Updated June 21st, 2009

Hong Kong movies finally here
Posted 6-21-09
Hong Kong movies are finally here. After too many weeks of mega Hollywood blockbusters and only the
occasional Hong Kong film, multiplexes will now see close to 10 Hong Kong movies between now and mid-September. This is based on estimates, of course. Who knows if anything will really meet its release dates. Hope springs eternal.

Anyway, the blitz will begin next week with Short of Love, followed by the Aaron Kwok-starred Murderer and Wai Ka-Fai's Written By, starring Lau Ching-Wan, appearing in early July.

Reviews this week: one Hong Kong movie (sort of) and a bunch of others. The whole crew looks at Plastic City, Crazy Racer, Yatterman, Iri and Tazza: The High Rollers.

Next time: Short of Love.

A quiet summer so far
Posted 6-02-09
This year there will likely be more movies than last year, because A) there are no Olympic games to distract potential cinemagoers, and B) it's not hard to release more than 5 movies in 3 months. Right now, however, things are quiet because it's all about Terminator, Transformers, and Wolverine over here. We just want to see Up.

Reviews this week: Kozo checks out the barely-released The First 7th Night, the Nanking Massacre film City of Life and Death, and the China comedy Desires of the Heart. Kevin Ma looks at the 2008 live-action film Tombstone of the Fireflies and Sanjuro digs up an oldie, the 1992 award-winner Centre Stage, starring Maggie Cheung. Read them if you feel like it.

Next time: Plastic City, or one of those Tactical Unit movies we still haven't watched.

Hong Kong-set web series LUMINA coming to YouTube
Posted 6-2-09
This week, LoveHKFilm.com salutes locally-produced LUMINA, an original web series coming this summer. LUMINA is set in Hong Kong, is written and directed by Jennifer Thym, and stars JuJu Chan and Michael Chan. At least one friend of this website is involved with LUMINA, so we're rooting for it.

OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS: Lumina Wong is beautiful and works far too much; although she lives in a city of millions, she still feels lonely and isolated. Late one night, Lumina has a chance encounter with Ryder Lee, a handsome young man from another world that she can only see in mirrors and darkened window reflections. She revels in the fantasy relationship until mirrorspy Eben Sanchez comes into her life, warning her of the treacheries of the people of the Dark Realm. Soon Lumina must choose between the safety of the world she knows and the deadly allure of the unknown.

Visit LUMINA's official YouTube Channel or visit www.luminaseries.com for the full skinny.

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Newer Hong Kong Reviews:
- All About Women
- All's Well End's Well 2009
- Ashes of Time Redux
- Ballistic
- Basic Love
- The Beast Stalker
- Butterfly Lovers
- Centre Stage
- Champions
- Citizen King
- Claustrophobia
- Connected
- The Eagle Shooting Heroes
- The First 7th Night
- The Forbidden Legend: Sex & Chopsticks
- The Forbidden Legend: Sex & Chopsticks II
- Forever Enthralled
- Give Love
- I Corrupt All Cops
- Ip Man
- KJ
- La Lingerie
- Legendary Assassin
- Look For a Star
- Love Connected
- Mismatched Couples
- Mr. Vampire II
- Mr. Vampire III
- Night and Fog
- Nobody's Perfect
- Ocean Flame
- Painted Skin
- Permanent Residence
- Plastic City
- Red Cliff
- Red Cliff II
- Rule No. 1
- Shinjuku Incident
- Short of Love
- Some Like it Hot
- The Sniper
- Tactical Unit - Comrades in Arms
- Ticket
- True Women For Sale
- The Vampire Who Admires Me
- A Very Short Life
- Wushu - The Young Generation

Newer China reviews:
- City of Life and Death
- Crazy Racer
- Dada's Dance
- Deadly Delicious
- Desires of the Heart
- The Equation of Love & Death
- Fit Lover
- If You Are The One
- Lost, Indulgence
- Red Cliff
- Red Cliff II
- Storm Riders - Clash of Evils
- The Underdog Knight

Newer Taiwan reviews:
- Cape No. 7
- Invitation Only
- L-O-V-E
- Miao Miao
- No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti
- Orz Boys
- Parking
- What on Earth Have I Done Wrong?!

Newer Japan reviews:
- 10 Promises To My Dog
- 20th Century Boys: Chapter 1
- 20th Century Boys: Chapter 2
- 700 Days of Battle: Us vs, The Police
- Accuracy of Death
- After School
- All Around Us
- The Bluebird
- Departures
- Detroit Metal City
- A Forest with No Name
- Happy Flight
- The Haunted Samurai
- Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
- K-20: The Legend of the Mask
- The Magic Hour
- One Million Yen Girl
- Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
- Resident Evil: Degeneration
- Shaolin Girl
- Still Walking
- Tombstone of the Fireflies
- The Triumphant General Rouge
- Yatterman

Newer Korea reviews:
- Antique
- Baby and I
- Dream
- Go Go 70s
- Hello Schoolgirl
- Host and Guest
- Iri
- Life is Cool
- A Man Who Was Superman
- Mandate
- Milky Way Liberation Front
- My Dear Enemy
- My Friend and His Wife
- My Mighty Princess
- My Wife Got Married
- Paradise Murdered
- Radio Dayz
- The Scandal Makers
- Tazza: The High Rollers
- Truck

Other PanAsia reviews:
- Dragonball: Evolution
- I Not Stupid Too
- Love of Siam
- Love Story
- The Maid
- Men in White
- One Last Dance
- Ong Bak 2

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