[2015.05.06] FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 3 2015

For the week ending May 3 2015

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10 MOOMINS ON THE RIVIERA
    d. Xavier Picard, Hanna Hemila
    Animation

 9 TWO THUMBS UP
  Can : Chung Fung Cheh
  Lit : Heavy Armored Vehicle
    d. Lau Ho Leung
    Francis Ng Chun Yu, Simon Yam Tat Wa, Leo Ku Kui Ke,
      Patrick Tam Yiu Man, Mark Cheng Ho Nam, Christie Chen Si Xuan
      Philip Keung Ho Man, Jack Kao, Susan Shaw Yam Yam
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 102 mins.
  Opening March 30 2015 at the Hong Kong International Film Festival
  Opening April 2 2015
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 102 mins.
  Official Site : http://emp.hk/title.php?film_id=180
  Trailer : http://youtu.be/d8Bi8CHqnDs

[ HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTVIAL ]
    Four loser gangsters devise a scheme that is deviously ingenious (or profoundly stupid): to disguise a minibus as a police vehicle to rob cross-border ruckus that carry human carcasses with money inside. The ploy kicks into action one evening in the New Territories, and the plot thickens with spooky and deadly encounters, including one with an identical police car – also a fake, but manned by killer gangsters who are after the same dead bodies. Fast-paced, feverish, smart-alecky, in-your-face… Two Thumbs Up brims with the street-wise energy that once ignite Hong Kong Cinema.

[ THE FILM CATALOGUE ]
    Lucifer and his gangsters dress their minibus to resemble a police vehicle, and pose as policemen for a robbery. Police Officer Chui has sensed “criminal intent”. Without police orders, he investigates these gangsters. At the robbery the gangsters engage in a gunfight against the real criminals, who kill randomly. Lucifer and his men are infuriated. They may wear police costumes and use toy guns, but their passion is real. Sensing their righteous passion, Chui decides to side with the imposters and their 16-passenger EU vehicle. Lucifer and his men re-discover the bond they felt when they used to battle together. Finally, Chui, Lucifer and the gang defeat the criminals, showing Chui that anyone can be a hero, and righteousness resides within us all.

 8 INSANITY
  Can : Bo Fung Yu
  Lit : Violent Insane Language
    d. David Lee Kuan Yew
    Sean Lau Ching Wan, Huang Xiaoming,
      Fiona Sit Hoi Kei, Alex Fong Chung Shun,
      Nina Paw Hee Ching, Michelle Ye (Yip Shuen), Michelle Wai Si Nga
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 98 mins.
  Opening December 21 2014 (Limited Release)
  Opening April 2 2015
  Trailer: https://hk.movies.yahoo.net/movie/trailers/25691

[ THE FILM CATALOGUE ]
    The cat-and-mouse thriller produced by Derek Yee, a psychiatrist is lured to the dark side of the mind by his patient and convicted murderer.

 7 WILD TALES
    d. Damian Szifron
    Dario Grandinetti, Maria Marull, Monica Villa, Rita Cortese

 6 DIOR AND I
    d. Frederic Tcheng
    Raf Simon, Marion Cotillard, Anna Wintour

 5 MURMUR OF THE HEART
  Can : Lim Lim
    d. Sylvia Chang (Cheung Ngai Ga)
    Isabella Leong Lok Si, Joseph Chang Hau Chuen,
      Lawrence Ko Yu Lun, Lee Sinjie
  Rating : IIA
  Length : 119 mins.
  Opening March 23 2015 at the Hong Kong International Film Festival
  Opening April 10 2015 in Taiwan
  Opening April 30 2015
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 102 mins.
  Site : http://39.hkiff.org.hk/eng/film/detail/39154.html

[ HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ]
    Not Louis Malle's classic but the latest from director Sylvia Chang who, after years of absence from the helm, digs deep into her Taiwanese roots to tell a story about growing up, and letting go. Isabella Leong plays an uncertain painter, Mei, who drifted apart from her tour guide brother after leaving Liudau, the off-shore island of Taiwan, with their mother. Mei falls for an underachieving boxer, and begins years of soul searching in the city, where the siblings reunite under unexpected circumstances. What was remembered and forgotten are lessons that have profound consequences in this emotional drama.

 4 LITTLE BIG MASTER
  Can : 5 Gor Siu Hai Dik Hau Jeung
  Lit : 5 Children's Headmaster
    d. Adrian Kwan Shun Fai
    Miriam Yeung Chin Wa, Louis Koo Tin Lok,
      Richard Ng Yiu Han, Stanley Fung Shui Fan,
      Rain Lau Yuk Chui, Philip Keung Ho Man,
      Ng Yuen Yi, Alannah Ong (Lam Siu Cham), Bonnie Wong Man Wai,
  Rating : I
  Length : 112 mins.
  Opening March 19 2015
  Trailer : https://hk.movies.yahoo.net/movie/trailers/25772

[ THE FILM CATALOGUE ]
  Based on a true story of an enthusiastic headmaster who stands by her principle and faith to run a kindergarten for underprivileged kids, regardless of the very low pay and difficulties, her sacrifice finally wins respect of public.

 3 FAST AND FURIOUS 7
    d. James Wan
    Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez,
      Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, Dwayne Johnson

 2 HELIOS
  Can : Chet Doh
  Lit : Crimson Road
  AKA : Crimson Thieves
  AKA : EQUATOR
  AKA : Dai Hap Guk
  AKA : Grand Canyon
    d. Sunny Luk Kim Ching, Longman Leung Lok Man
    Jacky Cheung Hok Yau, Nick Cheung Ka Fai, Shawn Yue Man Lok,
      Janice Man Wing Shan, Chang Chen, Josephine Koo Mei Wa,
      Ji Jin-Hee, Choi Si-Won, Wang Xueqi, Feng Wenjuan,
      Yoon Jin-Yi, Tracy Chu Chin Suet
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 118 mins.
  Opening April 30 2015
  Official Site : https://www.facebook.com/movie.helios
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/uG1981HLIPc

[ GOLDEN SCREEN CINEMAS ]
  Number one wanted criminal "Helios" and his assistant stole a number of uranium and plans to produce mass destructive weapons. They are planning to trade with a terrorist organization in Hong Kong. Chief Inspector Lee Yin Ming and Inspector Fan Ka Ming leads the Counter Terrorism Response Unit of the Hong Kong Police Force alongside with Chinese senior official Song An, Physics professor Siu Chi Yan and two South Korean weapon experts Choi Min Ho and Pok Yu Chit together to defuse a crisis sufficient to destroy the world.

[ THE FILM CATALOGUE ]
  South Korea's most wanted criminal Red Bandit uses the uranium stolen from North Korea to make a mobile nuclear bomb, which is scheduled to change hands in Hong Kong in the next 6 hours.

 1 AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON
    d. Joss Whedon
    Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evan,
      Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, James Spader, Samuel L. Jackson,
      Don Cheadle, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen,
      Paul Bettany, Cobie Smulders, Anthony Mackie