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New Releases
The Chaser (III) (Korean)
See review this page.
Connected (IIB) (Cantonese)
See review this page.
Eagle Eye (IIA)
A young man and a single mother are  framed as terrorists and coerced into an assassination attempt on a politician. Shia LaBeouf  and Michelle Monaghan  star. D.J. Caruso directs. Not reviewed.
Painted Skin (IIB) (Putonghua)
Gordon Chan Ka-seung  directs this period film adapted from a Chinese supernatural tale about the relationship between a young man and a female ghost. Zhou Xun  and Donnie Yen Ji-dan  star. Not reviewed.
Twentieth Century Boys  (IIB) (Japanese)
An action film, adapted from a popular science fiction manga, about a man and his childhood friends  drawn into a conspiracy that threatens the world. Yukihiko Tsutsumi  directs. Toshiaki Karasawa,  Etsushi Toyokawa  and Takako Tokiwa  star. Not reviewed.
Disaster Movie (IIB)
A spoof film about a  group of twentysomethings experiencing a series of natural disasters over the course of one night. Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer direct. Not reviewed.
General Releases
Bottle Shock (IIA)
Alan Rickman plays a wine expert who discovers a wine in California that's so extraordinary he organises a blind-taste test in which the Napa Valley wine beats its famous French counterparts.
Also stars Bill Pullman, Rachael Taylor and Chris Pine. Randall Miller directs.  CT
Cyborg She (Japanese) (IIA)
A physically disabled inventor in 2070 sends a cyborg girl (Haruka Ayase)  he built back to 2007 to prevent an accident from disabling his 20-year-old self (Keisuke Koide).   Kwak Jae-young  directs this science-fiction romantic comedy.  CT
The Dark Knight (IIB)
Christian Bale returns as Batman, who fights against criminal mastermind The Joker (Heath Ledger). Also stars  Aaron Eckhart and Maggie Gyllenhaal.  Christopher Nolan  directs.    CT
A Decade of Love (I)
Shorts from Hong Kong directors about the 10 years since the handover.  PF
4BIA (Thai) (IIB)
A  horror film with four interrelated  tales directed by Youngyooth Thongkonthun, Paween Purikitpanya,  Banjong Pisanthanakun and Pakpoom Wongpoom.   CT
Happy-Go-Lucky (IIA)
Comedy starring Sally Hawkins as a  teacher who tries to cheer  everyone up.  Mike Leigh  directs.  CT
I Just Didn't Do It (Japanese) (IIA)
A young man is plunged into a  world of bureaucracy after he's accused of groping a schoolgirl on a train. Masayuki Suo   directs.  CT
Made of Honour (IIA)
Romantic comedy starring Patrick Dempsey  as a playboy who finds true love with his best friend.   CT
Mamma Mia! (IIA)
Stars Meryl Streep as the owner of a  hotel on a Greek island. Her daughter, a bride-to-be, invites her mum's  old flames to the wedding to find out who her dad is. Phyllida Lloyd  directs.  AS
Sex and Chopsticks (III) (Cantonese)
Based on the ancient Chinese sex classic the Golden Lotus, the film, starring Japanese adult video stars, tells of the promiscuous life of a rich philanderer  in imperial times. Not reviewed.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (IIA)
A CGI animated film - based on George Lucas' Star Wars series - about Anakin Skywalker (Matt Lanter)  and Obi-Wan Kenobi (James Arnold Taylor)  as the Jedi knights struggle to maintain peace in a galaxy.   Not reviewed.
Under the Same Moon  (Spanish and English) (IIA)
A story about a woman who works illegally in the US to provide a better life for her nine-year-old son who lives with her mother in Mexico. The boy  goes to look for his mother after his grandma dies. Adrian Alonso   stars.  CT
WALL.E (I)  (Cantonese and English version)
Animated comedy about a robot, designed to clean up the polluted Earth, and his journey across the universe after falling in love with another robot.  Andrew Stanton directs.  CT
You Don't Mess with the Zohan (IIB)
A comedy about a counter-terrorism hero in Israel who fakes his  death to pursue his dream of becoming a hairstylist in New York. Adam Sandler stars and Dennis Dugan directs. Not reviewed.
Youth without Youth (IIB)
Francis Ford Coppola's love story set during the second world war about a 70-year-old professor who grows younger after being struck by lightning. Not reviewed.
Art House
Home, Sweet Home
The Goethe-Institut HK's German Film Forum series with six movies by directors including Oskar Roehler, Hans-Christian Schmid and Fatih Akin, including the following film. Ends tomorrow. HK Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$50 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2802 0088
Head-On
Akin's  drama about a troubled Turkish-German man and the Turkish-German woman who asks him to help her escape her family by marrying her. In German and Turkish with English subtitles. Tomorrow, 7.30pm, HK Film Archive.
Australian Film Festival
The Australian consulate  presents nine features and four short films, including the following nine.  Until Sept 28, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai; HK Space Museum, 10 Salisbury Rd,
TST, HK$50 Urbtix. Fringe Club,  2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$250. Inquiries: 2585 4481
Clubland
Jeannie Dwight (Brenda Blethyn)  threatens to upset her  son's chances of romance. In English with Chinese subtitles. Tomorrow, 7pm, HK Space Museum; Sat  5.30pm, HK Arts Centre.
The Tracker
Drama set in 1922 about an Australian Aborigine (David Gulpilil)  who is tasked with leading three men on a hunt for a suspected murderer. In English with Chinese subtitles. Tomorrow, 7.30pm, HK Arts Centre; Sat,  7pm, HK Space Museum.
Newsfront
Philip Noyce's  late 1940s historical drama centres on two brothers (Bill Hunter  and Gerald Kennedy)  who work for competing movie newsreel companies. In English.  Tomorrow,  9.15pm, HK Space Museum; Sat,  9.30pm, HK Arts Centre.
Peaches
Craig Monahan's  drama about an orphaned teenager (Emma Lung)   whose quest to learn more about her biological parents leads to her uncover many secrets. In English with Chinese subtitles. Tomorrow, 9.30pm, HK Arts Centre; Sept 28, 6pm, HK Space Museum.
Yolgnu Boy
Three teenagers on the wrong side of the law go on a perilous journey through the wilds of Australia's Northern Territory. Stephen Michael Johnson  directs.  In English with Chinese subtitles.  Sat,  2.30pm, HK Arts Centre.
Romulus, My Father
Richard Roxburgh's  film adaptation of Raimond Gaita's  memoirs about a boy whose family migrated from Europe to Australia after the second world war. Starring Eric Bana.  In English with Chinese subtitles. Sat,  7.30pm,  HK Arts Centre; Sept 28, 8.15pm,  HK Space Museum.
The Home Song Stories
Director Tony  Ayres' semi-biographical story centres on his Shanghainese mother who married an Australian sailor.  Starring Joan Chen.  In English, Putonghua and Cantonese with English subtitles. Sat,  9pm, HK Space Museum.
Hildegarde
Director Di Drew's  family film about three fatherless siblings' attempts to rescue their pet duck after it is abducted. In English with Chinese subtitles. Sept 28, 2pm, HK Space Museum.
The Wog Boy
A romantic drama about a man accused of being Australia's biggest dole bludger.  Starring Nick Giannopoulos.  In English with Chinese subtitles. Sept 28, 4pm,  HK Space Museum.
Four Short Films
The programme comprises animated films The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello, Birthday Boy, Crooked Mick of the Speewah and Ward 13. In English with Chinese subtitles. Sept 28, 7pm, Fringe Club.
1960s Japanese New  Wave Cinema
Featuring movies directed by 10 Japanese new wave filmmakers,  including the following five films.  Until Sept 28, HK Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho; HK Space Museum, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST; HK Science Museum, 2 Science Museum Rd, TST, HK$50 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2734 2900
Double Suicide
Two lovers make a suicide pact to  escape  the rigid  etiquette of Edo-period Japanese society. Masahiro Shinoda directs. In Japanese with English subtitles.  Tomorrow,  7.30pm,  HK Science Museum.
The Girl I Abandoned
A miserable man involved with his boss' daughter encounters more problems after arranging a secret rendezvous with an ex-girlfriend. Starring Choichiro Kawarazaki  and Asaoka Ruriko.   In Japanese with English subtitles.  Sat,  7.30pm, HK Science Museum.
Blind Beast
Sadomasochistic attachments form between a blind masseur-sculptor, his mother and the woman he kidnaps. Yasuzo Masumura  directs. In Japanese with English subtitles. Sept 28, 3.30pm, HK Science Museum.
Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
Kaneto Shindo's  anti-social tragedy about a young serial  killer whose  gun was stolen from a US soldier stationed in Japan. In Japanese with English subtitles.  Sept 28, 5.30pm, HK Science Museum.
Coup d'Etat
Yoshige Yoshida's dramatisation of a failed coup attempt by military officers to depose the Emperor  is told from the viewpoint of  revolutionary Ikki Kita.   In Japanese with English subtitles.  Sept 28, 8pm, HK Science Museum.
Persepolis
Cartoonists-directors Marjane Satrapi  and Vincent Paronnaud's  film adaptation of Satrapi's autobiographical graphic novels about growing up in Iran during the Islamic revolution in the 1970s.   In French with Chinese and English subtitles. Sept 28, 12.30pm,  Broadway Cinematheque, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei. HK$45.  Inquiries: 2388 0002
Election
Tammy Cheung's documentary about the 2004 Legislative Council Elections.  Cantonese and Putonghua with English subtitles. Sept 28, 7.30pm (post-film seminar in Cantonese with the director),  HK Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$30, registration required. Inquiries: 2111 5882
Spanish Film Festival
Featuring the five feature films released in Spain between 1997 and 2004, including the following two films. Sept 29-Oct 5, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, free. Inquiries: 2585 4481
Football Days
David Serrano's comedy in which thirty-year-old Jorge and friends from his childhood football team reunite for a  tournament. In Spanish with English subtitles.  Sept 29, 7.30pm (opening cocktail reception, 6pm), HK Arts Centre.
Secrets of the Heart
Montxo Armendariz's  drama about a nine-year-old boy who journeys into the unknown in his quest to unlock family secrets. In Spanish with English subtitles. Sept 30, 7.30pm, HK Arts Centre.



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