![]() ![]() She’s rescued by a Balinese guy in a boat named Gede (Maxime Bouttier, the French/Indonesian actor/model). Once there, Lily is loving their vacation, until everything changes, when she’s stranded in the ocean far from shore. She’s flying with her best friend Wren (Billie Lourd) for a one-in-a-lifetime vacation at a fancy resort in Bali, before starting her job at a law firm in the fall. ![]() And loves the fact they both accompany her to the airport. ![]() But Lily loves both her parents, and is excited when they turn up for her law school graduation. They rarely see one another, and when they do, their conversation consists of put downs, and oneupmanship. She’s 24 now, but her parents? They’ve been divorced for two decades. They met in University, married and brought up their only child Lily (Kaitlyn Dever). He’s a celebrated architect, while she directs a famous art gallery. There’s a wedding in Bali, a love triangle in Brighton… and a lynching in Mississippi.ĭavid and Georgia Cotton (George Clooney, Julia Roberts) are a power couple. This week I’m looking at three new movies - two historical dramas and one rom-com - about wives and mothers. And ImagineNative continues through the weekend with in-person screenings, followed by online movies till the end of the month. With Halloween approaching, Toronto After Dark is here until Sunday night to scare your pants off. RECOMMENDED: Not into ‘chop-socky’ flicks? Try these Hong Kong romcoms instead.Hi, this is Daniel Garber at the Movies for and CIUT 89.5 FM. Still, we’ve given it a shot and here are our recs for the best kung-fu movies ever made in Hong Kong. With such a rich cinematic history, it’s hard to pick such a small number of key kung fu movies made in our city. From Yu Jim-yuen’s now-famous Peking opera academy emerged the likes of Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, and Corey Yuen – actors and directors who would create box-office hits across decades. As the traditional form of entertainment lost popularity in the middle of the 20th century, performers sought new employment in Hong Kong’s fledgeling movie business. The martial-arts genre also owes much to Peking opera. The first local film made about him was created in 1949, with another further 98 that followed over the next 21 years starring Kwan Tak-hing, making this Wong saga the longest-running film series in the world. Born in 1847, he was a martial arts master, a doctor, and a general champion of the weak. A Guangdong folk hero, Wong is a near-mythical figure. Heck, we practically invented it. The first collection of kung fu movies is generally agreed to the Wong Fei-hung series. Some of the best kung fu movies ever made have come from Hong Kong. ![]()
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