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2013
Finding Mr. Right
The Grandmaster
Hotel Deluxe
I Love Hong Kong 2013
Journey to the West:
Conquering the Demons
Princess and Seven Kung Fu Masters
Saving General Yang
Say Yes!
Together
Young and Dangerous: Reloaded
2012
All's Well Ends Well 2012
Any Other Side
The Assassins
The Bounty
The Bullet Vanishes
Caught in the Web
Chinese Zodiac
Cold War
Cross
Dangerous Liaisons
Diva
Double Trouble
A Dream Team
Drug War
Due West: Our Sex Journey
Fairy Tale Killer
First Time
Floating City
The Four
The Great Magician
The Guillotines
Guns and Roses
Lacuna
Lan Kwai Fong 2
The Last Tycoon
The Lion Roars 2
Lives in Flames
Lost in Thailand
I Love Hong Kong 2012
Love
Love Actually...Sucks!
Love in the Buff
Love in Time
Love is...Pyjamas
Love Lifting
Love Me Not
Marrying Mr. Perfect
McDull: The Pork of Music
Million Dollar Crocodile
Motorway
Mr. and Mrs. Gambler
My Sassy Hubby
Mystery
Naked Soldier
Natural Born Lovers
New Perfect Two
Nightfall
Nightmare
Painted Skin: The Resurrection
Passion Island
Romancing in Thin Air
The Second Woman
Shadows of Love
The Silent War
Speed Angels
Tai Chi 0
Tai Chi Hero
Triad
The Viral Factor
Vulgaria
Wu Dang
2011
1911
3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy
The 33D Invader
72 Martyrs
All's Well Ends Well 2011
The Allure of Tears
Beach Spike
A Beautiful Life
Beginning of the Great Revival
Big Blue Lake
Chase Our Love
A Chinese Ghost Story
Choy Lee Fut
The Detective 2
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
East Meets West
The Flowers of War
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
Fortune Buddies
I Love Hong Kong
I Love Wing Chun
Hi, Fidelity
Hong Kong Ghost Stories
The Killer Who Never Kills
Lan Kwai Fong
Legendary Amazons
Let's Go!
Life Without Principle
The Lost Bladesman
Love for Life
Love in Space
Love is Not Blind
Love is the Only Answer
Love on Credit
Love You You
Magic to Win
The Man Behind the Courtyard House
Men Suddenly in Love
Microsex Office
Mr. and Mrs. Incredible
Mr. and Mrs. Single
Mural
My Kingdom
Mysterious Island
Overheard 2
Punished
Rest on Your Shoulder
Shadowguard: The Blood Bond Saga
Shaolin
A Simple Life
Sleepwalker
The Sorcerer and the White Snake
Starry Starry Night
Strawberry Cliff
Summer Love Love
The Sword Identity
Treasure Hunt
Treasure Inn
Turning Point 2
The Warring States
What Women Want
White Vengeance
The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake
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About
the reviewers:
| Kozo | Kevin Ma |
| Calvin McMillin | LunaSea |
Kozo
Kozo was born in 1973. He grew into a skinny,
short lad until he reached the age of 19, whereupon he was
no longer short. He is highly respected in a few inconsequential
social circles, though he is despised the world over. We believe
he's simply misunderstood.
Kozo has been watching HK Cinema
since 1993, when UFO was just starting out and John Woo had
already left to make that sublime masterpiece Hard Target.
Despite many years of bad movies, box office depression, and
paparazzi terrorism, Kozo has continued to watch Hong Kong
movies with an enthusiasm best reserved for rooting for the
Golden State Warriors, which anyone will tell you is a hopeless
endeavor.
Kozo can be reached here.
All reviews were written by Kozo
unless marked otherwise. When Kozo shares space with another
reviewer, the review is marked with this symbol: ¥
Kozo has written 1520 reviews.
Kevin Ma
Kevin Ma was
born in the great city of Hong Kong in 1984. He moved to America
almost 9 years later, where he began to fall in love with
the art of cinema. No one understood why he would watch "My
Girl 2" more than once, but that's just how much he loved
films.
Kevin recently completed his Bachelor
of Arts degrees in Communcation and Film Studies at the University
of California Davis. During his undergraduate academic career,
he managed to learn about the many great national cinematic
traditions such as New German Cinema and the world of silent
films, but his greatest achievement of all was studying in
Japan as an exchange student for a year. Unfortunately, he
has still yet to pick up any knowledge about anime.
His favorite filmmakers span all
over the world, including Wong Kar Wai, Alejandro Gonzalez
Inarritu, Bong Joon Ho, among many others. Currently he is
exploring postgraduate education opportunities, one of which
include studying film production in his hometown.
Kevin previously went by the internet handle "LMFDean9" on this website, but he's since come to his senses and takes credit for his work.
Reviews
written by Kevin are indicated by this symbol: £
Kevin Ma has written 170 reviews.
LunaSea
Reviewer Lee Wong (a.k.a. LunaSea)
passed away in August of 2002. His contributions to this web
site can
never be repaid. His reviews will remain on this site indefinitely.
The following is his original
bio:
Luna Sea is both a legendary J-rock
band, and reviewer Lee Wong's nickname.
Lee is a Chinese-Italian in his early
twenties. In his short existence, he's lived on two continents
and in four different countries. An accomplished linguist,
he is currently studying Mandarin, Japanese, Thai, and fine-tuning
his Korean. His favorite pastimes include reading wuxia novels
and manga, listening to Japanese and Korean music, watching
just about every Asian film he can get his hands on, and most
importantly stuffing himself to death with dim-sum and sashimi,
"watered" down by a good bottle of soju.
While a big fan of arthouse films,
LunaSea watches just about everything. His favorite genres
are road movies, gangster comedies and realistic romantic
dramas. His favorite actors include Choi Min-Shik, Jeon Do-Yeon,
Bae Doo-Na, Ahn Sung-Ki, Song Kang-Ho, Koji Yakusho, Tony
Leung Chiu-Wai, Maggie Cheung, Shu Qi and Zhang Ziyi. His
favorite directors change every three days, and at the moment
they are Hong Sang-Soo, Wong Kar-Wai, Hayao Miyazaki, Edward
Yang and Hou Hsiao-Gsien.
LunaSea's reviews will mostly
focus on Korean, Chinese (Mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong)
and Japanese Cinema, but he is also a huge Bollywood fan,
loves anime and is increasingly interested in Thai Cinema.
Reviews written by LunaSea are indicated
by this symbol: ±
LunaSea has written 43 reviews.
Calvin McMillin
Calvin McMillin graduated Summa Cum Laude
from Oklahoma State University.
Calvin's interest in Hong Kong
Cinema began with Once Upon
a Time in China 2. Since then, he has diligently devoured
the works of the Tsui Hark, John Woo, Jackie Chan and Jet Li.
Calvin is also a big fan of the Monkey
King.
Reviews written by Calvin are indicated
by this symbol: §
Calvin McMillin has written 332 reviews.
Guest
Reviewers
LoveHKFilm.com
occasionally
has outside contributors to the review pages, though the current
roster is based more on potentially interested writers than
an actual army of self-proclaimed cinema journalists. At any
rate, the current line-up of people who have contributed
are listed here.
Reviews written by a Guest Reviewer
are indicated by this symbol: Œ
Guest Reviewers have written
85 reviews.
Contributers:
Paul Fox
Tim Youngs
Sanney Leung
Danny Hoi-Wah Ho
JMaruyama (James Maruyama)
Magicvoice (Jennifer
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RainDog (Greg Maier)
Rudolph Tiemler
Ria Caronongan
David Harris
Adam Laidig
Stuart McDonald
Buddha's Grin (Lilia Lopez)
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