[2023.11.16] FOR THE WEEK ENDING SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12 2023

For the week ending November 12 2023

10 BAND FOUR
  Can : 4 PAK 4 GA JOOK
    d. Mo Lai Yan Chi
    Kay Tse On Kay, Teddy Robin Kwan,
      Rondi Chan Lok Ting, Anna hisbbuR,
      Hanjin Tan (Chan Woon Yan), Choi Tsz Ching (Lung Siu Kwan),
      Manson Cheung Chun Hiu, Chu Pak Him, Michael Chu Pak Hei,
  Rating : IIA
  Length : 107 mins.
  Opening October 19 2023
  Teaser : https://youtu.be/TqFHX3fQmcQ

[ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ]
    "Band Four" is the story of Cat aspiring to make her mark on the global music stage, while contending with the haunting absence of her father, King, a guitarist who abandoned her and her mother two decades ago. Cat's life takes a dramatic turn when her mother succumbs to illness, and King unexpectedly appears at the funeral together with Matilda, Cat's previously unknown adolescent stepsister, further complicating Cat's ongoing struggle to raise her own 9-year-old son, Riley. Forced to live together in a crowded Hong Kong flat, the newly reunited family finds itself in a vortex of conflicting personalities, insecurities, and priorities. The family finds amidst this turmoil a common communication channel via music. Just as the familial bond begins to form through their shared musical language, both their bond and Band Four's survival are put to the test by a fresh set of unforeseen challenges.

[ SCREEN DAILY FILMART 2023 ]
    This music-themed drama is about a broken family reunited as a rock band, and follows a single mother with a young son who reconnects with her long-absent guitarist father.

  9 ENCORE (4K RESTORED VERSION)
    d. Choi Kai Kwong
    Danny Chan Pak Leung, Leslie Cheung Kwok Wing, Paul Chung Bo Law
      Mary Jean Reimer (Yung Ching Ching), Philip Chan Yan Kin
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 94 mins.
  Opening November 2 2023
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/0d_Vb5pmzBQ

  8 ONE NIGHT IN SCHOOL
  Can : Yeh Hau
  Lit : Night School
    d. Sunny Lau Yung
    MC Michael Cheung Tin Fu, Ling Man Lung, Eric Kot Man Fai,
      Jim Tsim Shui Man, Ashina Kwok Yik Sum, Heidi Lee Ching Yi,
      Candy Wong Hei Yi, Eelyn Chan Yi Lam, Jessie Fong Wing Lam,
      Ng Siu Hin, Eric Tsui Ho Cheong, Ken Law Ho Ming,
      Jeffery Lai Hok Kun, Summer Chan Chi Huen,
      Bob Lam Sing Bun, Terence Siufay, Tyson Chak,
      Chim Long Lam, Cheung Ming Wai,
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 109 mins.
  Opening November 2 2023
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/dAz5vjJmSGM

[ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ]
    The movie "One Night in School" describes three groups of totally irrelevant people who accidentally encounter in an abandon school one night. One group includes five beauties who go there for a livestreaming programme. They are forced to make a low cost but highly attractive programme and the abandon school seems a perfect setting. Several people from a criminal gang are also in the school at that night to carry out some revenge action. After searching in the city, the gang decides that the abandon school is suitable. The last group comprises two guys who have stolen the dead body of a Singaporean rich man. The body is stored in the abandoned school where the two guys go to check every day. They plan to extort a large sum of virtual currency from the rich man's family. By taking care of their own matter at the same place at the same time, the three groups unintentionally intertwine and the adventure unfolds.

  7 DIGIMON ADVENTURE 02 THE BEGINNING
    d. d. Tomohisa Taguchi
    Japanese Animation
  Rating : IIA
  Length : 81 mins.
  Opening November 2 2023
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/vaApQkOLwgM

[ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ]
    It's 2012, and ten years have passed since the adventure in the Digital World. Daisuke Motomiya is now twenty, and he and the rest of the Chosen Ones seem to be changing bit by bit in terms of appearance and lifestyle. Then one day, a giant Digitama suddenly appears in the sky over Tokyo Tower. Daisuke and the others encounter a mysterious young man named Lui Ohwada, who informs them that he's the first ever Chosen One in the world...

  6 THE PIG THE SNAKE AND THE PIGEON
  Can : Jau Chu Chui Sam Hoi
    d. Wong Ching Po
    Ethan Juan, Ben Yuen Fu Wa, Chen Yi-wen, Gingle Wang,

      Lee Lee Zen, Hsieh Chiung Hsuan
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 134 mins.
  Opening November 2 2023
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/yx9qyqMrgPc

[ HONG KONG MOVIE 6 ]
    Fugitive Gui-lin surprisingly found out that he had only 6 months left to live and he was only ranked third among the most-wanted criminals. He tracked down the top two criminals and eliminated both of them, thinking that he had become a modern-day hero. However, he never thought that greed, anger, and ignorance were the sins and punishments he had to face at the end of his life.

  5 FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S
    d. Emma Tamimi
    Josh Hutchinson, Piper Rubio,

  4 KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
    d. Martin Scorsese
    Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone

  3 MY HEAVENLY CITY
    d. Sen-I Yu
    Vivian Sung, Keung To,
      Jack Yao Chun-yao, Mandy Wei Man, Jessica Lee Ka Man
  Rating : IIA
  Length : 120 mins.
  Opening October 12 2023

[ CINEMA CITY ]
    Three stories, three struggles for survival, strung together in search of happiness. My Heavenly City uses three interconnected stories to explore the hopeful aspirations of new Asian immigrants moving to New York City – the city of their dreams. We follow a lonely young woman moving to the city to work as a Chinese-English translator, a young couple obsessed with hip-hop and parents dealing with a child with mental illness. They unknowingly influence each other as their paths cross, affecting each other in ways as they go about their lives.

  2 IN BROAD DAYLIGHT
  Can : BAK YUN JI HA
    d. Lawrence Kan Kwan Chun
    Jennifer Yu Heung Ying, Bowie Lam Bo Yi,
      John Chiang Dai Wai, Leung Chung Hang,
      Peter Chan Charm Man, Rachel Leung Yung Ting
    Rating : IIA
    Length : 106 mins.
    Opening July 22 2023 at the Asian Summer Film Festival Vic 2023
    Opening September 16 2023 at the Asian Pop Up Cinema Season 17
    Opening October 13 2023 at the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival
    Opening October 25 2023 at the 36th Tokyo Internaitonal Film Festival
    Opening November 2 2023
    Site : https://www.asianpopupcinema.org/season-17-calendar/in-broad-daylight
    Site : https://2023.tiff-jp.net/en/lineup/film/3604WFC22
    Trailer : https://youtu.be/VCzA9iw2T94

[ ASIAN SUMMER FILM FESTIVAL VIC 2023 ]
    Based on true events, In Broad Daylight reveals a little-known truth about nursing homes that lies beneath the headlines. The investigative journalism unit of a news agency receives a tip about the mistreatment of residents at Rainbow Bridge Nursing Home. To expose wrongdoing at the home, reporter Kay goes undercover to expose the inhumanity inside, seeking the cruel truth in broad daylight.

[ SCREEN DAILY FILMART 2023 ]
    Based on true events, In Broad Daylight follows an investigative journalist who goes undercover to expose the abuse of residents in a nursing home

  1 THE MARVELS
    d. Nia DaCosta
    Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, Iman Valleni, Samuel L. Jackson