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Paul Fonoroff

New  Releases
Contraband (IIB)
See review on this page.
Romancing in Thin Air (I) (Cantonese and Putonghua) 
See review on this page.
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
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. 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
3-D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy (III) (Cantonese)
Stereoscopic reworking of a 1991 soft-porn feature about the outrageous adventures of a scholar as he searches for the secrets of sexual pleasure. PF 
A Happy Event (III) (French)
Remi Bezancon's comedy-drama centring on a gifted philosophy graduate student  who struggles  to connect with her baby. 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, Louis Koo Tin-lok and Sandra Ng Kwan-yue. 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. Not reviewed.   
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
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (III)
David Fincher's film adaptation of Stieg Larsson's crime novel about an odd couple's investigation into the truth behind the disappearance of a teenager along with a string of unsolved serial murders. Starring Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig. CT 
The Great Magician (IIA) (Cantonese)
Tony Leung Chiu-wai stars as the titular conjurer in Derek Yee Tung-shing's light-hearted romantic comedy in which there's more  than meets the eye with regards to many events and people, including a warlord (Lau Ching-wan) with many wives. PF 
Haywire (IIB)
Steven Soderbergh's action thriller centring on a freelance covert operative (Gina Carano) who seeks  revenge on  the men  who double crossed  her. Also starring Michael Fassbender and Ewan McGregor. LKW 
I Love Hong Kong 2012 (IIA) (Cantonese) 
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. 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 
J. Edgar (IIB)
Leonardo DiCaprio stars in Clint Eastwood's biographical drama of FBI founder J. Edgar Hoover, with emphasis given to his relationship with his assistant, Clyde Tolson (Arnie Hammer). 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 Muppets (I) (Cantonese and  English versions)
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. Not reviewed. 
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 Humpty Dumpty and Kitty Softpaws to steal the famed Goose that lays the Golden Eggs. Not reviewed. 
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 
Springtime Lovers
Musical comedy adaptation of Beijing opera Flower Field Mistake (aka Bride Snapping),  that was in turn adapted from the a novel entitled Water Margin about a pair of lovers (Sun Ma Si-tsang and Mui Yee)  whose romance is threatened by a local thug, leading the man to pose as a bride to fool the bully. In Cantonese. Feb 10, 11am, HK  Film Archive.  
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.
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 two. 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 
Anna Bolena
HD capture of a live Metropolitan Opera of New York's production of Gaetano Donizetti's two-act tragedia lirica about the life of Anne Boleyn. Starring  Anna Netrebko. In Italian with English subtitles. Feb 10, 7pm, HK Arts Centre, HK$180.
Don Giovanni
HD capture of the Metropolitan Opera of New York's production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera based on the legend of Don Juan. Starring Marina Rebeka, Barbara Frittoli, Ramon Vargas, and Luca Pisaroni. In Italian with English subtitles. Feb 11, 7pm, HK Arts Centre, HK$180. 
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 Gundam: The Movie III - Encounters in Space
The concluding instalment of the first Gundam anime trilogy about a Earth Federation boy citizen named Amuro Ray who, after activating one of the Federation's Gundam mobile suits, uses it to defend his friends and the new assault carrier White Base from countless Zeon attacks as the war rages on around them. In Japanese with Chinese subtitles. Feb 11, 4pm, MCL Telford Cinema.
Mobile Suit Z Gundam I: Heirs To  The Stars
The first film of the second Gundam anime trilogy, set eight years after the events of Mobile Suit Gundam (0079), that follows a rebel group called the Anti-Earth Union Group (AEUG) as they try to defeat the Titans, an elite task force of the Earth Federation designed to hunt down Zeon remnants but which ruthlessly kills anyone demanding equal rights for  space citizens.  In Japanese with Chinese subtitles. Feb 12, 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 
The Pregnant Maiden 
Connie Chan Po-chu stars in Chor Yuen's screwball comedy about two sisters, one of whom pretends to be pregnant to protect her secretly married sister from their father's fury. In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles. Feb 12, 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 three HD films. Ongoing. The Grand Cinema, 2/F Elements, 1 Austin Rd West, Kowloon, thegrandcinema.com.hk. Inquiries: 6336 3595
Artur Rubinstein plays Brahms and Beethoven 
Film of a concert in which the late Polish-American pianist (1887-1982) and Holland's Concertgebouw  Orchestra  played Johannes Brahms' Piano Concerto No 1 in D Minor and Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 3 in C Minor under the batonship of Dutch maestro Bernard Haitink. Feb 12, 4pm, The Grand Cinema.
Munich Philharmonic: Bruckner Symphony No 4
Film of a concert in which Christian Thielemann conducts the Munich Philharmonic playing 19th-century Austrian composer Anton Bruckner's Symphony No 4 in E Flat Major. Feb 15, 7.30pm, The Grand Cinema.   
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.



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