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[2024.01.17] FOR THE WEEK ENDING SUNDAY, JANUARY 14 2024

For the week ending Sunday January 14 2024

THE INVISIBLE GUEST MOVIE POSTER

10 THE INVISIBLE GUEST
    d. Chen Zhuo
    Kara Wai Ying, Janine Chang, Greg Hsu Kuang-Han
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 106 mins.
  Opening January 11 2024
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/z7WulGvBe58

[ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ]
    Young and beautiful entrepreneur Joanna is accused of being the culprit in a locked-room murder case, where the victim is her lover Minghao, during a time when her life and career are flourishing. In order to clear her name, she slowly gathers clues with the police officer Zheng Wei. As they investigate the case together, they discover another murder case that Joanna and Minghao had committed together. The truth gradually comes to light....

DREAM SCENARIO MOVIE POSTER

  9 DREAM SCENARIO
    d. Kristoffer Borgli
    Nicolas Cage

ANATOMY OF A FALL  MOVIE POSTER

  8 ANATOMY OF A FALL
    d. Justine Triet
    Sandra Huller, Samuel Thels

WISH MOVIE POSTER

  7 WISH
    d. Chris Buck, Fawn Veerasunthorn
    Disney Animation
    English Voices: Ariana DeBose, Chris Pine, Alan Tudyk

TIME STILL TURNS THE PAGES MOVIE POSTER

  6 TIME STILL TURNS THE PAGES
  Can : Nin Siu Yut Gei
    d. Nick Cheuk Yik Him
    Siuyea Lo Chun Yip, Ronald Cheng Chung Kei,
      Hanna Chan, Rosa Maria Velasco (Wai Law Sa),
      Sean Wong Tsz Lok, Curtis Ho Pak Lim, Yukki Tai (Dai Yuk Kei),
      Nancy Kwai (Gai Cheuk Hiu), Henick Chou Hon Ning,
      Joey Leung Cho Hiu, Chan Yu Ting,
      Lee Ting Long, John Ho Kau
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 95 mins.
  Opening October 13 2023 at the 20th Hong Kong Asian Film Festival
  Opening October 28th 2023 at the 36th Tokyo International Film Festival
  Opening November 16 2023
  Site : https://2023.tiff-jp.net/en/lineup/film/3604WFC23
  Teaser: https://youtu.be/ShK5VPUro9w
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/0k8VPd1W5BQ

[ HONG KONG MOVIE 6]
    High school teacher Cheng looks back to his repressed childhood memories, as he finds an anonymous suicide note in the classroom. He strives hard to prevent another tragedy from happening, meanwhile facing a series of family problems, his wife is divorcing him, and his father is dying.

[ THE 36TH TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ]
    Teacher Cheng uncovers repressed childhood memories via an anonymous suicide note in his classroom. He strives to prevent another tragedy.

[ SCREEN DAILY FILMART 2023 ]
    This drama follows a high-school teacher who recalls his traumatic childhood after he finds an anonymous suicide note and must find the troubled student before tragedy strikes.

THE BOY AND THE HERON MOVIE POSTER

  5 THE BOY AND THE HERON
    d. Hayao Miyazaki
    Japanese Animation
  Rating : IIA
  Length : 124 mins.
  Opening December 14 2023

[ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ]
    Tokyo, near the end of World War II in the Pacific. 11 year old Mahito loses his mother in a fire, and takes refuge with his father in his mother's hometown. They move into an old mansion on a large estate, which also includes a secluded tower that has become a nesting spot for a gray heron. Mahito struggles with complex feelings toward his father, who runs a factory supplying the war effort, and his new stepmother Natsuko, who happens to be his mother's younger sister. To make matters worse, he becomes alienated at school. Mahito was told that the tower was built by his mother's granduncle, who eventually disappeared inside it, never to be seen again.

    One day, Natsuko suddenly goes missing, so Mahito ventures into the tower to look for her. Led by the gray heron, he unwittingly ends up embarking on an odyssey into another world. Mahito finds himself in a bizarre realm where the living and the dead exist side by side. As he encounters its astonishing inhabitants, he comes to learn of the secrets of the world.

WONKA MOVIE POSTER

  4 WONKA
    d. Paul King
    Timothee Chalamet, Calah Lane, Keegan-Michael Key,
      Paterson Joseph, Matt Lucas , Matthew Baynton, Sally Hawkins,,
      Rowan Atkinson, Jim Carter, Tom Davis, Olivia Colman
      Hugh Grant, Murray McArthur

AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM MOVIE POSTER

  3 AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM
    d. James Wan
    Jason Mamoa, Patrick Wilson

I DID IT MY WAY MOVIE POSTER

  2 I DID IT MY WAY
    Can : Chim Hung
    Lit : Undercover Walk
    d. Jason Kwan Chi Yiu
    Andy Lau Tak Wa, Gordon Lam Ka Tung, Eddie Peng Yu-Yan,
      Cya Liu, Simon Yam Tat Wa, Kent Cheng Juk Si,
      Philip Keung Ho Man, Terrance Lau Chun Him,
      Hedwig Tam Sin Yin, Kevin Chu Kam Yin, Lam Suet,
    Rating : IIB
    Opening December 29 2023 in mainland China
    Opening January 11 2024
    Trailer : https://youtu.be/yr_9PmIX-MA

[ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ]
    In the new century, the fight against drugs faces an unprecedented and difficult challenge! Under the deep and complex dark network, an invisible war is being waged in Hong Kong......

    Typhoon signal was hoisted in Hong Kong. Under the cover of the fierce wind, four tons of methamphetamine were entering Hong Kong, pending to be sold on the dark network. A cyber revelry of druggies was about to be unveiled, and a storm was brewing in the quiet Victoria Harbour.

    Police had to arrest the "boss" behind the scenes and nip the "drug network" in the bud in no time, that pushed their undercover intelligence to the narrow road. In the center of the storm, undercover agents, police officers, drug lords, black, white, and gray entangled.


THE GOLDFINGER MOVIE POSTER

  1 THE GOLDFINGER
  AKA : ONCE UPON A TIME IN HONG KONG
  Can : Gum Sau Ji
  Lit : Gold Finger
    d. Felix Chong Man Keung
    Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Andy Lau Tak Wa,
      Simon Yam Tat Wa, Alex Fong Chung Shun, Charlene Choi Cheuk Yin,
      Philip Keung Ho Man, Ken Hung Cheuk Lap, Carlos Chan Ka Lok,
      Catherine Chau Ka Yee, Chin Ka Lok, Dee Ho Kai Wa
  Rating : IIA
  Length : 126 mins.
  Opening December 30 2023
  Teaser : https://youtu.be/UDbHJ-f-mVk
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/x3VE106Srzs

[ THE FILM CATALOGUE ]
    In the 1980's, a stock market crash causes the sudden collapse of a multi-billion-dollar company. Elite anti-corruption investigator Lau uncovers a criminal conspiracy involving the company founder Ching, who built the company from the ground up. Little does Lau know that he's about to meet his match in a HK$200 million investigation that will entangle him for years to come.

[ SCREEN DAILY ]
    the film is set in Hong Kong in the 1980s when a stock-market crash causes the sudden collapse of a multi-billion-dollar company. An anticorruption investigator uncovers a criminal conspiracy involving the company's founder, and becomes entangled in a long-running investigation.

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