[2024.09.25] FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 22 2024

For The week ending Sunday September 22 2024

10 ONCE IN A BLUE MOON
  Can : Mong Yuet
  Lit : Gaze at the Moon
    d. Andy Lo (Law Yiu Fai)
    Loletta Lee Lai Chun, Gladys Li Ching Kwan,
      Peter Chan Charm Man, Sumling Li
      Alan Yeung Wai Lun, Amy Tang Lai Ying, Carlos Chan Ka Lok
      Kyle Wong Kai Ho, Mathew Hung Cheuk Fai, Mung Kit,
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 104 mins.
  Opening November 6 2023 at the 20th Hong Kong Asian Film Festival
  Opening September 19 2024
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/FPijmQo5Bto

[ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ]
    Writer-director Andy Lo's follow-up to his award-nominated drama Happiness is a delicate portrait of a family threatened by well-intentioned lies they tell each other. Mei-chen's family seems fine on the surface, but everyone is secretly struggling. Mei-chen is trapped in a dead-end job with a toxic boss; her brother won't tell his family that he has separated from his wife; and Mei-chen's mother is worried that her untold past may shatter her family. Compassionate and hilarious, this is a dramedy with a comforting message about learning to let go.

[ THE FILM CATALOGUE ]
    Mei-chun's family seems to get along on the surface, but everyone holds a secret. Mei-chun desperately wants to see her father again; her brother hasn’t told anyone that he has separated from his wife; and her mother still feels guilty over her husband’s departure years ago. As Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, can the family mend its wounds?

  9 THE UNWAVERING BROTHERHOOD
  AKA : TRIAD 3
  Can : Jat Jik 3
    d. Terry Ng Ka Wai
    Bosco Wong Chung Chak, Louis Cheung Kai Chung, Carlos Chan Ka Lok,
      Niki Chow Lai Kei, Mark Cheng Ho Nam, Michael Tao Dai Yu,
      Angel Lam Chin Ting, Kenneth Lai Chun, Chu Tin
  Rating : III
  Opening August 29 2024
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/4XcxrVMN3eQ

[ THE FILM CATALOGUE ]
    One of the most respected gang elders, Fa Kam is expected to be the gang’s next leader. However, when his three trusted underlings – Wah, Fei and Kwok – are robbed while transporting the gang's money, his future is put in jeopardy. When Wah discovers the stolen money's whereabouts, he must choose between between his boss and his two best friends.

  8 LOOK BACK
    d. Kiyotaka Oshiyama
    Japanese Animation
  Rating : IIA
  Length : 58 mins.
  Opening August 29 2024
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/6PwY3ZUaPoY

[ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ]
    Fujino is an elementary student publishing 4-panel manga in a student publication. She receives high praise from her classmates until her teacher tells her that truant student, Kyomoto, wants to try her hand at a 4-panel manga. Their love of manga is the one thing connecting these contrary girls. One day, however, something happens to them that shatters everything... A heart-wrenching and impactful story of youth.

  7 BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE
    d. Tim Burton
    Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara,
      Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, Jenna Ortega, Willem Dafoe

  6 ALIEN: ROMULUS
    d. Fede Alvarez
    Cailee Spaeny, David Johnson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced,
      Spike Fearn, Aileen Wu

  5 THE WILD ROBOT
    d. Chris Sanders
    DreamWorks Animation
    English Voices: Lupit Nyong'o, Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor, Bill Nighy
    Chinese Voices: Joey Yung Cho Yee

  4 SPEAK NO EVIL
    d. James Watkin
    James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Aisling Franciosi

  3 IT ENDS WITH US
    d. Justin Baldoni
    Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, Jenny Slate, Brandon Sklenar

  2 TRANSFORMERS ONE
    d. Josh Cooley
    Animation
    English Voices: Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry,
      Scarlett Johansson, Keegan-Michael Key, Steve Buscemi,
      Laurence Fishburne, Jon Hamm

  1 LOVE LIES
  Can : Ngor Tam Dik Na Cheung Luen Oi
    d. Ho Miu Ki
    Sandra Ng Kwan Yu, MC Cheung Tin Fu, Stephy Tang Lai Yun,
      Chan Fai Hung, Emotion Cheung Kam Ching,
      Ronald Cheng Chung Kei, Jo Koo Cho Lam, Elva Ni,
      Joman Chiang, Lam Yiu Sing, Norman Noel
  Rating : I
  Length : 116 mins.
  Opening July 15 2024 at the 2024 New York Asian Film Festival
  Opening July 21 2024 at the Malaysia International Film Festival
  Opening July 26 2024 at M Plus (Preview)
  Opening August 23 2024 (Preview)
  Opening September 12 2024
  Teaser : https://youtu.be/6o-eMc9CaMc
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/c1v4-GhyeGQ
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[ SCREEN DAILY ]
      A widowed gynaecologist falls for a French engineer on a dating app, which turns out to be a romance scam. Nevertheless, she insists it is true love despite being swindled out of a large sum of money.

[ 2024 NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL ]
    Are online "romance scams" always destructive? In this moving, absorbing feature debut from Ho Miu-ki, Sandra Ng plays Veronica, a wealthy, widowed doctor who falls for a middle-aged French engineer on a dating app. Soon, "Alain" has convinced her to provide large infusions of funds and Veronica’s friends urge her to report him to the police. But even as she assures them it's true love, Alain must steel his heart of gold and quell his second thoughts to continue bringing in cash or risk painful consequences. With a hilarious Stephy Tang as the young scammer's coach, this captivating film probes the unlikely emotional connection that forms between a lonely young man and a vibrant older woman—and sets crucial scenes in the pretty-as-a-postcard Sapporo.

[ M PLUS ]
    A successful obstetrician-gynecologist whose love life has stagnated, Veronica casually downloads a dating app for some harmless fun. Little does she know that the dashing French engineer on the other end of the line is actually a local con artist named Joe. The young man inadvertently joined a group of online scammers led by the oddball veteran Mr. White and the maudlin temptress Joan. As their fake relationship grows, so have Joe's guilty conscience and Veronica's hopes. First-time director Ho Miu-ki takes on the romantic comedy formula from a refreshing and topical angle, inquiring the essence of romantic love through the prism of deceit.