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• April, 2008

• Flashbacks of a Fool (2008) 3.5/5

  2008-04-23 22:15

  

  Daniel Craig plays a fading Hollywood actor who reflects on his life following the death of a childhood friend. A very British movie

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• March, 2008

• Hero (英雄, 2002) 3.5/5

  2008-03-22 23:32

  

  Zhang Yimou's epic story about the attempt to kill the Qin dynasty King by a Nameless Assassin (Jet Li). Beautiful cinematography from Christopher Doyle, featuring the amazing acting talent of Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Maggie Cheung and Donnie Yen

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• The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) 3.5/5

  2008-03-16 13:00

  

  Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson are play the Boleyn sisters who try to win the affection of Eric Bana's King Henry VIII. Based on Philippa Gregory's novel, it's an imaginative effort.

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• SIlk (è©­çµ², 2007) 3.5/5

  2008-03-01 23:58

  

  Tung (Cheng Chen) and Hashimoto (Eguchi Yosuke) seek the truth about ghosts after trapping a boy whose spirit haunts a block in Taipei. But maybe there are some ulterior motives for doing so. A fine story with stunning visual effects. Also stars Karena Lam.

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• February, 2008

• White Valentine (화이트... 3.5/5

  2008-02-14 22:30

  

  Gianna Jeon Ji-hyun's debut film, it tells the story of a girl who meets the guy whom she wrote to as a kid. Years on an unrecognised romance builds, but only by pigeon post. Slow and sweet, one for the Jeon Ji-hyun fans

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• There Will Be Blood (2007) 3.5/5

  2008-02-10 16:30

  

  Daniel Day Lewis is excellent in this strong, hard-hitting film about oil, money and religion.

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• January, 2008

• Lust, Caution (色, 戒, 2007) 4.5/5

  2008-01-05 20:30

  

  This is certainly one of Ang Lee's greatest cinematic gems. Tang Wei plays Wong Chia Chi, a student who joins the resistance against the Japanese occupation, who aim to assassinate collaborators including Tony Leung Chiu-Wai's Mr Yee. However, her encounters with him lead to a seductive and dangerous affair.

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• Sausalito (一見鍾情, 2000) 3/5

  2008-01-01 21:37

  

  Maggie Cheung plays a 30 something single mother earning her keep as a taxi driver, when unexpectedly, romance blossoms after an encounter with an Internet entrepreneur, Leon Lai.

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• December, 2007

• The Terminal (2004) 4/5

  2007-12-26 21:28

  

  Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta Jones in this superb film about a man stuck in the international terminal of JFK

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• Windstruck (ë‚´... 3.5/5

  2007-12-20 00:24

  

  The gorgeous Jun Ji-Hyun as a cop who falls for a physics teacher.

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• November, 2007

• Mr Bean's Holiday (2007) 2/5

  2007-11-27 00:00

  

  Extended version of a Mr Bean episode rather than a movie. Usual stuff, though

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• No Reservations (2007) 2.5/5

  2007-11-26 22:00

  

  Catherine Zeta Jones and Aaron Eckhart in this sweet romantic comedy. Sadly, lacks enough depth. For a better tasting restaurant movie, see Ratatouille!

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• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End... 3.5/5

  2007-11-26 20:00

  

  Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley return for the third installment. This franchise is bound to go a long way now

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• The Flower Drum Song (1961) 3.5/5

  2007-11-18 09:00

  

  Delightful Rodgers & Hammerstein musical brought to the screen about Chinese families in America.

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• The Simpsons Movie (2007) 3.5/5

  2007-11-17 02:00

  

  The Simpsons cause mayhem again.

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• Love Free or Die Hard (2007) 4/5

  2007-11-16 20:30

  

  Bruce Willis returns in this action packed adventure. The most explosive and best of the Die Hard series.

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• The Ex (2006) 3.5/5

  2007-11-16 18:30

  

  Scrubs' Zach Braff has to work for his wife's ex, a disabled advertising creative, who seems set to sabotage him. Fun comedy

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• Wonder Women (女人本色, 2007) 2/5

  2007-11-13 22:00

  

  Gigi Leung in this adaptation of a novel that chronicles the troubles Hong Kong faced in the 10 years since handover, from the Asian Economic Crisis to SARS. Disappointing.

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• Seven Samurai (1954) 3/5

  2007-11-03 21:00

  

  Akira Kurosawa's classic film about seven samurai who are enlisted to protect a farming village from bandits

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• October, 2007

• Ratatouille (2007) 4/5

  2007-10-27 17:20

  

  One of the best Pixar offerings and right back at the top after the disappointment of Cars. Animation and attention to detail is clearly all cutting edge! Brilliant

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• September, 2007

• Suzhou River (苏州河, 2000) 3/5

  2007-09-22 23:37

  

  Zhou Xun in Lou Ye's film set in Suzhou, Shanghai in which a motorcycle courier goes in search for a girl he fell in love with, only to find another who looks exactly like her.

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• Howl's Moving Castle (2004) 4/5

  2007-09-13 22:00

  

  Hayao Miyazaki's follow up to his Oscar winning Spirited Away. Not as good, but the magic is still there for everyone

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• Hot Fuzz (2007) 3.5/5

  2007-09-10 03:00

  

  Simon Pegg plays a cop who has been moved out of the city to a countryside constabulary, only to uncover strange "accidents". Hilarious.

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• Shrek 3 3.5/5

  2007-09-04 00:00

  

  Continuation of the series, but may have lost some of its magic

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• August, 2007

• Rush Hour 3 3.5/5

  2007-08-16 20:12

  

  Latest installment of the Chris Tucker / Jackie Chan partnership. Humour and action, right where it was last left off.

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• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) 3.5/5

  2007-08-11 22:40

  

  Latest installment of the Harry Potter series. Darkest story in the series yet.

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• Stolen Life (生死劫, 2005) 3.5/5

  2007-08-11 09:00

  

  Zhou Xun plays a college student whose life is turned upside down when she become pregnant with a delivery driver, only to make a discovery too late.

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• July, 2007

• Ming Ming (明明, 2006) 3.5/5

  2007-07-25 14:06

  

  Zhou Xun plays two characters looking to take the love of their lives to Harbin once they have $5m

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• May, 2007

• Confession of Pain (2006) 4/5

  2007-05-30 20:56

  

  From Infernal Affairs director, Andrew Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Tony Leung Chiu-Wai star as homicide detectives looking into the murder of the father of Leung's wife

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• After This Our Exile (2006) 2.5/5

  2007-05-30 11:47

  

  Aaron Kwok's award winning performance as a father who tries to cope with raising his son in Malaysia whilst heavily in debt

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• Happy Birthday (生日快樂, 2007) 3.5/5

  2007-05-13 23:03

  

  Based on a "short novel" by the film's lead actress Rene Liu, about university sweethearts who never quite make it as a couple. A tearjerker also starring HK hearthrob Louis Koo.

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• Twins Mission (2007) 2/5

  2007-05-12 16:00

  

  Dreadful story in which twins of all kinds (including the pop duo of Charlene Choi and Gillian Chung) clash as Sammo Hung attempts to rescue his Heavenly Beads

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• April, 2007

• Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others, 2006) 3.5/5

  2007-04-22 22:45

  

  Oscar Foreign Language Film winner for 2007 about a hardline Stasi surveillance officer in East Germany, 1984 whose stance softens in sympathy for those he is assigned to watch

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• Curse of the Golden Flower (2006) 3/5

  2007-04-14 10:46

  

  Chow Yun Fat, Gong Li and Jay Chou in Zhang Yimou's latest epic film about turmoil in the Imperial Family in China's Tang Dynasty

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• The Namesake (2007) 4/5

  2007-04-08 22:09

  

  Wonderful story directed by Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding) of a Bengali family growing up in New York.

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• Rob-B-Hood (寶貝計劃, 2006) 3.5/5

  2007-04-06 23:00

  

  Jackie Chan and Louis Koo are thieves who kidnap and are forced to look after a baby, only to have second thoughts about the ransom.

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• March, 2007

• Turn Left Turn Right... 3/5

  2007-03-27 22:22

  

  Gigi Leung and Takeshi Kaneshiro bring to life the popular Taiwanese animé. Tearjerking chick flick romance.

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• Amazing Grace (2006) 4/5

  2007-03-24 23:28

  

  Great dramatisation of William Wilburforce's attempt to abolish the slave trade in the 19th century through the British Parliament

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• February, 2007

• Spirited Away (2001) 5/5

  2007-02-25 00:21

  

  Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli's Oscar-winning story of a girl who is trapped in a mystical, ghostly world on a mission to save her parents from being turned into bacon.

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• Initial D (頭文字, 2005) 3.5/5

  2007-02-25 00:04

  

  Jay Chou plays a local tofu delivery boy who learns how to drift in Mt Akina, and suddenly finds himself in a series of street race challenges from a number of professionals (Shawn Yue, Edison Chen, Jordan Chan).

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• Miss Congeniality (2000) 3.5/5

  2007-02-18 23:02

  

  Sandra Bullock goes undercover at the Miss USA beauty pageant

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• My Sassy Girl (2001) 4.5/5

  2007-02-16 23:23

  

  A romantic comedy about the budding relationship and between two quirky characters and a hapless guy (Cha Tae-hyun) and a unnamed girl (Jeon Ji-hyun). Brilliant novel comedy based on a true story, Hollywood remake about to be released.

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• January, 2007

• Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 3.5/5

  2007-01-15 13:25

  

  Quentin Tarantino's fourth movie sees ex-assassin The Bride (Uma Thurman) set about taking revenge for the assassination of her family and unborn child

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• A Melody Looking (緣邀知音)... 1.5/5

  2007-01-11 21:58

  

  Janice, Jill, Leon Lai and Chapman To in this Musical film about two detectives asked to look for one out of twin sisters

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• December, 2006

• My Name Is Fame (我要成名) (2006) 3/5

  2006-12-27 01:32

  

  Lau Ching-Wan plays a washed up actor who inadvertently becomes mentor and manager to an obsessed fan (Huo Siyan) who herself is trying to get into HK's showbiz scene.

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• Bruce Almighty (2003) 3/5

  2006-12-21 22:15

  

  Jim Carrey gets to be God for a while, and realises it's not a job as easy as he thought

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• Wait 'Til You're Older (2005) 3.5/5

  2006-12-21 00:06

  

  Andy Lau grows up quickly from 8 to 80 in a week and learns that growing up in a broken family is not easy for anyone

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• It Had To Be You (2005) 4/5

  2006-12-19 23:05

  

  Karena Lam and Ekin Cheng are drawn together as they resolve their respective relationship problems with cheating other halves. Delightful romcom.

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• The Holiday (2006) 3.5/5

  2006-12-17 21:23

  

  Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet swap houses in a transatlantic escape from their failed relationships and find out what they each really want in a relationship

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• The Defender (1994) 2.5/5

  2006-12-16 01:53

  

  Jet Li is assigned to be a bodyguard to Christy Chung. Cheap thrills and cheesy plot.

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• Amélie (2001) 4.5/5

  2006-12-14 00:10

  

  (aka Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) Fabulous fairy tale of a girl who tries to liven up peoples' lives

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• Happy Feet (2006) 3/5

  2006-12-10 15:45

  

  Tap dancing emperor penguin wows the kids, even if it's supposedly not the done thing for a penguin to do

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• Casino Royale (2006) 4/5

  2006-12-07 23:02

  

  James Bond as he starts out in the deepest, darkest film in the franchise. Brilliant

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• Dragon Tiger Gate (龍虎門, Lung fu... 2.5/5

  2006-12-03 12:12

  

  Donnie Yen martial arts action flick based on the comic book. [Full review]

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• November, 2006

• The Banquet (夜宴, Ye Yan) (2006) 2.5/5

  2006-11-27 23:51

  

  Beautifully filmed tale of deceit amongst players who want (or not) to become emperor. [Full review]

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• Pleasantville 4/5

  2006-11-23 01:30

  

  Two kids end up transported into a b/w 1950s TV show and promptly add colour to the townsfolks' lives

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• All About Love... 2.5/5

  2006-11-22 17:27

  

  Andy Lau and Charlie Yeung in a soppy drama about romances involving dying women. [Full Review]

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• The Prestige (2006) 3.5/5

  2006-11-22 17:09

  

  Dark drama about two rival magicians who will do anything to get the perfect trick.

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• Broken Flowers (2005) 3.5/5

  2006-11-15 21:00

  

  Bill Murray revisits ex-girlfriends who might have fathered a son he has no knowledge of

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• Borat: Cultural Learnings... (2006) 3.5/5

  2006-11-14 17:00

  

  Extremely funny, un-PC and somewhat cringing film.

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• October, 2006

• The Departed (2006) 4/5

  2006-10-20 20:00

  

  Hollywood remake of Infernal Affairs. Dark, as gritty as the original.

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• The Shoe Fairy (人魚朵朵, Renyu... 3.5/5

  2006-10-04 02:00

  

  Amelie-esque fairytale about a girl who once couldn't walk, but now loves shoes

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• September, 2006

• The Queen 3/5

  2006-09-24 20:00

  

  Dame Helen Mirren as QE2 in the days after Princess Diana's death. [Short Review]

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• Volver 4/5

  2006-09-15 19:00

  

  Ghostly appearances in a quaint Spanish town as a mother corrects her past wrongs

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• Daisy (데이지) 3/5

  2006-09-02 21:00

  

  Love triangle between a cop, a hitman and a girl who loses her voice. Stars Jeon Ji-Hyun.

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• August, 2006

• April Snow (외출, Oechul) 3/5

  2006-08-18 21:00

  

  The spouses of an adulterous couple involved in a car accident find out what each saw in each other

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• Election (黑社會, Hak Se Wui) 3.5/5

  2006-08-17 21:00

  

  The election for a new triad leader leads to some violent campaigning for votes

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• Colour Blossoms 4/5

  2006-08-16 17:00

  

  An estate agent uncovers the spooky S&M history of one of her clients

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• The Promise (無極, Wuji) 2/5

  2006-08-07 20:00

  

  Fantasy story set in mythical China in which a general tries to save the king and seek the love of a princess

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• July, 2006

• A West Lake Moment... 3.5/5

  2006-07-31 20:00

  

  Zhou Xun is a coffee shop owner in Hangzhou, China who falls for a man who shares her idiosyncracies

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• Il Mare (시월애) 4.5/5

  2006-07-16 19:00

  

  Jeon Ji-Hyun and Lee Jung-Jae fall in love despite being two years in time apart

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• The Lake House 3.5/5

  2006-07-16 19:00

  

  Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves are reunited on screen two years apart in a remake of Il Mare

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• May, 2006

• The Da Vinci Code 3.5/5

  2006-05-23 19:00

  

  Dan Brown's novel recreated on the silver screen

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• March, 2006

• Everlasting Regret (長恨歌, Changhen... 2.5/5

  2006-03-02 21:00

  

  Sammi Cheng in the tragic life story of a Miss Shanghai from the 1940s

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• February, 2006

• Perhaps Love (如果．愛, Ru Guo... 4.5/5

  2006-02-24 19:00

  

  Gorgeous musical featuring a love triangle between a director and his two lead actors. Stars Jacky Cheung, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Zhou Xun.

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• July, 2005

• Clean 3.5/5

  2005-07-14 14:00

  

  Maggie Cheung in ex-hubby Olivier Assayas's film about an ex-VJ junkie trying to go straight

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• February, 2005

• Leave Me Alone (阿孖有難) 2.5/5

  2005-02-15 19:00

  

  Ekin Cheng plays twins in this clichéd action movie

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• Three... Extremes 3.5/5

  2005-02-12 20:00

  

  Three scary stories from Japan, Korea and Hong Kong. Extreme it is

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• The Butterfly Lovers (2004) 3.5/5

  2005-02-06 22:00

  

  Animated version of the classic Chinese fairytale

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• Princess-D 3.5/5

  2005-02-01 20:00

  

  Daniel Wu takes inspiration for a computer character from a beautiful girl, Angelica Lee

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• January, 2005

• The Wedding Banquet 3.5/5

  2005-01-22 20:00

  

  Ang Lee's early film pushing the boundaries with a gay Taiwanese man in NY takes a wife to satisfy his parents

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