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[Next blog posting: 1 October, for movies opening on 9 and 16 October]
Upcoming movies
1. Eagle eye (25 Sept)
A fast-paced race-against-time thriller starring Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan.
2. Twentieth Century boys 20世紀少年 (25 Sept)
Adapted from a popular manga, this Japanese sci-fi has a cast that includes 常盤貴子 and 黑木瞳.
3. Disaster movie (25 Sept)
Another of those summer brainless spoofs, this one topped the bottoms list (!!??), getting an unprecedented 1.2/10 from IMDb users.
4. Connected 保持通話 (25 Sept)
Louis Koo leads the cast in this thriller adopted from Hollywood's “Cellular”.
5. Chaser 追擊者 (25 Sept)
This is a Korean crime story.
6. Painted skin 畫皮(26 Sept)
Stories from popular Chinese ghost classic with a cast led by ZHOU Xun and Vicky ZHAO Wei.
7. The Duchess (1 Oct)
The TIFF introduces this period piece thus: Married at a young age in 1774 to the powerful Duke of Devonshire, she used het wit, feminine wiles and innate flair for fashion to become one of the most beloved and influential figures in British society and politics”. Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes and Charlotte Rampling together should make a watchable cast.
8. Lost indulgence 秘岸 (2 Oct)
Intriguing drama set in Chongqing, starring Eric Tsang, Karen Mok and Eason Chan.
9. Storm Rider clash of evils 風雲決 (2 Oct)
While the sequel for Hong Kong's best and most successful fantasy "The Storm Riders" (1998) has been scheduled for release in 2009 (staring the original duo of Ekin Cheng and Aaron Kwok), this animation version fills in the gap this year.
Harry 2008-09-30 20:46
米奇王 2008-09-30 19:55
u saw many drama! nice to meet u
hope u can give me more comment
Harry 2008-09-25 22:06
Eagle eye
Just opened today, slightly ahead of North America. Old wines in new bottle, but quite entertaining:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1059786/usercomments-9
michael 2008-09-25 13:04
Italian family, a couple with two sons, Gigi and Giancarlo, about 10, moved to Germany and settled down. The sibling rivalry, spread over 3 decades, 1964, 74 and 84, involving betrayal and abandonment, ended up in reunion and forgiveness without having to say a word. You don't have to be a Italian to feel the family bond. Gigi, the younger brother, at 10, asked a movie director how he could become one like him. He told him, "go at it with ardour and passion". There's a moving scene, Gigi took care of his mother when she was ill. She said to him, "Go. Live your life."
A very good movie. One commentator on the IMDb put it well, "That's what movies all about." It will be shown as part of the German Film Forum.
Harry 2008-09-21 21:45
Bottle shock
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0914797/usercomments-40
Harry 2008-09-20 20:02
Happy-go-lucky
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1045670/usercomments-37
Harry 2008-09-18 20:23
Saw 2 in-flight movies en route back to HK As with any in-flight movie, there is so much distraction that it's quite difficult to assess the movie.
"88 minutes" (2007) is a thriller starring Al Pacino. Critics don't seem to like it (and that is putting it mildly) but I found it quite enjoyable, perhaps because of the in-flight factor. Pacino plays a psychology professor who received a warning that he has only 88 minutes to live, from a seriel murderer-rapist convicted because of his expert opinion. The movie actually runs for 108 minutes, a tad too long. But then I had 15 hours to kill!
"Stop-loss" (2008) is a fair-to-good Iraq War movie, exploring its traumatic effect on returning soldiers. In the lead are Ryan Phillippe (Crash, Flags of our Fathers) and Channing Tatum (Step Up, and a cameo in Step Up 2).