[2012.08.15] THURSDAY, AUGUST 9 2012

For Thursday, August 9 2012

Photos courtesy of Yahoo! Movies Hong Kong

10 THE CHEF
    d. Daniel Cohen
    Jean Reno, Michael Youn

 9 ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT
    d. Steven Martino, Mike Thurmeier
    Animation
    English Voices: Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo,
      Nicki Minaj, Drake, Jennifer Lopez, Queen Latifah

 8 TOTAL RECALL
    d. Len Wiseman
    Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel,
       Brian Cranston, John Cho, Bill Nighy

 7 THE SILENT WAR

  AKA : THE WIND SEEKER

  Can : Ting Fung Jeh
  Lit : Wind Listener
    d. Alan Mak Siu Fai, Felix Chong Man Keung

    Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Zhou Xun
  Rating : IIA

  Length : 120 mins.
  Opening August 9 2012

[ THE FILM CATALOGUE ]
   Things don’t always go as your eyes see while truth’s always hidden underneath.

  In 1950s, the China Republic Government is newly established. Revolutionists in different parts of China seek chances to revolt. Everywhere is restless and chaotic. 701 Headquarter, consists of Inspection, Interpretation and Operation, is set up to spy conspiracy through telegraph. But one day in October, all of a sudden, the enemy shut down 126 military channels for 30 hours. After these long hours, when they tune back the channels, only daily news is being broadcasted. Without concrete information, operators at the frontline are at risk.

  Chang Xue-ning is of Operation’s. She is sent back to the Headquarter as her identity has been disclosed in Hong Kong. Reporting in 701, she is astonished by her supervisor, Guo Zhong-xing, who used to woo her. Their relation is still a mystery. Xue-ning’s new mission is to seek for worthy who gets superb aural comprehension. She targets Luo San-er, the piano tuner of Song Qing Ling but it turns out she brings Luo’s personal assistant, He Bing to report duty. Bing is uncivilized and blind but his hearing is splendid - can even hear the wind. Is he strong enough to be the saviour in this silent war?

  6 STEP UP REVOLUTION

    d. Scott Speer

    Kathryn McCormick, Ryan Guzman, Cleopatra Coleman

 5 THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
    d. Christopher Nolan
    Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway,
      Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Morgan Freeman

  4 BRAVE

    d. Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman

    Disney PIXAR Animation

    English Voices: Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson

 3 THE BOURNE LEGACY
    d. Tony Gilroy
    Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton

 2 MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED
    d. Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, Conrad Vernon
    DreamWork Animation
    English Voices: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer,
      Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer,

 1 VULGARIA
  Can : Dai Jook Hei Ket
  Lit : Vulgar Comedy
    d. Pang Ho Cheung
    Chapman To Man Jat, DaDa Chen Jing,
        Jim Chim Shui Man, Susan Shaw Yam Yam,
        Hiro Hayama (Yip San Ho), Matt Chow Hoi Kwong
  Rating : III
  Length : 90 mins.
  Opening August 9 2012
  Opening March 27 2012 at the Hong Kong International Film Festival

[ HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ]
  Pang Ho-cheung brings his many years of experience as director and producer to craft this ode to today's Hong Kong film industry. Like Pang, producer To Wai-cheung, our protagonist, must go north to find his funding, even if it means getting involved with a Guangxi triad head named Tyrannosaurus and experiencing "the ultimate sex". Another investment precondition: convincing 197s star Susan Shaw to act in a classic porno remake named DARING, I WANT IT TOO. Despite all the hardships, To is determined to make his film. With the uproarious, taboo-breaking Vulgaria, Pang gleefully exorcises all the restraints he has been bottling up with his bona fide, censorship-free Hong Kong movie.