Tuesday, January 26, 2016

[2016.01.27] FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 24 2016

For the week ending Sunday January 24 2016
Photos courtesy of Yahoo! Movies Hong Kong


10 STEVE JOBS
    d. Danny Boyle
    Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels


 9 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...


 8 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


 7 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.


 6 THE BIG SHORT
    d. Adam McKay
    Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt


 5 THE 5TH WAVE
    d. J Blakeson
    Chloe Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Ron Livingston, Maggie Siff


 4 HOUSE OF WOLVES
  Can : Ngok Yun Kuk
  Lit : Mean People Canyon
    d. Vincent Kok Tak Siu
    Francis Ng Chun Yu, Jiang Shuying, Ronald Cheng Chung Kei,
      Candy Yu On On, Josie Ho Chiu Yi, Ella Koon Yun Na,
      Babyjohn Choi Hong Yik, Chrissie Chau Sau Na,
  Rating : IIA
  Length : 100 mins.
  Opening January 21 2015 in Malaysia
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/Y7ZyaVVbQuk

[ THE FILM CATALOGUE ]
    Three cold-hearted bastards cross path with each other by living in the same village, including Charlie who pretends to be an ALS patient just to gain others’ sympathy and take advantage Bing, the village head who likes to challenge others’ dignity with money and Zan, a materialistic girl who loves money more than anything. They cheat and compete with each other, but later Zan’s unborn child changes their mentalities...


 3 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.


 2 DIRTY GRANDPA
    d. Dan Mazer
    Robert De Niro, Zac Efron, Zoey Deutch


 1 THE REVENANT
    d. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
    Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy

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