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Special Preview Screening of HELIOS

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The movie, 'HELIOS' - is an action extravaganza film of terrorism that was directed by award-winning directors Longman Leung and Sunny Luk, who is also directed their other famous movie, 'Cold War' . They take their unique blend of politics and explosive action to this international film arena.   Thanks Clover Films for the tickets and 'HELIOS'  premieres in Singapore and Hong Kong theatres on the 30th April 2015.   'HELIOS' , a most-wanted criminal throughout the global, has stolen the latest weapon of mass destruction weapon, DC8 from South Korea. The movie hints at it being a small nuclear device with enough power to ravage Hong Kong.     The underground trading of the weapon was to take place in Hong Kong and this caused Hong Kong to be turned into a dangerous city overnight.     Jacky Cheung stands out in the movie with his excellent performance and Nick Cheung's top notch a...

Special Preview of Fashion King

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A few days ago, I was invited by Clover Films to the special preview of the movie, Fashion King, which premiered on the 12th of March 2015. 'Fashion King' is a Korean movie based on a webtoon of the same name, and story plot of the movie is pretty simple and straight forward. It tells us of a story of a boy who wants to catch the attention of the prettiest girl in school and eventually steps into a world of fashion. In Korea, this movie raked in a total of more than 2.5 billion KRW within the first 4 days of screening and it is very popular among teenagers and young working adults. The story of' 'Fashion King' unfolds when a nerdy looking high school student, Woo Ki-Myung (starring Joo-Won) decides to win his crush's heart by transforming his image. He upgrades his fashion sense and become the coolest guy in school to match her standard. He begs fashion guru, Kim Sung-Oh to teach him how to look cool. Ahn Jae-Hyun is ...

Special screening of The Taking of Tiger Mountain

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'The Taking of Tiger Mountain' is a Chinese-Hong Kong 3D epic action film which is based on the novel, 'Tracks in the Heavy Forest' by Qu Bo. This movie is also Tsui Hark's latest 3D legendary battle during a period of one of the many Chinese civil wars. Personally, I found the balance between the reality and fantasy setting, which t he movie tries to portray a little off and lacking. This was probably due to the movie being his first one with a historical setting. Nevertheless, it was pretty entertaining, and it may not be a classic Tsui film but definitely a decent one! There is some slo-mo shots meant to justify the price of 3D for those who paid extra to see it with the additional dimension. Hong Kong veteran, Tony Leung acts as a villain in the show. His outfit is very flashy, which also is shown on his eight personal warriors, as they were decked out in very prominent and colorful costumes. However, on the other hand, the protagonists of the mov...