre, is a secret cross-dresser, and a special bond begins to form between them. Just when things are getting on the right track, Ying-Juan's passion for cooking and life seem to be fading away due to her over-aggressive diet. Bitterly, Ying-Juan finds herself standing on the brink of a meltdown, both physically and psychologically... LOVE LIFE d. Koji Fukada Fumino Kimura, Kento Nagayama, Atom Sunada, Hirona Yamazaki, Misuzu Kanno, Tomorowo Taguchi, Tetta Shimada Rating : I Length : 123 mins. Opening March 23 2023 Trailer : https://youtu.be/BPUcsmH10SA [ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ] Taeko and her husband Jiro are living a peaceful existence with her young son Keita, when a tragic accident brings the boy's long-lost father, Park, back into her life. To cope with the pain and guilt, Taeko throws herself into helping this deaf and homeless man. Inspired by the famous Japanese singer Akiko Yano?s song LOVE LIFE, Koji Fukada's follow-up to Harmonium, winner of the Jury Award in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes 2016, was selected for Official Competition in Venice International Film Festival, along with Toronto International Film Festival and Busan International Festival. LOVE LIFE also won the 14th TAMA Film Award Best Movie. SOULMATE d. Min Yong-keun Kim Da-mi, Byeon Woo-seok, Jeon So-nee Length : 122 mins. Opening March 23 2023 [ HONG KONG MOVIE 6 ] Jeju Island, where they spent their childhood, and Seoul, where they longed for their childhood. "It was a hot day, and class boring...I met you for the first time on that sleepy day" 1998, we met for the first time "To like someone, you gotta be courageous" 2004, I found my first love "You didn't know? This is how I live" 2010, we both became adults "The face I missed the most was yours" 2014, I followed your trace "I'd like to draw your face now. A drawing that can't be drawn without love" No, I draw the longing [ 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 Opening December 2021 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. 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 (POSTPONED) [ 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? 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 April 2020 (POSTPONED) 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... THE DISHWASHER SQUAD Can : Sai Woon Tin Tuen Lit : Dish Washing Heavenly Team AKA : Dai Sun Yi Lit : Big Business AKA : Dai Project d. Toni Shum Shek Yin Dior Cheng Yi Kin, Richie Jen (Yam Yin Chai), Hedwig Tam Sin Yin, Poon Chan Leung, Will Lee Ho Hin, Wayi, Kenneth Cheung Moon Yuen, Buber Mak Wing Nam, Anita Chui Bik Ka, Bonnie Xian (Sin Sik Lai), Charmaine Lee Si Yan, Wong Jing Man, Length : 100 mins. Opening September 27 2012 at the Asian Pop Up Cinema Opening October 28 2021 at the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival Site : https://www.asianpopupcinema.org/dishwasher Site : https://www.hkaff.asia/en/film/2021/detail/60 [ HONG KONG ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL ] After seeing yet another of his ham-fisted start-ups go belly up, slacker-scion Kuen is lured by his best friend, Lun, to buy up a dishwashing business. When they realise the deal's a scam, they decide to pull a quick one too: they sign up mentally disabled people to the payroll to pocket subsidies from the government. But with the help of a tenacious social worker, this motley crew thrive thanks to their compassion and a lot of hard work. Scriptwriter Toni Shum Sek-yin's directorial debut is an inspiring fact-based tale about the importance of giving everyone a chance to be their best selves. Acting together for the first time, Cheng and Jen make a winning team in this breezy local comedy. [ ASIAN POP UP CINEMA ] Chan Shi Kyun and Yu Chi Lun have been long time friends . They recklessly bought a dishwashing factory on the cheap but discover that the business is in a financial ruin and has no employees while existing contracts must be honored at the risk of financial penalty. To solve their problem, they decided to hire through a social worker so they will be eligible "special social enterprise" government subsidy in this crowd-pleasing comedy. (windowsonworlds.com) POKEMON THE MOVIE: KOKO d. Tetsuo Yajima Japanese Animation Rating : I Length : 100 mins. WE ARE FAMILY Can : Chook Jo Ga Yun Lit : Family For Rent d. Benny Lau Wai Hang Eric Tsang Chi Wai, Carlos Chan Ka Lok, Catherine Chau Ka Yi, Tian Niu, Yeung Chin Yau, Shek Sau, Angela Hui Ching Wan, Alex Fong Lik Sun, Eugina Lau Mei Guen, Elly (Ai Nei), Leung Oi Opening July 16 2022 at the New York Asian Film Festival [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] "Rent-a-Family" specializes in offering family and friends for rent. The company consists of Carlos, the founder; Catherine, the drama coach; and Chi Kwong, the passionate small-time actor. Carlos and Catherine disapprove of Chi Kwong's overwhelming care for their clients, but they begin to rethink the meaning of "Rent-a-Family" when they see the results of Chi Kwong?s kindness... DEATH NOTICE Can : Um Sat Fung Bo Lit : Assassination Storm AKA : DEATH NOTIFY AKA : 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, Chrissie Chau Sau Na, Ray Lui Leung Wai, Philip Keung Ho Man, Danny Chan Kwok Kwan, Timmy Hung Tin Ming, Pakho Chau, Babyjohn Choi Hong Yik 6 Wing (Lok Wing), Justin Cheung Kin Sing, Length : 100 mins. Opening December 2019 (POSTPONED) Opening December 9 2021 (POSTPONED) Opening March 31 2022 (POSTPONED) Opening July 28 2022 (POSTPONED) Opening August 18 2023 in Mainland China Trailer : https://youtu.be/KJkRLYQgTu4 [ 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. TOKYO REVENGERS d. Tsutomu Hanabusa Takumi Kitamura, Yuki Yamada, Ryo Yoshizawa, Yosuke Sugino, Mio Imada Rating : IIB Length : 119 mins. Opening January 20 2022 (POSTPONED) [ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ] Takemichi Hanagaki leads a dead-end life in a run-down apartment while working part-time at a job for a younger manager who treats him like an idiot. Then one day, he learns that a girl he used to date during his hooligan days in middle school, Hinata Tachibana, and her brother, Naoto, have been murdered by the Kanto area's most illainous hoodlums, Tokyo Manji. The very next day, Takemichi is standing on a train platform when he is suddenly pushed onto the tracks. But instead of dying, Takemichi is transported ten years into the past where he is reunited with Hinata's younger brother, Naoto. "10 years from now, Hinata and you will be killed" he tells Naoto, thus altering the future. Hinata still doesn't survive, but Naoto does, becoming a police detective. Returning to the present day, Takemichi recruits Naoto's help in returning to the past to crush Tokyo Manji and save his Hinata's life once and for all. All Takemichi needs to do to travel through time is to shake hands with Naoto in either the present or the past. But to save Hinata and break free from a life of running away, Takemichi must take on Kanto's most powerful syndicate, the Tokyo Manji gang! BLUE ISLAND Can : Yau Wat Ji Doh Lit : Depression Island d. Chan Tze-woon Length : 95 mins. Opening at the International Film Festival Rotterdam Bright Future Site : https://iffr.com/en/expanded/2022/films/blue-island [ INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM ] Although the Chinese government promised that Hong Kong would retain separate status until 2047, in recent years the Chinese state has consolidated its power over the metropolis. Large-scale protests by the populace have been brutally suppressed. This mix of documentary, fiction, and visions of the future reveals the current state of desolate depression among the people of Hong Kong. "A desperate attempt to capture the final moments of a sinking island", as maker Chan Tze-woon himself puts it. In four chapters, Chan looks back at previous moments of resistance and revolution on the island: in 1967, 1973, and 1989. He shows how the activists of then are faring now. Some still burn with righteous fire, while others are disillusioned or have been bought off by the system. The past is presented in fictional scenes, with today's activists playing those of yesteryear. As one of the young demonstrators observes of her predecessor: "All the hardships he endured seem to be repeating in our generation." BACK HOME Can : Chut Yuet Fan Gwai Lit : July Return d. Nate Ki (Tse Ka Kei) Anson Kong Ip-sang, Bai Ling, Tai Po, Tam Yuk Ying Opening August 11 2022 (POSTPONED) ONE WEEK FRIENDS d. Gavin Lin Shen Yue, Zhao Jinmai, Lin Yi, Wang Jia-Hui Opening August 11 2022 Trailer : https://youtu.be/YZzA65LK7GQ [ THE FILM CATALOGUE ] New student Lin Xiangzhi transferred to ShengHua High School's repeating class. She is quiet and smart but always alone, without making friends with other students. However, she attracts the attention of Xu Youshu, who is not a good student in her class. In the process of trying to be friends with Lin Xiangzhi, he and another two students Song Xiaonan and Jiang Wu, found the secret of Lin Xiangzhi. In order to help this lonely girl, four of them formed a "doomsday survival" team to create surprises for her and their memories. Unbeknownst to them, there is an even sadder secret behind Lin Xiangzhi's illness ...... REMEMBER WHAT I FORGOT Can : Chun Gaing Yung Yau Lit : Once Owned AKA : Din Ying Chi Lit : Film Crazed AKA : Din Ying Chi Hon Lit : Film Fanatic d. Keian Chui Tze Yiu Philip Keung Ho Man, Fish Liew Chi Yu, Dada Chan Jing, Endy Chow Kwok Yin, Eric Tsui Ho Cheong, Kelly Chen Ka Lei Length : 84 mins. Opening October 9 2022 at the Asian Cinerama Hong Kong Focus in Malaysia Trailer : https://youtu.be/RG9WEI3IRFI [ CINEMA ONLINE MALAYSIA ] Everyone in the Hong Kong film industry knows 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 comes from. Ginger Keung, a producer of a reality show, suspects that Kim is a film critic who pans movies to extort advertising dollars from film companies. She zeroes in on him as her next target and decides to dig into his elusive past. [ 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... DELIVERANCE Can : Yuen Sun Jui d. Kelvin Shum Ka Yin Simon Yam Tat Wa, Ron Ng Cheuk Hei, Justin Cheung Kin Sing, Summer Chan Chi Huen, Kenneth Tsang Kong, Nina Paw Hee Ching, Kaki Sham, Anna Ng Yuen Yee, Carrie Ng Ka Lai, Ashina Kwok Yik Sum, Tim Wong Tin Ngo Length : 99 mins. facebook : https://www.facebook.com/deliverance.hk Opening October 29th 2022 at the Asian Pop Up Cinema Chicago Opening 2022 Trailer : https://youtu.be/VMxSRmF0Oy8 [ ASIAN POP UP CINEMA SEASON 15 ] A fractured family of four brothers and one sister confront haunting memories of their mother's passing fifteen years ago. Fifteen years had passed, as Nicole returns home to Hong Kong to be reunited with her three brothers, clinging to the shattered memory from the night of her mother's passing. Through hypnosis sessions with her big brother Joseph, the trauma that the family sustained is unexpectedly reawakened when she desires to connect back with the memories. Then, the whole world around this family takes on a dark form and love becomes almost undefinable. THE ROUNDUP: NO WAY OUT d. Lee Sang-yong Don Lee, Lee Jun-hyuk, Aoki Munetaka Opening June 1 2023 [ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ] The monster cop Ma Seok-do returns— This time, to the Metro Investigations! Seven years after the roundup in Vietnam, Ma Seok-do joins a new squad to investigate a murder case. Soon, he finds out this case involves busting a synthetic drug and starts to dig deeper... Meanwhile, the guy behind it all—Joo Sung-chul—doesn't stop looking for trouble, and the Japanese drug distributors, Ricky and his gang, come to Korea to join the chaos. Things are just about to get out of hand... It's time to wipe out the bastards again— If they want trouble, give 'em trouble! THE KING OF WUXIA PART 1: THE PROPHET WAS ONCE HERE d. Lin Jing-Jie Documentary Rating : IIB Length : 126 mins. Opening June 8 2023 [ HONG KONG MOVIE 6 ] The King of Wuxia Part I: The Prophet Was Once Here shows King Hu's cinematic charm through a chronology of his classic films, along with aesthetic analyses by major scholars and critics as well as interviews with important cinema professionals, such as Feng Hsu, Cheng Pei-Pei, Toon Wang, Tsui Hark, John Woo, and Sammo Hung, who share their memories about the details of working with Hu. The film gradually reveals the filmmaker's cinematic approach, aesthetic style, and artistic devotion, along with his specific manners and mad pursuit of perfection. THE KING OF WUXIA PART 2: THE HEARTBROKEN MAN ON THE HORIZON d. Lin Jing-Jie Documentary Rating : IIA Length : 95 mins. Opening June 8 2023 [ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ] The King of Wuxia Part 2: The Heartbroken Man on the Horizon thoroughly details King Hu’s fate as a homeless wanderer all his life, who lived in Beijing, Taiwan, Hong Kong and the U.S. The film explores how such fate is reflected in his oeuvre and affected his artistic career. Particularly, his continued effort for filmmaking in his later years was not as glorious as imagined. In failing to fulfill his last ambition, this epoch-making figure became a solitary hero lost amid the tumults of an era. ONE MORE CHANCE Can : Bit Giu Ngor "Doh Sun" Lit : Don't Call Me "God of Gamblers" AKA : SALVATION AKA : BE WATER, MY FRIEND AKA : 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, Alex Fong Chung Shun, Dick Liu Kai Chi, Andy Tien (On Chi Kit), Kenny Wong Tak Bun, Michael Ning (Bak Ji), Calvin Choy Yat Chi, Amy Lo Wai Man, Will Or Wai Lam, Opening June 21 in Mainland China Trailer : https://youtu.be/rKWzFBrHkSk MONSTER d. Kore-eda Hirokazu Ando Sakura, Nagayama Eita, Kurokawa Soya, Hiiragi Hinata, Takahata Mitsuki, Akihiro Kakuta, Nakamura shidou, Tanaka Yuko Opening June 22 2023 [ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ] When her young son Minato starts to behave strangely, his mother feels that there is something wrong. Discovering that a teacher is responsible, she storms into the school demanding to know what's going on. But as the story unfolds through the eyes of mother, teacher and child, the truth gradually emerges. PHASES OF THE MOON Yo Oizumi, Kou Shibasaki, Ren Meguro, Kasumi Arimura Length : 128 mins. Opening June 22 2023 [ HONG KONG MOVIE 6 ] Tsuyoshi Osanai enjoys a peaceful and happy life with his wife Kozue Osanai and daughter Ruri Osanai, but his wife and daughter die in an accident. Tsuyoshi Osanai's life suddenly changes. One day, a man named Akihiko Misumi visits Tsuyoshi Osanai. Akihiko Misumi tells him that on the day Kozue Osanai and Ruri Osanai died, Ruri Osanai, who was a complete stranger to him, was coming to see him. Akihiko Misumi tells him about a woman named Ruri Masaki, who he once loved. These people, who don't seem related, connect under the name of love. SHIN MASKED RIDER d. Hideaki Anno Souske Ikematsu, Minami Hamabe, Tasuku Emoto, Nanase Nishino, Kanata Hongo, Shinya Tsukamoto, Toru Tezuka Length : 121 mins. Opening June 22 2023 [ CINEMA CITY ] "The things that change, the things that do not change, and the things that I wouldn't want to change." Masked Rider Takeshi Hongo is an augmented human being. He was "upgraded" by SHOCKER, a secret society which claims itself to be all-loving, as well as aiming to pursue happiness for humanity. However, Masked Rider discovered SHOCKER's conspiracy and decided to fight against SHOCKER to ensure human beings stay "human". #MANHOLE Can : #Siu Sum Hom Jang Length : 100 mins. Opening June 29 2023 THE WHITE STORM 3: HEAVEN OR HELL Can : So Duk 3: Yun Joi Tin Ngai Lit : Drug Sweep 3: Man on the Edge of Heaven AKA : So Duk 3: Tin Dai Dei Dai d. Herman Yau Lai To Aaron Kwok Fu Sing, Sean Lau Ching Wan, Louis Koo Tin Lok, Yang Caiyu, Tse Kwan Ho, Alex Fong Chung Shun, Lam Suet, Timmy Hung Tin Ming, Ben Yuen Fu Wa, Gallen Lo (Law Ka Leung), Chan Kwok Bong, Wilfred Lau Ho Lung, James Kazama, Kumer So (Fui Hung), Edward Chui Woei Dong, Opening July 28 2023 in Malaysia EVERYPHONE EVERYWHERE Can : Chuen Gor Sai Gai Doh Yau Din Wa Lit : The Whole World Would Have A Phone d. Amos Why (Wong Ho Yin) Endy Chow Kwok Yin, Rosa Maria Velasco (Wai Law Sha), Peter Chan Charm Man, Cecilia Choi Sze Wan, Henick Chou Ho Ning, Amy Tang Lai Ying Bonde Sham Lok Yi, Patra Au, Alan Yeung, Wong Kar Wai, Adam Wong Length : 93 mins. Opening April 29 2023 at the 25th Udine Far East Film Festival Opening August 10 2023 Udine Far East Film Festival 2023 Site : https://www.fareastfilm.com/eng/film/everyphone-everywhere/?IDLYT=7505 Teaser : https://youtu.be/LkGaJtPX9iA [ EMPEROR CINEMAS ] Story 1: Chit, a graphic designer who lives on an outlying island in Hong Kong, forgets to bring his phone when he leaves home to head into the city. Unfortunately, he is unable to recall the location of his lunch date with his high school classmates, and it is too late to return home to retrieve it. Feeling lost and defeated, he must find a way to contact his classmates in order to obtain the address of the restaurant. Story 2: Female executive Ana gets a WhatsApp message from a scam artist; she was originally hostile, but their conversation turns out to be surprisingly simpatico. Through this conversation, she even finds out information about her husband’s infidelities and criminal activities. Story 3: Raymond, a real estate agent, has his phone hacked, and worries that sensitive information about his business affairs might be leaked, and plans to escape the authorities. At the same time, his daughter tries to scam and 'catfish' a computer nerd. [ UDINE FAR EAST FILM FESTIVAL 2023 ] Amos Why’s singular approach to recording contemporary Hong Kong continues in Everyphone Everywhere, a lightly comic drama capturing scenes of pandemic-era life, exploring the cityscape and covering our tight links to mobile phones. Everyphone Everywhere's cross-cutting narrative brings together a large set of players within the mobile-communications theme. First there's designer Chung Chit (Endy Chow), who rushes to catch a ferry and leaves his phone at home. There's no time to retrieve the device, so he tries to soldier on without it – and the results are eye-opening. Eventually, he'll need to call his wife Ivy (Cecilia Choi) to awkwardly help him out. Meanwhile, soon-to-emigrate middle manager Raymond Ho (Peter Chan) starts his day with his WhatsApp account hacked and frozen. Broken contacts aside, his big fear is exposure of shady workplace practices and possible blackmail or arrest. Then there's Ana (Rosa Maria Velasco), an old classmate of theirs who's waiting in a private kitchen and getting odd messages. And all the time a young lady, Yanki (Amy Tang), and a nerdy computer wiz (Henick Chou) are busy using messaging apps for sleazy purposes. Pulling together the various plot strands, Amos Why's fourth feature spins into complex and curious entertainment. The director once again draws on rising talent, here headed by Endy Chow in a relaxed and personable role and with the others drawn from cinema, TV and popular YouTube channels. Viewers are kept on their toes as numerous characters pass by, with some appearing in dual roles and others briefly turning up to give sometimes imaginative faces to those on the other end of messaging exchanges. Why's past plots have been engineered to send cast and crew to as many corners of Hong Kong as possible, but this time things are more focused. Everyphone Everywhere starts on the island of Cheung Chau and trots around the city before settling in the Kwun Tong industrial area, building a sense of place as Chit gets lost trying to find Ana's meeting place within a massive industrial complex. The kindness (or not) of strangers and other little snippets of community life come in too, and Why doesn’t shy away from accurately showing Hong Kong’s outdoor mask-wearing requirement, which ended this March after 945 days: Everyphone Everywhere has its cast join the rest of the public in keeping their masks on. A fun bit of Covid-times weirdness is also thrown in when a scene recreates how a government alert caused phones across the city to blast sirens. Meanwhile, government banners are seen promoting last year's 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China, with the tagline heralding "A New Era." The anniversary angle brings up thought-provoking contrasts when Chit, Raymond and Ana finally meet and look back on the hopes and feelings they’d written down 25 years ago. Social shifts are also reflected when a man seems worried about others bringing up his past actions, as well as when the subject of emigration comes up. There's a lot to process in Why's unique brand of cinema, and his first two films showed it wasn’t easy to balance clear plotting with all the recording of local places and society. His third film Far Far Away saw him smoothing out the form into a highly watchable package, and that effort continues here with an easily relatable phone topic sitting beside the extensive local coverage. Viewers looking back on the Hong Kong of 2022 should be able to find Why's film an easy-going document of the city and its people in unusual times. [ SCREEN DAILY FILMART 2023 ] Following last year's hit romantic comedy Far Far Away, director Why returns with this drama about three friends who reunite after 25 years. 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The usual suspects : Internet Movie Database, Yahoo! Hong Kong Erors : ye olde chaffing editor For the week ending Sunday May 21 2023 10 OVER MY DEAD BODY Can : Sei Si Sei Si Sei Sup Sei Lit : Corpse Died At Forty Four d. Ho Cheuk Tin Teresa Mo Shun Kwan, Ronald Cheng Chung Kei, Wong Yau Nam, Jennifer Yu Heung Ying, Edan Lui Cheuk On, Alan Yeung Wai Lun, Lau Kong, Bonnie Wong Man Wai, Wu Lai Ying, Jer Lau Ying Ting, Hanna Chan, Jiro Leung Sheung Ching, Kenneth Cheung Moon Ting, Josie Ho Chiu Yi, 9 DAY OFF Can : Boon Yat Gung Yau d. Fu Tien-yu Lu Hsiao-fen, Fu Meng-po, Shih Ming-shuai, Annie Chen, Fang Chih-yu, Bolin Chen, Austin Lin 8 AFTERSUN d. Charlotte Wells Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, Celia Rowlson-Hall 7 HYPNOTIC d. Robert Rodriguez Ben Affleck, Alice Braga, JD Pardo 6 EVIL DEAD RISE d. Lee Cronin Mirabai Pease, Richard Crouchley, Ann-Maree Thomas 5 MAD FATE Can : Ming Ong d. Soi Cheang Pou Soi Gordon Lam Ka Tung, Lokman Yeung, Berg Ng Yin Yip, Peter Chan Cham Man, Ng Wing Sze, Bonnie Wong Man Wai, Ko Tin Lung 4 THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE d. Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic Illumination Animation English Voices: Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Seth Rogen 3 MARRY MY DEAD BODY Can : Guan Yu Ngor Wor Gwai Bin Sing Ga Yun Dik Na Gein Si d. Cheng Wei-hao Greg Hsu Kuang-Han, Austin Lin, Gingle Wang, Tsai Chen-nan, Tuo Tsung-hua, Ma Nieh-hsien 2 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOLUME 3 d. James Gunn Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillien, Pom Klementieff, Sean Gunn, Chukwudi Iwuji, Will Poulter, Elizabeth Debicki, Sylvester Stallone English Voices: Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Maria Bakalova 1 FAST AND FURIOUS 10 d. Louis Leterrier Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Jason Momoa, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jordana Brewster, John Cena, Jason Statham, Sung Kang, Alan Ritchson, Daniela Melchior, Scott Eastwood, Helen Mirren, Charlize Theron, Brie Larson, Rita Moreno ------ Summaries for some of the films above. Some contain SPOILERS DAY OFF Length : 106 mins. Opening May 18 2023 [ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ] For forty years A-Rui has been running a barbershop, a small place where she has seen happiness and sorrow, ebb and flow. Faced with all the troubles in her life, A-Rui fully commits to her work and defeat is never an option for her, but her children never appreciate it and treat her profession with disdain. One day, A-Rui receives a phone call from the family of an old regular client who moved far away a long time ago. The family asks A-Rui if she would be willing to travel to cut the hair for the bedridden old man. Reminded of what her master taught her, "Always provide your best service," A-Rui decides to hang up the "Day Off" sign and closes her shop for one day. She drives her beat-up old car and embarks on a long journey to do something others think is not worthwhile. MARRY MY DEAD BODY Rating : IIB Length : 129 mins. Opening April 1 2023 at the Hong Kong International Film Festival Opening April 27 2023 [ HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ] During a pursuit, homophobic police officer Ming-Han inadvertently picks a red envelope off the ground and becomes roped into a ghost marriage with a dead man named Mao-Mao. To get rid of his ghostly groom, Ming-Han agrees to help Mao-Mao find the culprit behind his death. Previously best known for scaring audiences with The Tag-Along series, director Cheng Wei-Hao proves himself to be one of the best genre directors in Taiwan cinema with a rambunctious high-concept comedy that has the comic energy of an old-school Hollywood farce. [ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ] Ming-Han is a passionate policeman in a muscular shape. One day, in the process of arresting a criminal with his beautiful colleague - Zi-Qing, Ming-Han accidentally picks up a red envelope, and a group of people suddenly jumps out to call him "son in law". They ask him to get married with their dead child, who is a dead guy! It is impossible for Ming-Han to accept this decision. However, he doesn't expect to be in misfortune since then. What is even more terrifying is that he begins to see his ghost husband Mao-Mao that scares Ming-Han to death. Therefore, Ming-Han visits a great master to get rid of Mao-Mao. The master tells him that he must get married to Mao-Mao and check Mao-Mao's wish lists; otherwise, Mao-Mao will follow him forever. To get rid of Mao-Mao, Ming-Han has no choice but to help him fulfill all his wishes; at the same time, Mao-Mao also acts like Ming-Han’s partner to help him with the investigation of drug smuggling. A fantasy journey full of laughter and tears between a straight man and a gay ghost has begun. MAD FATE AKA : FATAL FATE Rating : IIB Length : 109 mins. Opening February 19 2023 at the Berlin Film Festival Opening March 30 2023 at the Hong Kong International Film Festival Opening April 20 2023 Opening April 27 2023 at the Udine Far East Film Festival Site : https://www.berlinale.de/en/2023/programme/202307420.html Site : https://www.hkiff.org.hk/film/getdetail?fid=2358 [ HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ] When a fortune teller predicts that a psychopath is destined to commit murder, he uses the powers of feng shui and metaphysics to change the course of events. A thematic continuation of his classic films about the neverending struggle between fate and free will, Soi Cheang delivers a gripping thriller with intensity and panache, powered by producer Johnnie To and screenwriter Yau Nai-hoi. Gordon Lam and Lokman Yeung are extraordinary as two men standing at the edge of sanity, as they fight an invisible enemy. Berlinale Special. [ BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ] The sky above Hong Kong is not just heavy with clouds and rain, it also contains astral signs and dark omens in this esoteric neo-noir. In a radical and counter-intuitive move, rather than having the characters' trajectories converge towards the end, the plot instead knits their fates together from the start. Crossing paths at the scene of a heinous crime in a brothel are the serial killer perpetrator and the upstanding detective chasing him, but also a delivery boy obsessed with blood and knives and an occultist feng shui master who had predicted the victim's gory fate without being able to prevent it. The last two quickly form an unlikely pair, and this transforms the film into a surreal, hyperkinetic, expressionist buddy thriller. The horoscopes confirm that the boy will soon succumb to his bloodthirsty temptations, but to redeem past failures and save him from his fate, the fortune teller is willing to do anything. As the investigations gather pace, the pair sinks into delirium in a whirlwind of superstitions, rituals and distortions, against a backdrop of an alchemical metropolis. OVER MY DEAD BODY Rating : IIB Length : 119 mins. Opening March 10 2023 at the Osaka Asian Film Festival Opening April 4 2023 Teaser : https://youtu.be/57EFTCutFek Site : https://www.oaff.jp/2023/en/program/op.html [ OSAKA ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2023 ] Welcome to Seaside Heights, a fancy residential building where a group of residents experience a night of chaos and comedy after the nude body of a man appears and threatens to cause scandal and plunging property values! It all begins when Ming, together with his wife, mother-in-law, and brother-in-law, finds an anonymous naked body lying at their doorstep. Fearing that the presence of a corpse will turn their unit into a "murder home" and its property value will nosedive and impoverish them, their bickering family unite to pass the buck to their neighbours by moving the corpse to other units on the same floor. Their fiendish plot ropes in a motley bunch of people, including retired elderly couple, Mr. & Mrs. CHAN; a single lady and her maid; the CHEUNG's, an irascible father and his cantankerous son; and an overzealous security guard. Last but not least, is a mysterious chain smoking woman named Sue who might hold the key to helping get the body out of the building... A dark comedy of manners and Hong Kong home-ownership woes ensues in "Over My Dead Body" as each of these vividly portrayed characters turns on each other in an effort to avoid taking responsibility for both the body and their own personal problems. ------------ For the week starting May 20 2023 (Week 20) VIUTV CHILL CLUB CHART 5 INTO THE FOREST Serrini https://youtu.be/8uxCYA5CkP4 4 TEN YEARS LIKE A DAY Can : Sup Nin Yu Yut Yut Vivian Chan Wai Man https://youtu.be/eOpWU66DCNc 3 ENDING ENDLESSLY Can : Tung Gwai Yu Jung Vincy Chan (Wing Yi) https://youtu.be/31OpvhKHA9E 2 STARTING FROM ZERO Can : Chung Ling Hoi Chi Dik Sun Sai Gai Jer Lau Ying Ting https://youtu.be/b9lRnd6DU1s 1 BREADMAN Can: Ngai Min Bau Dik Yun Wilson Ng Lam Fung https://youtu.be/RVWeuDXW6es TVB JADE SOLID GOLD 5 BUG FIX Archie Sin Ching Fung https://youtu.be/ZDMHOPWYjvk 4 TRIVAL MATTERS OF US Can : Dan Luen Jeh Gein Siu Si Gin Lee (Lee Hung Ngai) https://youtu.be/GS3h_qm5E6E 3 LIAR Vivian Koo (Kuk Ah Mei) https://youtu.be/wi0-BZS5ZJs 2 MIZU AGA https://youtu.be/mZEGEBrzqyc 1 ENDING ENDLESSLY Can : Tung Gwai Yu Jung Vincy Chan (Wing Yi) https://youtu.be/31OpvhKHA9E METRO RADIO HIT DOMESTIC CHART 5 BUG FIX Archie Sin Ching Fung https://youtu.be/ZDMHOPWYjvk 4 IT'S ME Can : Yut Sau Jo Sing Winka Chan https://youtu.be/y7XvrRhTKSQ 3 MAJUSAKA Can : Bei On Fa Ying Chi Yuet https://youtu.be/gOejhmeE4qU 2 ECHO MY HEART Poki Ng https://youtu.be/6IZJ7SOPl9w 1 TOGETHER FOREVER Can : Yin Jook Hacken Lee Hak Kun https://youtu.be/k9ACWOkHb6g COMMERCIAL RADIO 903 TOP 20 5 TRIVAL MATTERS OF US Can : Dan Luen Jeh Gein Siu Si Gin Lee (Lee Hung Ngai) https://youtu.be/GS3h_qm5E6E 4 WHAT IF Can : Man Yut Nei Si Ho Yun Terence Lam Ka Him https://youtu.be/3BgQTkguk0w 3 ARE WE ENTERTAINED Can : Jung Ngai Won Mischa Ip Hau Lam https://youtu.be/yZLDtmTMW0Q 2 BUNGEE GUM Can : Sun Sook Ji Yu Dik Oi Panther Chan Lui https://youtu.be/WAbRviznmgY 1 MIZU AGA https://youtu.be/mZEGEBrzqyc RTHK CHINESE POP CHART 5 IMAGINARY FAIRGROUND Can : Yun Ying Yau Lok Cheung Hins Cheung King Hin https://youtu.be/y9ntnHvD4tQ 4 MIZU AGA https://youtu.be/mZEGEBrzqyc 3 ON FIRE Simon On Chun Ho https://youtu.be/ZsTvw9sXzTc 2 LITTLE GETAWAY Can : Siu Chook Jau Chantel Yiu Cheuk Fei https://youtu.be/nI2wN61aaQ4 1 FLORAL SEA Can : Fa Hoi MC Cheung Tin Fu https://youtu.be/zhHaWGpgTDY HUAXIA ORIGINAL GOLD SONG CHART 5 MY DEAREST Can : Shui Si Jui Oi Leslie Cheung Kwok Wing https://youtu.be/xa0pCqd-n0Q 4 HELLO, I AM ___ Can : Nei Ho, Ngor Si ___ Jackson Yee https://youtu.be/8KRzzkBUTPw 3 YOU ARE THE REFLECTED STAR Can : Nei Si Doh Ying Dik Mei Sing Shan Yichun https://youtu.be/nVMlqMpbep4 2 YOU ARE MY WINGS Can : Nei Si Ngor Dik Chi Pong Wang Li https://youtu.be/M7MhimfCjMc 1 SUNSET OCEAN Can : Bui Doi Dei Kau Bun Pau Teens in Times https://youtu.be/HZuPnz6buvE ------------ --------------------- ILLUME FILMS PRESENT OVER MY DEAD BODY https://www.facebook.com/illume.films.inspire Opening May 19 2023 in North America CANADA Richmond, BC Silvercity Riverport 19 IMAX Cinemas Winnipeg, MB Cinema City Northgate Ottawa, ON Cineplex South Keys Cinemas TORONTO ON Cineplex Cinemas Yonge-Dundas Markham, ON Cineplex Cinemas Markham and VIP UNITED STATES LOS ANGELES, CA AMC Atlantic Times Square 14 AMC Orange 30 AMC Puente Hills 20 SAN DIEGO CA AMC Mission Valley 20 AMC UTC 14 SAN FRANCISCO CA Meteron 16 SANTA CLARA/SAN JOSE CA Mercado 20 ATLANTA GA Sugarloaf Mills 18 CHICAGO IL River East 21 BOSTON MA Boston Common 19 GAITHERSBURG MD Rio Cinems 18 CHERRY HILL NJ Cherry Hill 24 ELIZABETH NJ Jersey Gardens 20 NEW YORK NY Empire 25 DALLAS TX Grapevine Mills 24 HOUSTON TX Fountains 18 LYNNWOOD WA Alderwood 16 --- [ WHAT IS YOUR CHAFFING EDITOR LISTENING TO ] CHEMICAL Post Malone https://youtu.be/IzPQ_jA00bk ---------------------- HK Top Ten Central hktopten@hotmail.com http://www.geocities.ws/hktopten | http://hktopten.blogspot.com