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2046 (12) |
| Filmmaker Wong Kar-Wai finds himself In The Mood For Love all over again in this sumptuous semi-sequel to his 2000 passion fest. Tony Leung returns to play Chow, a dissolute writer in 60s Hong Kong who funds his nightly debauchery by writing newspaper articles and bizarre sci-fi stories set in the y... |
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CHINESE ODYSSEY 2003 (PG) |
| Comedy about two couples from opposite sides of the fence thrown around the social circus – the young Emperor and his sister decide to check out how the other half live and it all gets a little confusing… Directed by Jeff Lau and starring Tony Leung, Faye Wong Zhao. “A rip-roaring spoof on everythin... |
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HAPPY TOGETHER (15) |
| Under the Chinese title used for Antonioni's Blow-Up (it connotes the exposure of something indecent), Wong Kar-Wai and cameraman Chris Doyle have crafted their most lyrical film. The romance between two gay men from Hong Kong ends soon after they arrive in Argentina. Lai (Leung) gets a job as a doo... |
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HARD BOILED (18) |
| Mobsters are smuggling guns into Hong Kong. The police orchestrate a raid at a teahouse where the ace detective loses his partner. Meanwhile, the two main gun smugglers are having a war over territoriality, and a young new gun is enlisted to wipe out informants and overcome barriers to growth. The d... |
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HERO (12) |
| In feudal China, the King of Qin is waging a bloody campaign to conquer the entire land. He has been made a target of three dangerous assassins: spear-wielding Sky, and the lovers Broken Sword and Flying Snow. One day word comes that he has nothing left to fear; a prefect known only as Nameless has ... |
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IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (PG) |
| Set in Hong Kong, 1962, Chow Mo-Wan is a newspaper editor who moves into a new building with his wife. At approximately the same time, Su Li-zhen, a beautiful secretary and her executive husband also move in to the crowded building. With their spouses often away, Chow and Li-zhen spend most of their... |
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INFERNAL AFFAIRS (15) |
| The setting is the never-ending war between the police and the traids of Hong Kong. Chan is a cop who's been assigned to undercover work inside the traids for so long that he's been able to rise through the ranks to a position of some authority. Lau, meanwhile, is a secret member of the triads who h... |
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INFERNAL AFFAIRS III (15) |
| In the third installment of the serial (better than the second), officer Lau must contend with a marriage on the skids, an internal investigation, and a young cop who reminds him of himself. The pressure, and fear of his identity being exposed, leads him to consider a new life. Directed by Wai Keung... |
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LUST, CAUTION (18) |
| Spy thriller set in world war two-era Shanghai, in which a young woman, Wang Jiazhi, gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with a powerful political figure, Mr Yee. “Ang Lee's follow-up to Brokeback Mountain is a passionate epic of love and espionage” – The Observer. Starring Joan ... |
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TOKYO RAIDERS (12) |
| Ken doesn't show up in Vegas for his wedding; his disconsolate bride, Macy, heads home for Hong Kong and finds John, an interior decorator, waiving a check of Ken's that has bounced. She leaves immediately for Tokyo to find her businessman boyfriend, and John tags along. Ken's flat is teeming with m... |
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