Despite its Bond-adjacent title, The Goldfinger acts as something of a reunion from a different franchise. Re-teaming Andy Lau, Tony Leung, and writer (now writer-director) Felix Chong from the Infernal Affairs series, their newest film charts the rise and fall of a corrupt real-estate tycoon. Spanning decades, and inspired by the Carrian Group––a Hong Kong conglomerate that collapsed in the 1980s––The Goldfinger pits Lau and Leung on opposing sides, with the former playing Lau Kai-yeun, an investigator for the Icac (Independent Commision Against Corruption) and the latter as Henry Ching, an engineer who works his way through a series of shady deals to run a multi-billion dollar business.
Principally about the investigation into Ching’s company and the house of cards he built over decades, The Goldfinger is compelling in individual moments. It features two noteworthy performances by Leung and Lau. Such rich set-up notwithstanding, Chong never finds...
Principally about the investigation into Ching’s company and the house of cards he built over decades, The Goldfinger is compelling in individual moments. It features two noteworthy performances by Leung and Lau. Such rich set-up notwithstanding, Chong never finds...
- 1/5/2024
- by Christian Gallichio
- The Film Stage
The late Benny Chan directed “The White Storm” back in 2013 starring Lau Ching Wan, Louis Koo and Nick Cheung. In “The White Storm 2: Drug Lords” (2019) which starred Andy Lau and Louis Koo, Herman Yau took over as director. Now in 2023, Yau is back in this in-title-only third installment again featuring Koo, Lau Ching Wan and Aaran Kwok, the newcomer to the series. All these actors play different characters altogether but the themes of war against drugs, royalty and brotherhood are still there but told in a new storyline.
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The year is 2021 and Kang Su Chat, a Thai-Chinese drug lord who runs his operation in Hong Kong has his men fish up a few barrels containing heroin off the coast. As they leave the docks after unloading their precious cargo, the police show up which results in an intense firefight.
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The year is 2021 and Kang Su Chat, a Thai-Chinese drug lord who runs his operation in Hong Kong has his men fish up a few barrels containing heroin off the coast. As they leave the docks after unloading their precious cargo, the police show up which results in an intense firefight.
- 1/4/2024
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
Tony Leung Chiu-wai pursued justice undercover in the first film. Now he’s a shiny gang boss cashing in before Hong Kong goes back to China
Sweaty-palmed Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs was one of the best films of the early 00s; in it, Tony Leung Chiu-wai played a cop undercover in a triad gang, alongside Andy Lau as a mole in the police force. The movie was remade by Martin Scorsese into The Departed with Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon. Twenty years later the Leung/Lau dream team is back for another cat-and-mouse cop thriller written and directed by the original film’s co-writer Felix Chong. Though actually this new movie shares more DNA with a couple of Scorseses: The Wolf of Wall Street and Goodfellas. Not that it fully comes up on a rollicking Scorsese cocaine high.
The Goldfinger is a slick, stylish and slightly shallow crime’n...
Sweaty-palmed Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs was one of the best films of the early 00s; in it, Tony Leung Chiu-wai played a cop undercover in a triad gang, alongside Andy Lau as a mole in the police force. The movie was remade by Martin Scorsese into The Departed with Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon. Twenty years later the Leung/Lau dream team is back for another cat-and-mouse cop thriller written and directed by the original film’s co-writer Felix Chong. Though actually this new movie shares more DNA with a couple of Scorseses: The Wolf of Wall Street and Goodfellas. Not that it fully comes up on a rollicking Scorsese cocaine high.
The Goldfinger is a slick, stylish and slightly shallow crime’n...
- 12/27/2023
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
"You think you'll get away with this?" The first official trailer is out for a new film from Hong Kong titled Goldfinger, which is the original direct translation of the Cantonese title. The film is also going under the title Once Upon a Time in Hong-Kong, written and directed by the veteran Hong Kong director Felix Chong. Set in the 1980s, the film is based on the story of Carrian Group, a Hong Kong corporation which rose rapidly before collapsing shortly afterwards due to a corruption scandal. Acclaimed actors Tony Leung and Andy Lau reunite after starring in the seminal Infernal Affairs years ago. When a stock market crash causes the sudden collapse of a multi-billion-dollar company, an Icac investigator (Lau) uncovers a criminal conspiracy involving the company’s founder (Leung) and becomes entangled in a long-running investigation. The film's cast also includes Simon Yam, Charlene Choi, Tai-Bo, Alex Fong,...
- 8/17/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
In “Creamerie,”currently playing on Hulu, the future is female — and it’s also dark, dystopian and funny. Season 2 of the New Zealand-made comedy drama, now airing on the streamer as well as Tvnz, is set some years after a plague has wiped out 99.9% of humans with the Y chromosome, i.e. men. And, rather than obsessing about the mandemic’s lost males, “Creamerie” focuses instead on the women who have survived and the different ways they heal and rebuild. The key characters are a group of female dairy farmers and the lone surviving man they have stashed away.
“Kiwis have a very particular sense of humor. We find humor in really mundane things, the day to day. But in a dystopian world, after a pandemic, where everything is stripped back, the basics become quite a big deal. You can find a lot of humor in [characters] trying to get back to normal,...
“Kiwis have a very particular sense of humor. We find humor in really mundane things, the day to day. But in a dystopian world, after a pandemic, where everything is stripped back, the basics become quite a big deal. You can find a lot of humor in [characters] trying to get back to normal,...
- 7/28/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The current real estate market is tough. But despite obvious challenges like high interest rates, these standout New York City next-gen real estate agents — Eric Brown of Compass, Maggie Chong of Serhant, the Corcoran Group duo of Marko Arsic and Jason Lau, Douglas Elliman’s Erin Lichy (a star of the new season of The Real Housewives of New York City), and Brown Harris Stevens’ Michael Kelley-Bradford — just keep going.
All six are nominated for The Hollywood Reporter‘s 2023 Power Broker Awards‘ Rising Star Award for up-and-coming agents 35 and under. The winner will be announced later this month.
“If anyone says interest rates don’t impact pricing, that’s just a lie, honestly,” says Brown, 32, a top agent at Compass.
“I have so many buyers who have just paused. Everybody’s kind of freaked out from the instability,” says Chong, 35, a Serhant agent who lives in Brooklyn. “But,” Chong counters,...
All six are nominated for The Hollywood Reporter‘s 2023 Power Broker Awards‘ Rising Star Award for up-and-coming agents 35 and under. The winner will be announced later this month.
“If anyone says interest rates don’t impact pricing, that’s just a lie, honestly,” says Brown, 32, a top agent at Compass.
“I have so many buyers who have just paused. Everybody’s kind of freaked out from the instability,” says Chong, 35, a Serhant agent who lives in Brooklyn. “But,” Chong counters,...
- 7/27/2023
- by Michelle Duncan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Is the American dream a real, tangible thing? And if it is, is it accessible to just about anyone and everyone? While Atlanta might be the ‘cradle of America's Civil Rights movement,' as the film ‘A-Town Boyz' proclaims in its opening credits, clearly there's more of a catch to the American promise than meets the eye. Eunice Lau's documentaries seek to peel back the layers of human desire to find what is really hidden underneath. In her debut full-length documentary ‘Accept the Call,' Lau inspects the relationship between a father who is desperately trying to connect with his troubled son. With ‘A-Town Boyz,' Lau takes a deeper look at Atlanta rappers in the Asian-American diaspora, and how they have fallen victim to the hole-ridden narrative of the American dream.
A-Town Boyz is screening at New York Asian Film Festival
The movie follows two rappers on their...
A-Town Boyz is screening at New York Asian Film Festival
The movie follows two rappers on their...
- 7/25/2023
- by Spencer Nafekh-Blanchette
- AsianMoviePulse
Geopolitical situations around the world are at such a stage that many countries have had to take in refugees globally. While a country and its government may be welcoming of these people who're having to leave their homes for one reason or the other, the population of the accepting country may not be so warm towards to newcomers. Hong Kong has, over the years, taken in refugees from a number of South Asian countries, many of who live in the country without many rights. For his debut feature, Malaysian director Lau Kok-rui turns his camera towards not just the situation the refugees find themselves in but also towards the local public's attitude towards them.
“The Sunny Side of the Street” is screening at Udine Far East Film Festival
Taxi driver Yat has a drinking habit and a bad temper, both acting as reasons why he doesn't get along with his police officer son.
“The Sunny Side of the Street” is screening at Udine Far East Film Festival
Taxi driver Yat has a drinking habit and a bad temper, both acting as reasons why he doesn't get along with his police officer son.
- 4/22/2023
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Note: The following story contains spoilers from the Season 1 finale of “Beef.”
When it premiered all of its 10 episodes April 6 on Netflix, “Beef” became one of the streamer’s best-reviewed – and most popular – new series of 2023. So what’s all the fuss about?
“Beef” stars comedian Ali Wong and Steven Yeun, both flexing acting chops like we’ve never seen from them before. Boasting a 98% critical consensus and an 86% audience approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the Lee Sung Jin–created series follows Amy Lau (Wong) and Danny Cho (Yeun) in the aftermath of a headline-making road rage incident that intertwines their lives in ways they could have never predicted.
Its surprising blend of dark humor and tear-jerking drama — plus some playfully surreal flourishes and bold explorations of race, class and mental health — has taken audiences by storm and notched it a top spot on Netflix’s TV ratings.
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When it premiered all of its 10 episodes April 6 on Netflix, “Beef” became one of the streamer’s best-reviewed – and most popular – new series of 2023. So what’s all the fuss about?
“Beef” stars comedian Ali Wong and Steven Yeun, both flexing acting chops like we’ve never seen from them before. Boasting a 98% critical consensus and an 86% audience approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the Lee Sung Jin–created series follows Amy Lau (Wong) and Danny Cho (Yeun) in the aftermath of a headline-making road rage incident that intertwines their lives in ways they could have never predicted.
Its surprising blend of dark humor and tear-jerking drama — plus some playfully surreal flourishes and bold explorations of race, class and mental health — has taken audiences by storm and notched it a top spot on Netflix’s TV ratings.
Also Read:...
- 4/21/2023
- by Benjamin Lindsay
- The Wrap
Girlband have defended their X Factor mentor Louis Walsh after he was criticised by Simon Cowell. After the all-female group performed on Saturday's live show, Cowell claimed there was "no connection" between Walsh and his act. Girlband were later eliminated from the ITV1 singing contest, but group member Tita Lau denied reports that Walsh had been a negligent mentor. "We absolutely love Louis," she told Digital Spy. "He spent lots of time with us in rehearsals (more)...
- 10/20/2008
- by By Nick Levine
- Digital Spy
X Factor's Girlband have revealed that they want to avoid the bottom two for the rest of the competition after narrowly escaping elimination. The four-piece girl group found themselves in the sing-off alongside Bad Lashes in last night's show, but they avoided the boot after the judges' vote went to deadlock and producers reverted to the earlier viewer poll. "Any criticism we're going to take on board now," promised band member Tita Lau, 19. "Because we were in the bottom two, I think now it's time for Girlband to up their game and we're going to step it up. We don't want to be in the bottom two again ever." Marisa Billitteri, also 19, added: "We're going to make sure we get harmonies tighter and like Louis (more)...
- 10/12/2008
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
X Factor hopefuls GirlBand have admitted that there is a rivalry between them and Bad Lashes Tita Lau, Phoebe Jay Lau, Marisa Billitteri and Layla Manoochehri said they are "good friends" with the other girl group but there is only room for one of them on the reality show. "I think in the house, we're really good friends, but at the end of the day we know we're in a competition," they told Digital Spy. "We're in the competition to win it and I think if we said there wasn't a rivalry we would be lying. There's only room for one girl band, so... it's us!" Layla continued: "We know how good we are and they know (more)...
- 10/10/2008
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
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