Thursday, August 14, 2008

345 K-POP : ‘ My Tutor Friend ‘



A k-movie …

‘ MY TUTOR FRIEND ‘





















Cast : Kwon Sang-woo , Kim Ha-neul

Synopsis


A rich and spoiled brat was brought back to Korea by his stern father after three years vagaries of overseas schooling.














When a female tutor of his age was hired to teach him, he was rude and obnoxious to her and would laze around or sneak out to skip his study sessions, showing no respect to her. His intent was to rid his tutor, while the tutor was determined to see things through ….












Rating : 4 stars of 5










Wednesday, August 13, 2008

344 SB SWORDSPLAY '60s : ‘ Come Drink With Me ‘







‘ Come Drink With Me ‘

Cast : Cheng Pei-pei, Yueh Hua
Director : King Wu

Synopsis

A group of bandits kidnapped a government official to exchange him for their jailed leader. The victim’s sister came to free her brother but with many hurdles as the gang inexplicably tried to kill her. Then came a mysterious drunken knight to her rescue when she confronted her foes at the bandits’ hideout …

Rating : 3 stars of 5











343 SB KUNG FU : ‘ Thunderbolt Fist ‘






‘ Thunderbolt Fist ‘

Cast : Shih Sze , Chuen Yuen , James Nan
Director : Chang Yi-hu

Synopsis


When a vicious gang of Japanese thugs abused the Chinese, a brave fighter stood up and defeated their leader in a duel. He was later murdered by the Japanese and his son fled to hide in the nearby mountains with his secret martial arts manual ….

Awesome fighting choreography with flying limbs and arterial sprays in the finale!

Rating : 3 ½ stars of 5








342 HK MOVIE '00s : Summer Holiday



‘ Summer Holiday '

Type :
Romance

One-word description :
Entertaining

Stars :
Sammi Cheng , Richie Ren

Director :

Jingle Ma

About :
A career woman had lost both her job and boyfriend overnight. She remembered she had loaned some money to her cousin to buy a beautiful beach in an island in Malaysia. When she knew a developer who was willing to pay millions of US dollars for the beach, she fled to Malaysia with intent to sell the beach. Little did she know that her cousin had sold half of his ownership share of the beach to a local beach boy …..

Main reason to see this movie :
A lighthearted romance in a beautiful beach full of sunshine and sea breeze … .

Rating :

4 stars of 5

341 MUSIC BOX : RICHIE REN - 任賢齊



Richie Ren - 任賢齊


My favourite Richie's movie:

1) Summer Holiday

2) Fly Me To Polaris

My favourite Richie's music :

1) 浪花一朵朵

2) 對面的女孩看過來

3) 心太軟



1) 浪花一朵朵



2) 對面的女孩看過來



3) 心太軟

Sunday, August 10, 2008

340 CREATION : Taiwan Idol ' Liu Wen-zheng' Special



'70s ~ '80s Taiwan Idol ... ' Liu Wen Zheng ' ...



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池塘的榕樹上 


知了在聲聲叫著夏天


操場邊的鞦韆 


只有蝴蝶停在上面


黑板上老師的粉筆 


還在拼命嘰嘰喳喳寫個不停


等待著下課 等待著放學 等待遊戲的




339 SB SWORDSPLAY '70s : ‘ Call To Arms ‘







‘ Call To Arms ‘

Cast : Tsung Hua, Hsia Fan, Chang Pin
Director : Sheng Chiang

Synopsis

During the Warring Kingdom Period, the aggressive and dangerous Chin empire occupied the Chao kingdom. It was then up to the righteous Prince Hsin Ling of Wei empire to steal a military tally from his indecisive ruler and rescue the State of Chao …

A serious production adapted from the historical events of the Warring Kingdom Period. The fighting choreography is excellent especially in the final showdown.

Rating : 3 ½ stars of 5


















338 REVIEW : ‘ Comedy Of Mismatches ‘







‘ Comedy Of Mismatches ‘

Cast : Pat Ting Hung, Chin Feng
Director : Hsieh Chun

Synopsis

Two couples exchanged tokens of affection after a chance meeting in a temple. The tokens were monogrammed but they ended up with the wrong name. They were unnerved by their screaming parents and had muffed their hands-off; thus took the wrong tokens from their beloved ones…..

Rating : 4 stars of 5











337 HK MOVIE '80s : ‘ A Chinese Ghost Story '


‘ A Chinese Ghost Story '

Type :
Action

One-word description :
Thrilling

Stars :
Leslie Cheung , Joey Wong

Director :

Ching Siu-Tung


About :

A hapless tax collector sheltered in a spooky monastery as he could not find a room in town. Despite the warning of a swordsman to leave that monastery, he put up a night there and he met a beautiful but mysterious maiden playing a lute ….

Main reason to see this movie :
A cult blockbuster of the ‘90s ! This remake of Betty Loh Ti’s classic ‘The Enchanting Shadow’ is a blend of action, romance, comedy and musical.


Rating :
4 ½ stars of 5

336 MUSIC BOX : ANDY LAU - 劉德華




Andy Lau - 劉德華

My Favourite Andy's movies :

1) Infernal Affairs

2) Dance With The Dragon


My Favourite Andy's music :

1) 忘情水

2) 謝謝你的愛

3) 一起走過的日子


1) 忘情水



2) 謝謝你的愛



3) 一起走過的日子