[2013.07.17] FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 14 2013

For the week ending July 14 2013

Photos courtesy of Yahoo! Movies Hong Kong

10 A STORY OF YONONSUKE
  Can : Na Nin Yu Seung Sai Ji Gai
    d. Okita Shuichi
    Kora Kengo, Yoshitaka Yuriko, Ikematsu Sosuke, Ito Ayumi, Ayano Gou
  Rating : IIA
  Length : 160 mins.
  Opening March 18 2013 at the Hong Kong International Film Festival
  Opening July 4 2013
  Site : http://37.hkiff.org.hk/eng/film/detail/37152-a-story-of-yonosuke.html

[ HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ]
  A coming-of-age story weavingtogether multiple romantic threads, A STORY OF YONOSUKE is set during hte height of Japan's late-'80s economic glory. Based on the novel by Yoshida Shuichi, plain 18-year-old Yonosuke travels from Nagasaki to Tokyo to begin a life in the big city. Sixteen years later, things are very different for Yonosuke's clutch of friends, and the journey to finding out just how different sits at the heart of the latest by the typically whimsical Okita.

 9 EPIC IN 3D
    d. Chris Wedge
    Blue Sky Studios Animation
    English Voices: Colin Farrell, Josh Hutcherson, Amanda Seyfried,
      Christoph Waltz, Pitbull, Jason Sudeikis,
      Aziz Ansari, Chris O'Dowd, Steven Tyler, Beyonce Knowles

 8 MIDSUMMER'S EQUATION
  AKA : MIDSUMMER FORMULA
  Can : Sun Tam Ga Lei Lok 2: Jung Ha Fong Ching Sik
  Lit : Detective Galileo 2: Midsummer Formula
    d. Hiroshi Nishitani
    Masaharu Fukuyama, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Kazuki Kitamura
  Rating : IIA
  Length : 129 mins.
  Opening June 29 2013

[ YAHOO! MOVIES HONG KONG ]
  Fifth grade student Kyohei's parents are too busy and sends him to his relative's inn for the summer. At the same time university assistant professor of physics Manabu Yukawa due to a Submarine Mineral Resource Development project comes to this rundown small town with a beautiful seaview. However, 400 kilometers outside the inn a male corpse is discovered. The victim is Tsukahara, who checked in on the same day as Manabu Yukawa and was a retired cop. The truth involves a case that Tsukahara investigated 16 years ago...

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

 6 WORLD WAR Z
    d. Marc Forster
    Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, James Badge Dale, Matthew Fox

 5 MAN OF STEEL
    d. Zack Snyder
    Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon,
      Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Russell Crowe

 4 TALES FROM THE DARK
  Can : Mai Lei Yeh
  Lit : Eerie Night
    d. Lee Chi Ngai, Teddy Robin Kwan, Simon Yam Tat Wa
    Tony Leung Ka Fai, Kelly Chen Wai Lam, Simon Yam Tat Wa,
      Susan Shaw Yam Yam, Cherry Ngan Cheuk Ling, Yuen Qiu,
      Maggie Siu Mei Kei, Lok Ying Kwan, Lam Suet,
      Josephine Koo Mei Wa, DaDa Chan Jing,
      Elaine Tung Oi Ling, Jonathan Wong Chee Hynn, Lo Hoi Pang,
      Chan Lai Wan, Lee Hoi Ying, Leung Wing Kit,
      Chan Wai Hung, Tony Ho Wa Chiu
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 114 mins.
  Opening June 28 2013 at the New York Asian Film Festival
  Opening July 11 2013

[ THE FILM CATALOGUE ]
  6 twisted tales, 6 acclaimed directors, 6 horrifying ways to mess with your fear.

[ NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL ]
  Based on Lillian Lee’s best-selling novel series, Tales from the Dark Part 1 comprises three segments directed by Fruit Chan, Lee Chi Ngai, and actor Simon Yam in his directorial debut. One chilly night, veteran villain hitter Chu meets an uncommon client, a pretty 20-ish girl who pays her to curse four villains without knowing their names. Mysteriously, the performance of each cursing ceremony delivers a gruesome death. The final villain—or is it victim?—reveals a chilling, unbearable secret.

 3 BLIND DETECTIVE
  Can : Man Tam
    d. Johnnie To Kei Fung
    Andy Lau Tak Wa, Sammi Cheng Sau Man
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 130 mins.
  Opening July 4 2013
  Official Site : https://www.facebook.com/BlindDetectiveMovie

[ CINEMA ONLINE MALYASIA ]
  a former detective, forced to leave the service after turning blind, tries to make a living solving cold cases for the police.

[ THE FILM CATALOGUE ]
  Forced to leave service after turning blind, a former detective ekes out his living by solving cold cases for police rewards. When an attractive hit team inspector enlists his help in a personal case, he decides to take a stab.

 2 DESPICABLE ME 2
    d. Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud
    Animation
    English Voices: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt,

 1 MONSTER UNIVERSTIY
    d. Dan Scanlon
    Diseny Pixar Animation
    English Voices: Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Helen Mirren