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10 THE MIDNIGHT AFTER
Can : Can : Na Yeh Ning Sun, Ngor Jor Seung Liu Wong Gok Hoi Wong Dai Bo Dik Hung Van
AKA : LOST ON A RED MINIBUS TO TAIPO
d. Fruit Chan Gor
Wong Yau Nam, Tsui Tin Yau, Janice Man Wing Shan,
Sam Lee Chan Sam, Simon Yam Tat Wa, Wai Ying Hung,
Lam Suet, Jacqueline Chong Si Man
Rating : III
Length : 124 mins.
Opening March 28 2014 at the Hong Kong International Film Festival
Opening April 10 2014
Site : https://www.berlinale.de/en/programm/berlinale_programm/datenblatt.php?film_id=20144221#tab=video25
Site : http://38.hkiff.org.hk/eng/film/detail/38187-the-midnight-after.html
[ HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ]
Fruit Chan’s very Hong Kong story is based on a local internet sci-fi novel with a title made up of 17 Chinese characters plus a comma. A mini-bus leaves beautiful Mongkok one evening for Tai Po. It exits the Lion Rock Tunnel, drops off three Chinese University students and arrives in a Tai Po totally void of people and traffic. Then the passengers start dying horrible disfiguring deaths, or are raped and murdered by fellow travellers. A streetwise apocalyptic vision with special Fruit Chan characteristics, ingeniously aided by local rocker Jan Curious strumming a broom guitar and lip synching “This is ground control to Major Tom...”
[ BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ]
A night like any other in the streets of Hong Kong: in the midst of the tangle of night-owls, cars and vendors, a group of passengers climbs aboard a minibus that is to take them from Mongkok to Tai Po. The group is as diverse as the city: there’s a young man on drugs, an arguing couple, a woman with prayer beads and a girl who has just fallen in love. And behind the wheel sits the chatty driver. But as the bus emerges from a tunnel, everything is suddenly quite still: the streets and buildings are all empty and there’s not a soul to be seen; it’s as if everyone has suddenly been swallowed by the earth. Only the millions of neon lights continue to blink, as if nothing has happened. The eclectic group of passengers seek refuge in a deserted café and discuss what they should do. Then they make an horrific discovery … After his film Dumplings, which premiered in the 2005 Panorama, indie director Fruit Chan adapts the best-selling novel ‘Lost on a Minibus from Mongkok to Taipo’ and once again turns the horror genre upside down for his screen version, The Midnight After. A fast-paced and scary shocker which also happens to feature a David Bowie song.
Can : Can : Na Yeh Ning Sun, Ngor Jor Seung Liu Wong Gok Hoi Wong Dai Bo Dik Hung Van
AKA : LOST ON A RED MINIBUS TO TAIPO
d. Fruit Chan Gor
Wong Yau Nam, Tsui Tin Yau, Janice Man Wing Shan,
Sam Lee Chan Sam, Simon Yam Tat Wa, Wai Ying Hung,
Lam Suet, Jacqueline Chong Si Man
Rating : III
Length : 124 mins.
Opening March 28 2014 at the Hong Kong International Film Festival
Opening April 10 2014
Site : https://www.berlinale.de/en/programm/berlinale_programm/datenblatt.php?film_id=20144221#tab=video25
Site : http://38.hkiff.org.hk/eng/film/detail/38187-the-midnight-after.html
[ HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ]
Fruit Chan’s very Hong Kong story is based on a local internet sci-fi novel with a title made up of 17 Chinese characters plus a comma. A mini-bus leaves beautiful Mongkok one evening for Tai Po. It exits the Lion Rock Tunnel, drops off three Chinese University students and arrives in a Tai Po totally void of people and traffic. Then the passengers start dying horrible disfiguring deaths, or are raped and murdered by fellow travellers. A streetwise apocalyptic vision with special Fruit Chan characteristics, ingeniously aided by local rocker Jan Curious strumming a broom guitar and lip synching “This is ground control to Major Tom...”
[ BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ]
A night like any other in the streets of Hong Kong: in the midst of the tangle of night-owls, cars and vendors, a group of passengers climbs aboard a minibus that is to take them from Mongkok to Tai Po. The group is as diverse as the city: there’s a young man on drugs, an arguing couple, a woman with prayer beads and a girl who has just fallen in love. And behind the wheel sits the chatty driver. But as the bus emerges from a tunnel, everything is suddenly quite still: the streets and buildings are all empty and there’s not a soul to be seen; it’s as if everyone has suddenly been swallowed by the earth. Only the millions of neon lights continue to blink, as if nothing has happened. The eclectic group of passengers seek refuge in a deserted café and discuss what they should do. Then they make an horrific discovery … After his film Dumplings, which premiered in the 2005 Panorama, indie director Fruit Chan adapts the best-selling novel ‘Lost on a Minibus from Mongkok to Taipo’ and once again turns the horror genre upside down for his screen version, The Midnight After. A fast-paced and scary shocker which also happens to feature a David Bowie song.
9 RIO 2
d. Carlos Saldanha
Blue Sky Studio Animaton
English Voices: Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Jemaine Clement
d. Carlos Saldanha
Blue Sky Studio Animaton
English Voices: Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Jemaine Clement
8 HEAVEN IS FOR REAL
d. Randall Wallace
Greg Kinnear, Kelly Reilly, Thomas Haden Church
d. Randall Wallace
Greg Kinnear, Kelly Reilly, Thomas Haden Church
7 CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER
d. Anthony Russo, Jose Russo
Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson,
Robert Redford, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie
d. Anthony Russo, Jose Russo
Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson,
Robert Redford, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie
6 THAT DEMON WITHIN
Can : Mor Gaing
Lit : Demon Cop
d. Dante Lam Chiu Yin
Nick Cheung Ka Fai, Daniel Wu (Ng Yin Cho),
Andy Tien (On Chi Kit), Lam Ka Wa,
Liu Kai Chi, Au Kam Tong,
Lee Kwok Lun, Ken Wong Hap Hei, Deep Ng Ho Hong,
Xie Jieting, Shatina Chen
Rating : IIB
Length : 112 mins.
Opening February 8 2014 at the Berlin International Film Festival
Opening April 7 2014 at the Hong Kong International Film Festival
Opening April 17 2014
Site : https://www.berlinale.de/en/programm/berlinale_programm/datenblatt.php?film_id=20143897#tab=video25
Site : http://38.hkiff.org.hk/eng/film/detail/38203-that-demon-within.html
[ HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ]
Action maestro Dante Lam strikes again with a psychological thriller packed with ferocious antics. Daniel Wu plays Dan, a taciturn and dutiful cop. Cruel fate leads him to save Nick Cheung’s life, the leader of a gang of violent armed robbers, allowing him to go on to commit more crimes and kill more cops. Guilt-ridden, Dan devises an outlandish scheme to “befriend” the leader and causes the gang to implode. But someone who so single-mindedly pursues anything might just be sick in the head and have a history. His superiors suspect as much, but the snowball of crime committed in the name of justice has started rolling.
[ BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ]
A shootout on the night-time streets of Hong Kong results in a bleeding man being taken to hospital. Reticent policeman Dave doesn't think twice about donating blood to save him. But the wounded man turns out to be Hon Kong, head honcho of a brutal group of street-thugs known as the ‘Gang from Hell’. The gang commit murderous hold-ups wearing demon masks and show no mercy to either civilians nor the police. Dave is plagued by a guilty conscience and decides to dismantle the gang. He is haunted by increasingly dreadful visions which appear to be connected to his past. When Hon is betrayed by gang-members, Dave decides to throw in his lot with the criminal in order to achieve his goal. But boundaries become blurred: Dave falls under suspicion of murder, colleagues turn out to be corrupt and his visions become ever more threatening ... In That Demon Within multi-award-winning action specialist Dante Lam, who with this new film is now a guest of the Berlinale for the fourth time, tells a virtuoso, psychologically ambiguous cop story imbued with the shady atmosphere and extremes of the megacity.
[ THE FILM CATALOGUE ]
By a strange twist of fate, dutiful Hong Kong policeman Dan saves the life of the leader of a violent gang of armed robbers. When they commit another crime, Dan is determined to put an end to their activities. He works with the leader, whom the gang had betrayed, to engineer a plan to wreak havoc within the gang and let the gangsters kill one another. But it becomes increasingly obvious to Dan and to his colleagues that Dan is suffering from a severe mental disorder, and Dan finds that instead of upholding the law as a righteous police officer, he has now become a fugitive wanted for murder. Dan changes his plan and executes one final move that is certain to wipe out all traces of the gang and restore his reputation as a good police officer.
Lit : Demon Cop
d. Dante Lam Chiu Yin
Nick Cheung Ka Fai, Daniel Wu (Ng Yin Cho),
Andy Tien (On Chi Kit), Lam Ka Wa,
Liu Kai Chi, Au Kam Tong,
Lee Kwok Lun, Ken Wong Hap Hei, Deep Ng Ho Hong,
Xie Jieting, Shatina Chen
Rating : IIB
Length : 112 mins.
Opening February 8 2014 at the Berlin International Film Festival
Opening April 7 2014 at the Hong Kong International Film Festival
Opening April 17 2014
Site : https://www.berlinale.de/en/programm/berlinale_programm/datenblatt.php?film_id=20143897#tab=video25
Site : http://38.hkiff.org.hk/eng/film/detail/38203-that-demon-within.html
[ HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ]
Action maestro Dante Lam strikes again with a psychological thriller packed with ferocious antics. Daniel Wu plays Dan, a taciturn and dutiful cop. Cruel fate leads him to save Nick Cheung’s life, the leader of a gang of violent armed robbers, allowing him to go on to commit more crimes and kill more cops. Guilt-ridden, Dan devises an outlandish scheme to “befriend” the leader and causes the gang to implode. But someone who so single-mindedly pursues anything might just be sick in the head and have a history. His superiors suspect as much, but the snowball of crime committed in the name of justice has started rolling.
[ BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ]
A shootout on the night-time streets of Hong Kong results in a bleeding man being taken to hospital. Reticent policeman Dave doesn't think twice about donating blood to save him. But the wounded man turns out to be Hon Kong, head honcho of a brutal group of street-thugs known as the ‘Gang from Hell’. The gang commit murderous hold-ups wearing demon masks and show no mercy to either civilians nor the police. Dave is plagued by a guilty conscience and decides to dismantle the gang. He is haunted by increasingly dreadful visions which appear to be connected to his past. When Hon is betrayed by gang-members, Dave decides to throw in his lot with the criminal in order to achieve his goal. But boundaries become blurred: Dave falls under suspicion of murder, colleagues turn out to be corrupt and his visions become ever more threatening ... In That Demon Within multi-award-winning action specialist Dante Lam, who with this new film is now a guest of the Berlinale for the fourth time, tells a virtuoso, psychologically ambiguous cop story imbued with the shady atmosphere and extremes of the megacity.
[ THE FILM CATALOGUE ]
By a strange twist of fate, dutiful Hong Kong policeman Dan saves the life of the leader of a violent gang of armed robbers. When they commit another crime, Dan is determined to put an end to their activities. He works with the leader, whom the gang had betrayed, to engineer a plan to wreak havoc within the gang and let the gangsters kill one another. But it becomes increasingly obvious to Dan and to his colleagues that Dan is suffering from a severe mental disorder, and Dan finds that instead of upholding the law as a righteous police officer, he has now become a fugitive wanted for murder. Dan changes his plan and executes one final move that is certain to wipe out all traces of the gang and restore his reputation as a good police officer.
5 DELETE MY LOVE
AKA : DELETE
Can : Delete Oi Yun
Lit : Delete Lover
d. Patrick Kong (Yip Lim Sum)
Wong Cho Nam, Ivana Wong Yuen Chi,
Michael Hui Koon Man, Michael Wong Man Tak,
Yuen Qiu, Nancy Sit Ka Yin,
Jacqueline Chong Si Man, Lung Siu Kwan,
Alex Fong Lik Sun, Eric Kwok Wai Leung,
Babyjohn Choi Hong Yik, Daniella Wang Lidan
Shiga Lin Si Nga, Jinny Ng Yeuk Hei, Justin Cheung Kin Sing,
May Chen Ka Kai, Bonnie Xian Seli,
Rating : IIA
Length : 103 mins.
Opening April 10 2014 in Malaysia
Opening May 8 2014
[ THE FILM CATALOGUE ]
So Po-Wing considers himself being underappreciated. He works at “Get Rich Now Consultants Limited” founded by “The Godfather of MLM” Fat Ma. Wing’s colleagues often steal his ideas, bringing his career to a dead end.
Wing also has a mother who treats him as cash cow, and an injurious friend Wah-Dee who often embroils him into trouble. Despite all the negativity, Wing has a gentle and virtuous childhood sweetheart, Bobo Chung, who always comforts him when he is dejected. He always vents his grievance to her, as he believes Bobo will never leave him for the world.
Wing receives a weird text message one day, saying: Ever thought of deleting those you dislike? Forward this message to a friend. Wish your wish comes true!
On Wing’s birthday, Fat Ma fires him with some ridiculous reasons. Wing is aggrieved and accidentally kills Fat Ma in the quarrel, and disposes his body in the boot of Fat Ma’s car. But when Wing returns to the office, he is shocked to find his colleagues addressing an imposing foreigner Boss Ma. Wing goes back and sneaks to take a look in the boot, only to find it empty!
As the story continues, how would Wing use this incredible superpower to change his life? Will Wing live a perfect life happily ever after?
The story has only just begun...
AKA : DELETE
Can : Delete Oi Yun
Lit : Delete Lover
d. Patrick Kong (Yip Lim Sum)
Wong Cho Nam, Ivana Wong Yuen Chi,
Michael Hui Koon Man, Michael Wong Man Tak,
Yuen Qiu, Nancy Sit Ka Yin,
Jacqueline Chong Si Man, Lung Siu Kwan,
Alex Fong Lik Sun, Eric Kwok Wai Leung,
Babyjohn Choi Hong Yik, Daniella Wang Lidan
Shiga Lin Si Nga, Jinny Ng Yeuk Hei, Justin Cheung Kin Sing,
May Chen Ka Kai, Bonnie Xian Seli,
Rating : IIA
Length : 103 mins.
Opening April 10 2014 in Malaysia
Opening May 8 2014
[ THE FILM CATALOGUE ]
So Po-Wing considers himself being underappreciated. He works at “Get Rich Now Consultants Limited” founded by “The Godfather of MLM” Fat Ma. Wing’s colleagues often steal his ideas, bringing his career to a dead end.
Wing also has a mother who treats him as cash cow, and an injurious friend Wah-Dee who often embroils him into trouble. Despite all the negativity, Wing has a gentle and virtuous childhood sweetheart, Bobo Chung, who always comforts him when he is dejected. He always vents his grievance to her, as he believes Bobo will never leave him for the world.
Wing receives a weird text message one day, saying: Ever thought of deleting those you dislike? Forward this message to a friend. Wish your wish comes true!
On Wing’s birthday, Fat Ma fires him with some ridiculous reasons. Wing is aggrieved and accidentally kills Fat Ma in the quarrel, and disposes his body in the boot of Fat Ma’s car. But when Wing returns to the office, he is shocked to find his colleagues addressing an imposing foreigner Boss Ma. Wing goes back and sneaks to take a look in the boot, only to find it empty!
As the story continues, how would Wing use this incredible superpower to change his life? Will Wing live a perfect life happily ever after?
The story has only just begun...
4 THE OTHER WOMAN
d. Nick Cassavetes
Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Kate Upton
d. Nick Cassavetes
Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Kate Upton
3 TRANSCENDENCE
d. Wally Pfister
Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Morgan Freeman
d. Wally Pfister
Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Morgan Freeman
2 ABERDEEN
Can : Heung Gong Jai
d. Pang Ho Cheung
Louis Koo Tin Lok, Gigi Leung Wing Kei, Eric Tsang Chi Wai,
Miriam Yeung Chin Wa, Ng Man Tat, Carrie Ng Ka Lai, Jacky Cai (Choi Kit),
Rating : IIB
Length : 96 mins.
Opening March 24 2014 at the Hong Kong International Film Festival
Opening May 8 2014
Site : http://38.hkiff.org.hk/eng/film/detail/38210-aberdeen.html
[ HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ]
The sleepy fishing town of Aberdeen was where the British landed to take Hong Kong, hence its Chinese name: “Little Hong Kong”. Likewise, the Cheng family embodies a microcosm of our city, with its contradictions between modernity and traditions, family and individuality. Aberdeen is at once intimate and sprawling, revealing uniquely troubled characters, from the eldest, the Taoist priest patriarch Dong, to the youngest, the bullied elementary schooler Chloe. Pang mixes his signature humor with the fantastical, incorporating dreams, the supernatural and other surprises to distinguish this star-studded film from ordinary family drama.
[ YAHOO! MOVIES HONG KONG ]
Cheng Wai Chingis a museum guide who has been married to her husband Yau Kin Cheung for years. Yet her husband's affair and her parents' distant relationship leave a knot in her heart; Wai Ching's brother Cheng Wai To is the talented "tutor king", his wife Kwok Yun Yun is a famous model but he has always minded that their daughter is not beautiful; Kwok Yun Yun faces the danger of being eliminated in her career due to her age, as her self confidence gets shaky; Cheng Tung after the passing of his wife finds a companion with Sister TA, who works at a night club. However his son Wai To is less than optimistic, the father and son relationship is poor. The family hides danger, as everyone's troubles weigh them down......
Can : Heung Gong Jai
d. Pang Ho Cheung
Louis Koo Tin Lok, Gigi Leung Wing Kei, Eric Tsang Chi Wai,
Miriam Yeung Chin Wa, Ng Man Tat, Carrie Ng Ka Lai, Jacky Cai (Choi Kit),
Rating : IIB
Length : 96 mins.
Opening March 24 2014 at the Hong Kong International Film Festival
Opening May 8 2014
Site : http://38.hkiff.org.hk/eng/film/detail/38210-aberdeen.html
[ HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ]
The sleepy fishing town of Aberdeen was where the British landed to take Hong Kong, hence its Chinese name: “Little Hong Kong”. Likewise, the Cheng family embodies a microcosm of our city, with its contradictions between modernity and traditions, family and individuality. Aberdeen is at once intimate and sprawling, revealing uniquely troubled characters, from the eldest, the Taoist priest patriarch Dong, to the youngest, the bullied elementary schooler Chloe. Pang mixes his signature humor with the fantastical, incorporating dreams, the supernatural and other surprises to distinguish this star-studded film from ordinary family drama.
[ YAHOO! MOVIES HONG KONG ]
Cheng Wai Chingis a museum guide who has been married to her husband Yau Kin Cheung for years. Yet her husband's affair and her parents' distant relationship leave a knot in her heart; Wai Ching's brother Cheng Wai To is the talented "tutor king", his wife Kwok Yun Yun is a famous model but he has always minded that their daughter is not beautiful; Kwok Yun Yun faces the danger of being eliminated in her career due to her age, as her self confidence gets shaky; Cheng Tung after the passing of his wife finds a companion with Sister TA, who works at a night club. However his son Wai To is less than optimistic, the father and son relationship is poor. The family hides danger, as everyone's troubles weigh them down......
1 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2
d. Marc Webb
Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx
d. Marc Webb
Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx
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