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Wednesday, 17 May 2017

Dealer / Healer (Cantonese) - 毒。诫


Release Date: May 18
  • Rating: 18
  • Runtime: 101 min
  • Director: Lawrence Lau Kwok Cheong
  • Genre(s): Action

Story: Chen once was the leader of the famous gang "The 13 Tsz Wan Shan", he lost his family, lovers, brothers and finally ended up imprisoned for his drug abuse and trafficking. After jail, he devoted himself to save the lost fellows and was selected as "The JCI Hong Kong Ten Outstanding Young Persons". Being respected by the world, Chen is always asked to solve the most difficult situations between evil and good. People give him a nickname "The Fixer". However, there are two sides of a coin, Chen can work out any problem of others, he does not know how to deal with his personal knot with his love, with whom he has had guilty conscience all his life. 

  • Starring:  Louis Koo, Gordon Lam, Sean Lau, Jiang Yiyan

29+1 (Cantonese)


Release Date: May 18
  • Rating: P13
  • Runtime: 111 min
  • Director: Kearen Pang
  • Genre(s): Romance, Comedy

Story: Opening a new page in her career, Hong Kong theater actress and writer Kearen Pang turns her 2005 one-woman show 29 1 into her first feature film about two women at life’s crossroads as they approach the big 3-0. Faced with work stress, aging parents and a stagnant romance, 29-year-old Christy, like many others her age, is gripped with insecurity about her present and future. Single and unaccomplished but nonetheless optimistic, Joyce makes a different choice at age 29: She packs her bags and pursues her childhood dream. These two strangers who share the same birthdate form a deep invisible connection when Christy moves into Joyce’s apartment and begins to read her journal.

  • Starring: Joyce Cheng, Chrissie Lau, Ben Yeung, BabyJohn

This Is Not What I Expected (Mandarin) - 喜欢你


Release Date: May 18
  • Rating: P13
  • Runtime: 107 min
  • Director: Derek Hui
  • Genre(s): Romance, Comedy

Story: An obsessive CEO of a company meets a ragged chef by chance. They are drawn closer together because of their love for delicacies, yet their personalities clash big time.

  • Starring:  Zhou Dongyu, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Chiling Lin Chi-Ling

Wednesday, 10 May 2017

Alien: Covenant


Release Date: May 10
  • Rating: 18
  • Runtime: 122 min
  • Director: Ridley Scott
  • Genre(s): Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Horror, Action

Story: Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship Covenant discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world - whose sole inhabitant is the "synthetic" David (Michael Fassbender), survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition.

  • Starring:  Michael Fassbender, Amy Seimetz, Billy Crudup, Callie Hernandez, Carmen Ejogo, Danny McBride, Demián Bichir, Jussie Smollett, Katherine Waterston

King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword


Release Date: May 10
  • Rating: P13
  • Runtime: 126 min
  • Director: Guy Ritchie
  • Genre(s): Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Action

Story: When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern (Jude Law), Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Arthur (Charlie Hunnam) comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword from the stone, his life is turned upside down and he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy…whether he likes it or not. 

  • Starring:  Jude Law, Charlie Hunnam, Annabelle Wallis, Aidan Gillen, Katie McGrath, Eric Bana, Djimon Hounsou

Wednesday, 3 May 2017

Unlocked


Release Date: May 4
  • Rating: 18
  • Runtime: 98 min
  • Director: Michael Apted
  • Genre(s): Thriller, Action

Story: A CIA interrogator is lured into a ruse that puts London at risk of a biological attack.

  • Starring:  Michael Douglas, Noomi Rapace, Orlando Bloom, John Malkovich

You Mean The World To Me (Mandarin / Hokkien) - 海墘新路


Release Date: May 4
  • Rating: 18
  • Runtime: 96 min
  • Director: Saw Teong Hin
  • Genre(s): Drama

Story: Sunny returns to Penang to shoot a new film about his family without them knowing. But he runs out of money and is trying to shoot an essential part of the movie. When his sister Hoon comes by the studio, she gets infuriated when she finds out about the film he is making. With the confrontation that follows, Sunny has an epiphany that illuminates and changes his perspective of his past.

  • Starring:  Neo Swee Lin, Frederick Lee, John Tan, Chelsia Ng