363 REVIEW : ‘ Bride Napping ‘

‘ The Bride Napping ‘

Cast : Betty Loh Ti , Chao Chuang , Diana Chang
Director : Yen Chun

Synopsis

A young mistress met a talented poor scholar and fell in love at the first sight. Her maid helped to match make and sent an elderly servant to invite the scholar to the house. However, the elderly servant mistook a notorious bandit and brought him home ….

Rating : 2 ½ stars of 5

362 HK MOVIE '70s : ‘ Snake In The Eagle’s Shadow ‘

‘ Snake In The Eagle’s Shadow ‘

Type :
Kung Fu

One-word description :
Thrilling

Stars :
Jackie Chan

Director :
Yuen Woo-ping

About :
An orphan worked in a kung fu school and was often abused as a punch bag by many students. Once he had helped an old beggar-in-disguise and was taught a ‘snake fist’ kung fu. Meanwhile the rivals of the old beggar were out to destroy his unique kung fu ….

Main reason to see this movie :
Another masterpiece of Jackie Chan with excellent training and fighting sequence!

Rating :
4 ½ stars of 5

361 MUSIC BOX : JACKIE CHAN - 成龍

Jackie Chan - 成龍


My favourite Jackie's movie :

1) Snake In The Eagle's Shadow

2) Drunken Master

3) Police Story III

My favourite Jackie's music :

1) 我只在乎你

2) 問我



1) 我只在乎你


2) 問我

360 TAIWAN ROMANCE : ‘ Moon fascinating, Bird sweet ‘

‘ Moon fascinating, Bird sweet ‘

Cast : Lin Ching-hsia , Chin Hsiang-lin , Xie Ling-ling , Ma Yong-lin
Director : Liu Li-li

Synopsis

A kindergarten teacher thrashed her little spoilt neighbor one day for her ill manner. Soon she met up with the child’s father, a pathetic and tortured soul whose wife had left years back and he had seemingly not gotten over it. When she had fallen for him, his ex-wife showed up …

Rating : 3 stars of 5

359 SB SWORDSPLAY '70s : ‘ Brothers Five ‘

‘ Brothers Five ‘

Cast : Cheng Pei-pei, Yueh Hua, Lo Lieh, Chin Han. Chang Yi, Kao Yuan
Director : Lo Wei

Synopsis

Five brothers were separated since childhood and unaware of their family being murdered by a villain. It was then up to a swordswoman to locate the five lost sons of her late father’s best pal and take revenge on their evil and powerful murderer ….

Rating : 4 ½ stars of 5

358 SB DRAMA : ‘ Madam Slender Plum ‘

‘ Madam Slender Plum ‘

Cast : Diana Chang, Jenny Hu, Paul Chang
Director : Lo Wei

Synopsis

A woman worked hard to clear her husband’s debt, but she could not keep clear of her ex-lover. Spurned, the ex-lover turned his attention on her spoilt daughter who eventually fell for him. However he was found dead on the daughter’s birthday ….

A well-written script of suspense and lust !

Rating : 3 stars of 5

357 HK MOVIE '80s : ‘ Aces Go Places III '

‘ Aces Go Places III '

Type :
Action

One-word description :
Thrilling

Stars :
Samuel Hui , Karl Mak , Sylvia Chang

Director :
Tsui Hark

About :
While vacating in Paris, a bright secret agent was commissioned to recover two jewels that were missing from the Queen’s crown. When he joined forces with his best pal to execute the mission, they soon discovered the case was a smokescreen …

Main reason to see this movie :
A must-see for James Bond fanatics… one full of suspense and actions,

Rating :
4 stars of 5

356 MUSIC BOX : SAMUEL HUI - 許冠傑

Samuel Hui- 許冠傑


My favourite Sam's movie :

1) The Private Eyes

2) Aces Go Places III

3) All's Well, End Well

My favourite Sam's music :

1) 有酒今朝醉

2) 半斤八兩

3) 鬼馬雙星

1) 有酒今朝醉


2) 半斤八兩


3) 鬼馬雙星

355 CREATION : ' Classical Romance II '

' Classical Romance II ' ...



春花秋月何时了

往事 知多少


小楼 昨夜 又东风

故国不堪回首月明中


雕栏玉砌应犹在

只是朱颜改


问君能有 几多愁

恰似 一江春水向东流 ...

354 SB KUNG FU : ‘ Shaolin Martial Arts ’

‘ Shaolin Martial Arts ’

Cast : Fu Sheng , Chi Kuan-chun
Director : Chang Cheh

Synopsis

The Manchu Emperor was determined to suppress the Shaolin martial artistes and thus, employed his top boxers to smash the Shaolin Institute. All except two of the Shaolin disciples were killed by the Manchu henchmen. The two survivors vowed to restore the reputation of Shaolin and seek for kung fu masters to learn the deadly martial arts that could subdue the Manchu killers ….

Rating : 3 stars of 5

353 SB MUSICAL : ' Blue Skies '

‘Blue Skies’

Cast : Cheng Pei-pei , Peter Chen Ho , Margaret Tu Chuan
Director : Hsieh Chun

Synopsis

A young girl became an overnight sensation after she sang on behalf of another singer at the club. However, success came with a heavy price as her relationship with a pianist was on a rock and she had to deal with the unwanted affections from an influential backer of her show. She was then forced to make a decision to choose between love and her ultimate career …

Rating : 3 stars of 5

352 HK MOVIE '00s : ‘ Initial D '

‘ Initial D '

Type :
Action

One-word description :
Thrilling

Stars :
Jay Chou , Edison Chen , Shawn Yue

Director :
Andrew Lau



About :
A high school student in Japan traveled on the mountain slopes to deliver tofu every morning . He used his insane drifting skills to drive home soonest after the delivery and thus, he had unconsciously mastered the art of car drifting. Then he was challenged in a road race ….

Main reason to see this movie :
A faithful manga adaptation ! Top notch car races, engaging and entertaining !

Rating :
4 stars of 5

351 MUSIC BOX : JAY CHOU - 周杰倫

Jay Chou - 周杰倫


My favourite Jay's movie :

1) Kung Fu Dunk

2) Initial D

3) Secret

My favourite Jay's music :

1) 不能說的秘密

2) 周大俠 (功夫灌籃)

3) 七里香


1) 不能說的秘密


2) 周大俠 (功夫灌籃)


3) 七里香

350 TAIWAN ROMANCE : ‘Lovable You’

‘ Lovable You ’



















Cast: Fong Fei Fei, Kenny Bee
Director : Hou Xiao-xian

Synopsis

A young woman met her ‘ dream lover ‘ during her vacation in a rural village. Their relationship got entangled with her impending marriage arranged by her parents. However life was always full of surprises when she saw her future better half ….

A hilarious romance with both Fong Fei-fei and Kenny Bee at their most ‘lovable’ personalities … Thumps up !

Rating : 4 stars of 5

349 SB KUNG FU : ‘ Heroes Of The East ‘

‘ Heroes Of The East ‘

Cast : Gordon Liu , Yasuaki Kurata
Director : Liu Chia-liang

Synopsis

A Chinese martial arts lover married a Japanese woman who was skillful in Japanese martial arts. Therefore, the couple bickered and challenged each other frequently. Once a misunderstanding had caused the wife to go Japan and return with several Japan top martial arts masters to challenge her husband ….

Another masterpiece of Liu Chia-liang with unbelievable displays of the different martial arts techniques…

Rating : 4 stars of 5

348 SB SWORDSPLAY '70s : ‘ The Deadly Breaking Sword ‘

‘ The Deadly Breaking Sword ‘

Cast : Ti Lung, Fu Sheng, Shih Sze
Director : Sun Chung

Synopsis

Armed with a ‘deadly breaking sword’, a hired swordsman challenged a villainous betrayer who had framed a prostitute’s brother in jail. He joined forces with a dagger master to fight the overwhelming odds…

Rating : 2 ½ stars of 5

347 HK MOVIE '90s : ‘ Once A Thief '

‘ Once A Thief '

Type :
Action

One-word description :
Thrilling

Stars :
Chow Yun-fatt , Leslie Cheung, Cherie Chung

Director :
John Woo

About :
A trio of orphans who have grown up to be art thieves, lived a luxurious life, funded by their involvement in many international art thefts . When they decided to undertake ‘ one last assignment ‘, their final score went awry as a double-cross occurred…

Main reason to see this movie :
A lighthearted caper film with John Woo’s trademark gunfights and Chow Yun Fatt’s charismatic grin .

Rating :
4 stars of 5

346 MUSIC BOX : LESLIE CHEUNG - 张国荣

Leslie Cheung - 张国荣


My favourite Leslie's movies :

1) A Chinese Ghost Story

2) A Better Tomorrow

My favourite Leslie's music :

1) 当年情

2) 不羈的風

1) 当年情


2) 不羈的風