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Tag Archives: 1990s
The Snapper (1993) Stephen Frears, Colm Meaney, Tina Kellegher, Ruth McCabe

Set in Ireland, Sharon Curley is a 20 year old living with her parents and many brothers and sisters. Read More »
The Lucky Guy / Hang wan yat tiu lung (1998)

“Lucky” Coffee Shop is well known for its egg tarts and tea. Waiter Sui, named as Prince Egg Tart Read More »
Queen of Temple Street / Miao jie huang hou (1990) Lawrence Ah-Mon, Sylvia Chang, Rain Lau, Ya-Li Liu

This film attempts to show a more realistic view of prostitution in Hong Kong and, by and large, it succeeds. Read More »
The Portrait of a Lady (1996) Jane Campion, Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, Barbara Hershey

Isabel Archer, an American heiress and free thinker travels to Europe to find herself. Read More »
Justice, My Foot! / Sam sei goon (1992) Johnnie To, Stephen Chow, Anita Mui, Man-Tat Ng

Stephen Chow’s special brand of very modern, very Hong Kong screwball comedy Read More »
Detective Malone (1991) Black Cobra 4

A gang of terrorists kidnap an electronics engineer, hold him hostage Read More »
Augustin, King of Kung-Fu (1999) Anne Fontaine

Augustin Dos Santos is back. He still wants to be an actor and, this time Read More »
Haunted Karaoke / Maang gwai jut laai ok (1997) Billy Hin-Shing Tang, Michael Tao, Yiu-Cheung Lai, Monica Chan

When cops Jor (Dao), Chicken Wing (Lai) and Linda (Yuen) are out on a bust, they chase a triad member Read More »
