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<PTU> stands for Police Tactical Unit, which is specially established for dealing with severe crimes and violence in Hong Kong. The well-known Hong Kong film director, Johnny To, depicts you the night street life in Hong Kong with a dark brush in the film <PTU>.

A Sergeant of Organized Crime and Triad Bureau has lost [...]

Atonement is a full course meal including desert. Pride & Prejudice cast and director come together again in this film about correcting a very bad deed, indeed.
The film is not a blockbuster, but still it’s worth watching because in the end, your thoughts are left to wander and wish for a happier ending.

Joe Wright, [...]

When you hear titles like Fail-Safe, 12 Angry Men, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, Network and The Verdict, you are reminded of a group of well-made films by a genuine filmmaker Sidney Lumet.  What makes his films so great is his casting.  Network is a fine example with William Holden, Robert Duvall, Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway [...]

The Black Balloon, an award winning Australian film, is a little gem of an independent film concerning two brothers with a very pregnant mother (Toni Collette) and a military father (Erik Thomson). They have just moved and the youngest brother Thomas (Rhys Wakefield) is a kind, handsome teenager, who catches the eye of the high [...]

I watched the movie Protégé the other night. Directed by Tung-Shing Yee with a cast of Asian cinema luminaries such as Andy Lau (House of Flying Daggers), Daniel Wu (Legend of the Black Scorpion), Louis Koo (Flash Point) and Jingchu Zhang (Seven Swords), Protégé is the narrative about a young cop infiltrating the deepest levels [...]