[2019.08.29] FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 25 2019

For the week ending Sunday August 25 2019

Photos courtesy of Yahoo! Movies Hong Kong

  9 ONE PIECE STAMPEDE
    d. Takashi Otsuka
    Japanese Animation
  Opening August 22 2019
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/jtFXOqkjPjw

[ CINEMA ONLINE MALAYSIA ]
    Pirates from around the world, including Luffy and the gang, have gathered at the Pirates Expo. Everyone is joining the big hunt for a lost treasure, which belongs to Gol D. Roger.

[ MCL CINEMAS ]
    Invited by "Master of Festivities" Buena Festa, Straw Hat Pirates come to the world's greatest pirate's festival "Pirates Expo". Pirates all over the world gather here and join a big treasure hunt to find Gold Roger's treasure. However, an evil plan from Festa is hidden behind this festival. Smoker lead the Marines lurking in the event in order to catch all the pirates. At the same time, "Demon Heir" Douglas Bullet, who is a former member of the Roger Pirates, also join the battle and become Luffy’s biggest threat...A fierce melee is going to begin!

  6 BODIES AT REST
  Can : Chum Muk Dik Jing Yun
  Lit : Silent Witness
    d. Renny Harlin
    Nick Cheung Ka Fai, Richie Jen (Yam Yin Chai), Carlos Chan Ka Lok,
      Yang Zi, MC Jin, Ron Ng Cheuk Hei, Clara Lee, Feng Jiayi, Ma Shuliang,
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 94 mins.
  Opening March 18 2019 at the Hong Kong International Film Festival
  Opening August 22 2019
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/w5xp01ibqsw

[ THE FILM CATALOGUE ]
    A cat-and-mouse game unfolds over a single night when three armed criminals barge into a morgue, demanding the forensic doctor and his assistant to hand over a bullet lodged inside a corpse. While the criminals are in a desperate attempt to hide their true identities, the doctor finds himself sinking deeper and deeper into a quagmire as his past inadvertently catches up with him. Each explosive twist soon pushes the characters beyond their limits.

[ CINEMA ONLINE MALAYSIA ]
    A forensics expert and his intern are working in the morgue when suddenly a group of masked thugs break in. The criminals demand access to a body that contains evidence to a crime that was committed recently.

  5 LITTLE Q
    d. Law Wing Cheong
    Simon Yam Tat Wa, Gigi Leung Wing Kei, Law Chung Him,
      Frankie Lam Man Lung, Charlie Yeung Choi Nei, Roger Kwok Chun On,
      Liu Chutian, Angela Yuen Lai Lam, JJ Jia,
  Rating : IIA
  Length : 107 mins.
  Opening August 15 2019
  Teaser : https://youtu.be/801IeIw0oYI

[ BROADWAY CIRCUITS ]
    Puppy Quill (nickname Little Q) is born with a birthmark in the house of Dr. Lo, it is being sent to the Chan's family after two months. Mr. Chan, Mrs. Chan and their daughter Chi Kiu take care of Little Q, they bond well with each other. As Little Q grows bigger, it is being trained by guide dog trainer Simon. Simon takes it to match with famous chef Lee Bo Ting. He has become irritable and constantly losing his temper over his sister Bo Yi who resigned her teaching job to help Bo Ting at his dessert house since he lost his eye sight. Bo Ting tries to drive Little Q away for several times, but as a well trained guide dog Little Q always stays by Bo Ting's side and protects him under any circumstances. Eventually Little Q earns Bo Ting’s trust with its loyalty prompting him to take a new lease of life and quit blaming his blindness. He continues to delve into new dessert recipe and travels around with Little Q. However, as Little Q gets older and Bo Ting gets sick, the two of them have to face an unwilling separation......

[ MCL CINEMAS ]
    A story about the life of the guide dog Quill (nickname Little Q): the love interaction between Little Q and the puppy raiser, the guide dog trainer and the newly blind dessert chef Lee Po Ting -- how it earns the trust of Po Ting and makes Po Ting take a new lease of life.

  4 ANGRY BIRD 2
    d. Thurop Van Orman, John Rice
    Animation
    English Voices: Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Leslie Jones
    Cantonese Voices: James Ng Yip Kwan, Pakho Chau,
      Tyson Chak, Crystal Fung Ying Ying

  3 FAST AND FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS AND SHAW
    d. David Leitch
    Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba, Vanessa Kirby,

  2 THE DIVINE FURY
  Can : Kui Mor Si Jeh
  Lit : Exorcist Missonary
    d. Kim Joo-Hwan
    Park Seo-Joon, Ahn Sung-Ki, Woo Do-Hwan
  Opening August 22 2019
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/jUin5i7FSQw

[ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ]
    Yong-hu, a world champion martial artist who believes in no God, only himself, suddenly develops stigmata on his palms.

    Visiting a church in hopes of healing the stigmata, he ends up saving Father AHN, who falls into danger while performing an exorcism. In this way he learns of the power of the stigmata. As time passes Yong-hu accepts his new calling and begins saving people who are possessed by demons, but then he must prepare for a final confrontation with the evil Jisin, who ensnares people with the power of the devil.

  1 WEATHERING WITH YOU
  Can : Tin Hei Ji Ji
  Lit : Son of Weather
    d. Makoto Shinkai
    Japanese Animation
  Rating : IIA
  Length : 112 mins.
  Opening August 8 2019
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/s9TiLYJwWf0

[ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ]
    "I wanted to try going into that light."

    First year of high school, summer. Hodaka runs away from his home on an outlying island to come to Tokyo. He falls into poverty quickly, but after many days of solitude, at last finds work as a freelance writer for a dubious occult magazine.

    Rain falls day after day, as if taking its cue from his life. One day, though, Hodaka meets a girl in one corner of the hustle and bustle of the big city.

    Hina is a cheerful, strong-willed girl who lives alone with her little brother due to certain circumstances. She also has a strange power.
    "Hey, it's gonna clear up now."

    Little by little, the rain stops and the cityscape gives off a beautiful glow. For Hina has the power to make the sky clear just by praying...