Johnnie To celebrates Sammi Cheng's birthday in advance
courtesy of singtao.com
The Ann Hui On Wa produced Hong Kong film FAGARA (FA JU JI
MEI) will open simultaneously in Hong Kong and the Mainland. The film
earlier held industry screenings and the audience response was great.
Many viewers were moved to tears. The film was the only domestic film
that was selected to be a part of the Summer International Film Festival.
Last week when tickets went on sale for the August 19th screening it was
sold out in a hour.
In the film lead actress Sammi Cheng Sau Man appeared without
make up and had to get her hands dirty at the hot pot shop. With her
emotionally rich performance, she touched many viewers deeply. Sammi
said that, "Earlier I read the novel and the story made a very deep
impression. I have always hoped to be able to make a character like the
one in the film. The lead absolutely is suppressing her feelings. Her
childhood experience left her with a very deep misunderstanding of her
father. Thus she always kept a certain distance from her father."
Because she also had to suppress her emotion to play this character, she
had to force herself to be very busy so she would not be able to settle
down to release her emotions and to blur her own senses. Sammi in the
film needed that type of "hiding her father's importance to her with
hate" to bring the character to life, which also had certain difficulty.
10 ALADDIN
d. Guy Ritchie
Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott,
9 ANNABELLE COMES HOME
d. Gary Dauberman
Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Mckenna Grace
8 PARASITE
Can : Seung Lau Gei Sun Jook
Lit : Upper Class Parasite
d. Joon Ho-Bong
Song Kang-Ho, Lee Sun-Kyun, Choi Woo-Shik
Rating : IIB
Length : 132 mins.
Opening June 20 2019
Trailer : https://youtu.be/p8KClAj2PXQ
[ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ]
The winner of Palme d’OR – Cannes Film Festival. Ki-taek's family of four is close, but fully unemployed, with a bleak future ahead of them. The son Ki-woo is recommended by his friend, a student at a prestigious university, for a well-paid tutoring job, spawning hopes of a regular income. Carrying the expectations of all his family, Ki-woo heads to the Park family home for an interview. Arriving at the house of Mr. Park, the owner of a global IT firm, Ki-woo meets Yeon-kyo, the beautiful young lady of the house. But following this first meeting between the two families, an unstoppable string of mishaps lies in wait.
7 THE CONFIDENCE MAN JP
Can : Shun Yung Hei Ja Si JP
d. Ryo Tanaka
Masami Nagasawa, Masahiro Higashide, Fumiyo Kohinata,
Yuko Takeuchi, Haruma Miura, Yosuke Eguchi
Rating : IIA
Length : 116 mins.
Opening July 25 2019
Trailer : https://youtu.be/EB9b6FKYkK4
[ BROADWAY CIRCUITS ]
"Confidence Man" is all about "money" and "desire." Three seemingly ordinary, good-natured scammers (confidence men) pull of schemes that are both epic and outlandish, and swindle huge sums of money from greedy victims in the tourism, real estate, medicine and sports worlds. This time, Da-ko, Boku-Chan, Richard and others will break out of Japan and engage in another thrilling con-game in Hong Kong! Don't miss it! Welcome to the world of "Confidence Man"!
d. Lars Klevberg
Aubrey Plaza, Gabriel Bateman, Brian Tyree Henry, Mark Hamill (voice)
6 CRAYON SHIN-CHAN: HONEYMOON HURRICANE ~THE LOST HIROSHI~
d. Masakazu Hashimoto
Japanese Animation
Rating : I
Length : 100 mins.
Opening July 18 2019
Trailer : https://youtu.be/5FuoBdQIqdQ
[ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ]
Misae and Hiroshi go to Australia to take their belated honeymoon with Shin-chan, Himawari and Shiro. However, Hiroshi suddenly disappear at night! Following a mystery masked man, Shin-chan arrives a village and finds that Hiroshi gets kidnapped and dresses like a groom. It turns out that Hiroshi is the key to a secret treasure. In order to rescue Hiroshi, the remaining members of Nohara family need to fight with the mystery masked man and treasure hunters all over the world! Can they bring Hiroshi back successfully!?
[ CINEMA ONLINE MALAYSIA ]
Because Hiroshi and Misae have never gone on a honeymoon trip in another country, they decide to take the whole family to Australia after Misae finds a cheap family-friendly holiday package. But while on vacation, Hiroshi gets kidnapped. Now it is up to Shinnosuke and Misae to rescue him from the treasure hunters and a mysterious masked man who are after him.
5 SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME
d. Jon Watts
Tom Holland, Samuel L. Jackson, Zendaya, Cobie Smulder,
John Favreau, Marisa Tomei, Jake Gyllenhaal,
4 ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD
d. Quentin Tarantino
Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie
3 WHITE STORM 2 DRUG LORDS
Can : So Duk 2 Tin Dei Dui Kuet
Lit : Drug Sweep 2 Heaven and Earth Duel
d. Herman Yau Lai To
Andy Lau Tak Wa, Louis Koo Tin Lok,
Michael Miu Kiu Wai, Karena Lam Ka Yun,
Chrissie Chau Sau Na, Cherrie Ying Choi Yi
Rating : IIB
Length : 99 mins.
Site : https://www.facebook.com/TheWhiteStorm2.DrugLords/
Opening July 16 2019
Trailer : https://youtu.be/Q7KSVFCgjhU
[ THE FILM CATALOGUE ]
In the quadripartite drug market in Hong Kong, Jizo gradually expands in collaboration with Mexican drug lord across the border, followed by a chain of dog-eat-dog events which shock and bring the whole trade on high alert.
On the other hand, Yu Shun-Tin, who hates drugs like poison because his father died of drugs when he was young, now a financial tycoon and a philanthropist, is offering a 100 million bounty to eliminate the No.1 drug dealer in Hong Kong, which causes a stir in society. Policeman Fung intended to try his best to collect evidence for arresting Jizo, but now he cannot but protect Jizo instead due to the bounty. Helplessly, he even receives a tempting offer from Tin which puts him into an internal struggle. A final battle has broken out between the two tycoons which were lesser-known brothers from the same triad.
2 TOY STORY 4
d. Josh Cooley
Disney Pixar Animation
English Voices: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Anne Potts, Tony Hale,
Keegan-Michael Kay, Jordan Peele, Madeleine McGraw,
Christina Hendricks, Keanu Reeves
Cantonese Voices: Sean Lau Ching Wan, Dicky Cheung Wai Kin,
Kay Tse On Kay, I Love You Boyz
1 THE LION KING
d. Jon Favreau
Disney Animation
English Voices: Donald Glover, Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofor,
Alfre Woodard, Billy Eichner, John Kani, John Oliver,
Beyonce Knowles-Carter, James Earl Jones
The Benny Chan Muk Sing directed, Donnie Yen Chi Tan and
Nicholas Tse Ting Fung starred film RAGING FIRE (NO FOR) earlier prepared
a cake for producer, action director and star Yen Chi Tan to celebrate
his July 27th birthday. Chi Tan kept thanking the team for the special
preparation. As for birthday wish, he said, "I hope everyone would be
happier, we will continue to work hard for Hong Kong film!"
As everyone waited for birthday boy Yen Chi Tan to arrive at the
set, they already placed the cake on the table. The team then sang the
birthday song to welcome this "Strongest Birthday Boy" as they wished
him "28 every year". Chi Tan was excited and even jokingly sang along
with everyone. "Happy Birthday to me!" After the singing he hug
director Chan Muk Sing and even asked where his co-star Tse Ting Fung
was. Exchanging punches on screen but buddies off screen, when he hug
Ting Fung the director even provided the caption, "Here is another
punch!"
With everyone working in the scorching heat, Ting Fung treated
everyone to timely dessert. The ice cold dessert added much joy to the
birthday party.
Yen Chi Tan also sentimentally made his birthday wish in front
of the cake. He said, "Lately Hong Kong has a lot of unhappy events, I
hope through my "28th" birthday everyone can be happier at this moment.
We can continue to work hard for Hong Kong film!" Under everyone's
applause, Chi Tan, Ting Fung and director Chan Muk Sing took a photo
with their arms around each others' shoulders. The surprise birthday
party then came to an end. The team went to enjoy cake and dessert. Chi
Tan and Ting Fung quickly finished and got back into position for work,
thoroughly demonstrating their serious and professional attitude.
Michelle Wai Sze Nga, Alex Lam Tak Shun, Anna Ng Yuen Yi
and Emily Kwan Bo Wai starred in the suspense thriller WALK WITH ME
(SEUNG WON). In the film Wai Sze Nga's boss at the factory raped her.
Ng Yuen Yi after learning that her daughter was violated changed
drastically and chased the factory boss with an axe. Finally the boss
died in the hands of the avenging Wai Sze Nga.
Wai Sze Nga stated that she was rather focused during the
production, which she also rather enjoyed as she felt a little deranged.
"I like cruel and bloody characters, which I can't come in contact with
at all in reality. When I think about it I want to shoot it again!" Ng
Yuen Yi revealed that while shooting this scene she knocked over a
chair by accident, but she was not severely hurt.
The film LITTLE Q (SIU Q) will open on August 15th in
Hong Kong. In order for even more people of different ages and classes
to learn the message of "harmony between human and dog" that this film
wanted to bring out and truly understand the job of a guide dog, Law
Chung Him who played a guide dog trainer in the film earlier with
literary youth goddess Angela Yuen Lai Lam and the Hong Kong Guide Dog
Association brought two guide dogs in training to meet 200 second grade
elementary school students at an elementary school. The children were
able to come in close contact with and learn about the job of a guide
dog. At the same time through interacting with the dogs they shared the
message that the film stressed: "acceptance", "tolerance" and "love".
Because for most children on hand it was their first counter with guide
dogs, they were particularly excited and curious.
With the guide dog trainer and two actors' detailed explanations,
the students enthusiastically asked questions. A student even broke
through the "blind spot" and asked how the dog relieved itself while on
the job. With two months of Guide Dog Association training before the
production of LITTLE Q, Him Jai attentively demonstrated and answered
questions for the children.
After the event, Law Chung Him and Yuen Lai Lam spoke to the
press and mentioned their experience of returning to an elementary
school after so many years. Both agreed that their childhood memories
rushed back to them! Yuen Lai Lam saw how smart and energetic each of
the new generation of children were. At first she thought that they
would only have their minds on chatting. She did not expect that the
students would listen to the explanations attentively during the process
and even ask question seriously. Him Jai said, "Today is the last day
of school for the students before summer vacation, in addition they are
able to meet guide dogs, so their emotions run especially high.
Actually which child isn't active? Their smiles are very therapeutic
for me."
Recalling childhood misbehavior, Him Jai revealed that his
school cited him on a second level demerit. "I remember while in class
I left the classroom with other classmates on our own and hid in the
bathroom. With cleaning powder and mops all over the place, the school
cited me on a second level demerit."
Francis Ng Chun Yu and Nick Cheung Ka Fai reunite for their new film LINE WALKER 2 (SI TOH HUNG JEH 2 DIP YING HUNG DONG). Chun Yu played Ka Fai and Louis Koo Tin Lok's mentor, with more emotional scenes than action. He joked that at his age he might not be able to handle of a lot of action scenes. Thus he left them to the two "kids".
In the previous film he had a romance with Charmaine Sheh Si Man. Chun Yu admitted that this time originally had arrangements but finally he successfully reflected to the director. "The director after the first film came to his senses and didn't cook up all the romantic relationships. This time is all guy guy, very hot blooded."
Faced with Chun Yu's directness, Ka Fai could not help but make fun of him. "He truly is at the peak of his 'madness'! This time the character can only be handled by people at the peak of 'madness" like him. Normally he also represented all I wanted to say. On the set I really like Chun Yu, because whenever I saw something that wasn't right usually I would watch it once more. Yet at this time he would already be raging and spoke up sooner than me. I couldn't have enjoyed it more, and the matter would be resolved in the end. Isn't that something to be happy about?" Chun Yu struck back, "People like him are so sly! Some stuff has to be expressed together, with the same emotion, but since he was born looking so mean I graciously help. Sometimes they would say that my suggestion was good!"
Since they have both directed before, would they team up to direct later? Ka Fai admitted that he thought about working together on a comedy. "The screenplay is hard to find than a director, because if people don't laugh they would hate it. The lines are pretty dangerous. (Have you talked about it?) I thought about it but I didn't talk with anyone about it. Actually in recent years many new behind the scene talent arose, I suggest for them to use social problems as subjects. Film is a very wide range, anything can happen. It can be a tragedy, romance, comedy, even Wong Jing style comedy can have new ideas. With good ideas I wouldn't mind working together."
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