Tuesday, January 5, 2016

[2016.01.06] FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 3 2016

For the week ending January 3 2016
Photos courtesy of Yahoo! Movies Hong Kong


10 BURNT
    d. John Wells
    Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Daniel Bruhl, Riccardo Scamarcio


 9 TEN YEARS
  Can : Sup Nin
    d. Kwok Zune, Wong Fei Pang, Jeavons Au, Chow Kwun Wai
    Liu Kai Chi, Zerisawa Courtney Wu, Peter Chan, Wong Ching,
      Lau Ho Chi, Leung Kin Ping, Ng Siu Hin, Tanzela Qoser
  Rating : IIA
  Length : 104 mins.
  Opening December 24 2015
  Trailer: https://youtu.be/46OjIXuF1f4

[ BROADWAY CIRCUITS ]
    Five thought-provoking shorts imagine what Hong Kong will be like ten years from now. In Extras, two genial low-level gangsters are hired to stage an attack, but they’re mere sacrificial lambs in a political conspiracy. Rebels strive to preserve destroyed homes and objects as specimens in the mesmerizing Season of the End. In Dialect, a taxi driver struggles to adjust after Putonghua displaces Cantonese as Hong Kong’s only official language. Following the death of a leading independence activist, an act of self-immolation outside the British consulate triggers questions and protests in the searing yet moving Self-Immolator. In Local Egg, a grocery shop owner worries about his son’s youth guard activities and where to buy eggs after Hong Kong’s last chicken farm closes down.


 8 YO-KAI WATCH THE MOVI E
    d. Shigeharu Takahashi,Shinji Ushiro
    Japanese Animation
  Rating : I
  Length : 98 mins.
  Opening December 24 2015

[ BROADWAY CIRCUITS ]
    The Yo-kai Watch has disappeared! Desperate to get it back, the friends follow a trail that leads them somewhere they never expected: the past!

    One seemingly normal night when Keita is fast asleep in bed, the Yo-kai Watch suddenly disappears from his wrist in a flash of light!
    And as if that wasn’t strange enough, a giant cat Yo-kai called Dekanyan appears in Sakura New Town, and asks Keita to help him save his friends...because if he doesn’t, “they” will take over the world! In search of clues about just what this mysterious turn of events might mean, Keita sets off to Kemamoto village, where his grandma lives.
    Once there, he has a chance meeting with Fuyunyan, who turns out to know the secret of why the Yo-kai Watch has disappeared.
    It’s time for Keita, Whisper, Jibanyan and Fuyunyan to travel 60 years back in time to rescue their treasured timepiece!
    But just who is the fearsome foe who awaits them there?
    And what exactly has become of the watch...?


 7 JOY
    d. David O. Russell
    Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Edgar Ramirez


 6 SHERLOCK: THE ABOMINABLE BRIDE
    d. Douglas Mackinnon
    Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Una Stubbs, Rupert Graves


 5 LITTLE PRINCE
    d. Mark Obsborne
    On Animation Studios Animation


 4 SNOOPY: THE PEANUTS MOVIE
    d. Steve Martino
    Twentieth Century Fox Animation


 3 ANNIVERSARY
  Can : Gei Lim Yut
  Lit : Anniversary
    d. Patrick Kong (Yip Lim Sum)
    Stephy Tang Lai Yan, Alex Fong Lik Sun,
      Rachel Lee Lai Chun, David Siu Chung Hung,
      Louis Cheung Kai Chung, Shek Sau, Bob Lam Sing Bun,
      Joy Sheng (Shing Long Hei) , Jacky Cai Jie,
      Jun Kung Shek Leung, Louis Cheung Kai Chung, Leila Kong (Tong Ning)
      Jacquelin Chong Si Man, Lesley Chiang Lai Man
  Rating : IIA
  Length : 108 mins.
  Opening December 31 2015
  Trailer: https://youtu.be/aEeKiKiLpHk
  Site: https://www.facebook.com/movieanniversary

[ THE FILM CATALOGUE ]
  After experienced ups and downs within ten years, a sweet and lovely couple Wah and Po celebrate their tenth anniversary this year.

  After having been married for years, Wah has always wanted to have their own child but Po is not enthusiastic about it for some reason, which affects their relationship.

  When Wah and Po are planning to travel to Kobe again for their anniversary, coincidentally, Wah re-counters his former secretary Kiki again and their affair restarts. Unexpectedly, Po knows all about his affair with Kiki and refuse to go. Sadly, the couple also recalls how Wah cheated on Po for the affair with Josephine ten years ago. It hurts Po’s feelings deeply. In the end, Po decides to tell Wah the reason of her refusing to have their baby...


 2 STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
    d. J. J. Abrams
    Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver,
      Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Andy Serkis,
      Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Max von Sydow


 1 IP MAN 3
    d. Wilson Yip Wai Shun
    Donnie Yen Chi Tan, Mike Tyson, Patrick Tam Yiu Man,
      Lynn Xiong, Karena Ng Chin Yu
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 105 mins.
  Opening December 24 2015

[ BROADWAY CIRCUITS ]
    At the end of the 1950's, finally settled into a stable life, during his daily trip to take his young son to and from school, Ip Man meets another father Cheung Tin-chi; it so happens that Cheung is a fellow Wing Chun practitioner. Through their infrequent contact, the two fathers develop an interesting relationship. Unexpectedly, gangsters led by Sang are trying to take over properties in the neighbourhood and Ip Man decides to lead his students to guard the neighbourhood!

    Ip Man's conflict with the gangsters becomes heated and he discovers that the boss behind the takeover is the foreigner Frank. Because Frank colludes with an English police superintendent, even the police inspector Fat Ball cannot do much to help. Undeterred, Ip Man stays to guard the Unexpectedly, Sang abducts the elementary school students to threaten the community and both Ip Man and Tin-chi's sons are taken. Ip Man arrives in time, and with Tin-chi's help, the Wing Chun duo save the children successfully! The gangsters' misdeeds are exposed in the media and the takeover of the neighbourhood ends. Unfortunately, tragedy hits Ip Man's family and he realizes that even though he is successful in saving the neighbourhood, he has neglected his own family. He decides to stay with his wife full time and leave other matters behind; troubles, however, do not leave him alone. Frank sends the Muay Thai Champion to attack Ip Man, disrupting his time with his family and threatens even his wife's safety. Ip Man is forced to confront Frank. After a fierce fight between Chinese and Western fighting styles, Ip Man earns Frank's respect!

    Troubles keep coming. Tin-chi openly challenges Ip Man's authority and tries to make a name for himself by claiming to be 'authentic Wing Chun.' He openly challenges Ip Man into a fight! Between career and family, Ip Man chooses the latter and fulfils his promise to dance with Wing-sing. He gives up his reputation and status to be a real man.

    Finally, with the encouragement from and arrangement by his wife, for himself and his family, Ip Man fights with Tin-Chi. Through this fight, he lets Tin-chi know that life belongs to oneself but not only to oneself. When Tin-chi is chasing after his ideals, he is effecting the life of his son. Like Ip Man, his life belongs to himself, to Wing-sing, to his sons and even to the martial arts.

[ CINEMA ONLINE MALAYSIA ]
    Ip Man 3" focuses on the relationship between "Ip Man" and his most famous disciple, Bruce Lee, training under the grandmaster.

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