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Paul Fonoroff

New  Releases
My Week with Marilyn (IIB) 
See review on this page.
 La Delicatesse (IIA) (French)
 See review on this page.  
Beauty and the Beast 3-D (I)
Stereoscopic version of the 1991 animated Disney film about a lovely bibliophile who, after offering herself  to a monster living in a castle in exchange for her imprisoned father, discovers that her captor is not so monstrous after all. Not reviewed. 
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (IIA)
Drama centring on a young boy (Thomas Horn) who searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father (Tom Hanks), who died in the World Trade Centre on September 11, 2001. Also starring Sandra Bullock. CT
Moneyball (IIA)
Brad Pitt stars in a drama based on the true story of a  former would-be baseball superstar who, stung by the failure to live up to expectations on the field, turns his fiercely competitive nature to management.  Not reviewed. 
Mr and Mrs Gambler (IIB) (Cantonese)
Wong Jing's  comedy about two gambling addicts who, after they decide to  divorce, agree that whoever breaks  their agreement to quit gambling  loses custody of their daughter. Starring Chapman To Man-chat and Fiona Sit Hoi-kei.  Not reviewed. 
This Means War (IIA)
Romantic action-comedy about two top CIA operatives (Tom Hardy and Chris Pine) who wage an epic battle against each other after they discover they are dating the same woman (Reese Witherspoon).  Not reviewed. 
General Releases
3 Idiots (IIA) (Hindi, Urdu and English)
Bollywood comedy about two friends (R. Madhavan and Sharman Joshi) who embark on a journey to find their lost engineering college buddy (Aamir Khan). CT 
All's Well, Ends Well 2012 (IIA) (Cantonese and Putonghua)
Lunar New Year ensemble romantic comedy involving people who find love through a website that assigns men to help women out in return for a thank you hug. Starring Donnie Yen Ji-dan. LKW    
Chronicle (IIB)
Sci-fi-comedy-action-horror revolving around three friends vested with super powers after making an incredible discovery whose lives spin out of control when they embrace their darker sides. CT
Contraband (IIB)
Baltasar Kormakur's crime drama-actioner revolving around a reformed ex-smuggler (Mark Wahlberg) who heads to Panama and embarks on a forced return to crime to cover for a relative's misdeeds. CT 
The Descendants (IIB)
George Clooney stars in a drama about a prosperous scion of a Hawaiian family and father of two girls who  re-examines his past and  tries to reconnect with his daughters after his wife is seriously injured in a boating accident. CT 
The Flowers of War (IIB) (English, Putonghua, Nanjing Chinese and Japanese)
Zhang Yimou's drama centring on a US mortician (Christian Bale) who finds refuge with Chinese prostitutes and schoolgirls in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety. PF 
From Up on Poppy Hill (I) (Japanese and Cantonese versions)
Studio Ghibli anime drama, set just before the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, about a spirited teenaged girl  who works with a schoolmate to prevent the demolition of their school's student-club building. CT 
I Love Hong Kong 2012 (IIA) (Cantonese)
Cameo-filled Lunar New Year comedy  about the antics of a quirky family headed by a TV weatherman  (Stanley Fung Sui-fan). Also starring Eric Tsang Chi-wai, Teresa Mo Shun-kwan, Bosco Wong Chung-chak and Denise Ho Wan-see. YT
The Ides of March (IIB)
George Clooney stars in and directs a political drama revolving around a young and idealistic spin doctor(Ryan Gosling) working on a presidential campaign. CT   
Journey 2: Mysterious Island (IIA) Stereoscopic adventure following an intrepid young man (Josh Hutcherson) who, with his new stepfather (Dwayne Johnson) and two others, heads to a mysterious island  after receiving a coded distress signal from it. CT  
The Lady (IIB) (English and Myanmese)
Michelle Yeoh Choo Kheng stars as Aung San Suu Kyi in Luc Besson's biographical drama about the Myanmese political icon, wife and mother. Also starring David Thewlis. YT
The Muppets (I) (Cantonese version) 
The Muppets' latest humour-filled cinematic foray has Kermit the Frog and friends gathering together to save the old Muppets theatre after a big fan of theirs tells them that an oil baron is plotting to demolish their former studio to get to the black gold underneath. CT 
My Name is Khan (IIA) (English and Hindi)
Shahrukh Khan stars in a romantic musical drama about a South Asian man living in the US who, after his stepson is accidentally killed in a racially incited assault, embarks on a journey to tell the US president that he is not a terrorist. CT
Naruto the Movie: Blood Prison (IIB) (Japanese)
Anime  following adolescent ninja Naruto Uzumaki after he has been sent to a criminal  facility, where he battles to uncover the truth behind mysterious murders as well as prove his own innocence. Not reviewed.
New Perfect Two (IIA) (Mandarin)
Chu Yen-ping's romantic comedy remake of a 1984 film about a race car driver (Vic Chou Yu-min)  whose life is interrupted when a son, who he never knew he had, suddenly makes an appearance in his life. CT
Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall (I)
Film version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's  romantic musical adaptation of Gaston Leroux's story about a bitter man, deformed since birth, who lives in the sewers underneath the Paris Opera House and the young woman he falls for. CT
Puss in Boots (I) (Cantonese and  English versions)
Dreamworks Animation's adventure comedy about a sword-fighting cat who teams up with mastermind Humpty Dumpty and the street-savvy Kitty Softpaws to steal the famed Goose that lays the Golden Eggs. Not reviewed.
Romancing in Thin Air (I) 
(Cantonese and Putonghua)Sammi Cheng Sau-man and Louis Koo Tin-lok star in Johnnie To Kei-fung's snowbound love story centring on a Hong Kong movie megastar, jilted at the altar by his actress bride-to-be, who finds love with an innkeeper-fan while licking his wounds in high-altitude Yunnan.  LKW 
Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace 3-D (I)
Stereoscopic version of George Lucas' 1999 sci-fi adventure-actioner revolving around two Jedi Knights who uncover a wider conflict when they are sent as emissaries to the blockaded planet Naboo. Starring Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor and Natalie Portman. CT
The Viral Factor (IIB) (Cantonese, Putonghua, English, Bahasa Malaysia and Arabic)
 Dante Lam Chiu-yin's action thriller centring on a Chinese security agent (Jay Chou Jie-lun) who tries to stop a plot to release a viral plague upon the world by an organisation that includes his estranged elder brother (Nicholas Tse Ting-fung). CT
War Horse (IIA)
Steven Spielberg's adventure epic following the extraordinary journey of a horse during the first world war. Not reviewed. Art  House
Celebrating Year of the Dragon
The HK Film Archive presents a programme of four films whose Chinese titles have the word 'dragon' in them, including the following two films. Until Feb 24. Film Archive,  50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$20 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2739 2139 
Dragon Lord
Jackie Chan stars in and directs this period martial arts stunt extravaganza centring on a rascal named Dragon Ho and his best friend (Mars) stumbling upon a conspiracy to smuggle ancient treasures out of China. In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles. Feb 17, 11am, HK Film Archive.
Dance with the Dragon
Wong Jing's romantic comedy about a billionaire businessman (Andy Lau Tak-wah)  who, after being involved in a scuba accident, is mistaken for an illegal immigrant and falls in love with the daughter (Sharla Cheung Man) of the scheming proprietor of a restaurant/store (Deanie Ip Tak-han) who plans to have him work for next to nothing since he is wanted by the police. In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles. Feb 24, 11am, HK Film Archive. 
Teddy Robin Panorama
Schoolmates Culture Club presents a programme of six Teddy Robin (aka Kwan Wai-pang) films to celebrate his 30th anniversary as a film director, including the following four films. Feb 17-26. The Grand Cinema, 2/F Elements, 1 Austin Rd West, Kowloon, HK$75 thegrandcinema.com.hk. Inquiries: 2196 8170 
All The Wrong Spies
Teddy Robin stars in - and made his directorial debut with - this 1982 spy comedy set in 1939 and revolving around a private detective (George Lam Chi-cheung) on a secret mission to smuggle a weapon design from Germany to the US via China, who has to get help from others after the document gets intercepted by the Japanese. Also starring Brigitte Lin Ching-hsia.  In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles. Feb 17, 7.30pm, The Grand Cinema.
Cops And Robbers
Alex Cheung Kwok-ming's 1979 crime drama about a young firearms fanatic who, after his application to become a cop is rejected due to his  poor eyesight, lashes out by going on a murderous rampage, and the special police task force assigned to arrest him. Starring Wong Chung. In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles. Feb 17, 9.30pm, The  Grand Cinema.
The Story of Woo Viet
Ann Hui On-wah's political drama about a Vietnamese refugee (Chow Yun-fat) who comes to Hong Kong with hopes of eventually emigrating to the US, only to encounter trouble as well as finding love. Also starring Cherie Chung Chor-hung, Cora Miao Cora Miao Hin-yan and Lo Lieh.  In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles. Feb 18, 7.30pm, The Grand Cinema.
Merry-Go-Round
Yan Yan Mak and Clement Cheng Sze-kit's drama reflecting on traditions, love and mortality through the meeting of a terminally ill woman, a herbalist and a janitor at the Tung Wah Coffin Home. Starring Ella Koon Yun-na, Nora Miao Ho-sau and Teddy Robin. In Cantonese and English with Chinese and English subtitles. Feb 19, 7.30pm, The Grand Cinema.    
The Inspired Island: Home In Two Cities 
Documentary about Lin Hai-yin, who was considered the doyenne of Taiwanese literature.  In Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles. Feb 18, also Mar 24, 2pm, Broadway Cinematheque, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei, HK$40 www.cinema.com.hk. Inquiries:  2388 0002
Gundam Movie Festival
Media Link Entertainment Limited presents a programme of Gundam-themed Japanese anime films, including the following two films. Until Mar 10. MCL Telford Cinema, Telford Gardens, 33 Wai Yip St, Kowloon Bay, HK$60. Inquiries: mclcinema.com
Mobile Suit Z Gundam II: Lovers
The second film of the second Gundam anime trilogy, told from the viewpoint of Kamille Bidan, a civilian teenager and amateur mobile suit pilot whose parents are engineers working for the Earth Federation and the Titans. In Japanese with Chinese subtitles. Feb 18, 4pm, MCL Telford.
Mobile Suit Z Gundam III: Love is the Pulse of the Stars
The concluding instalment of the second Gundam anime trilogy, told from the viewpoint of Kamille Bidan, a civilian teenager who becomes the pilot of the titular mobile suit Z Gundam. In Japanese with Chinese subtitles. Feb 19, 4pm, MCL Telford.
100 Must-See Hong Kong Movies
The HK Film Archive presents a programme of 100 Hong Kong films from 1916 to 1999, including the following film. Until 2014. Broadway Cinematheque, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei, HK$55 www.cinema.com.hk; and HK Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$30 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2734 2900 
92 The Legendary la Rose Noire 
Jeff Lau Chun-wai's comic homage to old Cantonese movies revolves around an author and her housewife friend who, after falsely implicating a heroine known as the Black Rose in a trio of murders, are paid visits by two outraged fighting femmes. Starring Tony Leung Ka-fai,  Petrina Fung Bo-bo,  Wong Wan-sze, Teresa Mo Shun-kwan  and Maggie Siu Mei-kei. In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles. Feb 18, 7pm, HK Film Archive, Feb 26, 2pm, Broadway Cinematheque.
Classical in Cinema
Music Art & Film Culture Promotion Association of HK presents a high-definition programme of classical music concerts and opera films and transmissions including the following two HD films. Ongoing. The Grand Cinema, 2/F Elements, 1 Austin Rd West, Kowloon, thegrandcinema.com.hk. Inquiries: 6336 3595
Artur Rubinstein plays Grieg  and Chopin
Film of a 1975 concert in which American maestro Andre Previn conducts the then 88-year-old pianist and the London Symphony Orchestra playing works by composers Edvard Grieg and Frederic Chopin. Feb 19, 4pm, The Grand Cinema. 
Concertgebouw Orchestra: Beethoven's Missa Solemnis
Film of a concert in which Leonard Bernstein conducts Amsterdam's Concertgebouw Orchestra, soloists Edda Moser, Hanna Schwarz, Ren?Kollo and Kurt Moll, and the Radio Hilversum chorus performing Beethoven's Missa Solemnis in D major. Feb 22, 7.30pm, The Grand Cinema.  
The Met: Live in HD in Hong Kong
Foundation for the Arts and Music in Asia presents a programme of high definition captures of 11 operas performed by the Metropolitan Opera of New York, including the following one. Until Jul 8. AMC Pacific Place, L1 Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty; HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai; Palace IFC, Podium Level 1, IFC Mall, 8 Finance St, Central; and UA Cityplaza, 5/F Cityplaza, 18 Taikoo Shing Rd, Taikoo Shing, HK$180, HK$220 Urbtix (for HK Arts Centre) and respective cinemas. Inquiries: 2579 5566 
Siegfried
HD capture in which Jay Hunter Morris sings the title role in The Metropolitan Opera of New York's production of part three of Richard Wagner's Ring cycle. Also starring Deborah Voigt and Bryn Terfel.  In German with English subtitles. Feb 19, 5.50pm, Mar 4, 5.50pm, AMC Pacific Place, HK$220.
PTU 
Johnnie To Kei-fung's  noir drama following a Police Tactical Unit team  on night patrol who offer to help  a fellow police officer retrieve his missing gun. Starring Simon Yam Tak-wah, Lam Suet and Maggie Siu Mei-kei.  In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles. Feb 23, 8pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, free, reservation required hkac.org.hk. Inquiries: 2582 0200
The Second HK International Deaf Film Festival
The HK Arts Centre, HK Association of the Deaf, Asian People's Theatre Festival Society, and City University of HK's School of Creative Media and Department of Applied Social Studies present six short film programmes, including the following two. Feb 24-26. HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$65 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2891 8488
Programme 1: Asian Spectacles - Featuring the Best of Asian Deaf Films
Selection of seven short films from the mainland, Hong Kong, the Philippines and Malaysia including: Mirana Medina's Mi  Ultimo Adios, the Signing version of the farewell poem written by Filipino nationalist Jose P. Rizal (Filipino Sign Language with Chinese and English subtitles); and Bernard Lee's The $10,000 that Did Not Exist, in which two devils try to destroy the trust that exists between a  hearing-impaired couple (in Cantonese and Hong Kong Sign Language with Chinese and English subtitles). Feb 24, 8pm, HK Arts Centre.   
Programme 2: Panorama of Deafhood - Films about Being Deaf
Selection of six short films including: Ramas Renteils' Jump and Shout, about a deaf man who strives to pass on his illustrious basketball legacy to his also deaf daughter (in British Sign Language with Chinese and English subtitles); and Jonathon Reid's Deaf Beat, a comedy crime-caper  about two detectives working to catch a prolific swindler targeting the deaf community (in British Sign Language with Chinese and English subtitles). Feb 25, 2.30pm, HK Arts Centre.  
The Weird, the Strange, the Beautiful
The Goethe Institut presents a programme of five German films about 'being beautifully different', including the following one. Until Mar 9. HK Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$50 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2802 0088
Sascha
Dennis Todorovic's drama revolving around a gay teen who is secretly in love with his piano teacher.  In German, Serbo-Croatian and Bosnian with English subtitles. Feb 24, 8pm, HK Film Archive.



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