Tag: 2018
HKFA 2019 Review: Tracey 翠絲
The name Philip Keung (Ho-Man) is no stranger to most fans of Hong Kong television series (ATV, to be exact) and movies, whose acting career stretched for over 30 years since the mid-1980s. He is regularly cast in the supporting roles in numerous movies but Tracey <翠絲> finally marks a significant breakthrough for the 52-year-old screen veteran to headline the cast for the first time ever.
HKFA 2019 Review: Distinction 非同凡響
After spending the first two years working as a co-director in the award-winning Ten Years <十年> and Trivisa <樹大招風> in 2015 and 2016, Distinction <非同凡響> marks his first true test as a solo director.
HKFA 2019 Review: Still Human 淪落人
Sometimes good things come in small packages and that certainly rings true for Still Human <淪落人>, which marks a promising feature-length directorial debut for Oliver Chan Siu-Kuen.
Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy 葉問外傳:張天志 (2018)
After proving himself as a worthy adversary against Donnie Yen’s titular grandmaster role in 2015’s Ip Man 3 <葉問3>, Max Zhang reprised his role as Cheung Tin-Chi in Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy <葉問外傳:張天志>, marking the first-ever spinoff from the hugely successful Ip Man <葉問> franchise.
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Keyboard Warriors 起底组 (2018) Review
Novelist and businessman Sit Ho-Ching made his directorial debut in Keyboard Warriors <起底组>, a true-life story based on the 2014 Christmas Eve case in Hong Kong where a total of HK$15 million fell out of a G4S security van over a busy street in Wan Chai.
Iceman: The Time Traveler 冰封侠: 时空行者 (2018) Review
Four years after the big-budget debacle of Iceman <冰封俠: 重生之門> in 2014, the long-delayed final chapter of the (unnecessary) two-part movie saga has finally arrived… out of the blue.
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