Thursday, March 20, 2025

[2025.03.21] HILLARY LAU LOOKS FORWARD TO HEART WRENCHING MOVIES WHILE ANSONZBEAN FOCUSES ON ACTION

Anjaylia Chan, Hillary Lau, Lillian Ho, ANSONBEAN and Evelyn Choi take the chance to get a photo with Louis Koo
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The 29th Hong Kong International Film and TV Festival (FILMART) opened on the 17th of this month, and Media Asia Films held a reception at Central on the evening of the 18th. Media Asia media group boss Dr. Peter Lam Kin Ngok, Media Asia television program production (Hong Kong) Co. Ltd. managaing director Tommy Leung Ka Shu, the Federation of the Hong Kong Filmmakers president Louis Koo Tin Lok, Hong Kong Film Awards Best Film Editor Wong Hoi, New Director Award Lee Kwong Yiu, Nick Cheuk Yik Him, Lawrence Kan Kwan Chun, artists Natalie Hsu (Hui Yan Yee), ANSONBEAN, Hillary Lau, Evelyn Choi Wing Yan, Vian Lin Ka Wing, Anjaylia Chan Ka Bo, Lillian Ho Ka Lei, Hazel Lam Hei Tung, Maya Tsang Yui Tung, Fiona McLeish (Mak Siu Yu), Eliza Sam Lai Heung and Toby Leung Ching Ki were all present.

Hillary admitted that she has learned a lot from meeting many film directors and screenwriters at the party. She said, "The scene is too lively with too many people. Although I can't go too in depth one by one, but I am so happy to have the opportunity to introduce myself to everyone. Ultimately I don't have many works, and I am a new actor." She was a big fan of romance films and hoped to play the lead role in love stories. She said, "I am a person with a lot of emotions, but I only show it to my close friends. I really want to challenge myself to express it through movies. There are many kinds of love stories, and I hope to make a heart wrenching movie so that the audience will have a sense of understanding after watching it." The television game show that she has been a part of, BE ON GAME would move to th stage next month. Hillary revealed that there would be surprises. "I hope to interact with the audience more and make everyone happy this time. We have a lot of special performances. In short, in addition to singing and dancing, we would even add a few elements that are rarely seen on stage."

Trying hard to pursue his "dream of being an action actor", ANSONBEAN revealed that he has recently made a new discovery about himself. "Every time I complete a production project I would find myself with a new aspect, which feels very new and unpredictable. I am grateful for the opportunity to explore more possibilities every time. For example, in the recently aired drama series, because it was funny and what I was good at, I kept worrying as the shoot went on. The result was a good response and everyone liked it. It turned out to be funny, and made the audience happy. Even I thought it was funny when I watched it again, suddenly unlocking the comedy route." He hoped to focus on the "Action Movie" genre, but still make movies such as romance, comedy or suspense. In addition to practicing martial arts, ANSONBEAN also worked hard to study acting, especially learning to be "natural". Having worked with him on dramas, Hillary laughed, "Actually you are usually not natural!" ANSONBEAN admitted, "Whether I am filming on camera or talking to friends, my speech becomes unnatural because my brains are thinking about too much. I will try to improve that."

[2025.03.21] CATHERINE CHAU RUSHES TO ANSWER TO "HOUSEWIFE CHAU"?

Michelle Wai finds a good companion and wants Catherine Chau to have one too
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Michelle Wai, Catherine Chau, Rosa Velasco, Polly Lau and Aggie C celebrate the release of THE LAST DANCE extended version with an "army" pose

(from back left) Aggie C., Michelle Wai, Polly Lau, (front left) Rosa Velasco and Catherine Chau form a human "hexagram"
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Catherine Chau and Michelle Wai volunteer at Food Angel
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Five actors of THE LAST DANCE (POR. DEI YUK) Michelle Wai Sze Nga (Michelle), Catherine Chau Ka Yee, Rosa Velasco (Wai Law Sha), Polly Lau Yeuk Bo, and Aggie C (Chow Chi Wai) yesterday as volunteers distributed meals to more than 100 elderly people. The five of them worked together to make a big and "long" star-shaped pose to celebrate the release of the extended version of THE LAST DANCE on April 4th at the cinema.

The newly married Wai Sze Nga and Chau Ka Yee were interviewed together. The media called Wai Sze Nga "Housewife Chau" but Chau Ka Yee immediately rushed out to answer. "Don't call me housewife, I'm not a housewife yet." Wai Sze Nga smiled and said, "They are calling me Housewife Chau. If you would marry someone with the last name Chau in the future, then you would be Housewife Chau too!" Ka Yee said helplessly, "It still might be impossible, perhaps I won't have a chance to get married." Wai Sze Nga once promised to introduce the "hot properties" to Ka Yee on her wedding day, but Ka Yee said that the bride was too busy that night. She had to help collect "favors" (wedding gifts) herself, which was a greater responsibility than meeting guys. However many people at the scene dragged her around to meet guys, which made her very embarrassed. Would Wai Sze Nga introduce good guys again? She laughed and said, "My husband told me not to be a matchmaker, so I will see if we would have any party for another chance to meet, but I would leave it to fate and see how her karma is." Actually Ka Yee often does good deeds in private, how could a beautiful and kind person have no suitor? Ka Yee joked that maybe she was too good and never gave out any energy to attract the opposite sex. "I haven't particularly longed to date, but I am not as resistant s before. I would keep an open mind. No one should worry too much about me, I will keep living a good life."

Speaking of the extended version of THE LAST DANCE (POR. DEI YUK)'s April 4th release, neither of them has seen the latest version but they knew that little stories behind multiple characters would be added. The ending would still be the same, and would not become a sad ending. Wai Sze Nga won the "Extraordinary Actor Award" at Chicago's Asian Pop Up Cinema Film Festival for THE LAST DANCE, bringing her her sixth individual award and her first award outside of Asia. She was very grateful and felt that the most important was for people of different places to be able to see this movie. Later she would go to Chicago again to promote the film. Winning awards repeatedly, has she receive any reward from her husband? Wai Sze Nga immediately took the opportunity to say, "No, you can write that for me; but buying a gift is so difficult, and giving cash has no sentimental value." Would she ask her husband for a home? She laughed and said that he probably would not have that much money. Referring to the completion of the second Chinese wedding last Sunday, Wai Se Nga smiled and said that she could finally breathe a sigh of relief. This time she cried just the same, but not because of her husband. Mommy's words moved her instead, because Mommy said that she was her favorite. If she was wronged, she should come home and the door would be open for her. She gave a surprise to her husband as well, inviting his idol Yanting Chau to perform. She said that after completing the wedding she could focus on promoting THE LAST DANCE extended version.

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

[2025.03.20] NICK CHEUNG CONTINUES HIS DIRECTING DREAM, LOOKS FOR A RETURN TO COMEDY

Terrance Lau praises director and actor Nick Cheung as very attentive, constantly thinking of the actors

Nick Cheung and Fala Chen play a loving couple in the film

Terrance Lau plays a psychiatrist who constantly crosses the line
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Best Actor Nick Cheung Ka Fai went from acting to directing. PEG O' MY HEART (SHOOK MUNG), the fourth film that he directed and starred in, recently won the "Best Director Award" at the Grimmfest Film Festival in Manchester, UK. The new film would be released in Hong Kong on March 27th. He admitted that there was no pressure, but he felt that the style of this film was difficult to classify. Although it was popular with foreign audiences, he also looked forward to the support of Hong Kong local audiences. Cheung Ka Fai admitted that his heart was full of rebellion and liked to take the alternative route. His new work was "difficult to classify", and he would continue to have no limit to his dream of directing. He joked "I 'Fa Gwut Lung' didn't get the name in vain, I hope to have the opportunity to make comedy again!"

The past three films Cheung Ka Fai directed had a "dark" style. He admitted that he was full of rebellion at heart and liked to take the alternative route. This time PEG O' THE HEART took "redemption" as the theme, which contained thrilling and criminal elements. It also had a bit of "cult film" flavor. Ka Fai said that two years after the completion of the film, it woul finally be released in Hong Kong. In the long waiting process, he has experienced the overseas promotions, visited major film festivals, understood the audience's reaction, and has even seen it countless times during editing. Thus his feeling was a little numb, not particularly nervous. However he was very happy to get a lot of good actors to perform hard during the filming process, hoping to give the audience a new experience through this theme.

Ka Fai bluntly said that current film productions would not be limited to a single horror film or dramatic film. This time PEG O' MY HEART was a bit strange, some viewers would feel the film would be difficult to classify after watching it. "Actually I have been also looking for answers too, I did not imitate any movies when making this film. I saw on some channels that movies that are difficult to classify as would be classified as 'unclassifiable movies'." He said that PEG O' MY HEART was original and could bring freshness to the audience. "I have the audience's appreciation overseas, but it does not mean that it's all about me; nor does it mean that I am sure to win. Maybe foreigners like it, but I don't know what Hong Kong audiences would think."

Making a non commercial film this time, Ka Fai believed that film was a creative industry. The market must have a variety of films to give the most sincere feedback to the audience. Hence multi-genre films such as "ET the Extra-Terrestrial", kung fu films and comedy films appeared. However, he was more paranoid. Since he has found a group of good actors, he wanted to take the alternative route, special and difficult to classify direction; especially if the audience felt that watching movies was dull now. They might as well come to watch his film. As a director, Ka Fai has always been in a dark style that has also become his trademark. He joked that someone has already evaluated him as such, he considered himself rebellious and deliberately adhered to this style. However his inner world was very unrestrained. PEG O' MY HEART had many thrilling scenes. Ka Fai said that the initial starting point was not to scare people, because the audience's definition of fright may be very low. Some viewers would be afraid when they saw the characters being a little more vicious, so he did not to challenge scaring people to death. The film had two main tragic plots, most of the scare spots were conceived on the spot on the set.

For his first international director award, would this be his most satisfying work? Ka Fai said that he did not dare to assert that. If he had the opportunity to make another film similar to hypnosis or dreams, he believed that he could make an even better film. After all, he still had a lot he wanted to say but not enough space to do it. Directing and starring were not easy, so this time Lau Chun Him was the real lead actor. Ka Fai hoped to concentrate on filming him well.

Regarding the movie release, Lau Chun Him said that he was nervous. The psychiatrist he played in the film was also mentally distressed. Actually in real life, Ah Him often had nightmares when he was a child. He dreamed of people or monsters chasing him. "Maybe when I was little I didn't know how to express yourself, or perhaps I was only like that because I felt lonely." Playing this role, Ah Him said that the most difficult thing was not acting, but restraining the performance. "I couldn't resist acting during filming, I was guided by a story and I communicated closely with the director." He felt that Ka Fai was by no means a villain director. He remembered a scene in the water the most. That night was very cold, the staff took a while to try the position. He proposed to try it himself, but Ka Fai refused his request and protected him. In addition Ah Him had a shower scene, which was a bold performance on screen for him. "That scene was a dream, I dreamed that I was naked after taking a shower at home. I didn't look at it with bias, so I agreed to perform it right away." Actually if the script required it, and he could accept it full rear nudity.

In addition to directing and acting, Ka Fai also sings the theme song of the movie. He joked that finding someone else to sing would cost money. "Earlier a reporter asked me how to withdraw from the role, actually I withdrew as soon as the cameras stopped rolling. I found that a lot of money had to be spent, and the whole person woke up. Do you have any financial company to recommend?" When asked about his expectations for the box office, Ka Fai said that the film has indeed been appreciated overseas; but now for film productions in Hong Kong, nothing seemed right in the eyes of the audience. "However if you do it right, everyone will honestly tell you that you are right; of course you have to work hard on getting it right. It takes the perfect combination of creativity, screenwriting, cinematography and lighting. If you ask me what acting is? I'm not an academic myself, but I personally think it's like a door, being convincing on one hand and exciting on the other. As soon as the door is opened, inside needs a lot of things to help before the performance would be recognize. This requires everyone's cooperation."

Ka Fai will continue his directing dream, but he is not sure whether he will stick to the "dark" style. Because he has never limited what he wants to shoot, he has left everything up to fate and Heaven would make the arrangements. The audience has always been missed him in comedies. Everyone to this day is still talking about the role of "Fa Gwut Lung", Ka Fai joked that sometimes when he saw how much fun Tommy Chu Pak Hong, Louis Cheung Kai Chung and Terrance Lau Chun Him were having, he wanted to join in and go crazy. "I 'Fat Gwut Lung' didn't get the name in vain, I hope to have the opportunity to make comedy again!" As a senior he watched a group of young people's rise. Their path was just like the one he walked when he was younger, full of enthusiasm. So he wanted to work with them to bring a new atmosphere to the film industry. As for Lau Chun Him, he also has been creating stories. Would he want to direct and act himself like Ka Fai? He expressed his interest in becoming a director, but if he would direct he would not participate in the performance; because he has seen how hard it was for Ka Fai to take care of both sides of the cameras.

[2025.03.20] THE LEE SINJIE PRODUCE DEAD TIDE WINS INDUSTRY PROJECT MARKET AWARDS

Lee Sinje is happy that BLACK TIDES, the film she produces, has received an award

Yoyo Tse and Jacky Cai practice dancing for their new film roles
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A total of 24 cash and non-cash awards worth about HK$1,950,000 (about US$250,000) were presented to a number of promising film projects yesterday at the Hong Kong International Film Festival Industry Project Market award ceremony took place yesterday, in recognition of outstanding film projects from around the world and the birth of outstanding new filmmakers. A total of 48 projects were showcased in this year's Project Market, including 25 projects under development (IDP), 15 projects in production (WIP), 6 animation projects, and 2 projects from Jakarta Film Week in Indonesia, all of which were selected from among the best submissions from around the world.

Directed by Chan Si Ieong, WAVES UNDER THE SEA won the Hong Kong Development Project (IDP) Award, and Liu Xing's first feature film SAY MY NAME won the Hong Kong Project in Production (WIP) Award and the White Light Post-Production Award (WIP). Gong Yiwen's HER FIRST TASTE (mainland) won the WIP Award and was also selected for the HAF Goes To Cannes programme. Penu Aree and Kong Rithdee won the WIP Award for DRIVE SOUTH PRAY WEST (Thailand); Zheng Lu Xinyuan's A STRANGER AT MY DOOR (Hong Kong, mainland) won the HAF x CNC Award and the Aputure Award; Li Jing's NAME AND HAIR (mainland), Iskandar Usmonov's BESIK. HOMECOMING (Tajikistan, Kazakhstan) won the Red Sea Fund Award (WIP).

This year's Industry Film Market also marked the expansion of the Animation Section, which showcased a series of projects that reflected the growing influence of animated storytelling. They included Hong Kong-based director Toe Yuen Kin Toe's A MIGHTY ADVENTURE, which won the Sky Animation Award. The all new Indonesian Film Project also focuses on emerging Indonesian filmmakers, providing a platform for them to exchange ideas with international industry professionals.

The Lee Sinjie and Jin Ong produced film DEAD TIDE received the LA FONTE AWARD, and was selected for one of the 5 films of the "HAF GOES TO CANNES PROGRAM". Lee Sinjie was happy that the movie DEAD TIDE was able to win the award, of which the HK$ 100,000 cash prize could help make up for the initial funds. Now many investors are interested in the movie, she could start filming with a budget of about HK$ 8 million. She intended to ask Jack Tan to play the lead. Why not ask her good partner Wu Kangren to perform? Lee Sinjie's team joked that Wu Kangren was not suitable for the age of the role. Lee Sinjie could not do two things at the same time either, acting while producing. Thus the female lead candidate was still being searched. Lee Sinjie said, "Because the actor who understands Malaysian and Hokkien dialect is preferred, it is best to find Malaysian actor Jack Tan."

Cai Jie made a special trip to the award ceremony to support the performance of SAY MY NAME, but she did not expect to get a good result. She said, "Tse Wing Yan is the lead of the movie, I just play a supporting role. As long as the role is attractive, I don't mind." Cai Jie said that she wanted to practice her dance for the movie, and Tse Wing Yan said that the movie was filmed half a year ago and is now doing post-production work. Has Cai Jie reduced her salary for the performance? She joked, "We don't need to talk about the money, the movie shows that the director has put a lot of thought into it. Everyone participates as much as possible under the small budget. In addition the director is my senior, and the screenwriter is even my teacher."

On a rare trip to Hong Kong to receive the award, Lee Sinjie said that she would leave in two days and would go to the mainland and Taiwan to promote another new film. However she would also seize the time to meet her mentor Sylvia Chang for dinner. Has she made any appointment to meet the sisters? Lee Sinjie joked, "I have had dinner with (Gigi) Leung Wing Kei, and we have even talked all night. Seeing all our sisters together would be more difficult. I have to work and fly around a lot, and (Charlie) Yeung Choi Nei has been in Singapore."

[2025.03.20] MICHELLE WAI RECEIVES ASIAN POP UP CINEMA EXTRAORDINARY ACTOR AWARD IN CHICAGO

Michelle Wai is honored again for THE LAST DANCE
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Michelle Wai and Michael Hui's acting has been praised

Bathing her stroke stricken father Michael Hui in THE LAST DANCE, Michelle Wai leaves all viewers with a deep impression
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The film THE LAST DANCE (POR. DEI YUK) has a cumulative box office of HK$ 160 million in Hong Kong and Macau, and has been nominated for 18 Hong Kong Film Awards to set a new nomination record in the past ten years. In addition, "the Kwok family trio of excellence" Michael Hui Koon Man, Michelle Wai Sze Nga and Tommy Chu Pak Hong won the Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild Annual Awards for Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor. Yesterday, Michelle received even more good new as she was awarded the Extraordinary Actor Award at the Asian Pop Up Cinema Film Festival in Chicago.

Michelle was deeply honored to receive her sixth individual award for THE LAST DANCE and said, "I am very honored to receive the 'Extraordinary Actor Award' from Chicago's Asian Pop Up Cinema Film Festival, special thanks to THE LAST DANCE team for all their help. This affirmation has made me even more confident in playing every role well. I will make the most of every opportunity to perform and continue to improve, thank you for your continued encouragement!" In addition, the extended version of THE LAST DANCE will be released on April 4.

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

[2025.03.19] FOR THE WEEK ENDING SUNDAY, MARCH 16 2025

For the week ending Sunday, March 16 2025

ATTACK ON TITAN: THE LAST ATTACK POSTER

10 ATTACK ON TITAN: THE LAST ATTACK
    d. Yuichiro Hayashi
    Japanese Animation
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 145 mins.
  Opening January 16 2025

[ CINEMA CITY ]
    To protect themselves from the Titan threat, humanity built giant walls and lives in peace within them. Their 100 years of peace were destroyed by the attack of a Colossal TItan, and a boy who lost his mother, Eren Yeager, swore to eradicate the Titans and joined the Survey Corps. Through a series of literal battles of life and death, Eren earned the power to become a Titan. As he contributes to humanity's victory, he slowly gets closer to learning about the truth of the world. The time passes, and Eren, who left the walls and parted ways with his friends at the Survey Corps, carries out a terrifying plan. The "Rumbling", a plan in which one leads countless Titans to trample over the world and everything that exists upon it. Mikasa, Armin, and everyone who was left behind are now taking on the final battle to stop Eren from destroying the world.

[ CINEMA ONLINE MALAYSIA ]
    The fate of the world hangs in the balance as Eren unleashes the ultimate power of the Titans. With a burning determination to eliminate all who threaten Eldia, he leads an unstoppable army of Colossal Titans towards Marley.

LITTLE RED SWEET MOVIE POSTER

  9 LITTLE RED SWEET
  Can : Hung Dau
  Lit : Red Bean
    d. Vincent Chow Wing
    Simon Yam Tat, Stephy Tang Lai Yan, Jeffrey Ngai Chun Sun,
      Mimi Kung Chi Yan, Kevin Chu Kam Yin,
      Fung So Bo, Fong Ping, Amy Lo Wai Man
  Rating : I
  Length : 92 mins.
  Opening November 3rd 2024 at the London East Asia Film Festival
  Opening December 13 2024 (Preview)
  Opening February 27 2025

[ GOLDEN HARVEST CINEMAS ]
    "Cheung Hing Kee" is a Chinese dessert shop owned by a married couple Simon and Mimi in Kowloon City in the 1980s. Their daughter Stephy has always dreamt to fly and she became a flight attendant. Younger brother Jeffrey is just another carefree university student. A classic Chaozhou family. Everything changed when Mimi got a stroke and was left unconscious, leading the family into a chaos. Unbending as Stephy, unbearable to see Simon taking all on his back, decides to quit her job and return to his assistance. Yet, Simon is a traditional man, he does not appreciate her help. With the absence of Mimi, they are clueless on how to communicate with each other. Kowloon City is undergoing reconstruction and property developers have evicted them. Stephy's Canada born-Chinese boyfriend Kevin proposed to her, offered her to leave Hong Kong and live together abroad in Canada. On the crossroads of Kowloon City, struck with the current of time, Stephy's choice and her family's "Cheung Hing Kee",

[ 2024 LONDON EAST ASIA FILM FESTIVAL ]
    Directed by Vincent Chow, Little Red Sweet will bring the festival to a moving close with a heartfelt family drama set in 1980s Kowloon City. The story follows Simon and Mimi, a married couple whose daughter Stephy dreams of becoming a flight attendant. When Mimi suffers a devastating stroke, the family's world is turned upside down. This emotional journey is a poignant exploration of familial bonds, sacrifice, and resilience.

    Director Vincent Chow and lead actor Simon Lam will join the audience for an intimate Q and A after the screening, offering insights into the film's powerful performances and themes.

HERETIC MOVIE POSTER

  8 HERETIC
    d. Scott Beck, Bryan Woods
    Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, Chloe East, Topher Grace

DARK NUNS MOVIE POSTER

  7 DARK NUNS
  Can : Kui Mor Hak Sau Nui
  Lit : Exorcizing Dark Nuns
    d. Kwon Hyeok-Jae
    Song Hye-Kyo, Jeon Yeo-Been, Moon Woo-Jin
    Stone Tsang Siu Keung, Nikki Han, Salomon Wettstein,
      Jack Leung Chun Keung, Will Hayward, Law Kai Pong, Tom Robertshaw,
      Sarah Pemberton, Hyun Chang Chung
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 114 mins.
  Opening March 13 2025

[ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ]
    Are you ready to venture into the forbidden?

    Sister Giunia is convinced that the evil spirit possessing Hee-joon is one of the 12 Manifestations. With the exorcist priest unable to come in time and Hee-joon's life clearly at risk, Sister Giunia decides to break a sacred rule: 'An unordained nun cannot perform an exorcism.'

    However, Father Paolo, Hee-joon's attending physician, firmly believes that only medicine can save the boy. When Sister Giunia discovers a secret about Father Paolo's disciple, Sister Michela, she recklessly seeks her help to smuggle Hee-joon out of the hospital. Despite clashing with the fearless Giunia, Michela, feeling a connection to the boy, decides to join forces.

    Together, the two nuns embark on a dangerous ritual, determined to save the boy at all costs, no matter the risks or consequences.

    There's only one rule: Save him at all costs!

NOVOCAINE MOVIE POSTER

  6 NOVOCAINE
    d. Dan Berk, Robert Olsen
    Jack Quaid, Amber Midthunder, Ray Nicholson

THE SOLITARY GOURMENT MOVIE POSTER

  5 THE SOLITARY GOURMENT
    d. Yutaka Matsushige
    Yutaka Matsushige, Joe Odagiri,
      Isomura Hayato, Sansei Shiomi, Takehiro Murata, Uchida Yuki,
      Anne Watanabe, Yoo Jae-Myung
  Rating : I
  Length : 110 mins.
  Opening March 14 2025

[ CINEMA CITY ]
    Goro Inogashira runs his own imported goods business and travels all over Japan for work. During his trips, he loves to try different restaurants by himself. Now, Goro Inogashira travels abroad and tries to find the ultimate soup.

THE BRUTALIST MOVIE POSTER

  4 THE BRUTALIST
    d. Brady Corbet
    Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce

THE WAY WE TALK MOVIE POSTER

  3 THE WAY WE TALK
  Can : Hong Ngor Gum Tin Jum Mor Suet
    d. Adam Wong Sau Ping
    Neo Yau Hawk Sau, Chung Suet Ying, Marco Ng Tsz Ho
  Rating : IIA
  Length : 132 mins.
  Opening January 29 2025 in mainland China
  Opening October 12 2024 @ BFL London Film Festival
  Opening October 30 2024 at the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2024
  Opening December 3 2024 (Preview)
  Opening February 20 2025
  Site : https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=way-we-talk-lff24
  fb: https://fb.com/moviethewaywetalk

[ 2024 BFL LONDON FILM FESTIVAL ]
    The complex lives of young deaf people are explored in all their intricacies in this earnest, superbly performed drama, set in contemporary Hong Kong.

[ 2024 HONG KONG ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL ]
    A soul-searching story about three friends who have different conditions of deafness: Wolf embraces sign language with confidence while tackling realistic obstacles in his everyday life; Alan is Wolf's cheerful best friend who is an advocate of diverse modes of communication between the deaf and the hearing communities; Sophie struggles with oral language and continuously strives to be seen as "normal". The trio embarks on their self-discovering journeys with moments of pain and realisation. Sincere and empathetic, Adam Wong's latest drama feature sensitively questions what social norms and identity mean for us.

[ 2024 BUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ASIAN COTENTS AND FILM MARKET ]
    Wolf, from a Deaf family, embraces sign language with confidence, navigating life's obstacles. Sophie, implanted with a cochlear device in childhood, strives for normalcy through spoken language, despite the "deaf accent." Alan, with a cochlear implant like Sophie, shares spoken language skills but also understands sign language, advocating for diverse communication among the Deaf. Friendship and love intertwine their lives, causing both wounds and self-discovery on a journey to find themselves.

MICKEY 17 MOVIE POSTER

  2 MICKEY 17
    d. Bong Joon-ho
    Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun,
      Toni Collette, Mark Ruffalo


NE ZHA 2 MOVIE POSTER

  1 NE ZHA 2
    d. Jiaozi
    mainland China animation
  Rating : I
  Length : 144 mins.
  Opening February 22 2025
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/oVURYfWg3RU

[ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ]
    After the heavenly lightning, although Ne Zha and Ao Bing survived by becoming Spirits, they would soon dissipate completely. Taiyi plans to rebuild Ne Zha and Ao Bing’s mortal bodies with the Seven-colored Precious Lotus. However, during the process of reconstruction, numerous obstacles arise. What will become of the fate of Ne Zha and Ao Bing?Carl Lumbly, Xosha Roquemore, Giancarlo Esposito,

[2025.03.19] FOR THE WEEK STARTING SATURDAY, MARCH 15 2025

For the week starting Saturday, March 8 2025 (Week 11)

VIUTV CHILL CLUB CHART


  5 HOMEWORK WANTED DONE WELL
  Can : Seung Seh Ho Dik Gung For
  RubberBand

  4 SUGAR FREE
  Can : Mo Tong Hor Lok
  Vincy Chan (Wing Yi)

  3 OUR FAREWELL
  Can : Lei Bit Si Hak
  Yanting Chau

  2 NEVER-ENDING STORY
  Can : Moot Jung Dim Dik Ching Chun
  Jer Lau Ying Ting


  1 TO BE OR NOT TO BE
  Can : Kwan Yu Hau Fui
  Jason Chan Pak Yu