MonkeyPeaches' Monthly Recap - Movies Released In December (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)

December 31, 2003

China (mainland)    

Cell Phone (Shou Ji)

Having fun with your girl friend while telling your wife that you are at a meeting - but one call or short message from your cell phone could easily give away everything. This is how the story of Yan Shouyi, a popular talk show host, starts and his life is just getting worse and worse, all because of the most advanced personal communicating device...

Written by Liu Zhenyun; directed by Feng Xiaogang; starring Ge You, Xu Fan, Zhang Guoli, Fan Bingbing.

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Other Releases:

Anna In Kungfu Land (Hong Kong)

Infernal Affairs 3 (Hong Kong)

Sound Of Colors (Hong Kong)

Turbulence 2: Fear Of Flying (USA)

 

   

Jade Goddess Of Mercy (Yu Guan Yin)

This is a beautiful story without a beautiful ending, a story about An Xin, a policewoman of the drug squad from a small boarder town, and four men, a young and charming drug dealer, his husband, another charming but more mature man, and his captain...

Based on the novel by Hai Yan; written by Ivy Ho; directed by Ann Hui; starring Zhao Wei, Nicolas Tse, Liu Yunlong, Chen Jianbin, Sun Haiying.

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My Father And I (Wo He Ba Ba)

Xiao Yu's mother suddenly passes away and she has to move in with his father, a man she hardly know. Year after year, they stay together through misery and joy...

Written by Xu Jinglei; directed by Xu Jinglei; starring Xu Jinglei, Ye Daying, Jiang Wen.

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Mao Ze Dong Qu An Yuan (lit.: Mao Zedong Goes To Anyuan)

Early 1920's, young Mao Zedong traveled to Anyuan County alone. Along with his comrades Liu Shaoqi and Li lisan, he organized a five-day strike with thirteen thousand rail workers and coal miners...

Directed by Kang Jianmin; starring Wang Ying, Ruan Danning, Peng Bo, Guo Lianwen.

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Profoundly Affecting (Jing Xin Dong Po)

A fictional story about rescuing a Sars patient from a moving train.

Directed by Wang Jia, Shen Dong; starring Juan Zi, Li Youbin.

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Fu Lao Xiang Qin / a.k.a. Ren Min Gong Pu

Based on a true story, the film is about officials of a county apologized to farmers after the farmers revolted against over-taxation. 

Directed by Fan Yuan; starring Tao Zeru.

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Zou Jin Mao Ze Dong (lit.: Closer To Mao Zedong) (documentary)

A documentary about Mao Zedong consisted largely with never seen before footages.

Directed by Ai Xin; documented by Li Xiong.

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Hong Kong    

Infernal Affairs 3 (Wu Jian Dao)

Both a sequel and a second prequel of the original. Weeks before his death, undercover cop Chen Wing-Yan discovers joy with his woman psychiatrist Dr. Lee while tries to deal with a mysterious tycoon from the mainland; ten months after Chen's death, former mole for the gang, officer Lau Kin-Ming is still tirelessly erasing his dirty history, but his is just sinking deeper and deeper because a quite high-ranking officer and that tycoon are after him...

Written by Felix Chong, Mak Siu-Fai; directed by Lau Wai-Keung, Mak Siu-Fai; starring Andy Lau, Leung Chiu-Wai, Leon Lai, Chen Daoming, Kelly Chen, To Man-Chat, Eric Tsang, Anthony Wong.

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Other Releases:

400 Blows (USA)

Cat In The Hat (USA)

Good Boy! (USA)

Gone With The Wind (USA)

The Haunted Mansion (USA)

Heavenly Lovers / Tian Shang De Lian Ren (China)

Irreversible (France)

Homerun (Singapore)

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (USA)

Love Actually (USA)

Monsoon Wedding (India)

Mystic River (USA)

The Rundown (USA)

Les Triplettes De Belleville (France)

Matchstick Men (USA)

 

Anna In Kungfu Land (An Na Yu Wu Lin / lit.: Anna and Wulin)

A PR guy try to turn his luck around by organizing a martial art championship. People swarm in to sign up for the grand prize, a contract with a Hollywood studio. Among the contenders, there is a girl called Anna...

Directed by Yip Wai-Man; starring Yeung Chin-Wah, Ekin Cheng.

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Golden Chicken 2 (Jin Ji 2)

Christmas, 2046, 82 year old Kam meets a young men suffered from losing his love. To guide the young men, Kam starts to tell her life story in the sex industry...

Directed by Chiu Leung-Chun; starring Ng Kwan-Yue, Jacky Cheung, Ronald Cheng, To Man-Chat.

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Sound Of Colors (Di Xia Tie / lit.: Subway)

In Hong Kong, a blind and warm-heart girl encounters a man who just lost his sight; meanwhile a Christmas card sent by a guy lives in Taipei accidentally delivered to a blind girl in Shanghai. Everything is actually the work of a fallen angel...

Directed by Ma Wai-Ho; starring Leung Chiu-Wai, Yeung Chin-Wah, Cheng Chen, Dong Jie, Fan Chih-Wei.

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Master Q: Incredible Pet Detective (Lao Fu Zi Dong Hua Da Dian Ying: Fan Dou Zhen Tan)

A big screen animated adaptation of the popular Hong Kong comic strip Master Q.

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All Tomorrow's Parties (Ming Ri Tian Ya) (Hong Kong / South Korea / France)

Year 2050, a regime of the religious extremist has been overthrown and several dissenters are freed. They have to get used to freedom and the life...

Directed by Yu Lik Wai.

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July (Qi Yue) (Documentary)

A documentary about the demonstration in Hong Kong on July 1st.

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Taiwan    

The Butterfly Lovers: Leon And Jo (Hu Die Meng: Liang Shan Bo Yu Zhu Ying Tai) (Animation)

An animated film based on the centuries old tragically beautiful Chinese folk story.

 

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Other Releases:

Abandoned (Hungary)

The Blue Light (Japan)

Devdas (India)

Dragonhead (Japan)

Elf (USA)

Far From Heaven (USA)

Goodbye, Lenin (Germany)

The Haunted Mansion (USA)

Infernal Affairs 3 (Hong Kong)

JU-ON: The Grudge 2 (Japan)

Lost In Time (Hong Kong)

Looney Tunes: Back In Action (USA)

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (USA)

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (USA)

Mona Lisa Smile (USA)

Mystic River (USA)

Purple Butterfly (China)

Secretary (USA)

Son Of Maryam (Iran)

Sound Of Colors (Hong Kong)

Swimming Pool (USA)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (USA)

The Uninvited (South Korea)

Yossi VeJager (Israel)

 

Goodbye, Dragon Inn (Bu San)

A group of movie lovers gather together for the very last screening of Dragon Inn at an old cinema about to be torn down. The off-screen story  is even more interesting than the one on the screen.

Written by Tsai Ming-Liang; directed by Tsai Ming-Liang; starring Lee Kang-Sheng, Chen Shiang-Chyi, Kiyonobu Mitamura, Miao Tien , Shi Jun.

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The Missing (Bu Jian)

A three year old kid and an old man are missing at a park on the same day. While the kid's grandmother is fruitlessly looking for him, the old man's grandson is enjoying virtual war game and not knowing his grandfather has already gone missing...

Written by Lee Kang-Sheng; directed by Lee Kang-Sheng; starring Lu Yi-Ching, Miao Tien.

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My Whispering Plan (Sha Ren Ji Hua / lit.: Killing Plan)

Two school girls, one average one and one cute and smart, are best friends. The average girl sees her friend as a protector. The cute and smart girl sees her friends just one of so many. One day the protector suddenly "betrayed"... 

 

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