Wednesday, May 31, 2023

[2023.06.01] JEREMY LEE REVEALS EDAN LUI AND JER LAU ARE THE FUNNIEST ON THE SET

Jeremy Lee is very happy and touched to have the support from so many fans
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Jeremy Lee says that he frequently messes up his lines on the set of WE 12
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Jeremy Lee does not like to iron his clothes so he often gets complaints from image designers
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MIRROR member Jeremy Lee Chun Kit yesterday attended a athletic brand opening ceremony. Many "Unicorns" (fan nickname) showed up to show support and surrounded the store. Jeremy kept making the heart gestures to the fans outside and even personally accepted gifts and flowers, which made the Unicorns scream. In August he would perform his first solo concert. Jeremy said that the preparation has been heating up and he was nervous. Ultimately he has not have much opportunity to completely two hour solo performance, it would be an enormous challenge.

Jeremy revealed that the MIRROR starred film WE 12 (12 GWAI DOH) would wrap up production soon. The production process has been very pleasant. The 12 very rarely had a chance to work together and created a lot of comedy. "The funniest was Edan (Lui Cheuk On) and Jer (Lau Ying Ting). Earlier in one scene before Jer's cue to deliver his lines, he suddenly spoke them. The entire set was stunned and didn't know how to react. My character would have super memory, a lot of lines. Sometimes I would mess them up and get bad takes." Edan at the fan meeting lost his voice from playing. Jeremy said that he was already much better but his voice was still a little hoarse. Would he finally be a little quieter? He said, "No, even with a hoarse voice he still kept talking to people."

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

[2023.05.31] FOR THE WEEK ENDING SUNDAY, MAY 28 2023

For the week ending Sunday, May 28 2023

FATE POSTER

10 FATE
  Can : Sai Seung Ji Yau Ba Ba Ho
    d. Gurt Wong Lui Lok
    Liu Kai Chi, Chiu Sin Hang, Baby Po Pui Yue,
      Hero Yuen Ching Fung, Kimi Chiu Wing Yiu
      Nina Paw Hee Ching, Mimi Kung Chi Yan,
      Amy Tam Ka Chuen, Milkson Fong Siu Chung
  Rating : IIA
  Length : 95 mins.
  Opening March 30 2023
  Opening May 18 2023

[ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ]
    Delivery truck driver, Uncle Chuen, works hard every day to put food on the table. His only son, Chong, is only interested in photography. Uncle Chuen doesn't like how Chong idles his days away doing nothing, and this is a frequent flashpoint between the two. One time during an argument, Uncle Chuen slapped Chong on the face, and Chong ran out of the house, but didn't forsee that Chong would be hit unexpectedly by a car. Uncle Chuen and his wife rushed to the hospital, but there was no way to save him. The director of organ donation at the hospital found out that Chong had registered as an organ donor before he died. Although Uncle Chuen still could not accept his son's death, he pushed through the pain to fulfil his son's dying wish, to leave a gift to those still alive.

FLASH OVER POSTER

  9 DAY OFF
  Can : Boon Yat Gung Yau
    d. Fu Tien-yu
    Lu Hsiao-fen, Fu Meng-po, Shih Ming-shuai, Annie Chen,
      Fang Chih-yu, Bolin Chen, Austin Lin
  Length : 106 mins.
  Opening May 18 2023

[ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ]
    For forty years A-Rui has been running a barbershop, a small place where she has seen happiness and sorrow, ebb and flow. Faced with all the troubles in her life, A-Rui fully commits to her work and defeat is never an option for her, but her children never appreciate it and treat her profession with disdain. One day, A-Rui receives a phone call from the family of an old regular client who moved far away a long time ago. The family asks A-Rui if she would be willing to travel to cut the hair for the bedridden old man. Reminded of what her master taught her, "Always provide your best service," A-Rui decides to hang up the "Day Off" sign and closes her shop for one day. She drives her beat-up old car and embarks on a long journey to do something others think is not worthwhile.

TALES FROM THE OCCULT: BODY AND SOUL POSTER

  8 TALES FROM THE OCCULT: BODY AND SOUL
  Can : Sut Hung Hung Gan ji Jui Yu Sat
  AKA : TALES FROM THE OCCULT 2
    d. Frank Hui Hok Man, Daniel Chan Yu Hang, Doris Wong Chin Hin
    Karena Lam Ka Yan, Michelle Wai Sze Nga,
      Terrance Lau Chun Him, Cecilia Choi Sze Wan,
      Wong Yau Nam, Chu Kam Hong, Kevin Chu Kam Yin,
      Tony Wu Tsz Tung, ANSONBEAN (Chan Ngai Sun), Scott Choi Ho Yin
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 93 mins.
  Opening May 25 2023
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/qTeMK2r5l9U

[ THE FILM CATALOGUE ]
    "Rapunzel" (directed by Frank HUI)
    When a hair model's tresses are sullied in a carouse, she walks into a hair salon to salvage her sole pride and joy, only to meet her most macabre end.

    "Cheshire Cat" (directed by Daniel CHAN)
    A man that is asked by an animal lover to investigate incidents of cat torture turns out to be the perpetrator himself, whose next target could be human.

    "Tooth Fairy" (directed by Doris WONG)
    The death of a philandering dentist initially suggests a crime of passion, but it soon comes to light that a patient of his might not be as innocent as she looks.

MAD FATE POSTER

  7 MAD FATE
  AKA : FATAL FATE
    Can : Ming Ong
    d. Soi Cheang Pou Soi
    Gordon Lam Ka Tung, Lokman Yeung,
      Berg Ng Yin Yip, Peter Chan Cham Man, Ng Wing Sze,
      Bonnie Wong Man Wai, Ko Tin Lung
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 109 mins.
  Opening February 19 2023 at the Berlin Film Festival
  Opening March 30 2023 at the Hong Kong International Film Festival
  Opening April 20 2023
  Opening April 27 2023 at the Udine Far East Film Festival
  Site : https://www.berlinale.de/en/2023/programme/202307420.html
  Site : https://www.hkiff.org.hk/film/getdetail?fid=2358

[ HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ]
    When a fortune teller predicts that a psychopath is destined to commit murder, he uses the powers of feng shui and metaphysics to change the course of events. A thematic continuation of his classic films about the neverending struggle between fate and free will, Soi Cheang delivers a gripping thriller with intensity and panache, powered by producer Johnnie To and screenwriter Yau Nai-hoi. Gordon Lam and Lokman Yeung are extraordinary as two men standing at the edge of sanity, as they fight an invisible enemy. Berlinale Special.

[ BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ]
    The sky above Hong Kong is not just heavy with clouds and rain, it also contains astral signs and dark omens in this esoteric neo-noir. In a radical and counter-intuitive move, rather than having the characters' trajectories converge towards the end, the plot instead knits their fates together from the start. Crossing paths at the scene of a heinous crime in a brothel are the serial killer perpetrator and the upstanding detective chasing him, but also a delivery boy obsessed with blood and knives and an occultist feng shui master who had predicted the victim's gory fate without being able to prevent it. The last two quickly form an unlikely pair, and this transforms the film into a surreal, hyperkinetic, expressionist buddy thriller. The horoscopes confirm that the boy will soon succumb to his bloodthirsty temptations, but to redeem past failures and save him from his fate, the fortune teller is willing to do anything. As the investigations gather pace, the pair sinks into delirium in a whirlwind of superstitions, rituals and distortions, against a backdrop of an alchemical metropolis.

THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE POSTER

  6 THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE
    d. Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic
    Illumination Animation
    English Voices: Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day,
      Jack Black, Seth Rogen

THE CONVENANT POSTER

  5 THE CONVENANT
    d. Guy Ritchie
    Jake Gyllenhaal, Dar Salim

MARRY MY DEAD BODY POSTER

  4 MARRY MY DEAD BODY
    Can : Guan Yu Ngor Wor Gwai Bin Sing Ga Yun Dik Na Gein Si
    d. Cheng Wei-hao
    Greg Hsu Kuang-Han, Austin Lin, Gingle Wang,
    Tsai Chen-nan, Tuo Tsung-hua, Ma Nieh-hsien
    Rating : IIB
    Length : 129 mins.
    Opening April 1 2023 at the Hong Kong International Film Festival
    Opening April 27 2023

[ HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ]
    During a pursuit, homophobic police officer Ming-Han inadvertently picks a red envelope off the ground and becomes roped into a ghost marriage with a dead man named Mao-Mao. To get rid of his ghostly groom, Ming-Han agrees to help Mao-Mao find the culprit behind his death. Previously best known for scaring audiences with The Tag-Along series, director Cheng Wei-Hao proves himself to be one of the best genre directors in Taiwan cinema with a rambunctious high-concept comedy that has the comic energy of an old-school Hollywood farce.

[ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ]
    Ming-Han is a passionate policeman in a muscular shape. One day, in the process of arresting a criminal with his beautiful colleague - Zi-Qing, Ming-Han accidentally picks up a red envelope, and a group of people suddenly jumps out to call him "son in law". They ask him to get married with their dead child, who is a dead guy! It is impossible for Ming-Han to accept this decision. However, he doesn't expect to be in misfortune since then. What is even more terrifying is that he begins to see his ghost husband Mao-Mao that scares Ming-Han to death. Therefore, Ming-Han visits a great master to get rid of Mao-Mao. The master tells him that he must get married to Mao-Mao and check Mao-Mao's wish lists; otherwise, Mao-Mao will follow him forever. To get rid of Mao-Mao, Ming-Han has no choice but to help him fulfill all his wishes; at the same time, Mao-Mao also acts like Ming-Han’s partner to help him with the investigation of drug smuggling. A fantasy journey full of laughter and tears between a straight man and a gay ghost has begun.

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOLUME 3 MOVIE POSTER

  3 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOLUME 3
    d. d. James Gunn
    Illumination Animation
    Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillien,
      Pom Klementieff, Sean Gunn, Chukwudi Iwuji,
      Will Poulter, Elizabeth Debicki, Sylvester Stallone
    English Voices: Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Maria Bakalova

THE LITTLE MERMAID MOVIE POSTER

  2 THE LITTLE MERMAID
    d. Rob Marshall
    Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, Melissa McCarthy


FAST AND FURIOUS 10 MOVIE POSTER

  1 FAST AND FURIOUS 10
    d. Louis Leterrier
    Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson,
      Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Jason Momoa, Nathalie Emmanuel,
      Jordana Brewster, John Cena, Jason Statham,
      Sung Kang, Alan Ritchson, Daniela Melchior,
      Scott Eastwood, Helen Mirren, Charlize Theron,
      Brie Larson, Rita Moreno

[2023.05.31] FOR THE WEEK STARTING SATURDAY, MAY 27 2023

For the week starting Saturday, May 27 2023 (Week 20)

VIUTV CHILL CLUB CHART


  5 WHAT IF
  Can : Man Yut Nei Si Ho Yun
  Terence Lam Ka Him

  4 RUMOURS
  MIRROR

  3 MIZU
  AGA

  2 INTO THE FOREST
  Serrini


  1 ALL DEAD ANGLE SAILOR MOON
  Can : Chuen Sei Gok Mei Siu Nui Jin Si
  LaiYing

[2023.05.31] LOUIS KOO REPEATS AS THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG FILMMAKERS PRESIDENT

Federation president Louis Koo (fourth left) along with vice president Joe Cheung (second left) attend THE REMNANT production start ceremony
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Louis Koo announces the second season of the "Keep Rolling Keep Running" project and looks forward to good scripts turning into good movies

The Philip Keung starred THE REMNANT has already begun production and started post production
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The Federation of Hong Kong Filmmakers would release the second season of the "Keep Rolling Keep Running" project. Applications would be accepted between June 1st and August 31st to recruit film screenplays with both domestic uniqueness and creativity. This season's goal would be to choose 4 film projects. Each chosen team would receive a maximum investment of HK$ 4.2 million on their production budget to turn the script into a commercial film.

The "Keep Rolling Keep Running" project has no restriction to the participants' experience and its principles are to encourage creativity and explore Hong Kong film's new directions; at the same time, the selected production team must employ domestic film workers for all of its positions and hence create employment opportunity for the industry, cultivate a new generation of film talent and promote the industry's continuing development.

Just re-elected as the Federation of Hong Kong Filmmakers president, Koo Tin Lok said, "Last year the audience gradually returned to the cinemas. Hong Kong film again received everyone's attention and support. In the industry, even more young screenwriters, directors, new actors and even different position film workers still worked tirelessly to find the opportunity to realize their film dreams. Thus the second season of 'Keep Rolling Keep Running' hopes to be able to choose 4 film projects and looks forward to being able to encourage even more screenplays with domestic uniqueness, creativity and different genres so the Hong Kong film industry would continue to power up."

In the first season of the "Keep Rolling Keep Running" project, two selected films THE REMNANT (NGOK YUN DON DOH) and THE SIN OF UNFORGIVENESS (BUT SEH JI JUI) jumped out of over 40 participating screenplays and received investment for their production. Now the two films have already entered post production and pre production stages. Among them THE REMNANT tells a story about a retired mob boss who returns for a neighborhood that has been bullied over a rebuilding purchase issue. The cast would include Philip Keung Ho Man, Fish Liew Chi Yu, Cecilia Yip Tung, Ling Man Lung and Vincent Wan Yeung Ming. Liew Chi Yu had to dye her hair blonde to play a mother while Ling Man Lung would play a villain for the first time.

[2023.05.31] SEAN LAU CHALLENGES THE HUMAN BODY LIMITS AS HE RESUMES PRODUCTION

Sean Lau has to be hot as he is dressed like this on location in the heat

Kenny Wong, Timmy Hung work with Sean Lau

Sean Lau during the shoot has to run back and forth
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The fresh out of the oven Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actor Sean Lau Ching Wan constantly took roles. Currently working on a new film, he earlier got sick and needed to stop and rest. Because he did not want to hinder the production progress, after testing negative again he immediately returned to work fully. When he was not in a scene he would discuss the scene with the director. Wearing a suit under the blazing sun, he turned into a "water person" but did not care. He worked for a full 6 hours without drinking a drop of water, showing his "iron Best Actor" nature!

Lau Ching Wan won the Hong Kong Film Award Best Actor this year. Before his victory he once said that he would make every movie like it would be his last, not because he thought life was unexpected but that the journey of an actor was difficult. He could be without a job at anytime. However, for him that was too humble. He absolutely has been a hot property in the business, with one film offer after another. Just finishing the film BA BA (PAPA) earlier, he very quickly had to join another large scale film production TAM BOON JUEN GA (NEGOTITION EXPERT). Perhaps he was too busy, his body has been frail and earlier he tested positive for COIVD. He had to stop all productions. However, work has always come first for Ching Wan. Because he did not want to affect the production progress, several days later when he tested negative he immediately returned to work.

Earlier, he worked on large scale scenes with car crashes and hostage taking in Ho Man Tin. Also on hand were Timmy Hung Tin Ming, Kenny Wong Tak Bun, Adam Pak Tin Nam, Ken Low Wai Kwong, and Michael Miu Kiu Wai. Ching Wan was completely focused on the production. When not in a scene, he very rarely chatted with other actors. He stood aside while cultivating his emotions and going into the tent to discuss the scenes with director Herman Yau Lai To; because the temperature reached over 30 degrees Celsius, under the blazing sun he was completely soaked. He worked the full 6 hours without drinking a drop of water, challenged the human body limits. As soon as he worked on a movie he would forget about himself just like an iron man.

As the shoot neared its end, Ching Wan finally "returned to his real self" and chatted and laughed with Wong Tak Bun, Hung Tin Ming and others. Miu Kiu Wai chatted with the crew and even had a female worker rolling over laughing, he was rather popular with the ladies. Hung Tin Ming had his wife Janet Chow Ka Wai and their children visiting the set.

Monday, May 29, 2023

[2023.05.30] FAMA REVEALS THEIR LEAD ROLE MOVIES WOULD NOT BE RELEASED

Fama not only sing at their concert but also perform stand up comedy
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Fama after 13 years earlier performed a concert in Guangzhou, their largest scale performance in the mainland so far. They prepared an all new set list and content and over 30 dancers for the 9000 viewers. The first half of the show included a 60 minute long medley. Fama arranged their old and new songs anew. C Kwan said, "Singing 20 songs in 60 minutes, not one by one but in a nonstop medley. It absolutely is in Cantonese hip hop history the longest live medley." 6 Wing joked, "Lam Gor (George Lam Chi Cheung) had a song called 10' 12", our song could be called 60' 20", with multiple inches more than him."

The second half of the concert was stand up comedy. Fama revealed that they starred in two movies. The first day was completed in 7 days, but the boss in the end decided against releasing it. They said, "The director shot as he watched, in the end he decided to change the ending a little. He felt that we should be the final boss, and we had to use all of our strength to fight a frail girl to a tie. We didn't feel it was very reasonable, maybe the boss in the end felt that way too so decided that not releasing it was the most reasonable."

Then they shared their second experience as the film leads. On the second day of the shoot, the set caught fire accidentally and ended the shoot. Some of the crew went to court with the film company because they did not receive their pay. 6 Wing and C Kwan said that they have never truly been film leads, but they met many good elders in the industry. They were able to work with Stephen Chow Sing Chi and became friends with Dayo Wong Tze Wa, so they were happy.

Thursday, May 25, 2023

[2023.05.26] WONG YAU NAM AND MICHELLE WAI GETS INTO A LIFE OR DEATH FIGHT

Michelle Wai and Wong Yau Nam have known each other for years but worked together for the first time, they exchange compliments about the other's professionalism.

In the film Michelle Wai's long hair tempts the hairstylist with a hair fetish Wong Yau Nam to kill
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Michelle Wai Sze Nga and Wong Yau Nam participated in the film TALES FROM THE OCCULT: BODY AND SOUL (SUT HUNG HUNG GAN ji JUI YU SAT)'s segment RAPUNZEL (TAU FAT) and played respectively a girl group member Maggie and a deranged hairstylist with a hair fetish. In the story Wai Sze Nga's long and luxurious hair caught Yau Nam's eyes and made him intend on killing her. Sze Nga in order to save her own life began a life and death fight against him.

Sze Nga said, "It was either him or me, so we had many chase scenes that would leave us completely drained. During the shoot when I put a plastic bag over Yau Nam's head, it was dangerous. Before hand I reminded him, if breathing became difficult he should slap my tight as a signal. However Yau Nam toughed it out until the director yelled cut. His face was all red and he was trying to catch his breath. We almost took his life, which gave me quite a fright." Yau Nam admitted that he was already on the edge of suffocation, but in order to reach the director's demand of seeing blood vessels in the eyeballs he could only use an unusual method. In order to shake off his kid stench, he transitioned with this film. After discussions with the director, he accepted Wong's suggestion. During the shoot he let Wong slow down his performance rhythm and show his mature side.

Yau Nam praised Wai Sze Nga as being very professional. In one scene he put her on a surgical table, tied up her limbs and then began. Off camera, Sze Nga did not let her go as she continued to maintain the state of fear. She did not ask for the crew to untie her. "Seeing her sacrifice for art was very heartbreaking, her limbs were all red and bruised from being tied up."

In real life, Sze Nga and Yau Nam both saw hair as their lives. However the former said that if the character would require it, she would be fine with shaving her head. Soon to 40, Yau Nam worried about inheriting his father's hair loss issue. He spent a lot of effort of keeping his hair and extending his hair's longevity. He revealed that years ago he had to shave his head for a Qing Dynasty costume in Shanghai. At the time he was concerned that under the blazing sun, his scalp would be damaged and his hair would not grow back. He bought a lot of hair care products. "For this character, I went to be an apprentice at a hair salon. When I got home I still kept practicing hair cutting and got hair all over the floor. Ma yelled at me." Sze Nga admired that Yau Nam was attentive, when he washed her hair he did not slack off. He even added a massage service.

Would Yau Nam pay attention to hair in choosing a girlfriend? He denied that. "I like to look at girls' calves, feeling that they should have beautiful curves; but when choosing a girlfriend I would look at the calves. I would focus on substance. The most important would be being kind and filial. If I would accept her, she could have thick legs and a lot of hair and I wouldn't care." As for what Sze Nga looked for in a mate, she said, "In this business I am used to seeing pretty boys that I am numb, so when choosing the other half appearance would not be important. The most important was inner beauty. If we would be compatible, I can get married without wearing a wedding gown."

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

[2023.05.25] WONG YAU NAM PRAISES MICHELLE WAI'S TOUGHNESS

Wong Yau Nam and Michelle Wai have known each other for years, but this would be their first collaboration together
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Michelle Wai's smarts may have exposed a suspected police impersonator
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Wong Yau Nam praises Michelle Wai's professionalism as she personally performs all the action scenes
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The film TALES FROM THE OCCULT: BODY AND SOUL (SUT HUNG HUNG GAN ji JUI YU SAT) two nights ago held its premiere. Actors Michelle Wai Sze Nga, Wong Yau Nam, Cecilia Choi Sze Wan, Tony Wu Tsz Tung, ANSONBEAN Chan Ngai Sun and Kevin Chu Kam Yin attended. Wai Sze Nga earlier witnessed a horrible traffic accident. She also posted her car cam video on social media. She admitted that she was still shaken from this horrible scene, but the matter continued as she suspected that she ran into swindlers. "After I shared the video, someone from my social media platform kept sending private messages and even called me. Of course I didn't pick up. The person again left a message and claimed to be law enforcement that was investigating this case and told me to pick up his call. However I thought it was very strange." Wai Sze Nga in the end blocked the other person's account, because she believed that law enforcement would probably contact her directly like through the company. It would not privately contact her.

Wong Yau Nam also said that around two years ago she ran into a similar experience. He pointed out that one day I got a call from a female cop, stating that three robbers after their crime passed by his car and escaped. Because at the time they was already in disguise and could not be easily detected, she asked him to watch his car cam's video. "But very unfortunately, because it was already several days later, the video was already deleted. I could only respond sorry and I was unable to help her. She said it's OK, she just asked him too late." However Yau Nam also said that when she contacted him she already clearly identified her department and case number. It was not a fraud.

In RAPUNZEL, the segment they starred in TALES, Yau Nam played a hairstylist with a hair fetish. He admitted that he really liked the script, and even had the same idea as the director as they both hoped to be able to show viewers a different Wong Yau Nam. In addition two or three years before he already wanted to transition and no longer wanted to play kid roles. Thus he began to work out his body and watch even more movies to increase his own value. "The Director and I both really like the result this time." His co-star Wai Sze Nga agreed. "I When I saw him on the set I was already very afraid. This time in the film he would try to kill me, we would have many struggle scenes but he is big. Thus on the set I would avoid him, on the set we didn't say more than 5 sentences to each other." Yau Nam also returned the compliment to Wai Sze Nga. "I have known Michelle for many years. This was the first time we work together. I thought she was very tough. She never used a double, she would personally perform each scene."

Choi Sze Wan, ANSONBEAN and Chu Kam Yin in the segment CHESHIRE CAT (MAU GIP) played cat volunteers. ANSONBEAN and Chu Kam Yin in the film wanted to pursue Choi Sze Wan through cat volunteering. ANSONBEAN even made his big screen debut. He joked that the only relationship scene he had with Choi Sze Wan was jealousy. In the future he would like to try playing a villain. Chu Kam Yin said that TALES actually was not a horror film, but a romantic film. However Choi Sze Wan lamented that unfortunately she and Chu Kam Yin did not have any intimate scene. Chu Kam Yin joked, "Why didn't you mention it earlier, it would have been great." Playing the villain, Wu Tsz Tung said that playing a villain had a lot of room to perform. Instead playing a good guy would be hard. He would like to try playing a good guy once, so he would be able to give an outstanding performance that would leave an impression with the audience.

[2023.05.25] BABY BO BENEFITS FROM LIU KAI CHI'S ADVICE

Baby Bo and Hero Yuen promote their new film
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Baby Bo and Hero Yuen had many scenes with Liu Kai Chi.  Though both say Liu Kai Chi did not speak much, what they have learned from them have been very useful
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Baby Bo Pui Yu, Hero Yuen Ching Fung and Milkson Fong Siu Chung yesterday along with executive producer and producer Lee Lam Yan promoted FATE (SAI SEUNG JI YAU BA BA HO). This time was one of the final films of the late Hong Kong Film Award Best Supporting Actor Dick Liu Kai Chi. The story was about Uncle Chi and his only son Chung Jai (Chiu Sin Hang)'s relationship, unfortunately his son passed away in an accident. Uncle Chi played the pain of losing his son just right, touching people's hearts with his excellent acting and sincere emotions.

Ching Fung and Bo Pui Yu in the film had many scenes with Uncle Chi. Ching Fung recalled the experience of working with Uncle Chi and said that he was not pleased with his earliest performance in the film. "I felt very fortunate to have worked with a giant like Uncle Chi, which felt very awesome, wonderful and happy. Uncle Chi didn't speak much, but once in a vehicle she asked me about what I learned from the artist training class. At the time I thought Uncle Chi was displeased with my performance, ultimately the training class and the actual battle (acting) were different. Uncle Chi told him how he would perform if it was him. At the time I was a little frustrated, because if I knew I would have been able to do it instead of having 3 months of breakdown over this. Later I understood that Uncle Chi wanted me to use another angle to act and not to have another Liu Kai Chi."

Bo Pui Yu said that in the first scene she already had to shoot the pain of losing her son. She cried until she collapsed. In addition working with the elder Uncle Chi was very stressful. She once asked him for help, and Uncle Chi pointed out that the most important was to be herself because she too had acting experience; during the shoot Uncle Chi rarely spoke. He would keep studying the character, which she benefit from as well. Speaking of her friend Esther Wan Yue Hung passing away from cancer, she said that in the past few years a group of friends has been by her side, chatting with her and giving her massages. Because in the past few months she has been in the hospital, her legs were swollen. Her tumor was very malicious and kept growing in her abdomen like she was pregnant. She could only sleep sitting up and could not lie down. She even had several operations all in order to eat. A month and a half before she had her last operation. Although she was able to take one bite of food, she already took the doctor that she was very tired and no longer wanted treatment. "Thus the doctor only gave her morphine for the pain. She was a very strong fighter, now in Heaven she no longer needed to suffer. Everyone wished her well and hoped to see her again in Heaven."

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

[2023.05.24] FOR THE WEEK ENDING SUNDAY, MAY 21 2023

For the week ending Sunday, May 21 2023

OVER MY DEAD BODY POSTER

10 OVER MY DEAD BODY
  Can : Sei Si Sei Si Sei Sup Sei
  Lit : Corpse Died At Forty Four
    d. Ho Cheuk Tin
    Teresa Mo Shun Kwan, Ronald Cheng Chung Kei, Wong Yau Nam,
      Jennifer Yu Heung Ying, Edan Lui Cheuk On, Alan Yeung Wai Lun,
      Lau Kong, Bonnie Wong Man Wai, Wu Lai Ying, Jer Lau Ying Ting,
      Hanna Chan, Jiro Leung Sheung Ching, Kenneth Cheung Moon Ting,
      Josie Ho Chiu Yi,
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 119 mins.
  Opening March 10 2023 at the Osaka Asian Film Festival
  Opening April 4 2023
  Teaser : https://youtu.be/57EFTCutFek
  Site : https://www.oaff.jp/2023/en/program/op.html

[ OSAKA ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2023 ]
    Welcome to Seaside Heights, a fancy residential building where a group of residents experience a night of chaos and comedy after the nude body of a man appears and threatens to cause scandal and plunging property values!

    It all begins when Ming, together with his wife, mother-in-law, and brother-in-law, finds an anonymous naked body lying at their doorstep. Fearing that the presence of a corpse will turn their unit into a "murder home" and its property value will nosedive and impoverish them, their bickering family unite to pass the buck to their neighbours by moving the corpse to other units on the same floor. Their fiendish plot ropes in a motley bunch of people, including retired elderly couple, Mr. and Mrs. CHAN; a single lady and her maid; the CHEUNG's, an irascible father and his cantankerous son; and an overzealous security guard. Last but not least, is a mysterious chain smoking woman named Sue who might hold the key to helping get the body out of the building...

    A dark comedy of manners and Hong Kong home-ownership woes ensues in "Over My Dead Body" as each of these vividly portrayed characters turns on each other in an effort to avoid taking responsibility for both the body and their own personal problems.

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  9 DAY OFF
  Can : Boon Yat Gung Yau
    d. Fu Tien-yu
    Lu Hsiao-fen, Fu Meng-po, Shih Ming-shuai, Annie Chen,
      Fang Chih-yu, Bolin Chen, Austin Lin
  Length : 106 mins.
  Opening May 18 2023

[ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ]
    For forty years A-Rui has been running a barbershop, a small place where she has seen happiness and sorrow, ebb and flow. Faced with all the troubles in her life, A-Rui fully commits to her work and defeat is never an option for her, but her children never appreciate it and treat her profession with disdain. One day, A-Rui receives a phone call from the family of an old regular client who moved far away a long time ago. The family asks A-Rui if she would be willing to travel to cut the hair for the bedridden old man. Reminded of what her master taught her, "Always provide your best service," A-Rui decides to hang up the "Day Off" sign and closes her shop for one day. She drives her beat-up old car and embarks on a long journey to do something others think is not worthwhile.

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  8 AFTERSUN
    d. Charlotte Wells
    Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, Celia Rowlson-Hall

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  7 HYPNOTIC
    d. Robert Rodriguez
    Ben Affleck, Alice Braga, JD Pardo

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  6 EVIL DEAD RISE
    d. Lee Cronin
    Mirabai Pease, Richard Crouchley, Ann-Maree Thomas

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  5 MAD FATE
  AKA : FATAL FATE
    Can : Ming Ong
    d. Soi Cheang Pou Soi
    Gordon Lam Ka Tung, Lokman Yeung,
      Berg Ng Yin Yip, Peter Chan Cham Man, Ng Wing Sze,
      Bonnie Wong Man Wai, Ko Tin Lung
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 109 mins.
  Opening February 19 2023 at the Berlin Film Festival
  Opening March 30 2023 at the Hong Kong International Film Festival
  Opening April 20 2023
  Opening April 27 2023 at the Udine Far East Film Festival
  Site : https://www.berlinale.de/en/2023/programme/202307420.html
  Site : https://www.hkiff.org.hk/film/getdetail?fid=2358

[ HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ]
    When a fortune teller predicts that a psychopath is destined to commit murder, he uses the powers of feng shui and metaphysics to change the course of events. A thematic continuation of his classic films about the neverending struggle between fate and free will, Soi Cheang delivers a gripping thriller with intensity and panache, powered by producer Johnnie To and screenwriter Yau Nai-hoi. Gordon Lam and Lokman Yeung are extraordinary as two men standing at the edge of sanity, as they fight an invisible enemy. Berlinale Special.

[ BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ]
    The sky above Hong Kong is not just heavy with clouds and rain, it also contains astral signs and dark omens in this esoteric neo-noir. In a radical and counter-intuitive move, rather than having the characters' trajectories converge towards the end, the plot instead knits their fates together from the start. Crossing paths at the scene of a heinous crime in a brothel are the serial killer perpetrator and the upstanding detective chasing him, but also a delivery boy obsessed with blood and knives and an occultist feng shui master who had predicted the victim's gory fate without being able to prevent it. The last two quickly form an unlikely pair, and this transforms the film into a surreal, hyperkinetic, expressionist buddy thriller. The horoscopes confirm that the boy will soon succumb to his bloodthirsty temptations, but to redeem past failures and save him from his fate, the fortune teller is willing to do anything. As the investigations gather pace, the pair sinks into delirium in a whirlwind of superstitions, rituals and distortions, against a backdrop of an alchemical metropolis.

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  4 THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE
    d. Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic
    Illumination Animation
    English Voices: Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day,
      Jack Black, Seth Rogen

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  3 MARRY MY DEAD BODY
    Can : Guan Yu Ngor Wor Gwai Bin Sing Ga Yun Dik Na Gein Si
    d. Cheng Wei-hao
    Greg Hsu Kuang-Han, Austin Lin, Gingle Wang,
    Tsai Chen-nan, Tuo Tsung-hua, Ma Nieh-hsien
    Rating : IIB
    Length : 129 mins.
    Opening April 1 2023 at the Hong Kong International Film Festival
    Opening April 27 2023

[ HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ]
    During a pursuit, homophobic police officer Ming-Han inadvertently picks a red envelope off the ground and becomes roped into a ghost marriage with a dead man named Mao-Mao. To get rid of his ghostly groom, Ming-Han agrees to help Mao-Mao find the culprit behind his death. Previously best known for scaring audiences with The Tag-Along series, director Cheng Wei-Hao proves himself to be one of the best genre directors in Taiwan cinema with a rambunctious high-concept comedy that has the comic energy of an old-school Hollywood farce.

[ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ]
    Ming-Han is a passionate policeman in a muscular shape. One day, in the process of arresting a criminal with his beautiful colleague - Zi-Qing, Ming-Han accidentally picks up a red envelope, and a group of people suddenly jumps out to call him "son in law". They ask him to get married with their dead child, who is a dead guy! It is impossible for Ming-Han to accept this decision. However, he doesn't expect to be in misfortune since then. What is even more terrifying is that he begins to see his ghost husband Mao-Mao that scares Ming-Han to death. Therefore, Ming-Han visits a great master to get rid of Mao-Mao. The master tells him that he must get married to Mao-Mao and check Mao-Mao's wish lists; otherwise, Mao-Mao will follow him forever. To get rid of Mao-Mao, Ming-Han has no choice but to help him fulfill all his wishes; at the same time, Mao-Mao also acts like Ming-Han’s partner to help him with the investigation of drug smuggling. A fantasy journey full of laughter and tears between a straight man and a gay ghost has begun.

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  2 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOLUME 3
    d. d. James Gunn
    Illumination Animation
    Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillien,
      Pom Klementieff, Sean Gunn, Chukwudi Iwuji,
      Will Poulter, Elizabeth Debicki, Sylvester Stallone
    English Voices: Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Maria Bakalova


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  1 FAST AND FURIOUS 10
    d. Louis Leterrier
    Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson,
      Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Jason Momoa, Nathalie Emmanuel,
      Jordana Brewster, John Cena, Jason Statham,
      Sung Kang, Alan Ritchson, Daniela Melchior,
      Scott Eastwood, Helen Mirren, Charlize Theron,
      Brie Larson, Rita Moreno

[2023.05.24] FOR THE WEEK STARTING SATURDAY, MAY 20 2023

For the week starting Saturday, May 20 2023 (Week 19)

VIUTV CHILL CLUB CHART


  5 INTO THE FOREST
  Serrini

  4 TEN YEARS LIKE A DAY
  Can : Sup Nin Yu Yut Yut
  Vivian Chan Wai Man

  3 ENDING ENDLESSLY
  Can : Tung Gwai Yu Jung
  Vincy Chan (Wing Yi)

  2 STARTING FROM ZERO
  Can : Chung Ling Hoi Chi Dik Sun Sai Gai
  Jer Lau Ying Ting


  1 BREADMAN
  Can: Ngai Min Bau Dik Yun
  Wilson Ng Lam Fung

[2023.05.24] MICHELLE WAI WATCHES CARTOON TO CALM HERSELF FROM WONG YAU NAM'S STALKING

Michelle Wai thoroughly suffer at the hands of Wong Yau Nam's character
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Michelle Wai Sze Nga and Wong Yau Nam starred in the film TALES FROM THE OCCULT: BODY AND SOUL (SUT HUNG HUNG GAN ji JUI YU SAT)'s segment RAPUNZEL (TAU FAT). With her beautiful hair, Wai Sze Nga played a girl group member who was being stalked by the deranged hairstylist Yau Nam. In the film she had to be tied up, chased and screamed with all her might. During the shoot the on set atmosphere even scared the crew. Even Yau Nam praised how tough she was.

Having made many horror films, Wai Sze Nga has never had any trauma. Actually she had a therapy that was filled with childlike innocence for her soul. She said, "As soon as I finish a stressful scene, I would go home and watch cartoon. Some people say cartoon has therapeutic power, I don't know if it's true or not; but I rely on this to recover." Playing a deranged character for the first time, Yau Nam spent a month in advance to study hair washing and cutting technique from a hairstylist. During the shoot he even played the "hair wash boy" and washed Wai Sze Nga's hair. "I have never played such an extreme character, both the director and I agree on an image change. This time I want everyone to see a Yan Nam no one has seen before."

Wai Sze Nga was asked whether she hoped to find a breakthrough in her career? She said, "I have always been breaking through, now instead I wouldn't deliberately think about what I want to do. I used to really want to try new things; now even if the character is very similar to before, I would be very excited. I would think about how I could break through with the limited space. The only thing I want to try is a play or a silent drama. My shortcoming is body language, so I want to study in this area."

Monday, May 22, 2023

[2023.05.23] KARENA LAM IS NERVOUS ABOUT HER FIRST S AND M SCENE

Karena Lam tightens the belt around the neck of Kelvin, whose head is in a plastic bag.  She hopes to get each S and M scene in one take as much as possible to keep her co-star from suffering
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Karena Lam Ka Yun returned to a horror film after many years, playing a nurse in the film TALES OF THE OCCULT: BODY AND SOUL (SUT HUNG HUNG GAN ji JUI YU SAT)'s segment TOOTH FAIRY with tis share of bloody violent scenes. She challenged a S and M bed scene, not only wrapping her co-star Kelvin's head in a plastic bag but also choking him and chaining him to the bed. Before the shoot began, Ka Yun saw the topless Kelvin and joked, "I want to kill you, your figure is much better than mine. I am very mad."

After the passion, Ka Yun admitted that she was nervous about her first S and M scene. "I was very worried, Kelvin's hands and necks were only belted and his head was in a plastic bag. Playing scenes like these I have to use real force to look the part. If the belts were loose it wouldn't look good. Everything had to be precise, I tried to get it in one take as much as possible to keep my co-star from having a tough time." Each time the director yelled cut, Ka Yun immediately untied Kelvin and asked how he was. "Everyone understood that making this scene would be tough, but safety is the most important."

Saturday, May 20, 2023

[2023.05.21] NELSON CHEUNG'S FAMILY ASKS CANDY LAW TO CLARIFY HIS SUICIDE'S CAUSE

Candy Law said that everything t Nelson Cheung's funeral would be simple

Ali Lee denies getting back together with her ex
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Candy Law gets choked up during the interview and has to turn around and regain her composure before continuing.

Sharon Luk earlier did a final live stream with Nelson Cheung

Ali Wong says that she and her ex are still friends
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Famous Hong Kong image director Nelson Cheung Hok Yun's suicide rocked the entertainment scene. Nel Nel's good friend Candy Law Lan at an event clarified on behalf of Nel Nel's family and that the incident was caused by depression and not financial distress.

Ali Lee Kai Sum, Law Lam, Sharon Luk Sze Wan, Chan Kwan Yi and Liz Kong Hei Man yesterday attended a beauty center flagship store opening. After the ceremony, Law Lam got choked while talking about Nel Nel. She had to duck away to recover from her emotions before she was able to continue her interview.

Law Lam said that a hour before attending the event, she received a call from Nel Nel's family. They asked her to clarify that Nel Nel was not in financial trouble, but he had depression. They hoped the related report videos could be removed. They did not want the family and Nel Nel to be blamed. Law Lam recalled the company dinner with Nel Nel in Shenzhen earlier (the 17th), he seemed to be down but at the time she thought that he was just tired from just finishing a 6 hour live stream. Thinking back, over the past few days she already sensed that Nel Nel was very tired and much thinner. Reportedly someone skipped out on paying Nel Nel. Law Lam said that that might be a possibility but she was not certain. However it definitely would not be at this company. Because she and Nel Nel were at the same company, she knew that Nel Nel and the company's account was in 6 figures. His family would donate the entire sum after the company's commission to charity. As for funeral arrangement, Law Lam revealed that Nel Nel's family has already arrived in Shenzhen and would discuss whether to transport the remains to Hong Kong or to have it cremated first.

[2023.05.21] STEPHEN FUNG HEADS TO CANNES TO SUPPORT HONG KONG FILM AND THE NEW GENERATION

Angela Yuen and Stephen Fung attend the Hong Kong Night at the Cannes Film Festival
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Stephen Fung Tak Lun as a producer, a director and an actor attended two days of forums and shared exchanges about the unique perspective of Hong Kong film along with actor Angela Yuen Lai Lam, new director Cheuk Yik Him and others.

Stephen has always supported Hong Kong film. This time he attended in hopes of being able to do something for the Hong Kong film industry. Stephen said, "I am very honored, very happy that the Hong Kong Film Development Council and Create Hong Kong invited me to attend this forum and Hong Kong Night. I am very happy to have a in depth exchange with new directors and new actors, and shared with everyone my film industry experience. I hope in the future I would be able to work with some more Hong Kong new directors."

During the pandemic, Stephen reduced exchanges with overseas filmmakers. With this trip to the Cannes Film Festival, he was also happy to meet overseas filmmakers. He said, "With the Cannes Film festival is also the opportunity to have contact with foreign filmmakers and film companies. Because of the pandemic I haven't been here in a very long time, and this has been a very fun process."

As the first forum, Stephen and Yuen Lai Lam shared the stage. He at first did not know her, so he did his "homework" on his flight to Cannes and watched Angela's movie to get to know her. Stephen said, "Because I didn't know Angela before, on the flight I watched her performance in THE NARROW ROAD (JAK LO MEI CHUN) and thought that she performed very well. In the future she definitely would be a good and successful actor."

Friday, May 19, 2023

[2023.05.20] CHOW YUN FAT CELEBRATES HIS 68TH BIRTHDAY

Julian Cheung (right) and his wife Anita Yuen (second left) celebrate Chow Yun Fat (left)'s birthday
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Chow Yun Fat celebrates his birthday with colleagues from his new film ONE MORE CHANCE
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Chow Yun Fat's new film ONE MORE CHANCE will open on June 21st in the mainland but has no Hong Kong release date yet
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Chow Yun Fat two days ago celebrated his 68th birthday. "Fat Soh" Jasmine Tan presented a sweet surprise, arranging for Fat Gor's friends Alex Fong Chung Shun, Kenny Wong Tak Bun, producer Wong Bun, directors Felix Chong Man Keung and Anthony Pun (Poon Yiu Ming), as well as Fat Gor's "Iron Fans" Anita Yuen Wing Yee and Julian Cheung Chi Lam to celebrate with the birthday boy. Fat Soh even accompanied by the film GOD OF GAMBLERS (DOH SUN)'s classic music personally presented the cake. Fat Gor jokingly wielded the knife as he cut the cake while his friends sang the birthday song and thanked all the guests.

A fellow iron fan with his wife Len Len, Cheung Chi Lam also made it for the cake cutting and the group photo. As soon as he saw Fat Gor he gave him a hug. Len Len even shot a video. First outside the door she said that she would have dinner with her favorite person and asked everyone to guess. Then she told everyone there was no need to guess. When she opened the door and Fat Gor and Fat Soh was already sitting at the dinner table. Len Len said, "It's my super idol Mr. Chow Yun Fat, today is my dear Fat Gor's birthday, Happy Birthday! We also have our super beauty (Fat Soh), come and see!" Fat Soh immediately raised a victory sign. Len Len also asked Fat Gor to talk about his birthday wish. Fat Gor joked, "Chow Yun Fat Happy Birthday, Good Health, I wish for the movie (ONE MORE CHANCE) to have many viewers!" Len Len said, "It must!" Fat also said, "It must, great, thank you!"