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Memories (1996) (Anime)

November 17, 2007 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Memories (1996) (Anime)

Country: Japan; Director: Kouji Morimoto (segment 1), Tensai Okamuro, (segment 2), Katsuhiro Otomo (segment 3); Writer: Satoshi Kon, Katsuhiro Otomo; Producer: Shigeru Watanabe Cast: ? Running Time: 113 min. ~~~ Plot: Memories is made up of three separate stories. In the first, Magnetic Rose, two space travelers are drawn into an asteroid world created by

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Mahjong Dragon (1996)

November 17, 2007 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Mahjong Dragon (1996)

Country: Hong Kong Director: Cory Yuen Writer: ? Producer: ? Cast: Josephine Siao Fong-fong, Vincent Zhao Wenzhuo (Chiu Man Cheuk), Lam Kei-wan, Blacky Ko Sau-Leung, Lo Wai-kwong. . Running Time: 96 Min Plot: Mahjong Dragon follows the story of two

Magic Crane, The (1993)

November 17, 2007 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Magic Crane, The (1993)

Country: Hong Kong; Director: Benny Chan; Writer: Tsui Hark; Producer: Tsui Hark Cast: Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Anita Mui Yim-Fong, Rosamund Kwan Chi-Lam, Damian Lau (Chung Yan), Kelvin Wong Siu, Lawrence Ng Kai-Wah, Norman Chu. Running Time: 96 Min ~~~ Plot: A

Macross Plus (1994) (Anime)

November 17, 2007 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Macross Plus (1994) (Anime)

Country: Japan; Director: Shoji Kawamori, Shinichiro Watanabe; roducer: Shinji Nakashima, Minoru Takanashi Cast: Rica Fukami, Banjo Ginga, Sho Hayami, Megumi Hayashibara Running Time: 35 min (4 episodes) ~~~ Plot: Legendary animation director Shoji Kawamori

‘Election’ Films Rise to the Top of the Hong Kong Gangster Class

June 23, 2007 • Film, NewsComments Off on ‘Election’ Films Rise to the Top of the Hong Kong Gangster Class

‘Election’ Films Rise to the Top of the Hong Kong Gangster Class Washington Post by Stephen Hunter Washington Post Staff Writer If the subject is movies and you say “Hong Kong gangster,” you cannot but evoke, fairly or not, the great

Sydney Film Festival 2007

June 23, 2007 • Film, NewsComments Off on Sydney Film Festival 2007

This week the Sydney Film Festival premiered a new Hong Kong film, Eye in the Sky, another cops and robbers movie that highlights the city’s steamy Blade Runner-esque backstreets. Australian News by Glenda Korporaal This week the Sydney Film Festival

Hong Kong Movies

June 22, 2007 • FilmComments Off on Hong Kong Movies

HONG KONG, China (CNN) — In the decade since the 1997 handover of Hong Kong to China, local movie-makers have faced daunting changes in the industry. A trend of fewer films being produced each year in Hong Kong at the time of the handover has continued

Cyborg Invasion

June 14, 2007 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Cyborg Invasion

PARK Chan-wook, whose megaviolent revenge saga “Old boy” influenced the man who killed 32 people at Virginia Tech in April, has a new movie, but it is not likely to set off any latent loonie. nypost.com by V.A. Musetto That’s because the