Wednesday, July 1, 2020

[2020.07.02] FOR THE WEEK ENDING SUNDAY JUNE 28 2020

For the week ending Sunday June 28 2020
Photos courtesy of Yahoo! Movies Hong Kong



10 LOW SEASON
  Can : Hak Gwai Nui Pung Yau
    d. Nareubadee Wetchakam
    Mario Mauer, Ploypailin Thangpraporn
  Rating : IIA
  Length : 126 mins.
  Opening June 11 2020
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/zk25fk_77Qs

[ THE FILM CATALOGUE ]
    Lin, a young girl with a special sense who can see the ghost. She had problem maintaining a relationship with boys who think that she is crazy. When she tried to keep the fact a secret with her present boyfriend, Ton, who is a TV star and a popular guy with girls surrounding him. He broke up with her anyway for the other girl. She becomes tired of the big city and heads to the faraway resort in the North alone during the so-called "Low Season". She is confident that she won't have to meet the ‘tourists' that will get on her nerves. The place where the view worth millions while you need to pay for only hundreds. Lin arrived at one resort and met Puth, and the ghost of that resort haunted her right away. She could not sleep that night and she kept Puth awake all night too due to her TV staying on loudly all night.

    Next morning, she joined Puth on a taxi to another resort. Since she had nowhere to go, she tagged along with Puth and got drunk on the cab. She woke up and meet a group of 'weirdos' partying there. They came from all walks of life and came to heal their love wounds during the same low season period. Lin's plan of "lonesome chillin' out" got ruined right away.

    Puth, a young screenwriter, came to the resort with a task to write a ghost horror story. Lin became the source of material for his writings right away without her knowing. Both had join forces in the adventures, running together to get away from the ghost and they kinda had a special relationship somehow.

    Puth did not mind her special sense and found the usefulness of the ability and developed some story from their relationship. The relationship tended to move well towards a happy ending. However, the instagram status that Lin had posted get her boyfriend to come back to her asking for the reconciliation. Lin decided to take a chance with Ton again. Puth had nothing to say but to withdraw himself. Lin goes back to Bangkok and her normal life with hope for her rekindled love.

    But is it love? Lin can see ghosts but can she see Love for what it is?

    Low Season is the season for nature to recuperate, will that be the same with the human


  9 AT THE END OF THE MATINEE
  Can : Yut Gan Yin Jau Wui San Cheung Si
    d. Hiroshi Nishitani
    Masaharu Fukuyama, Yuriko Ishida
  Rating : IIA
  Length : 124 mins.
  Opening June 18 2020
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/vq0BuoUROJc

[ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ]
    The story begins with the meeting of classical guitarist Satoshi Makino and female journalist Yoko Komine. They are both in their 40's, a unique and delicate time in their lives...They are drawn to each other from the start, but Yoko is engaged to be married. Their jobs take them all over the globe. Powerless against the tides of time, missed opportunities and unexpected obstacles bring their relationship to an end. Memories of each other are locked deep in their hearts as they continue on separate paths. Will fate ever bring them back together again...?


  8 INHERITANCE
    d. Vaughn Stein
    Lily Collins, Simon Pegg, Connie Nielsen, Chace Crawford


  7 AKIRA
    d. Katsuhiro Otomo
    Japanese Animation
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 124 mins.
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/IGUyYSsXVMI

[ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ]
    A classic in its own right, Katsuhiro Otomo's visually stunning cyberpunk epic propelled Japanese anime to the global stage and has since left its mark on such live-action films is now restored in 4K. Set in a post-apocalyptic 2019 in Neo-Tokyo, a thriving metropolis flushed with violent motorcycle gangs and anti-government revolutionaries. Amidst such chaos stands Kaneda, a vigilante destined to stop his lifelong friend Tetsuo from unleashing the same forces of destruction that decimated the Japanese capital with a massive explosion in 1988. But history seems destined to repeat itself – a prophecy that’s as vivid now and it was back then.


  6 FUKUSHIMA 50
  Can : Fook Doh 50 Ying Hung
    d. Setsuro Wakamatsu
    Koichi Sato, Ken Watanabe, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Naoto Ogata
  Rating : IIA
  Length : 117 mins.
  Opening June 25 2020
  Teaser : https://youtu.be/pkMH-0jqgOA

[ MCL CINEMA ]
    A tsunami is triggered when a magnitude 9.0 earthquake hits the Pacific Ocean near Japan. A plant manager risks everything and stays put to handle the pending disaster once a reactor begins to leak. He is in contact with the parent utility TEPCO. The Japanese army moves in. The Americans also show up to command the situation. The plant employees fight on.


  5 THE HIGH NOTE
    d. Nisha Ganatra
    Dakota Johnson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Ice Cube


  4 MY PRINCE EDWARD
  Can : Gum Doh
  Lit : Golden City
    d. Norris Wong Yi Lam
    Stephy Tang Lai Yun, Chu Pak Hong, Nina Paw Hee Ching,
      Jin Kaijie, Eman Lam, Hui So Ying, Kaki Shum Ka Kei
      Siuyea Lo Chun Yip, Creamy Yik Kin Yi, Bryant Mak Chi Lok
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 93 mins.
  Opening November 17 2019 at the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival
  Opening December 12 2019 (Preview)
  Opening May 9 2020 (Preview)
  Opening June 11 2020
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/DMUYt9i8V9s
  Site : https://www.facebook.com/myprinceedwardfilm

[ HONG KONG ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL ]
    Golden Plaza is a shopping mall that is best known for bridal shops and cheap wedding supplies in Hong Kong. Fong is a clerk at one such bridal shop. She has been with Edward, the owner of a wedding photography shop in the same mall, for seven years. Everyone sees Edward as Fong's Prince Charming, destined to head to the altar. The problem is that Fong must first sort out the sham marriage that she was paid to take part in years ago before she can get married for real.


  3 SUMIKKOGURASHI: GOOD TO BE IN THE CORNER
  AKA : SUMIKKO GURASHI THE MOVIE: THE POP-UP BOOK AND THE SECRET CHILD
  Can : Gok Lok Siu For Boon
  Lit : Little Corner Partners
    d. Mankyu
    Japanese Animation
  Rating : I
  Length : 66 mins.
  Opening June 25 2020
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/vzIlmYzcZWI

[ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ]
    In the usual corner at the usual café. What's in the mysterious picture book hidden in the basement…?

    One day, the Sumikko friends find an old pop-up book in the basement of their favorite Sumikko Café. When they are looking at the book, the mechanism suddenly starts moving and the Sumikko friends are sucked into the book. In the world of the book, they meet a lonely Hiyoko, who doesn’t where it is from or who it is.

    "Let's help Hiyoko find its home!" The Sumikko friends decide to help their new friend. The journey in the world of the book begins.


  2 LEGALLY DECLARED DEAD
  Can : SEI YUN MO HOR YI
  Lit : UNSUSPICIOUS CAUSE OF DEATH
  AKA : DECLARED LEGALLY DEAD
    d. Steve Yuen Kim Wai
    Anthony Wong Chau Sun, Karena Lam Ka Yun,
      Carlos Chan Ka Lok, Kathy Yuen (Tong Yi), Liu Kai Chi,
      Stephen Au Kam Tong, Joey Tang Kin Ming, Fung So Bo,
      Cheung Chun Hung, Benjamin Auyeung Wai Ho
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 109 mins.
  Opening December 5 2019 (Preview)
  Opening April 2020 (Postponed)
  Opening June 25 2020
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/Ol0s_JWgFFg

[ THE FILM CATALOGUE ]
    When insurance agent Sean is called to visit Tak and Ling's home to follow up on a life insurance policy, he discovers their son's corpse hanging in the bathroom. Principled and kind-hearted, Sean suspects that the child may have been murdered.

    As Sean digs for the truth, the real perpetrator turns the tables and forces Sean into a psychological battle of wills.



  1 ONWARD
    d. Dan Scanlon
    Disney Pixar Animation
    English Voices: Tom Holland, Chris Pratt,
      Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Octavia Spencer

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