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| Monday, 6/16/2008 |
ERA June 19 DVD Releases
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CJ7 (2008) [2 Disc Deluxe Edition] Director: Stephen Chow Cast: Stephen Chow, Xu Jiao, Chi Chung Lam, Kitty Zhang Yugi Synopsis A fantasy tale featuring state-of-the-art visual effects, CJ7 is a comedy about a poor labourer (Stephen Chow) and his young son in mainland China. When a fascinating and strange new pet enters their lives, they learn a poignant lesson about the true nature of family and the things that money can't buy.
Premium: CJ7 3" key chain plush toy 
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| Friday, 6/13/2008 |
Mega Star June 20 Blu-ray Disc Releases
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Director: Peter Chan Cast: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhou Xun, Jacky Cheung, Ji Jin Hee Synopsis Multiple award-winning director, Peter Ho-Sun Chan (Comrades, Almost A Love Story) returns after nine years to helm Perhaps Love. He is joined by Oscar-winning cinematographer Peter Pau (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), Asian heartthrob Takeshi Kaneshiro (House Of Flying Daggers), singing sensation and award-winning actor, Jacky Cheung, up and coming popular Chinese actress, Zhou Xun (The Little Chinese Seamstress and Suzhou River), and renowned Bollywood dance choreographer, Farah Khan. Shot in Beijing and Shanghai, the film is a US$10 million production, filled with spectacular set designs, breath-taking circus performances, mesmerizing and sumptuous Broadway-style musical numbers and punctuated throughout by beautiful love songs. The story is a movie-within-a-movie, featuring a love triangle plot that parallels the actors' lives. Jealousy, hatred and passion ignited by memories of the past, collide and culminate through the intervention of a seasoned muse, a modern-day cupid, who shares their joy and sorrow. Specs
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| Wednesday, 6/11/2008 |
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Mega Star June 13 Blu-ray Disc Releases
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Director: Feng Xiaogang Cast: Zhang Hanyu, Deng Chao, Tang Yan, Hu Jun Synopsis Inspired by a real event, the story of Assembly begins in 1948, at the height of the bloody civil war of China. A communist-led army captain, Guzidi, is ordered to send his 46 men to defend a position at all costs. Specs
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| Monday, 6/9/2008 |
Joy Sales June 13 DVD Releases
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Forbidden Kingdom (2008) [2 DVDs] Director: Rob Minkoff Cast: Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Michael Angarano Synopsis While hunting down bootleg kung-fu DVDs in a Chinatown pawnshop, Jason (Michael Angarano) makes an extraordinary discovery that sends him hurtling back in time to ancient China. There, Jason is charged with a monumental task: he must free the fabled warrior the Monkey King, who has been imprisoned by the evil Jade Warlord. Jason is joined in his quest by wise kung fu master Lu Yan (Jackie Chan) and a band of misfit warriors including Silent Monk (Jet Li). But only by learning the true precepts of kung fu can Jason hope to succeed-and find a way to get back home.
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Joy Sales June 5 Fortune Star Non-Digitally Remastered DVD Releases
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Ghost Snatchers (1986) Director: Nam Nai Choi Cast: Wong Jing, Joey Wong, Tsui Suk Woon, Stanley Fung, Joyce Mina Godenzi Synopsis A big party is going on in a newly built skyscraper. Secretary Judy is snatched by ghosts. She is recruited by the ghost king to lure target people into death. Chee comes to the building as a guard since his uncle Fang is the chief of the guards. Chee sees Judy trapping people with the help of ghosts. Chee's girlfriend leads Fang and Chee to consult a lady exorcist who finds out that ghost king is determined to kill all people having a negative horoscope. Fang, Chee and his girlfriend are all negative in horoscope. The lady exorcist's brother is killed by the ghosts but still manages to inform her all three are going to die on the 14th night of seventh moon. Directed by the exorcist, Fang and Chee venture into the Great Beyond where they destroy the body of the ghost king. All people are saved.
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Jail House Eros (1990) Director: Ha Sau Hin Cast: Stanley Fung, Loletta Lee, Amy Yip, Maria Cordero Synopsis In Jail House, Blackie has concocted a perfect escape plan. Then wardress 5354 is killed by accident when making love. She becomes the bad ghost, in contrast to the good ghost who dies in a previous escape attempt. Finally, the chief warden, the interior decorators, Blackie and the good ghost come to an agreement. They would get the chief warden's girl friend, the exorcist, to banish the bad ghost. To leave quietly too are Blackie and the good ghost...
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Lady Whirlwind (1972) Director: Wong Fung Cast: Chang Yi, Angela Mao, Pai Ying Synopsis Tien Li-chun wanted to avenge for her sister, who died after being abandoned by a man Ling Shi-hau. When she arrived in the small town, she was misled to believe that the Ling was dead. Later on through a girl Wang, who were in love with Ling, she knew it was not true. Ling was still alive and kept on improving his martial arts in order to avenge. After outrunning Tien, Ling and Wang went to the small town and killed the personal enemy. But they both were wounded and caught by Diao Ta-niang. Learned about this, Tien went to resecue them. When she got Wang, she found Ling was disappeared. Ling learned shadowboxing after he saved a wounded Taoist. Tien promised to help him to avenge before she want to kill him. They finally succeeded to kill Diao. But Tien insisted on a duel with Ling, and when she was trying to win Ling with her whirlwind leg, Wang appeared and persuaded her to stop. She finally left dejectedly.
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One Husband Too Many (1988) Director: Anthony Chan Cast: Kenny Bee, Cherie Chung, Anthony Chan Synopsis Friend Chan, amateur impresario and actor who puts everything, even his house into his stage presentation. However, it is not well received by a backwater country fair. Since Friend still reminds his dream of being stage actor, his girlfriend, Anita leaves him. Kenny, a busy booming adman, his wife also leaves him since he is a busy booming adman. Kenny becomes less creative and is asked to take a rest. Friend and Kenny have a great fall and take mutual care. However, they both meet Cherrie and fall in love with her, who comforts friend and trysts with Kenny. They both launch the pursue and make a lot of jokes...
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Wonder Women (1987) Director: Kam Kwok Leung Cast: Do Do Cheng, Cecilia Yip Synopsis This is an outrageous comedy about seven days in the life of two girls Leung and Ling, who want to skyrocket to the top by entering a beauty pageant. Both girls are ballyhooed as the hottest contestants, but at the end neither can make it to the top 5! What's more, Ling is dumped by her boyfriend, and gets fired at the same time. Being afraid of going home to get along with her father. Leung gives her a hand, inviting Ling to stay with her in her roof-top bungalow. Then they begin their days of similar conscious degradation, which force them to become best friends. But their friendship becomes short-lived when they run into a handsome and well-built young man Wong. They start to vie for his attention and his sex. However, before the climax of their war comes, they find out that he's a dawdler. Shattered by the fact, the two girls eventually come to team with one another.
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Joy Sales May 29 Fortune Star Non-Digitally Remastered DVD Releases
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Cupid One (1985) Director: Ringo Lam Cast: Sally Yeh, Mark Cheng Synopsis On the engagement day of May and Danny, May had a flat tyre on her way to the party. In her desperation, Keung and his girlfriend, Lou drove by and helped her but accidentally his car almost fell down the hill. Keung was very furious. In the party, Danny tried to get May drunk. While taking her to a hotel, she fled. Unconsciously, she got on a yacht "Cupid One" and slept soundly. When May woke up, she found herself at sea with Keung, who had mistakenly taken her to be his sailing partner in the dark. They were compelled to spend the trip together. At first, they were fighting but later on, they got to know each other and fell in love. By the time they reached Thailand, Lou was there waiting for Keung and Danny had found his way to fetch May. Finally Keung proved his love to May and won her heart. Danny and Lou fell for each other to mend their broken hearts.
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Faithfully Yours (1988) Director: Wong Wah Kay Cast: Jacky Cheung, Max Mok, Stephen Chow, Cheung Man Synopsis A renowned playboy Happy Chan, who opened a fashionable salon, together with two of his friends Kee and Lai, starts a quarrel with Chuk, who owns an old style Shanghai barber shop next door. When the quarrel becomes a heated one, Chuk's daughter Ying comes to make it cool down. The three guys stop quarrelling immediately because they are attracted by Ying's beauty. In order to woo Ying, three of them gallantly offer to help her frequently. One night after getting drunk, they all sleep together with Ying by accident, only to find Ying is pregnant some days later. As three of them wish to get Ying so admit it, they have to wait for the baby's birth so that they know the identity of the father and the husband after a blood test. When the baby was born, another problem pops up. The blood test reveals that three of them are having the same group. It could have been the end of the competition, yet instead, it starts another race. Guess who in the end gets Ying?
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Happy Ghost (1984) Director: Clifton Ko Cast: Raymond Wong, Bonnie Law, Loletta Lee, Lam San San Synopsis Three high school students go on their last year school picnic before their examinations. Taking shelter from a sudden storm in an abandoned temple, they bring home a spirit of the Ching Dynasty, Scholar Pik. Yet, they began to make friends with each other. The three students adore Scholar Pik's talent and magic, and make a lot of jokes... At last, through the encouragement by Scholar Pik, three students derive a more positive attitude towards their life.
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Key To Fortune (1992) Director: Otto Chan Cast: James Wong, Cheng Wai Ka Synopsis There is an emerging pornographic activity using portable telephone as the communication media in Hong Kong. It is commonly called "sale of private time". James Wong and Cheng Wai Ka are the hosts to explore the fact of this activity. They talk to a ponce to figure out how he deceives young girls to be the prostitutes and interview a hooker to see her experience of being a prostitute. Furthermore, the production unit follows a ponce to Shenzhen in order to surreptitiously record the process of prostitution of a Chinese young girl. One of the crew also acts as a whoremonger to explore the reality of pornographic activities.
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Lunatics (1986) Director: Derek Yee Cast: Tony Leung, Deannie Yip, Fung Shui Fan Synopsis Mr Tsui (Fung Shui Fan) is a social worker specializing in patients with mental disorder. One day Tsui successfully pacifies a psycho Doggie (Tony Leung) who is behaving lunatic at street market. A columnist Miss Lau (Deannie Yip) accidentally watches the whole process. It attracts Lau to take psychiatry as her new topic. Then, Lau partners with Tsui for work in order to gather information. During the patient visits, Lau meets many psychos, such as Dr Sham (John Sham), an old woman residing at building alley, Chung (Chow Yun Fat) living at blockhouse and Tsuen (Paul Chu) getting insane caused by missing his son...
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Stooges In Tokyo (1991) Director: Simon F. W. Yip Cast: James Wong, Tommy Wong, Timothy Zau Synopsis Shing, Toh and Shun are sent to Tokyo at the expense of the company. As soon as they hear this news, their minds begin to run wild. After divorcing his wife many years ago Shing has remained a bachelor. Tough numbed by frequent promiscuous sex life among prostitutes, his love is reignited at the sight of a Japanese nurse. But finally he finds out she is a prostitute. Toh has been denied sex with his wife because of her pregnancy. He's determined to lavish his pent-up desire while in Tokyo. But he turns out to be ripped of money by a Japanese woman. Upon retuning to Hong Kong, he discovers that he's infected with sex disease which he's too shameful to admit to his wife. Shun is considered "green" in the matter of concerning sex though he has a steady girlfriend for almost five years. But once unleashed in the paradise for men, he is also tempted to have his first taste. However, it turns out his virginity is still regrettably intact...
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Joy Sales May 23 Fortune Star Digitally Remastered DVD Releases
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Esprit D'Amour (1983) Director: Ringo Lam Cast: Alan Tam, Cecilia Yip, Ni Shu Chun Synopsis Alan Tam stars in this romantic thriller as an insurance investigator Ming, whose ho-hum life is changed forever when he pulls the name Cheung Siu-yue from the Ouija board on the night he celebrates the 4th anniversary of his engagement to his fiancée, Ivy (played by Cecilia Yip). Cheung Siu-yue happens to be the name of a client in one of the cases he’s investigating – an accidental death! As he gets deeper into his investigation, he inadvertently falls in love with the ghost who haunts him.
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Joy Sales May 23 Fortune Star Non-Digitally Remastered DVD Releases
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Happy Ghost 2 (1985) Director: Clifton Ko Cast: Raymond Wong, Fennie Yuen, May Lo, Charine Chan Synopsis Hoi Sum-Kwai is the rebirth of Happy Ghost, Chu Kam-Chun. Hoi has supernatural power, and he is a dedicated teacher in a girl school. However, the students always devise all kinds of tricks to him, also, he is misunderstood by the headmaster and his dream beauty, Ms. Lo. But he still cares the students by his love. Eventually, the students are very grateful to him, and team up to become Hoi and Ms. Lo go-between.
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Loot (1980) Director: Eric Tsang Cast: Chiang Da Wei, Tsui Siu Keung, Ko Fei Synopsis Yueng Wai, a straight forward fighter, lived on rewards from catching jewelry thief. Fong Tsung a witty fighter, was chased after jewelry bandits. They always ran into conflicts. Chiu Foon , a local justice of Peace, received a death note from bandit Spider. He asked for help from Yueng but Fong heard that so disguised himself as Yueng and got ahead of him. Fong was being recognized as soon as he arrived. While Fong arrived Chiu's house, Kong received the same thing so she decided to ask help from Fong, but was kidnapped on her way home. Since both Yueng and Fong were in love with Kong, they worked together and saved her. When they heard that Sum's family had been killed, Ko became the most likely suspect. They went to Chiu's house and discovered that Sum's been tortured and he disclosed to Fong and Yueng the secret he kept in heart. Fong and Yueng tailed Chiu to the treasure place and wanted to kill him, but Kong and Ko suddenly appeared, they discovered the real bandit spider is...
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Mary From Beijing (1992) Director: Sylvia Chang Cast: Gong Li, Kenny Bee, Wilson Lam Synopsis Mary comes back to Hong Kong from Beijing to start her own life. Mary meets Peter, the scion of a rich family. Peter falls in love with her. But he sends flowers with no marriage because he is fearful of marrying beneath himself. That makes Mary unhappy and frustrated. Peter is dismissed from her life. Kuoway enters the picture. The newly divorced returnee from England starts to help Mary. However he has made the mistake of pretending to patch things up with his ex-wife. And Mary is not the one to steal husband. So, Mary keeps on in her quest for her own identity and future.
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Point Of No Return (1991) Director: Ringo Lam Cast: Sammo Hung, Irene Wan, Wan Yeung Ming, Mo Shun Kwan Synopsis After Sergeant Lau has been murdered, his partner Pitt vows to get the killer. By a series of investigations, Pitt finds a witness Fatty, who's persuaded to testify against the killer, Tiger. But Tiger is bailed by Kim, a lawyer. Then Tiger firebombs Fatty's house, making Fatty move into Pitt's home and gain a friendship with Angel, Pitt's sister who is a reporter. Tiger strikes back again and catches Pitt and Fatty. May, who's beguiled to Hong Kong and forced to be a prostitute by Kim, comes to rescue the two men. With the help of May, they manage to get another set of obscene photos, from which they know Superintendent Kueng is involved. Meanwhile, Tiger attacks May and arrests Angel from Pitt's home, forcing Pitt to hand over the photos. Finally Pitt and Fatty manage to put Tiger and the lawyer, as well as Kueng behind bars.
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