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A Lifetime Treasure 如珠如寶 (2019) - Hong Kong   Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia)   The biggest problem of comedian Andrew Lam Man Chung directed, scripted and starring vehicle - “A Lifetime Treasure” is not the cast, but the overall let down of the script and often prolonged crude jokes that gets repetitive as the film progresses. Andrew Lam is a funny guy and his comic timing is second to none, however, when other people are required to be like him and deliver those unique lines, it simply doesn’t work. Imagine Sammo Hung trying to apt...

Green Book 綠簿旅友 (2018) - USA   Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia)     What is so beautiful about the part bio-pic “Green Book” directed by Peter Farrelly, it’s the constant normality and subtleness that allows two great actors in Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali to grow and develop their respective characters during time of brutal racism and divide of the 1960s USA. The “Green Book” as the title suggests is a travel guide for the blacks to use when travelling down South, containing “safe” locations to eat and stay. More than just another road movie,...

The New King of Comedy 新喜劇之王 (2019) - China / Hong Kong   Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia)     In a crowded lunar Chinese New Year market, Stephen Chow directed and scripted “TheNew King of Comedy” rises to the occasion in delivering a great example of how to make a highly engaging, filled with laughter and tears type of required comedy for the holiday masses. Chow wins again in reminiscing his former glories, simpler rags to riches story of hope, dreams and persistent all within Chow’s formula that made his films so successful for so...

The King 더 킹 (2017) - South Korea   Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia)     Corruption and Power are two relevant topics that is often seen in Korean movies. The two tends to interlink and hand in hand in both commercial and government. In “The King” we see how corrupt and lust for power for those embedded within a high society and high level of government. Director Han Jae-rim created a film that is easily comparable to the “Wolf of Wall Street” instead putting it through the judiciary system and prosecutors in the Korean government...

Missbehavior 恭喜八婆 (2019) - Hong Kong   Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia)     Director Pang Ho Cheung haven’t made a film in two years and like all auteur they return with a soft opening before the main dish. “Missbehavior” is billed as a friendship comedy blended within the mix of Lunar Chinese New Year celebrations. For any case, this film is an entree with all the ingredients that made “Vulgaria” a commercial success, similar casting, but less important as the film breezes by in its 88 minutes light hearted yet entertaining running time. There are plenty...