Our Favorite Male Characters
The YAM Magazine staff picks their favorite male characters from both film and television.
Tagged: country: hong kong
Cold War (Hong Kong Film)
Cold War begins when one of the city’s hot spots gets bombed and a police van (alongside five officers) get taken away, held hostage and in-waiting for a handsome ransom. Dirty cops, corruption, ambition and a power struggle adorn Cold War to make it one of the most entertaining recent Hong Kong films.
In the Mood for Love
Wong Kar-Wai’s romance film about two people who form an unlikely bond is as gorgeous as it is engaging.
Man with the Iron Fists, The
RZA’s debut is entirely ridiculous and tries harder than it should, but it’s a whole bunch of fun anyway.
Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas is a beautifully told film about souls in motion throughout time and space and the connection they share.
Amy’s Movie Alphabet
Mettel Ray is having a Movie Alphabet blogathon! So I thought it’d be fun to participate with my own mix… which proved to be varied. I wonder… will you find any surprise?
Floating City (2012)
Set in Hong Kong, from the 40s until the late 90s and the Hong Kong handover, Floating City chronicles the life of Bo Wah-Chuen, an adopted mixed-raced child who is taken by a Tanka family to inherit the family’s vessel as the elder son, who struggles to find who he is.
YAM’s Top Films of 2011 Redux
The YAM Magazine writers decided to take a look at our Top15 Films of 2011 released on December last year and see how our tastes have changed since then.
Silent War, The
You’d think The Silent War is a slick spy thriller set in the historical backdrop, and you wouldn’t be wrong because the film IS about spies breaking codes circa 1949 with the backdrop of the establishment of the People’s Republic of China.
Triad (2012) Zaat Zik Trailer with English Subtitles
Director Daniel Yee Heng Chan’s Triad (紮職) follows three childhood friends who join the organized gang to discover fame and fortune, only to test their friendship as only one can become the leader of the Triad.
