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LOVE IN THE BUFF

is a 2012 movie.

Directed by: Pang Ho-Cheung
Story: Pang Ho-Cheung
Written by: Pang Ho-Cheung, Heiward Mak
Produced by: Subi Liang, Pang Ho-Cheung
Cinematography: Jason Kwan Editing: Wenders Li

Cast

• Shawn Yue - Jimmy
• Miriam Yeung - Cherie
• Vincent Kuk - Jimmy's colleague
• Roy Szeto - Jimmy's colleague
• Crystal Tin - Cherie's boss
• Zheng Xu - Sam
• Mini Yang - Youyou

Introduction

This is one of the good romantic comedy films which released in Hong Kong this year. It is a sequel of the movie "LOVE IN THE PUFF”, which released two years before. The story is all about the main Hong Kong couple Jimmy and Cherie, they deal with their relationships in realistic way. They have been together for five months, they feel so difficulties in their relationship because they cannot deal with the long distance relationship as they separate in two different country. They split up and both of them move to Beijing individually due to change in work. Few years late, they met each other in Beijing.

Trailer of the movie - LOVE IN THE BUFF

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_in_the_Buff

The most refreshing about this story is its portrayal of how little things can cause problems in the relationships and how their increasing frequency if they not to solve the problem which can lead to break up. The mystery of love is also shown as Cherie and Jimmy despite their incompatibility cannot let go of each other. Their interactions with each other and their friends are the main source of laughs with ample amounts of swearing. There are also additional laughs for those who are familiar with Hong Kong and mainland actors like Ekin Cheng or Huang Xiao-ming.

A funny musical video from Shawn Yue at the end of the movie

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THE STOOL PIGEON

is a 2010 movie.

Directed by: Dante Lam
Written by: Jack Ng
Produced by: Candy Leung, Dai Song, Zhongjun Wang 
Cinematography: Chong To Tse

Cast

• Nick Cheung - Don Lee
• Nicholas Tse - Ghost
• Lunmei Kwai
• Kai Chi Liu
• Yi Lu - Barbarian
• Pu Miao - Cher
• Deep Ng

Introduction

The film performed very well in the Hong Kong box office in 2010, which received mixed reviews in that year. Don Lee, a police detective in Kowloon whose reliance on informants leaves him struggling with a guilty conscience. Lee's previous stool pigeon's cover was blown and was attacked, leading him paranoid and driven from his wife and home. Lee begins to doubt his own methods. Lee recruits a street racer named Ghost as his latest stool pigeon who is assigned to infiltrate a gang led by the notorious armed robber Barbarian. Ghost accepts Lee's offer so he can rescue his sister from a life of prostitution as well as help his father's one-million dollar debt. Ghost joins an illegal street race to gain acceptance into Barbarian's gang. Lee also has personal problems of his own, as wife Cher who he is separated with tried to commit suicide a few months previously and has since had amnesia. Lee begins to realize how wrong he is by exploiting his informants and desperately tries to right his wrongs before Ghost is in serious trouble.

 

Trailer of the movie - THE STOOL PIGEON

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stool_Pigeon_(2010_film)

I love this movie because all the stars detached from its characters from the part one of this movie (FIRE OF CONSCIENCE) and their perceived realities, while it is still a superior thriller, gripping drama and fast-paced action movie THE STOOL PIGEON suffers from the filmmaker’s dilemma to either produce a carbon copy of a great predecessor or to throw it all overboard and start anew. Mr. Lam could not decide, and as a result is trying too hard to be more diverse, more intelligent and necessarily different without really improving his well-crafted formula.
THE STOOL PIGEON, while standing out as clearly above-average thriller, is a variation on a strong theme that is falling behind its own aspirations.

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GIRL

is a 2010 movie.

Directed by: Kenneth Bi
Written by: Kin Hung Ng
Produced by: Kin Hung Ng

Cast

• Michelle Wai
• Seli Xian
• Minyi Wang
• Una Lin
• Deep Ng
• kwok Cheung Tsang
• Eric Tse

Introduction

This movie is about serious problem - youth prostitution in Hong Kong. The aim of this movie is to show the effect of youth prostitution for all youth teenages in Hong Kong, in order to against prostitution.

Trailer of the movie - GIRL$

Reference: http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9B%A1%E5%9B%A1_(%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1)

This is great movie like Masato Harada’s BOUNCE CO GALS have proven a long time ago that contemporary cinema can deal with the harsh reality out there and make it all mean something, without being a boring discourse on changing times. That does not require a huge budget or funny tricks, all it requires is real insight and detailed observation. Something Mr. Bi does not prove to have: GIRL has probably been written with a couple of newspaper articles as source material and a bit of he said she said that he said that she told him gossip.
GIRL$ could have been an insightful film providing us with a proper learning curve about what makes the youth tick, what they really want and what their state of mind is. Instead it turns out feeling like a “desk job”: a case made up more or less well, without ever reaching the depth you’d achieve if you had ever left that desk in the first place.

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THE NEW SHAOLIN TEMPLE

is a 2010 movie.

Directed by: Benny Chan 
Written by: Chi Kwong Cheung, Cheung Tan, Alan Yuen
Produced by: Benny Chan
Cinematography:  Anthony Pun

Cast

• Andy Lau - Hou Jie
• Nicholas Tse - Cao Man
• Jackie - Wudao
• Xing Yu - Jingkong
• Fan Bingbing - Yan Xi
• Wu Jing - Jingneng
• Hung Yanyan - Suoxiangtu

Introduction

The film is set in Dengfeng, Henan, during the warlord era of early Republican China. The warlord Hou Jie (Andy Lau) defeats a rival, Huo Long, and seizes control of Dengfeng. Huo Long flees to Shaolin Temple to hide but Hou Jie appears and shoots him after getting his Huo's treasure map. Hou Jie ridicules the Shaolin monks before leaving.

Trailer of the movie - THE NEW SHAOLIN TEMPLE

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaolin_(film)

SHAOLIN or THE NEW SHAOLIN TEMPLE is an update of Jet Li’s debut from 1982, but is mostly related by name and concept, not so much through storyline or characters. Released closely to Chinese New Year 2011 it is one of the less commercial almost-CNY-films, however tries to draw in the crowds with household names (Andy Lau, Jackie Chan et.al.) and big PR (concentrating on budgets, locations, stars etc.).





 

SHAOLIN is by the book, featuring ideas like brotherhood, hierarchy, code of honor, love, trust and betrayal in A-Z order, ticking off one by one from the must-have-ingredients list. The most remarkable message of the film, especially bearing in mind that Chinese New Year was around the corner, is that materialism and pursuit of money shouldn’t be our main goals in life (SHAOLIN doesn’t really answer the question what should be instead, though). So in light of the ever money-centered CNY SHAOLIN tries to make a point, but I am not sure if the audience will really get it or mostly miss the one or two respective lines of dialogue by Andy Lau’s character.