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Hong Kong has a rich and renowned cinematic history. From time to time, filmmakers pick up the precarious political relationship to mainland China. 1997, only a few months after the city returned to Chinese rule, Fruit Chan released “Made in Hong Kong”. The pessimistic indie flick marks the beginning of Fruit’s unofficial trilogy about Hong Kong in the late 90s, entering a new era. “The Longest Summer” (1998) is seen as the second contribution to the series and finally, in 2001, “Little Cheung” concludes the trilogy.

“Little Cheung” looks back at the time shortly before the reunification with China. A nine-year-old boy lives in a poor neighboorhood of Hong Kong and delivers food of his father’s restaurant to an often shady triad clientele. He encounters a little immigrant girl named Fan and they start spending time together and begin a quest for Little Cheung’s lost brother.

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“Now or before?” is the puzzling reply that Ga Yin, the protagonist of Fruit Chan’s “The Longest Summer” gives to his boss when asked the mundane question: “Ga Yin, you have any goals in life?”.

“Now or before” could also be a good synopsis for this movie, as it encapsulates the mood of a precise moment in time and highlights the turmoil created by that historical crossroad.

Bagpipes play Auld Lang Syne, while a metallic voice recites empty words: “The Corps’ disbandment is also a time for reflection and pride in all that the Hong Kong Chinese soldiers have achieved”. “The Longest Summer” starts solemnly with some real footage of the disbandment of the Hong Kong Military Service Corps, three months before the Handover to China. When the camera pans over the Corps, we can spot the protagonists of the movie; they are those very soldiers that are just...

A man who allegedly had been stealing packages from people's front porches and who cops had dubbed the "Grinch of Chattanooga" turned himself into police officers on Wednesday, People confirms. Tony Ho, 23, had a warrant out for his arrest, Chattanooga police spokesman Kyle Miller tells People. He turned himself in hours after police circulated his photo on social media, Miller says. Get a good look at the guy running around town taking packages from people’s front porches Call 698-2525 w/ info pic.twitter.com/AAAIwFJA5C— Chattanooga Police (@ChattanoogaPD) December 22, 2015 In a Facebook post before Ho turned himself in,...

A man who allegedly had been stealing packages from people's front porches and who cops had dubbed the "Grinch of Chattanooga" turned himself into police officers on Wednesday, People confirms. Tony Ho, 23, had a warrant out for his arrest, Chattanooga police spokesman Kyle Miller tells People. He turned himself in hours after police circulated his photo on social media, Miller says. Get a good look at the guy running around town taking packages from people’s front porches Call 698-2525 w/ info pic.twitter.com/AAAIwFJA5C— Chattanooga Police (@ChattanoogaPD) December 22, 2015 In a Facebook post before Ho turned himself in,...

Don’t let the “love” in the title of director Ching-Po Wong’s category III horror thriller Revenge: A Love Story, put you off. As movies go it’s about as far from a chick flick as we are from Jupiter, and is due for a UK theatrical screening next week. London’s Prince Charles Cinema Leicester Sq is the place to be on Wednesday 28 August 8.45pm doors open / 9.00pm film starts. Tickets can be snapped up here. Synopsis: Police are investigating a serial killer who targets pregnant women and the media have labelled him 'The Dissector' and running sensationalist headlines such as "Pregnant woman dissected alive, husband put to death in 100 degrees boiling water". At the scene of yet another such murder, and led by undercover detectives Jeff and Kwok Wah (Chin Siu Ho, Tony Ho) they comb the area and find a known suspect, Chan Kit (Juno Mak), and bring him in.

Director: Wong Ching Po. Review: Adam Wing. According to director Wong Ching Po (Jiang Hu), Revenge: A Love Story is a movie about hatred, and there’s a good chance it won’t take you long to figure that out for yourself. “Human beings can never let go of hatred. Being in hatred is like a one way trip into darkness, you will never come back until it is settled.” If you want an idea of how brutal his latest vision is at times, you only have to read the words of the man himself. “We wanted to relieve the pain brought by hatred, but we failed. We can’t imagine how torturing it is to live with hatred after all.” Revenge: A Love Story isn’t the perfect date movie then, but it is available on UK shores for the first time this month courtesy of Terror-cotta. The first...

In a place where common folk gather in search of spiritual guidance and good fortune, a group of ninja mercenaries using ”The House Of Flying Daggers” ‘s daggers … no wait… that’s not it…

Wei Yangsheng (Hiro Ayama) is a handsome scholar accompanying his good friend Master Lin, who is on the verge of getting married. Wei’s mind wanders however, looking back and wishing his friend could have lived a more promiscuous life.

Master Lin’s bride-to-be (Leni Lan Yan) is equally uninterested in the concept of blind-marrying a complete stranger but reluctantly agrees to the union. But first, she has to sneak-a-peek to find out if she likes what she sees… Obviously, you’ve guessed it, she mistakes Wei for Lin. The two connect instantly, and Wei’s charm quickly sends his buddy reeling. And so, our story begins… or does it?

Like any good man, Wei can...

Title: Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy Director: Christopher Sun Starring: Hiro Hayama, Leni Lan, Saori Hara, Yukiko Suho, Vonnie Lui, Tony Ho A hit in its native Hong Kong, and sure to be trimmed heavily or banned outright in mainland China, “Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy” is getting a boutique release across the rest of the world, including major metropolitan areas of the United States. And why not, really? Screening in both 3-D and 2-D, the slickly produced film is a lurid, wild and weird attempt to reboot the 1990s’ “Sex and Zen” softcore franchise, in which outlandish sex and borderline gnarly-cartoonish violence were commingled. The end product lives up to...

3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy is a film that mostly stays true to its title. It’s in 3D and there’s plenty of sex and extreme ecstasy. As for the zen part, that word probably could have been replaced with torture. In this oddball erotic kung-fu comedy, director Christopher Sun flips the period costume drama on its head, turning it into a sexcapades fantasy of forbidden ancient lore. The result is if you merged a Shaw Brothers movie with a soft-core pornography along with a dash of Stephen Chow’s cartoonish over the top guffaws. The film grossed more money on its first day of release in Hong Kong than Titanic or 3D behemoth Avatar. Billed as the first ever 3-D erotic film, obviously the movie has a unique attraction for a certain type of audience. However for others, the misogynistic antics of both protagonist and antagonist along...