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New projects include Au Cheuk Man’s Stand Up Story, co-produced with Emp, and Chui Tze Yiu’s Remember What I Forgot.

Hong Kong-based One Cool Film Production is making good on its promise to get the pandemic-hit local film industry back to work. The company’s sales arm, One Cool Pictures, is attending Filmart Online with a slate of several new productions from both new and established filmmakers, including the first project from its partnership with Emperor Motion Pictures (Emp).

One Cool and Emp announced last year that they would co-produce and co-distribute a slate of films to support...

Frequent Johnnie To collaborator Dennis Law is directing the film, which stars Eddie Cheung and Dada Chan.

Hong Kong-based Entertaining Power is launching sales at Filmart Online on crime thriller A Murder Erased, written and directed by frequent Johnnie To collaborator Dennis Law.

Also produced by Law, the film started shooting in Hong Kong on February 21 and is targeting release at the end of the year. Eddie Cheung (Our Time Will Come), Dada Chan (The Secret Diary Of A Mom To Be) and Maggie Shiu (Port Of Call) head the cast.

Cheung plays a narcotics officer who is assigned to...

Being a parent is almost never easy. But probably one of the scariest times is when you’re expecting for the first time. All those nagging fears, insecurities, excitement, apprehensions and outside interference can really do a number on the mind when it is at its most vulnerable. “Lazy Hazy Crazy” director Luk Yee-sum delves into exactly these issues with her breezy sophomore effort “Baby: The Secret Diary of a Mom To Be”.

“Baby: The Secret Diary of Mom To Be” is screening at Fantasia Festival

Seeing her best friends suffering and based on her own rocky relationship with her mother, career woman Carmen has decided she never wants to have a baby and live a happy life with her professional basketball player husband Oscar. Her mother-in-law Margaret, however, isn’t making things any easier with her well-intentioned meddling ways. So, when one day, she finds out that she is pregnant,...

Johnnie To’s Chasing Dream and Tran Thanh Huy’s Rom are among the wealth of final titles announced for Fantasia’s 24th edition.

The Fantasia Film Festival announces today a massive new assortment of feature films for its 24th edition, and here are all the Asian titles that are announced:

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When Tiger and Cuckoo meet, it’s a match made in heaven. Both involved with moneylenders, one is an over-enthusiastic rising star in the Mma world; the other a resourceful, aspiring singer on-the-run who will stop at nothing for a spot on ‘Perfect Diva’! Following Three (Fantasia 2016), master filmmaker Johnnie To is back with Chasing Dream: an unexpected blend of mixed-martial-arts drama and high-stakes musical comedy, taking the viewers back to the madcap energy of his mid-2000s collaborations with Wai Ka-Fai and the themes of his sports-and-destiny masterpiece Throw Down.

Pang Ho-cheung’s latest film “Missbehaviour” is a light and bubbly comedy of friends, held together by a downpour of gags, ranging from slapstick, to sarcastic, to toilet humour vulgarity. The Hong Kong director is a bona fide master of grown-up comedy, being responsible of many excellent additions to the genre, from the popular thirty-something romance trilogy to the more extreme “Vulgaria”, “Sdu: Sex Duties Unit” (as writer) and “Va”.

“Missbehavior” is screening at New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) 2019

Not a proper Lunar New Year’s movie, “Missbehaviour” is in fact a reminder of the importance of getting together and not neglecting friendship. It is indeed what New Year’s holiday is all about – friends and family – and therefore it fits quite well in the festive spirit. The film focuses on a group of 8 close friends, members of a WhatsApp chat called “Ba Po” that for a series of...

Trier Of Fact, now in pre-production, is joined by On Your Mom, Get Set, Go! and The Secret Diary Of A Mom-To-Be.

Hong Kong-based One Cool Pictures is unveiling three new titles at Filmart from rising filmmakers, building on their success last year with Sunny Chan’s Men On The Dragon.

Trier Of Fact, which is in pre-production, is a Hong Kong crime action thriller toplined by A-listers Louis Koo and Nick Cheung. Benny Chan is producing for debut director Tong Hon Wai.

Based on the true story of Paralympic Games gold-medal winner So Wa Wai, sports drama On Your Mom,...

Hong Kong director Pang Ho Cheung, the man behind comedy hits like Men Suddenly In Black and Vulgaria, is back this Lunar New Year with his new film Missbehavior. His all-star cast includes Miriam Yeung, Gigi Leung, Dada Chan, June Lam, Isabella Leong and many others. Thanks to Australian distributor Magnum Films, we have five double passes for Missbehavior to give to our readers.   For a chance to win, all you have to do is to follow these two steps: 1) Like the Magnum Films Facebook page, and 2) Email your name and postal address to me at: hugo[at]screenanarchy.com This competition will close at 3pm on January 29. Good luck!...

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From producer Wong Jing comes Flirting In The Air, a time-travelling comedy that stars Vulgaria leads Chapman To and Dada Chan. The title suggests a cross between Triumph In The Skies (a television series about a group of pilots) and Stephen Chow's 1993 comedy Flirting Scholar. Flirting In The Air is due to be released in Australian cinemas on October 9, and thanks to its distributor Magnum Films, we have Five double passes to give away. For a chance to win, all you have to do is to follow these two steps:1) Like the Magnum Film Facebook page, and2) Email your name and postal address to me at: hugo[at]twitchfilm.netThe competition will close at 3pm on October 7. -- Good luck!You can find out more about this and other...

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Hong Kong thrillers have been lifting their game of late, with the likes of “Cold War” and “Firestorm” combining big budget action, star power and contemporary political and social concerns to generally solid effect. “Z Storm”, the first film in many years from veteran director David Lam (“First Shot”) is the latest to try and emulate their success, featuring Louis Koo (“Overheard”) fighting against corruption and financial intrigue in the form of Michael Wong (“Firestorm”), Gordon Lam (“Cold War”) and others, with Dada Chan (“Vulgaria”) on hand in the usual token female role. The plot revolves around the activities of Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) and its investigations into profiteering and misbehaviour in the police force. Louis Koo plays Icac senior investigator William Luk, the film opening with him investigating a case of extortion involving Ccb (Commercial Crime Bureau) Superintendent Wong Man Bin (Gordon Lam). As Luk...

Chapman To and Dada Chan are reunited onscreen in another raunchy comedy, this time set in the world of playboy airline pilots and sexy stewardesses - that is until Captain Cool (To) and his wingmen are transported back in time to Ming Dynasty China. That's the premise of Flirting In The Air, the latest offering from Hong Kong uber-producer Wong Jing. Amen Cheung directs a cast that also includes Lam Tze Chung, Dominic Ho, Ben Cheung and Connie Man.The first trailer has just dropped and while it's unclear exactly how explicit the sexual antics are going to get, the script is certainly peppered with enough foul-mouthed humour to suggest Flirting In The Air has set its sights on attracting the same crowds that flocked to...

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Z Storm is a new corruption thriller from Hong Kong that stars Louis Koo, Gordon Lam and Dada Chan. It also has a strong supporting cast including Lo Hoi Pang, Liu Kai Chi and Michael Wong. It is due to be released in Australian cinemas on July 10, and thanks to its distributor Magnum Films, we have Five double passes for our readers to win. To enter this competition, all you have to do is to follow these two steps:1) Like the Magnum Film Facebook page, and2) Email your name and postal address to me at: hugo[at]twitchfilm.netThe competition will close at 3pm on July 8. -- Good luck!...

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Hong Kong’s Mega-Vision Project Workshop is planning a sequel to its Chinese New Year hit From Vegas To Macau, reuniting stars Chow Yun Fat and Nicholas Tse and director Wong Jing.

Andrew Lau will also return to produce From Vegas To Macau II. The first film, about a small-time conman (Tse) who turns to a legendary gambler (Chow) to avenge his brother, grossed $85m in mainland China.

Mega-Vision is also in pre-production on Wong Jing’s King Of Drug Dealers, starring Nick Cheung, about gangsters and corrupt policemen in 1960s Hong Kong.

The company also two new titles in post-production: Daniel Chan’s La Tele De Vampire, starring Ronald Cheng and Yuen Biao, and sex comedy Flirting In The Air, starring Chapman To and Dada Chan.

With the success of Pang Ho Cheung’s foul mouthed and hilarious “Vulgaria” having proved that rude and crude are still popular at the Hong Kong box office, it’s only natural that other film makers would follow suit. And so, up step directors Andy Lo, Henri Wong and Chong Siu Wing with the category III rated “Hardcore Comedy”, which as its title suggests, aims for raucous pop culture laughs and unfettered bawdiness. Split into three linked stories and revolving around sex, drugs, superheroes and more, the film has a cast packed with attractive faces, including Dada Chan (“Vulgaria”), Michelle Wai (“Girl$”), Christine Kuo (“Lan Kwai Fong 2”), Kelvin Kwan (“Tales from the Dark 2”), Oscar Leung (“Young and Dangerous Reloaded”) and William Chan (“Triad”). The film opens with Henri Wong’s “Shocking Wet Dreams”, in which a couple of college losers (Kelvin Kwan and Terence Siufay) are forced by a...

Well this looks absolutely insane. Three different stories directed by emerging directors Andy Lo, Henri Wong and Chong Siu Wing, starring hot young stars Dada Chan, Michelle Wai, Christine Kuo, Kelvin Kwan, Oscar Leung and William Chan. No stone is left unturned in Hardcore Comedy, serving up a heady mix of sex, gambling, drugs and Hong Kong culture. Undoubtedly a large slice of hit and miss, but the trailer is exhausting (in a good way) and an English subtitled DVD is available from October 18th 2013, and you can pre-order your copy here. It'll probably be a good idea to keep the aspirin on standby if the trailer is anything to go by. You have been warned... Synopsis: In "Erotic Dream," two college geeks (Kelvin Kwan, Terence Siufay) move into an old building packed with brothels. Over time, they turn into superheroes trying to save these women from selling their bodies.

Director: Pang Ho-Cheung. Review: Adam Wing. Vulgarity, profanity and popping candy are the order of the day in Pang Ho-Cheung’s (Dream Home, Love in a Puff) latest box-office smash, not only a number one box-office hit back home but also one of the highest grossing Hong Kong films of 2012. A voice over warns of impending profanity, in itself a blessing and a curse, which sets the scene for smart arsed cynicism, outrageous comedy and the occasional unsuspecting mule. Pang's latest effort was filmed in just twelve days on a shoestring budget, and much of the dialogue was written or improvised on set, which didn’t prevent it from acquiring a number of international accolades as well as three nominations at the 49th Golden Horse Awards, namely Best Actor (Chapman To), Best Supporting Actor (Ronald Cheng) and Best Supporting Actress (Dada Chan). To (Chapman To), a long-time movie producer, has...

Do you like your Hong Kong comedies edgy, risque and hilarious? If your answer is yes and you live in the U.S. then today is a good day for you as we've been told that Vulgaria, the new comedy by Pang Ho-cheung will be hitting select theaters in North America on September 28th. The film's been getting rave reviews on the festival circuit this year and a Category III rating by the Hk censors pretty much guarantees a certain amount of... well, just look at that poster. The film stars Chapman To, Dada Chan, Ronald Cheng, Yam Yam Siu and Fiona Sit. Synopsis: Movie producer To Wai-Cheung (Chapman To) embarks on producing his next opus b-film. In order to make it happen, Ta Wai-Cheung must get funding from mainland triad boss Tyrannosaurus and enlist the involvement of 1970's movie star Susan Shaw in a softcore porn remake.