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Khai thác một đề tài mới mẻ lại quy tụ đông đảo giới người mẫu, Nữ vệ sĩ ngay từ lúc khởi quay đã gây không ít sự tò mò. Thế nhưng sau khi vừa phát sóng, khán giả xem phim khó mà không buông một tiếng… thở dài. Chuyện phim kể về Thu Phương – [...]
Từng là vở kịch ăn khách trên sân khấu kịch Sài Gòn trước đây, Xóm gà nay được dựng thành 50 tập phim (kịch bản: Vương Huyền Cơ, đạo diễn: NSƯT Trần Ngọc Giàu, Hãng phim Phước Sang uất thân từ “Xóm Gà”, một xóm đầy gái làng chơi và ma cô, cố gắng học để thoát [...]
There are some good ideas knocking around in Hong Kong genre auteur Johnnie To’s multi-strand financial crisis dramedy- but they’re swamped by an inept script that keeps getting bogged down in details and forgetting the big dramatic picture. The film does have the merit of rendering, with a certain ironic detachment, the human side of [...]
Felix Chong’s direction is a bit shoddy, but this triad satire has enough funny and familiar stuff to warrant it a thumbs up. Seeing Jordan Chan and Ekin Cheng play against type is half the amusement. The Infernal Affairs parodies are good too. Roast Pork (Jordan Chan) is a chef and runs a successful restaurant chain in [...]
Also known as “Brothers” or “Blood Brothers” When North Korean secret agent Ji-won (Kang Dong-won) crosses the 38th Parallel on a mission, the National Intelligence Service (NIS) led by Han-gyu (Song Kang-ho) intervenes, and a shooting rampage ensues in the heart of Seoul. For the incident, Han-gyu is fired and Ji-won is deserted by his [...]
Hyung-man is in his fifties and has regrettably never dated. After having lost all his money to a close friend, Hyung-man spends his monotonous and frustrating life in his photo studio. One day, Hyung-man decides to pay his fraudulent friend, Ki-hyuk, a visit, after having heard that he is dying of cancer. Ki-hyuk requests that [...]
My Lovely Sam-Soon was the most popular TV drama of 2005, and it’s easy to see why, though the series doesn’t fully work for me. Kim Seon-A is totally convincing and likable as the title character: a brassy, unglamorous, vulgar young woman with her own mind, but who still feels the tug of social expectations. They [...]
This drama is adapted from a romantic novel bearing the same title written by writer Lee Sun Mi (이선미). The heroine disguises herself as a man in order to avoid an arranged marriage. She works in a coffee specialty shop and then falls in love with the president of the shop. The premise is that [...]
Continuing with their series of Chinese cinema releases in Australia, China Lion are bringing us Peter Chan Ho-sun’s new film Wu Xia this week. It’s nice to see they’ve resisted the urge to re-title it — it’s apparently going to be titledDragon for its release in the USA. Fans of Chinese cinema will be familiar with the name:wuxia describes [...]
Set in Republican-era China, this martial arts epic centers on two brothers trained from childhood in Chinese opera and martial arts. One seeks to reclaim a coveted stage-fighting title their master lost to an arch-rival. The other sets his sights on claiming the rival master’s lover. Starring is Taiwanese actor Wu Chun, mainland pop star [...]