Month: February 2024
Table for Six 2 飯戲攻心2 (2024) Review
So, how do you top the surprise hit of Table for Six <飯戲攻心> which went on to become the third highest-grossing Hong Kong movie ever made? The predominantly single-location comedy, which was released during the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2022, amassed a whopping HK$77.3 million (!).
Rob N Roll 臨時劫案 (2024) Review
While the attention mostly goes to Aaron Kwok de-glamorising himself to play a buck-toothed criminal, I’m more interested in Albert Mak (Kai-Kwong) being the director of Rob N Roll <臨時劫案>.
42nd Hong Kong Film Awards Nominees List
This year’s nominees for the 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards are largely dominated by indie sensations led by Lawrence Kan’s In Broad Daylight <白日之下> and Nick Cheuk’s Time Still Turns the Pages <年少日記>. The former scored a whopping 16 nominations while the latter nailed 12 nominations.
30 Years Later: Drunken Master II 醉拳II (1994)
Celebrating its 30th anniversary this weekend, Drunken Master II <醉拳II> made history for a Jackie Chan film to hit the HK$40 million benchmark — HK$40.9 million, to be exact — at the time of its release in 1994. It was also the second highest-grossing Hong Kong movie that year behind the Chow Yun Fat-led God of Gamblers Return <賭神2>.
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