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CAST: Richie Yen, Cecelia Cheung, Eric Kot, Eric Tsang, William So, Rickie Yam
DIRECTED BY: Jingle Ma
INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE URL: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0213314
TYPE OF MOVIE: Comedy, Romance
DURATION: 96 minutes
NOTE:  Viewed the DeltaMac version with English Subtitles.

What if you are given a wish being the 60th billion person moving to “Polaris (or other call it ” Heaven “) , will you do the same as onion, Who was blind and dumb when he alive. Long to ” See ” his dream lover nurse Autumn, Onion spent his wish in exchange for five days on Earth, only no body knows his real identity. However, Onion finds that being able to see and talk does not do him any good…..At the end of Onion’s stay, a Meteor Shower will bring him back to ” Polaris ” and it will be the time Onion and Autumn have to say good bye .?

DVD EXTRAS:

- Music Video
- Information on Richie Yen and Cecelia Cheung. KNOWN DVD SECRET(S): None that I know of

DVD REVIEW:

Many people will call this the HK version of the popular American film “Heaven Can’t Wait” starring Warren Beatty.  I really enjoyed this film a lot.  There are not many HK films that really makes me want to ponder the storyline and actually make you want to cry.  This movie is that powerful!

I’m really impressed by the performances by Richie Yen and Cecelia Cheung.  From what you would think would be a corny romance film turns out to be a powerful emotional roller coaster.  Also, the movie features a great cast!

The DVD from Deltamac is awesome!  Great video and the sound is typical for a dialogue film.  Unfortunately, there is is no trailer but at least there is a pretty good music video and cast information for Yen and Cheung.

Remember to have the tissue box ready before watching this film.  Want a break from the typical action or dark HK film, check out “Fly me to Polaris”.  Highly recommended!

THE MOVIE: A
THE DVD EXTRAS: C
THE DVD OVERALL: B

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CAST: Leon Lai, Maggie Cheung, Eric Kot
DIRECTED BY: Andrew Lau
HK MOVIE DATABASE URL: http://www.hkmdb.com/db/reviews/show_review.
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DURATION: 95 minutes
TYPE OF MOVIE: Comedy, Romance
NOTE:  Reviewed Deltamac DVD version with removable English subtitles (All Region

Ellen ( Maggie Cheung ) and Mike ( Leon Lai ) meet and fall in love with each other at the most lovely and romantic city. San Francisco. However, due to their different personality and character, the relationship does not work out as smoothly as it starts …. After all that meeting, loving, braking up, it takes a little miracle and an earthquake for them to understand where their heart belongs to!

DVD EXTRAS:

*  English/Chinese removable subtitles

KNOWN DVD SECRET(S): None that I know of

DVD REVIEW:

It was a pleasure to see Maggie Cheung and Leon Lai together in this film.  Especially to see them in a movie filmed in the US (Bay Area).

The movie is really beautiful and was very entertaining to watch especially if you are involved in a dot.com.  Speaking of dot.com, how do you like how StarEast promoted their Website through the film?  Well, at least it was not bad as the advertising in “Juliet in Love”.

The story focuses on two characters who are totally different.  Maggie Cheung, plays a single mother who drives a cab, who wonders if she will find love again.  And the rich dot.com man played by Leon Lai who seems to be a party animal but that is where the problems lie in this movie.  For a mother who wants to make sure she doesn’t get screwed over by a man, why does she suddenly have a one night stand with a man she just met and that she knows is completely different from her and vice versa.

The movie is beautiful but it would have been nice if more was spent on the two characters.  The “forgive him” segment was pretty interesting!

Otherwise a cool DVD with cool video.  The audio is typical of dialogue and special features feature info. on the characters and nothing much really.

A cool movie worth checking out.

THE MOVIE: C+
THE DVD EXTRAS: C-
THE DVD OVERALL: C

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CAST: Francis Ng, Sandra Ng, Eric Kot, Simon Yam
DIRECTED BY: Wilson Yip
INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE URL: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0260992
TYPE OF MOVIE: Drama, Romance
DURATION: 89 minutes
NOTE:  Reviewed Mei Ah DVD version with removable English subtitles (All Region)

Judy returns to the countryside to live with her grandpa after a failed marriage. When her most important beauty icon of femininity is lost forever, she lusts her confidence. Without long tragedy bites again. her grandpa has a road accident, by this chance she gets to know a street hustler, Jordan, who has to make money to pay the loan owed to the loan-shark Big brother On. The all-broke Jordan becomes the nanny of On’s child and shelters under the same roof with Judy, Jordan brings a breath of fresh air to the collapsing world of Judy. He is even heading for mission to bring a brand new world to Judy…..

DVD EXTRAS:

*  English/Chinese removable subtitles
*  Synopsis and cast info.
*  Trailers for Peace Hotel and Juliet in Love.

KNOWN DVD SECRET(S): None that I know of

DVD REVIEW:

Last year, I recall watching a movie called “True Love” which was dubbed as a romantic comedy.  The movie starred Sam Lee and with he as the main character, you knew you were in for a good ride.  That is until the final five minutes of the movie which left you feeling devastated once the movie was over.

“Juliet in Love” is another movie that has been dubbed a romantic comedy and you enjoy the story and when you get to the ending… Well, that’s up for you to interpret.

Like “True Love”, the characters face problems from their past and current lives and you would hope that with the two of them together, they will be able to overcome anything in their way.  Similar to “True Love”, until you get to the end.

I’ll just leave it at that.

Francis Ng and Sandra Ng do a great job in this movie.  You also have Wilson Yip directing and Joe Ma producing, you know that you have talented people working on this film.

Although people see this as a breakthrough for Francis Ng outside of the typical triad/bad guy characters he plays, I find his February 2001 movie “Bakery Amour”, as his breakthrough character outside of the dysfunctional character he tends to play in movies.

Again, this movie is good and there are good people behind it.  It’s that people who see romantic comedy’s are expecting an ending that they can be satisfied or accept.  Although this movie didn’t leave me feeling devastated or pissed off, it did leave me feeling that this movie had so much potential and I was enjoying it and I felt that I was let down.

You will also find an interesting way that a product can be promoted on a movie.  Whether you call it intrusive or clever is up to the viewer. But if you watch this movie a few times, count how many times you see the logo of the product and how many times the product is mentioned.

The DVD features trailers and the typical Mei Ah DVD offerings of a synopsis and cast info.  DVD dialogue is good, the transfer was not colorful as I would expect from a recent movie but I tend to nitpick.

A movie that Wilson Yip, Francis Ng and Sandra Ng fans will enjoy but for those who are wanting a romantic comedy movie, perhaps this movie may not be for you.  The movie does have its ups and downs.  It does have violence but again, the movie is good but how you interpret the ending will decide if you think this movie is very good or disappointing.

THE MOVIE: C
THE DVD EXTRAS: C-
THE DVD OVERALL: C