Updated November 7th, 2009

Christmas is Coming
Posted 11-07-09
Did you hear that there are TEN Chinese movies being released during the 2010 Lunar New Year season? Sure, that's a month after Christmas, but it's the best present EVER for the people who run this site. The negative: we will be required to review them all.

In the meantime, this update provides reviews of eight movies, many of which were seen during that pesky Hong Kong Asian Film Festival that just ended. Not to be outdone, the Hong Kong Asian Independent Film Festival is just around the corner. Kevin Ma attended the Press Conference and wrote a little something about it here. We may see a few films there.

Next time: Seven 2 One, plus something else.

Sanjuro hits 300 reviews
Posted 10-30-09
In a bit of self-promotion, LoveHKFilm congratulates site reviewer Sanjuro for writing his 300th review for this website. It's a look at (What else?) Akira Kurosawa's Sanjuro, and it's taken him the better part of eight years to get here. To congratulate him, head over to his blog and leave a message. He'd appreciate it.

Now that Sanjuro has 300 reviews under his belt, he's retiring the name "Sanjuro" and going with his real name, Calvin McMillin, because Internet handles are totally passe and anyone who still uses one sucks. Really.

Next time: many, many, many, many reviews.

October = Hong Kong movies
Posted 10-13-09
Back from vacation, LoveHKFilm dives headlong into the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival, running from October 15 - 31. Compounding matters are the many theatrical releases showing up this month, starting with Herman Yau's Rebellion, and continuing with the Louis Koo-Lau Ching-Wan Poker King and the Yon Fan drama Prince of Tears. There's also the all-star China thriller The Message, which arrives this week.

What does all this mean? Not much, except we will have many, many review to write.

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Newer Hong Kong Reviews:
- Accident
- All About Women
- All's Well End's Well 2009
- Ashes of Time Redux
- Basic Love
- The Beast Stalker
- Centre Stage
- Citizen King
- Claustrophobia
- The First 7th Night
- The Forbidden Legend: Sex & Chopsticks II
- Forever Enthralled
- Give Love
- Happily Ever After
- I Corrupt All Cops
- Ip Man
- King of Spy 2008
- KJ
- Kung Fu Chef
- Kungfu Cyborg: Metallic Attraction
- Lady Cop and Papa Crook
- Look For a Star
- Love Connected
- McDull Kung Fu Ding Ding Dong
- Mismatched Couples
- Murderer
- Night and Fog
- Nobody's Perfect
- On His Majesty's Secret Service
- Overheard
- Permanent Residence
- Plastic City
- Poker King
- Prince of Tears
- Rebellion
- Red Cliff II
- Seven 2 One
- Shinjuku Incident
- Short of Love
- The Sniper
- Soundless Wind Chime
- Split Second Murders
- Tactical Unit - Comrades in Arms
- Tracing Shadow
- Trick or Cheat
- True Women For Sale
- Turning Point
- The Unbelievable
- Vengeance
- A Very Short Life
- The Warrior and the Wolf
- Written By

Newer China reviews:
- City of Life and Death
- Crazy Racer
- Deadly Delicious
- Desires of the Heart
- Fit Lover
- The Founding of a Republic
- If You Are The One
- Life Track
- The Message
- Sophie's Revenge
- Storm Riders - Clash of Evils
- Trail of the Panda
- The Underdog Knight

Newer Taiwan reviews:
- Invitation Only
- L-O-V-E
- No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti
- Orz Boys
- Sumimasen, Love
- Yang Yang

Newer Japan reviews:
- 10 Promises To My Dog
- 20th Century Boys: Chapter 1
- 20th Century Boys: Chapter 2
- All Around Us
- The Bluebird
- Crows Zero II
- Departures
- Detroit Metal City
- Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
- The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker
- A Forest with No Name
- Gu Gu the Cat
- The Guard from Underground
- Handsome Suit
- Happy Flight
- Honokaa Boy
- K-20: The Legend of the Mask
- Kamikaze Girls
- Love Exposure
- One Million Yen Girl
- Oppai Volleyball
- Rasen
- Resident Evil: Degeneration
- Sanjuro
- Still Walking
- Tombstone of the Fireflies
- The Triumphant General Rouge
- Tsubaki Sanjuro
- Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
- Yatterman

Newer Korea reviews:
- Antique
- Castaway on the Moon
- Dream
- Go Go 70s
- The Good, The Bad, The Weird
- Haeundae
- Hello Schoolgirl
- The Insadong Scandal
- Iri
- Life is Cool
- Life Track
- A Man Who Was Superman
- Mandate
- Milky Way Liberation Front
- Mother
- My Dear Enemy
- My Friend and His Wife
- My Little Bride
- My Mighty Princess
- My Wife Got Married
- One Shining Day
- Paradise Murdered
- Radio Dayz
- The Scam
- The Scandal Makers
- Someday
- Tazza: The High Rollers
- Thirst

Other PanAsia reviews:
- 4BIA
- Blood: The Last Vampire
- Love of Siam
- The Maid
- Men in White
- Ong Bak 2
- Three...Extremes

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