Mama’s Affair 阿媽有咗第二個 (2022) Review

The last time Kearen Pang (Sau-Wai) directed a movie was her impressive feature-length debut five years ago in 29+1, where she took home the HKFA’s Best New Director award and even earned Chrissie Chau a Best Actress nomination.

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30 Years Later: Hard Boiled 辣手神探 (1992)

Hard Boiled <辣手神探> may have been 30 years old this year. But this John Woo’s action masterpiece still packs a wallop no matter how many times I revisited this movie.

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Enter The Fat Dragon 肥龍過江 (2020) Review

The 2020 Chinese New Year movies are off to a good start with Enter The Fat Dragon <肥龍過江>, which happens to share the identical title with the 1978 film of the same name starring Sammo Hung.

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I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change! 你咪理,我愛你! (2019) Review

First things first, it’s not every day we get to see a HK movie musical, let alone the one that aimed specifically for the Chinese New Year season. Which is why it’s refreshingly different to see one this year in Wong Cho-Lam’s all-star musical comedy I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change! <你咪理,我愛你!>.  It’s just too bad the movie itself fails to live up to its expectation.

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