Wednesday 28 August 2013

Tempting Heart (心动)




Starring:
- Gigi Leung (梁咏琪)
- Takeshi Kaneshiro (金城武)
- Sylvia Chang (张艾嘉)
- Karen Mok (莫文蔚)

Song:
Xin Dong (心动) by Shino Lin (林晓培)

Synopsis:
Cheryl is a Hong-Kong based film director. She uses the story of her first true love as the basis for her next project. As she tells the tale to a screenwriter, Cheryl relives old memories from a time of innocence: Ho-Jun is a shy youngster, more interested in his guitar than school. A chance encounter between Ho-Jun and Sheo-Rou leads to a first sweet taste of romance.

PhoEnix's Rating: *5 out of 5 stars*

PhoEnix's Comment:
The last scene is unforgettable...
 
Watch:
http://youtu.be/NB-F5cntkQQ
(Cant audio, Eng sub)

Saturday 1 June 2013

The Lovers 1994 (梁祝)



Starring:
- Nicky Wu (吴奇隆)
- Charlie Yeung (杨采妮)

Song:
Liang Zhu (梁祝) by Nicky Wu

Synopsis:
In 3A.D., during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, parents dress a very pretty, very privileged girl like a boy so she may be educated in a local boarding school. There, she falls in love with a poor, but handsome and industrious young man, but their short love affair ends in disaster.

PhoEnix's Rating: *5 out of 5 stars*

PhoEnix's Rating:
Classic. Makes me cry every time I watch it (T^T)

Watch:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL98E3290E9430EC18
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9DE208C6F46772BC
(Cant audio, Eng sub)
http://youtu.be/G5_AWoYbceA
(Cant audio, Chi sub)

Saturday 12 January 2013

The Love Winner/I Love How You Love Me (恋爱大赢家/喜欢你喜欢我)


Starring:
- Liu Yi Fei (刘亦菲)
- Jimmy Lin (林志颖)
- Kristy Yang (杨恭如)
- Ambrose Xu (许绍洋)

Songs:
I've Made up My Mind to Make You Mine by Patti Page
Only You May Know Me by Unknown

Synopsis:
Smuggling businessman Du Nan(杜南)buys the First College in order to force his son to go to school without being dropping out.But his son Du Heng Feng(杜恒风) has no desire to study and often skips class. He has nothing to do but ask his fellow to drag his son to school and supervises him all the day. Meanwhile,the police in HongKong sent two undercover officers to get touch in Du Heng Feng(杜恒风) so as to grasp the evidence of his father'crimes. Du Heng Feng(杜恒风) falls in love with Jin Qiao Li(金巧莉),a girl who has justed lost her boyfriend and has no will to date anyone else. Jin Qiao Li'friend falls in love with her teacher, but the teacher has crush on Qian Yue Shan(钱月珊).One of the officers helps her to put the moves on the teacher but she fails. She falls in love with him in the end. Having gone through such a memorale experience, they become best friends.Eventually,the three pairs of lovers culminate their long friendship.

PhoEnix's Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Watch:
http://youtu.be/Hz1NSa50RwI
http://youtu.be/O7GuD_ahQNA
(Mand audio, Eng sub)

Sunday 2 September 2012

Love You Ten Thousand Years (爱你一万年)




Starring:
- Vic Zhou (周渝民)
- Youki Kato (加藤侑纪)

Songs:
爱你一万年 (Love you ten thousand years) by Vic Zhou
我在想你的时候睡着了by Vic Zhou

Synopsis:
Cross border love story between a Japanese girl who came to Taiwan to learn Mandarin and a Taiwanese rock band lead singer.

PhoEnix's Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Watch:
http://youtu.be/nmiBaOF5pak
(Mand audio, Eng/Chi sub)
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjM5MzIxMDcy.html
(Mand audio, Chi sub)

Tuesday 1 May 2012

The Gem of Life (珠光宝气)


Starring:
- Ada Choi (蔡少芬)
- Gigi Lai (黎姿)
- Maggiu Siu (邵美琪)
- Moses Chan (陈豪)
- Bowie Lam (林保怡)

Theme songs:
Opening:
Diamond Jubilee (鑽禧) by Shirley Kwan (關淑怡)
Insert:
Cruelty has Love (無情有愛) by Linda Chung
The Two Words of Love (相戀兩個字) by Bowie Lam and Gigi Lai
What I am Waiting For (我還在等甚麼) by Moses Chan

Synopsis:
In PAK SIU-YAU (Louise Lee See Kei)’s eyes, her three daughters are just as perfect as diamonds. She believes that the greatest blessing for a woman is to marry a wealthy man. To guarantee a better life for her daughters, she has started training the girls since they were young, hoping that they will marry into the richest families when they mature.
YAU’s first daughter HONG NGA-YIN (Maggie Shiu) does not agree with her on her values. Yet when she sees that the man YIN is going out with is KO CHEUNG-SING (Bowie Lam), who is very well-off, she decides to let YIN go with her choice. YAU’s second daughter HONG NGA-TUNG (Gigi Lai) is hopelessly romantic but does not seem to have much luck with men. To make it up to her, YAU seeks to match her up with HO CHIT-NAM (Moses Chan), the son of Hong Kong’s most powerful business tycoon HO FUNG (Ngok Wah). Being the youngest in the family, HONG NGA-SZ (Ada Choi) is well aware of YAU’s concerns. Having recovered from divorce, SZ now decides to pin all her hopes on FUNG.
YAU’s persistence pays off and her daughters have all found a wealthy husband. But money does not really bring them happiness and the sisters are gradually losing themselves in vanity.

PhoEnix's Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars