Award-winning directors Derek Yee (One Nite in Mongkok) and Peter Chan (Perhaps Love) collaborate in a film about the drug trade, as director and producer respectively. A high-quality work that stands out from the abundant crime flicks produced in Hong Kong recently, Protege features three of Hong Kong’s most popular actors – Andy Lau as [...]
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The female duo Twins, consisting of Gillian Chung and Charlene Choi, have achieved great popularity as singers and as movie stars in the past six years. While each of them have starred in quite a few movies in recent years, they have not participated together in the same film project since Twins Effect II. Now [...]
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Bringing together Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, and Mainland China stars, Love Start Take Place is China’s first trendy musical TV drama. The series stars Singapore singer-songwriter Yida Huang in his acting debut and Mainland newcomer Yang Ziting. Employing a “drama within a drama” format, Love Start Take Place follows the blooming romance of the [...]
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2007 marks the tenth anniversary of the 1997 Hong Kong Handover, when the territory was returned to Mainland Chinese rule. Dubbed a “Handover film” along with Barbara Wong’s Wonder Women and Samson Chiu’s Mr. Cinema, Law Wing Cheong’s Hooked On You gently revisits those momentous ten years through the lives of normal everyday Hong Kongers. [...]
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The director of Double Tap, Inner Senses, and Koma, Law Chi Leung returns to top form in 2007 with the tense crime thriller Kidnap. Like in Koma, Law places two strong female protagonists on center stage, with Karena Lam and Rene Liu (Happy Birthday) locked in a dangerous cat-and-mouse game. Kidnap veers unpredictably over gray [...]
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The latest film from celebrated Fifth Generation director Tian Zhuangzhuang (The Blue Kite, Springtime in a Small Town), The Go Master shines a light on the life and times of Wu Qingyuan. Better know by his Japanese name Go Seigen, Wu is considered the greatest Go player of the 20th century, his talents bringing [...]
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Humorous and energetic, new Taiwanese youth drama Teen Age is a lighthearted exploration of young love and all the questions, rumors, and curiosities that come with it. Bringing together fresh-faced new-generation idols, the series marks the drama debuts of A-Ben from popular program Bang Bang Tang, Xiao Xun from Mei Mei, and Eastyle’s Xiao Cao [...]
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The Matrimony, a thrilling film mixing romance and horror, stars Hong Kong top singer Leon Lai (Three), charismatic actress Rene Liu (Happy Birthday) from Taiwan, and Mainland Chinese beauty Fan Bingbing (A Battle of Wits). The third feature film by new generation director Teng Huatao, The Matrimony unfolds an eerie love story set in [...]
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Taiwanese model Tien Hsin stars in Lethal Angels (a.k.a. Naked Avengers) as Yoyo, a drop dead gorgeous assassin who entered the killing trade after her family was brutally murdered by gangsters. She joins forces with a quartet of killer babes to exact vengeance on deserving, and frequently despicable male criminals. However, Yoyo’s latest assignment may [...]
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Simon Yam and Tony Leung Ka Fai square off in the cat-and-mouse police thriller Eye in the Sky, produced by Johnnie To’s Milkyway Image Films. Yam is Mike, head of the SU (Surveillance Unit), a dedicated unit of cops whose job is to follow, listen, and learn – but they must never engage their quarry. [...]
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