New Releases
49 Days (Cantonese) (IIB): Director Stephen Fung Tak-lun plays a merchant suspected of being involved in a murder in this supernatural horror film set in 1920s and 30s China. Gillian Chung Yan-tung plays a lawyer who defends Fung's character to prove her ability to her father. Lam Kin Lung directs. Not reviewed.
Keeping Mum (IIA): Rowan Atkinson returns as a well-meaning vicar in this dark British comedy that serves up more dead bodies than jokes. Kristin Scott Thomas plays his bored wife who is about to run off with her American golf coach to Mexico. But things begin to change for the better after the arrival of housekeeper Grace (Maggie Smith), who employs violent means to resolve family problems. Niall Johnson directs. CT
Without Words (Cantonese) (IIA): A bittersweet romance starring singer-actress Ella Koon Yun-na as a deceased bride-to-be who returns to life for five days with the help of an angel. Lawrence Chou Chun-wai plays her composer fiance. Not reviewed.
General ReleasesThe Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Cantonese and English version) (I): Andrew Adamson directs this film adaptation of C.S. Lewis' children's fantasy. Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, Anna Popplewell and William Moseley play the Pevensie siblings who are transported to the land of Narnia when playing hide-and-seek in a wardrobe. Tilda Swinton shines as the white witch. LKW
Fearless (Putonghua) (IIB): Jet Li returns as Huo Yuanjia, a 20th century Chinese martial arts hero who rediscovers the true spirit of martial arts after his mother and daughter are murdered in a brutal act of revenge. Ronny Yu Yan-tai directs, with Yuen Wo-ping as the action choreographer. PF
