[2013.06.19] SATURDAY, JUNE 15 2013

GLOBAL CHINESE SONG CHART

For Saturday, June 15 2013

15 GOAL
  Jane Zhang Liangying

http://youtu.be/aRTU2OUV1JM

14 MOONLIGHT THAT CANNOT BE SHUT OFF
  Can : Guan Dut Diu Dik Yuet Guong
  Harlem Yu Ching Hing

http://youtu.be/cthlnu9ojkA

13 IT'S ALRIGHT
  Can : Ho Ho
  Steve Wong Ka Keung

http://youtu.be/42KvhKI4RC0

12 LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE
  Can : Oi Oi Oi Oi
  MoMo Wu (Ng Mok Sau)

http://youtu.be/slBD8uIcB3E

11 DON'T WANT TO LISTEN
  Can : But Seung Ting
  Cheryl Lee (Lee Yun Yi)

http://youtu.be/C1LKOSotXMI

10 IF THIS IS LOVE
  Can : Yu Gor Jeh Si Ching
  Ivana Wong Yuen Chi

http://youtu.be/0Vov9bzUqaA

 9 CHILDHOOD
  Can : Siu Si Hau
  Soda Green

http://youtu.be/xpT7av-kiXg

 8 WANT TO TELL YOU
  Can : Seung Dui Nei Shuet
  Aska Yang (Yeung Chung Wai)

http://youtu.be/5jgFObA3RAk

 7 LOVE IN THE SAME BOAT
  Can : Tung Jau Ji Ching
  Jacky Cheung Hok Yau , Eason Chan Yik Shun

http://youtu.be/ZzLQaoYVxqY

 6 TO YOUTH
  Can : Ji Ching Chun
  Faye Wong

http://youtu.be/Nmm3Xdj5twI

 5 HAPPINESS IS NOT A LOVE SONG
  Can : Hung Fook But Si Ching Gor
  Rene Liu (Lau Yeuk Ying)

http://youtu.be/Hn4FqYCFcak

 4 PURELY ACCIDENTAL
  Can : Shun Shook Yi Oi
  Penny Dai Pui Nei

http://youtu.be/snRaHXpS3uI

 3 A HEART SONG
  Can : Yut Sau Sum Gor
  Summer Junke Junyi

http://youtu.be/wy326C4BmNI

 2 WAIT
  Can : Dun Dun
  Olivia Ong

http://youtu.be/LdSvRWR921Q

 1 TO ME
  Can : Cup Ji Gei
  Michael Wong (Kong Leung)

http://youtu.be/By3ys9SPi28

[2013.06.19] FOR THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 16 2013

For the week ending June 16 2013

Photos courtesy of Yahoo! Movies Hong Kong

10 STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS
    d. J.J. Abrams
    Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Benedict Cumberbatch

 9 SO YOUNG
  Can : Ji Ngor Moon Jung Seung Sai Hui Dik Ching Chun
  Lit : To Our Soon To Be Eternally Lost Youth
    d. Vicki Zhao Wei
    Mark Chao (Chiu Yau Ting), Han Geng, Yang Zishan, Jiang Shuying
      Golf Natpassara, Tha Kittilpat
  Rating : IIA
  Length : 131 mins.
  Opening June 13 2013

[ YAHOO! MOVIES HONG KONG ]
  18 year old Zheng Mi starts the university full of hope as she begins her journey for love. Actually, Zheng Mi grows up with neighbor Lin Jing and this time finally she is accepted into the school next to his. However Lin Jing goes to study overseas and sends no word. Zheng Mi is deeply hurt but builds great friendships with roommates Yuan Yuan, Zhu Xiaobei, Li Weijuan and class elder Old Zhang. In their company she slowly recovers from her heart break. In the polytechnic institute with more guys and girls, beauties Zheng Mi and Yuan Yuan get a lot of attention. Rich kid Xu Kaiyang even begins a passionate pursuit of Zheng Mi, while Yuan Yuan quietly guards her one and only love despite many suitors. A chance misunderstanding turns Old Zhang's roommate Chen into Zheng Mi's nemesis. After repeated retaliation, Zheng Mi is surprised to learn that she has fallen for this cool but kind student...

 8 THE GREAT GATSBY
    d. Baz Luhrmann
    Leonardo DiCaprio, Joel Edgerton, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan

 7 AMERICAN DREAMS IN CHINA
  Can : Jung Gok Hup For Yun
  Lit : China Partners
    d. Peter Chan Ho Sun
    Huang Xiaoming, Deng Chao, Tong Dawei, Du Juan
  Rating : IIA
  Length : 110 mins.
  Opening May 30 2013

[ YAHOO! MOVIES HONG KONG ]
  In the 80s, three university buddies fight, chase girls and dream of going to America together. In the turbulence of time, some American dreams are fulfilled and others shattered -- only the "new dream" of founding an English school tightly bounds the trio together and creates a legend of a 6.3 billion educational kingdom.

  Cheng Dongqing is a country boy from a farming village; Meng Xiaojun is an intellectual elite; Wang Yang is a romantic poet. A trio of three extremes, they are tied together by an American dream. They apply for visas but only two get them. Cheng Dongqing returns disappointed and can only remain in the university to teach, but he is fired for privately tutoring; Meng Xiaojun thinks that he can succeed in America but can only work as a busboy; Wang Yang falls for an American girl and gives up on leaving home.

  Cheng Dongqing has nothing and can only secretly teach in a fast food shop. As the number of his students grows, he invites Wang Yang to join him. Then Meng Xiaojung returns home to join them and "New Dream" school is officially founded. The trio with charm and unique teaching methods has unprecedented success with the school. Cheng Dongqing is shaped into a teacher who has studied overseas, from a country bumpkin to a leader and much to the envy of Meng Xiaojun. As the misunderstanding grows between them, Wang Yang is stuck in the middle...

 6 PEE MAK PHRAKANONG
  Can : Hat Gwai Ah Soh
  Lit : Scary Ghost Sister in Law
    d. Banjong Pisanthanakun
    Mario Maurer, Davika Hoorne
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 113 mins.
  Opening May 16 2013

[ ASIAN WIKI ]
  In the Rattanakosin Kingdom, Mak leaves his pregnant wife Nak to join the war and meets four soldiers who become his best friends. During this time, his wife Nak struggles to give birth to their baby.

  When the war ends, Mak invites his friends to visit Phra Khanong and meet his beautiful wife Nak. Meanwhile, rumors fly around town that Nak is a ghost. His four friends and villagers trying to tell Mak that his wife is already dead.

 5 SWITCH
  Can : Tin Gei ji Fu Chun San Gui Toh
  Lit : Heavenly Opportunity: Dwelling In the Fuchun Mountains
  AKA : Gok Ga Yum Mo ji Fu Chun San Gui Toh
  Lit : National Mission: Dwelling In the Fuchun Mountains
    d. Jay Sun Jianjun
    Andy Lau Tak Wa, Zhang Jingchu, Lin Chiling, Tong Dawei
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 116 mins.
  Opening June 12 2013
  Official Site : https://www.facebook.com/SwitchMovie

[ CINEMA ONLINE MALAYSIA ]
  SWITCH revolves around the famous Chinese landscape painting "Dwelling In The Fuchun Mountains" by Huang Gongwang, which was split into two 300 years ago and exhibited separately in China and Taiwan. The film envisages that the painting is finally going to be put back together again, where a gang of thieves are scrambling to steal it. Special agent Xiao Jinhan and insurance company employee Lin Yuyan are on a mission to protect the world-famous drawing "Fu Chun Shan Ju Tu", which is the target of a Japanese gangster.

 4 FAST AND FURIOUS 6
    d. Justin Lin
    Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Jordana Brewster,
      Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot,
    Chris "Ludacris'" Bridges, Luke Evans, Elsa Pataky, Gina Carano

 3 AFTER EARTH
    d. M. Night Shyamalan
    Jaden Smith, Will Smith

 2 THE HANGOVER PART III
    d. Todd Phillips
    Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis

 1 NOW YOU SEE ME
    d. Louis Leterrier
    Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Melanie Laurent,
      Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman

[2013.06.19] KO CHEN-TUNG TURNS 22

Ko Chen-Tung (red arrow) celebrates his birthday with his TINY TIMES friends

Elva Hsiao does not make an appearance at his birthday party
courtesy of mingpao.com

Yesterday was Ko Chen-Tung's 22nd birthday. On its eve, his TINY TIMES co-stars Mini Yang Mi, Amber Kuo and others celebrated with him. Only his rumored girlfriend Elva Hsiao was ont present. Later he posted the photos online and wrote, "Happy Birthday to me! Thank you everyone who support me! I love you! I also thank everyone in TINY TIMES! I love you! Relationships never fade......sorry for sounding official again."

[2013.06.19] SWITCH NEGATIVE REVIEWS CANCEL ITS TAIWAN PREMIERE

Andy Lau's SWITCH has made 250 million yuan RMB in the Mainland but has been called a product placement promotional film

Lin Chiling wants to elevate herself with SWITCH but ends up reducing herself to "flower pot".
courtesy of mingpao.com

The Andy Lau Tak Wa and Lin Chiling starred SWITCH (TIN GEI FU CHUN SAN GUI TOH) accumulated over 250 million yuan RMB at the Mainland box office, but its poor review was just as strong as the box office. The poor review even expanded to Hong Kong and Taiwan. The film after 6 days in release in Hong Kong made around HK$1.5 million. In Taiwan to avoid Lin Chiling to be the only target, today's premiere and all promotions have been cancelled in the last minute. Some online joked that Lin Chiling who had her heart set on being promoted from "flower vase" to "blue and white porcelain" now could only be a "flower pot".

Lau Tak Wa and Lin Chiling's first collaboration made over 250 million yuan RMB in the Mainland but landed countless bad reviews. Most focused on flaws like the director's skills, the story, and editing. The film gathered all manners of film ideas but not the story itself; viewers thought they were watching a spy film that was also like a romance, but in the end it was also an action film with comedy. They truly were unable to find the theme. Some pointed out that this film was like a product placement promotional films and "the most rotten of rotten films".

The film was released in Hong Kong for 6 days, its box office was only HK$1.5 million. Wa Jai only said about SWITCH being called a rotten film, "It's very fair for people to want to criticize, only every film has its own fate. I hope this film's word of mouth wouldn't affect BLIND DETECTIVE (MAN TAM)'s performance because the two films have nothing to do with each other. If you want to blame someone blame it on 'Lau Tak Wa', please do not add it to BLIND DETECTIVE."

Since Wa Jai was unable to promote in Taiwan, Lin Chiling would become the only target. Thus the premiere and promotions scheduled for tonight have been cancelled. Lin Chiling replied through her manager Dannis, "Thank you film company for being attentive!" He felt that this film's various negative reviews in the Mainland have already lost focus. After discussions with the film company they decided to cancel the promotions for the recently ailing Lin Chiling to properly rest.

Lin Chiling originally hoped to work with Lau Tak Wa and elevated herself from "flower vase" to "blue and white porcelain" status. Yet online rating has reduced her to "flower pot". However, many praised how well Lin Chiling maintained her figure. Her manager said, "Lin Chiling concentrated on her acting job and completed the director's requests. She should happily accept good responses, humbly accept criticism, respect and coordinate with the film company's decisions."

[2013.06.19] NICK CHEUNG AND EDDIE PENG "KISS"

Zhang Ziyi says that her tears in THE VOICE OF CHINA are real

UNBEATABLE is a part of the Bona Night
courtesy of on.cc

Nick Cheung, Dante Lam, Eddie Peng

Eddie Peng and Nick Cheung embrace
courtesy of mingpao.com

Nick Cheung Ka Fai and Eddie Peng Yu-Yen starred in the film UNBEATABLE (GIK JIN), which competed for the Shanghai Film Festival Golden Goblet Award. Director Dante Lam Chiu Yin promoted with them.

Cheung Ka Fai and Peng Yu-Yen in the film had many scenes together, including being locked up during training and during a flip Peng Yu-Yen accidentally kissed Cheung Ka Fai. Peng Yu-Yen joked, "After this accidental kiss, our relationship got even better." Cheung Ka Fai joked, "Luckily it was a kiss scene with an actor, otherwise I would have to prepare a report for my wife." They also demonstrated the embrace as their relationship was that of master and disciple. Cheung Ka Fai also said, "I worked on this film and my finger broke, I traded a finger for this film!"

[2013.06.19] MICHELLE CHEN'S VICIOUS TONGUE FRIGHTENS JET LI

Michelle Chen turns into a sassy police superintendent
courtesy of mingpao.com

Michelle Chen recently changed her acting path in the new film BADGES OF FURY (BUT YI SUN TAM) as she played a sassy police superintendent who was often in battle of words with her subordinate Wen Zhang. Her sassy level even surprised Jet Li (Lee Nin Kit) and Wen Zhang.

Michelle Chen worked on her first fight scene and wire scene. The wires pulled her to mid air the first time when she shot her falling scene. She was so scared that she screamed.

[2013.06.18] CHARLENE CHOI COMPLAINS ABOUT PLAYING MEAN

Mani Fok, Zhuang Jiemeng, Una Xie, Albert Yeung, Charlene Choi, Alice Lok Si, Christie Si Xuan, Angela Hui
courtesy of on.cc

Emperor Group chief Albert Yeung Sau Sing led Charlene Choi Cheuk Yin and others to promote THE MIDAS TOUCH (CHIU CUP GAING LEI YUN) at the Shanghai Film Festival.

In the film Ah Sa was the manager of a girl group. "In the film I was very mean. When they danced poorly in rehearsal or performed poorly, I would withhold food and sleep from them." This was her meanest character to date. She said, "Actually playing mean is pretty tough, even Mani (Fok Man Hei) isn't this mean."