[2024.10.03] FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 29 2024

For The week ending Sunday September 29 2024

10 LOOK BACK
    d. Kiyotaka Oshiyama
    Japanese Animation
  Rating : IIA
  Length : 58 mins.
  Opening August 29 2024
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/6PwY3ZUaPoY

[ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ]
    Fujino is an elementary student publishing 4-panel manga in a student publication. She receives high praise from her classmates until her teacher tells her that truant student, Kyomoto, wants to try her hand at a 4-panel manga. Their love of manga is the one thing connecting these contrary girls. One day, however, something happens to them that shatters everything... A heart-wrenching and impactful story of youth.

  9 ALIEN: ROMULUS
    d. Fede Alvarez
    Cailee Spaeny, David Johnson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced,
      Spike Fearn, Aileen Wu

  8 BAGMAN
    d. Colm McCarthy
    Sam Clafin, Antonia Thomas

  7 IT ENDS WITH US
    d. Justin Baldoni
    Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, Jenny Slate, Brandon Sklenar

  6 THE WILD ROBOT
    d. Chris Sanders
    DreamWorks Animation
    English Voices: Lupit Nyong'o, Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor, Bill Nighy
    Chinese Voices: Joey Yung Cho Yee

  5 THE CHRONICLES OF LIBIDOISTS
  Can : Por Long Nam Nui
  Lit : Wave Breakng Couple
    d. Gilles Yang Ya-che
    Wu Kang-Ren, Liu Chu-Ping, Alisia Liang Xianghua, Will Or Wai Lam
  Rating : III
  Length : 106 mins.
  Opening September 1 2024 (Special Screening)
  Opening September 26 2024

[ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ]
    From the acclaimed director Yang Ya-che (Blue Gate Crossing; Girlfriend, Boyfriend) comes a cinematic exploration of love and longing in the neon-soaked streets of Taipei. This is a tale of four souls, each lost in their quest for sexual fulfillment, yet bound by a common yearning for something purer, something that might resemble love. Meet Lu, a trans female haunted by an incomplete sense of womanhood, chasing the elusive high of a transformative ecstasy. Her best friend, Queenie, is a wealthy heiress entangled in an arranged engagement to a gay man, seeking solace in the intricate ties of kinbaku. Their lives intersect with a heartbroken dom from Hong Kong, adrift in the city and nursing a lost love, and Single Pa, a culinary enthusiast and former romance writer, struggling to mend the fractures in his family life.

  4 MY HERO ACADEMIA: YOU'RE NEXT
    d. Tensai Okamura
    Japanese Animation
    Length : 110 mins.
    Opening September 26 2024

[ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ]
    "Next, it's your turn!"

    In a society where heroes and villains continuously battle in the name of peace and chaos, Deku, a U.A. High School student who aspires to be the best hero he can be, confronts the villain who imitates the hero he's long admired.

    Can Deku and the rest of U.A. High Class 1-A protect the world by putting an end to Dark Might, the man claiming to be the new Symbol of Peace?

  3 TRANSFORMERS ONE
    d. Josh Cooley
    Animation
    English Voices: Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry,
      Scarlett Johansson, Keegan-Michael Key, Steve Buscemi,
      Laurence Fishburne, Jon Hamm

  2 STUNTMAN
  Can : Mo Tai Jeh
    d. Albert Leung Koon Hiu, Herbert Leung Koon Shun
    Stephen Tung Wai, Terrance Lau Chun Him, Cecilia Choi Sze Wan,
    English Voices: Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry,
      Philip Ng Won Lun, Max Cheung Tat Lun,
      Lam Yiu Sing, Rachel Leung Yung Ting
      Stephanie Che Yuen Yuen, Keith Ng Shui Ting, To Yin Gor
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 113 mins.
  Opening September 26 2024
  Teaser : https://youtu.be/yuId0bB2LW0
  fb : www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090464305290
  ig : https://www.instagram.com/stuntman.film/
  Site : https://hiff.org/events/stuntman/

[ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ]
    LEE Sam was the undisputed king of stunt choreography during the golden era of Hong Kong action cinema in the 80s. After a devastating stunt accident, Sam steps away from the industry for 30 years. However, his old friend, a veteran director, has now persuaded Sam to work as the stunt choreographer on what will be the director's last film. The only catch is that his film stars Wai - Sam's former stunt crew member who has since become a famous action star in his own right. Sam and Wai have a contentious history, with Sam's infamously overbearing and demanding personality clashing with Wai's own ego and ambition. By chance, Sam crosses paths with a young, ambitious stuntman named LEE Sai Long, who sees this as an opportunity to advance his career. Long is caught between Sam and his former protégé turned rival. At the same time, Long helps Sam to reconcile with his estranged daughter, Cherry. As Sam returns to the world he once dominated, he must confront his past, mend fences with Wai, and overcome their personal conflicts in order to deliver an epic final action spectacle for the director's swan song. However, in the midst of shooting a robbery heist, Sam's shortsightedness endangers the public, and members of his crew are arrested, causing him to be fired. As the pressure mounts and the stakes rise, Sam must decide what he's truly fighting for—reclaiming his former glory or reconnecting with the daughter he's taken for granted. [ SCREEN DAILY FILMART 2023 ] An once-famous stunt director pursues a comeback but disrupts the relationship with his daughter in the process.

  1 LOVE LIES
  Can : Ngor Tam Dik Na Cheung Luen Oi
    d. Ho Miu Ki
    Sandra Ng Kwan Yu, MC Cheung Tin Fu, Stephy Tang Lai Yun,
      Chan Fai Hung, Emotion Cheung Kam Ching,
      Ronald Cheng Chung Kei, Jo Koo Cho Lam, Elva Ni,
      Joman Chiang, Lam Yiu Sing, Norman Noel
  Rating : I
  Length : 116 mins.
  Opening July 15 2024 at the 2024 New York Asian Film Festival
  Opening July 21 2024 at the Malaysia International Film Festival
  Opening July 26 2024 at M Plus (Preview)
  Opening August 23 2024 (Preview)
  Opening September 12 2024
  Teaser : https://youtu.be/6o-eMc9CaMc
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/c1v4-GhyeGQ
  fb: www.facebook.com/loveliesfilm
  ig: www.instagram.com/loveliesmovie
  Site : hiff.org/events/lovelies/

[ SCREEN DAILY ]
      A widowed gynaecologist falls for a French engineer on a dating app, which turns out to be a romance scam. Nevertheless, she insists it is true love despite being swindled out of a large sum of money.

[ 2024 NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL ]
    Are online "romance scams" always destructive? In this moving, absorbing feature debut from Ho Miu-ki, Sandra Ng plays Veronica, a wealthy, widowed doctor who falls for a middle-aged French engineer on a dating app. Soon, "Alain" has convinced her to provide large infusions of funds and Veronica’s friends urge her to report him to the police. But even as she assures them it's true love, Alain must steel his heart of gold and quell his second thoughts to continue bringing in cash or risk painful consequences. With a hilarious Stephy Tang as the young scammer's coach, this captivating film probes the unlikely emotional connection that forms between a lonely young man and a vibrant older woman—and sets crucial scenes in the pretty-as-a-postcard Sapporo.

[ M PLUS ]
    A successful obstetrician-gynecologist whose love life has stagnated, Veronica casually downloads a dating app for some harmless fun. Little does she know that the dashing French engineer on the other end of the line is actually a local con artist named Joe. The young man inadvertently joined a group of online scammers led by the oddball veteran Mr. White and the maudlin temptress Joan. As their fake relationship grows, so have Joe's guilty conscience and Veronica's hopes. First-time director Ho Miu-ki takes on the romantic comedy formula from a refreshing and topical angle, inquiring the essence of romantic love through the prism of deceit.

[2024.10.02] FOR THE WEEK STARTING SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 2024

For the week starting Saturday, September 28 2024 (Week 39)

VIUTV CHILL CLUB CHART (WEEK 40)

  5 DTR
  VIVA

https://youtu.be/UVGQsdkXNME

  4 SUSTAINABLE ROMANCE
  Can : Hor Chi Jook Long Man
  The Hertz

https://youtu.be/rMKRyLqHXTM

  3 FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD
  Can : Sun Oi Gai Yun
  Tang Siu Hau

https://youtu.be/QIWasCe4IU8

  2 HOW ABOUT WE DANCE
  Can : Jing Lun Leung Woot Poot Cheng Gor Jeh
  Phil Lam Yik Hong

https://youtu.be/iyXE41wkOEQ

  1 THE SOUND OF THE MOMENT
  Can : Ling Ting Sai Gai Jeh Fun Jung
  Alfred Hui Ting Hung

https://youtu.be/afdHJvfqYWo

[2024.10.01] PHILIP NG ATTENDS STUNTMAN AUDIENCE APPRECIATION EVENT

Kung fu expert Philip Ng shows off a few moves
courtesy of on.cc

Philip Ng rushes to the cinema for an audience appreciation event as soon as he gets off the plane
courtesy of singtao.com

Max Cheung wants to learn kung fu from Philip

courtesy of mingpao.com

Philip Ng Won Lung, Max Cheung Tat Lun, directors Albert Leung Koon Hiu and Herbert Leung Koon Shun attended an audience appreciation event for STUNTMAN (MO TAI DOH) the night before. Before entering the venue, Ng Won Lung and several action actors who played "Wai Stuntman Association" in the film performed Kung Fu on the spot to create momentum and attracted many spectators. Breaking a board with a flying kick, Ng Won Lung pretended to be injured and hobbled after the performance, which was very funny.

STUNTMAN was released in Hong Kong last Thursday, and as of the day before yesterday (29th), its box office approached HK$ 3 million. Just returning from work in Europe, Ng Won Lung rushed to the audience appreciation event with Cheung Tat Lun as soon as he got off the plane the night before. They expressed their gratitude to the audience for their support of Hong Kong films. He was full of confidence in the film and said, "The budget of STUNTMAN isn't high and the shoot schedule is tight, but with many things I don't care about how long it takes, but the team spirit of cooperation is more important. This time, I am most grateful to have director (Benz) Kong Tao Hoi who is familiar with action movies and two directors Leung at the helm, so the action performance isn't considered difficult. In addition both the drama and the action scenes are attractive to the audience. There are not too many location changes either so the shoot felt easy."

Cheung Tat Lun said that he brought his 7-year-old son to watch the movie before. After watching this movie, he actually fell in love with action movies and was punching and kicking at home. He asked Ng Won Lung on the spot if he could recommend a kung fu teacher? Ng Won Lung suggested that Cheung Tat Lun's child should learn judo first, learn the basic skills, and learn how to fall to the ground safely without getting hurt. If Cheung Tat Lun does not mind, he can teach him. Upon hearing this, Cheung Tat Lun said that even he himself was interested in learning Kung Fu because it would be useful in future filming. H e said with a smile, "I get beaten a lot when I'm filming, and I'm really afraid when I hit people during the shoot."

Ng Won Lung also said that he does not have a martial arts school in Hong Kong, but he has been a stuntman for many years and already has a group of students. One of his students has already served as a stand-in for a lead in Hollywood, which made him happy because Kung Fu was able to flourish outside of Hong Kong. Has anyone heard about him and come here to become a disciple? He said, "Many friends in the industry have asked me to teach them kung fu, and the most well-known ones are (Nicholas) Tse Ting Fung, the girl group 2R, and artists under the same management company."

Busy with audience appreciation for the past few days, Cheung Tat Lun played the brother of Terrance Lau Chun Him in the film. The bromance between the two even made the male audience cry, which he said made him happy.