[2024.11.14] FOR THE WEEK ENDING SUNDAY NOVEMBER 10 2024

For the week ending Sunday, November 10 2024

10 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.

  9 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

  8 WISH COMES TRUE
  Can : BA HUNG FOOK LAI GUNG YUT DIM
  Lit : Pull Happiness A Little Closer
  AKA : Yuen Mong Nau Dan Gei
  Lit : Wish Claw Machine
    d. Ling Chi Man
    Ling Man Lung, Lin Minchen, Coffee Lam Chin Yu,
      Rachel Leung Yung Ting, Ken Law Ho Ming,
      Boris Wong Chun Ming, Amy Tam Ka Chuen,
      Joman Chiang, Lam Yiu Sing, Norman Noel
      Belinda Hamnett (Han Kwan Ting), Gary Tam Wai Kuen,
      Terence Lam (Hon Yeung), Candice Yu On On
  Rating : IIA
  Length : 94 mins.
  Opening September 17 2023 at the Asian Pop Up Cinema Season 17
  Opening October 24 2024
  Site : https://www.asianpopupcinema.org/season-17-calendar/wish-comes-true
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/xvkX1A4EL64

[ ASIAN POP UP CINEMA SEASON 17 ]
      Abandoned by her mother, Xiaofei, a positive and cheerful girl, encounters a "Wish Come True Machine" that can fulfil people's wishes, and forms a bond with a young man named Wai who suffers from a rare disease. While Xiaofei is finding the lost lover of Wai, they discover that the new medicine for treating his illness is ineffective. Though hit hard by fate, they hold on to the only things they can: hope and each other.

[ SCREEN DAILY FILMART 2023 ]
    A drama about a girl who helps a friend with a rare disease with a machine that can fulfil wishes

  7 POSSESSION STREET
  Can : Cheh Mall
  Lit : Malicious Mall
    d. Jack Lai Chun Lung
    Philip Keung Ho Man, Candy Wong Ka Ching@COLLAR, Alan Yeung Wai Lun,
      Ernesto de Sousa (So Ka Lok), Cheung Wing Cheung,
      Kathy Wu (Ng Ka Sing), Steven Fung Min Hang,
      Hung Shui Kei, Luvin Ho (Ching Wai), Johnson Yuen Tak Cheong,
      Chan Wing Yung, Nicky Wong Yung Tai
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 116 mins. Length : 95 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 October 31 2024
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/s8mKpLMpTe4

[ SCREEN DAILY ] [ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ]
    On the most ominous day in every sixty years, a mysterious protection by talismans in a deserted mall is accidentally breached, releasing strange orange smoke. Those who inhaled eventually became "zombies", sparking a massive slaughter in the mall!

    Video store owner Sam, his daughter Yan, Feng Shui Master Mak and few remaining tenants desperately fend off the zombie onslaught. But the zombies are nearly indestructible, even talismans could not stop them. And strangely, not everyone who died turned into a zombie. After battles between the living and the dead, the mall became hellish.

    Master Mak discovered from the ancestral scripture that these "zombies" are actually related to the "Seven Po"...

[ 2024 BUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ASIAN COTENTS AND FILM MARKET ]
    An aging mini mall located in a bustling commercial district is about to be torn down for re-development. Yan notices the crack on the wall expanding to a gaping hole. She and other tenants discover an underground tunnel adorned with disturbing scratch marks on the walls. Something awful happened here long ago… The tunnel leads to an underground altar filled with specimen jars of wilted plants. On it sit seven flowers, each with a unique color. They are fertilized with human remains - ears, eyes, noses, tongues, organs, etc. - and irrigated via human blood. Suddenly, one flower's petals unfurl to unleash a cloud of drifting pollen: surreal, elegant and creepy. Petals blossom as the remaining six flowers fire pollen into the air. Yan and Kit cover their mouths as they watch seven other mall tenants rot away, turning into murderous living dead. If one of those Undead or infectious pollen escape, it would be dire for Hong Kong. It isn't simply a battle for their survival, but for Hong Kong's. Yan, Kit and Master Mak will fight till they fall...

  6 ANORA
    d. Sean Baker
    Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn

  5 THE SUBSTANCE
    d. Coralie Fargeat
    Demi Moore

  4 VENOM: THE LAST DANCE
    d. Kelly Marcel
    Tom Hardy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Rhys Ifans
      Stephen Graham, Peggy Lu, Clark Backo, Alanna Ubach,

  3 RED ONE
    d. Jake Kasdan
    Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, Lucy Liu, J.K. Simmons

  2 CESIUM FALLOUT
  Can : Fun Sing
  Lit : Burnt City
    d. Anthony Pun (Poon Yiu Ming)
    Andy Lau Tak Wa, Bai Yu, Karen Mok Man Wai,
      Gardner Tse Kwan Ho, Ivana Wong Yuen Chi, Louise Wong Dan Nei,
      Fish Liew Chi Yu, Michael Wong Man Tak, Kent Cheng Juk Si,
      Bowie Lam Bo Yi, Kenny Wong Tak Bun, Jeffrey Ngai Chun Sun,
      Dee Ho Kai Wa, Leung Chung Hang,
      Locker Lam Ka Hei, Wesley Wong Hoi Kit
      John Chiang Dai Wai, Patra Au Ka Man, Michael Chow Man Kin,
      Natalie Hsu (Hui Yan Yi), Eric Kwok Wai Leung, Cheung Tat Ming,
      Wu Yanshu, Tanya Tong Yao, Pak Yiu Chan,
      Max Cheung Tat Lun, Deon Cheung Chun Chi
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 138 mins.
  Opening November 1 2024 in mainland China
  Teaser 1 : https://youtu.be/Cq0-flEXqew
  Teaser 2 : https://youtu.be/_ftyxHQFpQc

[ BROADWAY CIRCUIT ]
    Hong Kong's historic first radiation disaster blockbuster!

    After a fire accident triggers a radiation leakage, the entire city suddenly finds its survival hanging by a thread. In order to tackle the impending catastrophe, expert Simon Fan joins the emergency crisis response team led by Acting Chief Executive Cecilia to tackle this catastrophic disaster. With the lives of 7 million people on the line, the fire brigade is tasked with stopping the spread at all costs by entering the radiation zone. Facing this unprecedented calamity, will Hong Kong wake up to an overnight annihilation?

  1 THE LAST DANCE
  Can : Por. Dei Yuk
  Lit : Breaking. Hell
    d. Anselm Chan Mau Yin
    Dayo Wong Tsz Wah, Michael Hui Koon Man,
      Michelle Wai Sze Nga, Tommy Chu Pak Hong,
      Catherine Chau Ka Yee, Paul Chun Pui,
      Elaine Jin (Kam Yin Ling), Rachel Leung Yung Ting,
      Rosa Maria Velasco (Wai Law Sha), Chung Suet Ying
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 126 mins.
  Opening October 10 2024 at the Hawaii International Film Festival
  Opening November 14 2024
  Trailer : https://youtu.be/om4lN8N-TIc
  Site : https://hiff.org/events/thelastdance/

[ HAWAII INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ]
    Hong Kong's historic first radiation disaster blockbuster! Starring current Hong Kong comedy king Dayo Wong and comedy legend Michael Hui, THE LAST DANCE is the story of a debt-ridden wedding planner who finds unexpected success as a funeral planner, but he has to win over a traditional Taoist priest to stay in the business...The pandemic has sent most industries into recession. Mired in debt, wedding planner Dominic gets a miraculous chance to turn things around when a funeral planner retires and passes the baton to him. Planning weddings and funerals are polar opposites, but Dominic puts his all into his new job, from opening graves, digging coffins, to handling the deceased. No matter how unpleasant it gets, he takes on everything with gusto. However, the biggest obstacle is getting the approval of respected Taoist priest, Master Man. In his 70s, Master Man is a traditional man who has devoted his life to his Taoist faith. He wants to pass the mantle to his son, Ben, but Ben is more devoted to his wife and kids than to Taoism. Master Man's daughter, Yuet, respects her father greatly. However, since her ancestors dictated that women are filthy by nature, Yuet doesn't take romantic relationships seriously.