It's Oscar Night, people!

Will Daniel Day-Lewis continue his sweep of acting accolades or will Johnny Depp finally gets his redemption?

Can Marion Cotillard continue her winning streak into Oscar Night?

Will Cate Blanchett be stuck again with a Supporting Role Oscar as with the Leading Role Oscar from the same role as ER (that's gotta be a first) eluding her once again? (oh was she robbed in 1999)

Can the Little Film that Could ("Juno") beat out bloody sagas ("No Country for Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood") and bring home the Oscar statuette?

Oh and all the marvellous writing nominees... "Juno", "Michael Clayton", "The Savages", etc.

AND

Best Original Song nominees from "Enchanted":

"That's How You Know", "So Close" and "Happy Working Song"!!!

So much to look forward to :)

The 32nd Hong Kong International Film Festival

It's that time of the year again to plan for back-to-back movies over the long weekends!

The 32nd HKIFF Catalogs are now available at Urbtix outlets and performance venues!

Advanced booking will begin on 23 Feb 2008 at 10am!

See you at the movies:)

You Are Not Alone...

"Thing to remember is if we're all alone, then we're all together in that too."

Saw this movie today ("P.S. I Love You") and the line that stood out was this one... not a bad line, actually, considering that we don't have many good lines from movies these days.

This Rom Com is really not that good of a Rom Com. Just the other day, I also heard on NPR that we just don't have those classics like "Sleepless is Seattle" or "When Harry Met Sally" or even "Notting Hill" made these days. Instead, we have these mediocre movies like "Fool's Gold" being the only major release for the Valentine's Day week last week in the US (followed by "Definitely, Maybe" this weekend).

McConaughey and Hudson? *yawn*

Is it because we're missing star power in this genre? It's true we don't have stars like Julia Roberts or Meg Ryan nowadays (Witherspoon in her post-Oscar slump, Heigl still being prepped up....) and we are missing leading men as well? Is Rom Com just going away as we speak? What was the last good Rom Com that I saw? hmmm... I think it was 2006's "The Holiday". Winslet is always a pleasure to watch, and Jack Black was a good and fresh match. Diaz is getting a bit... tiring; and I never saw the chemistry between her and Law. But still, the Winslet-Black part was so enjoyable, and the whole plot works quite well, so this was the last good Rom Com that I saw. Another good contender is "Music and Lyrics." Ok movie, but there was just ZERO chemistry between Grant and Barrymore. That was just a complete mismatch. But the campy music made it fun to watch. Maybe it's not that we lack the stars, we just need good writers.

Speaking of movies... remember the 2008 HKIFF is coming! Early booking starts next Saturday (Feb 23).

Here are some of my fave Rom Coms... hope to add more to the list soon...

Doctor Marcia Fieldstone: Tell me what was so special about your wife?

Sam Baldwin: Well, how long is your program? Well, it was a million tiny little things that, when you added them all up, they meant we were suppose to be together... and I knew it. I knew it the very first time I touched her. It was like coming home... only to no home I'd ever known... I was just taking her hand to help her out of a car and I knew. It was like... magic.

Edward Lewis: So what happens after he climbs up and rescues her?

Vivian: She rescues him right back.

William: I live in Notting Hill. You live in Beverly Hills. Everyone in the world knows who you are, my mother has trouble remembering my name.

Anna Scott: I'm also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.

Robbie: [singing] I wanna make you smile whenever you're sad / Carry you around when your arthritis is bad / All I wanna do is grow old with you. / I'll get your medicine when your tummy aches / build you a fire if the furnace breaks / Oh it could be so nice, growin old with you. / I'll miss you, kiss you, give you my coat when you are cold. / Need you, feed you, I'll even let you hold the remote control. / So let me do the dishes in the kitchen sink / Put you to bed when you've had too much to drink. / Oh I could be the man to grow old with you. / I wanna grow old with you.

Iris: I understand feeling as small and as insignificant as humanly possible. And how it can actually ache in places you didn't know you had inside you. And it doesn't matter how many new haircuts you get, or gyms you join, or how many glasses of chardonnay you drink with your girlfriends... you still go to bed every night going over every detail and wonder what you did wrong or how you could have misunderstood. And how in the hell for that brief moment you could think that you were that happy. And sometimes you can even convince yourself that he'll see the light and show up at your door. And after all that, however long all that may be, you'll go somewhere new. And you'll meet people who make you feel worthwhile again. And little pieces of your soul will finally come back. And all that fuzzy stuff, those years of your life that you wasted, that will eventually begin to fade.

Lucy: Can I have one last first kiss?

Harry Burns: I love that you get cold when it's 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts. I love that after I spend the day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because it's New Year's Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.

李宗盛 @林一峰

本來沒有plan去看Chet 的Concert。但怫然空降一個很吸引的offer，又怎可能放過呢。。。

全晚Chet Lam所唱自己的歌，我真的一首都不識。熟悉的反而是他跟梁祖堯合唱的“微涼”以及他跟李宗盛合唱的“愛的代價”。

有李宗盛的原因，原來是因爲“大哥”送了一個結他給Chet。我自己記得大哥是很多年前看“明天會更好”的MV時見過他；之後就是因爲他寫歌及監製憶蓮國語唱片的關係。往後憶蓮奉子承婚，我都曾經覺得他們是門當戶對，而且是工作上的好拍檔。但當然大家都知道，愛都是會變成往事的。

李宗盛的歌曲及歌詞很細膩，可以帶出人（不只是女人）對情的盼望、期待；他為我們帶來的幸福、溫暖；分手的煎熬、寂寞帶來的不安、痛苦的領悟、把心放開的決心。。。愛情、親情、友情，每一個感受、每一種思念，橫過20多年的作品，一定有觸動我們心靈的。

年多前在紅舘終於看過他的Live演出（就是那場有成蟲搗亂的一晚），一個男人，拿著結他，在unplugged的setting中，好有heart的音樂就是我們8,000+個觀衆的共同語言。

以下是大哥的其中一首經典

如果可以在Facebook上面。。。

有個“藐人”既Function甘都幾好喔。。。

Kung Hei Fat Choi

As we enter the Year of the Rat, I wish you and your family a properous New Year, with great health and togetherness.

沒有電視的晚上 Nights without a TV

一個plan左很久的動作，終於在友人搬家的推動下成爲事實。
我就是這樣的了，要有些推動力，要人逼逼，才會動。
事緣上年我自己搬家之後，因爲地方勁細，而我還是用著以前在“大屋”搬過3次的2001年新力牌34"平面方角Trinitron大電視，所以一直都想換一部Flat Panel。。。省些地方嘛。。。

10個月以來，又想過很快又搬（幻想居多。。。），所以以爲之後才再買；有時就因爲未能決定budget，產品琳琅滿目，很難下決心；而且又要一顆兒把電視cabinet換，不想花太多多餘錢（吃喝玩樂重要嘛。。。）所以最後都有很多因素都令我決定把它留下來（講來講去都是excuses一大堆）。

不過一路都有留意LCD電視的價錢的，所以都已經心中有數。

之後。。。大約兩個禮拜前，阿AC話因爲搬屋，舊傢私不要，剛巧他的custom-made電視cabinet及Shoe cabinet就是我所需要的size。。。

不久之後。。。決定把他們買下來，從來沒想過會買朋友的二手家具。但沒所謂啦，一家便宜兩家著，大家開心。

但是呢。。。我好像什麽準備都沒有；要等到上星期六，早上八度、下著雨的時候，才：
1。打電話叫收買佬上門收電視（價錢都不錯）
2。好在有AC幫手安排搬運師傅把傢私送到府上（AC只是一條街之隔）
3。把舊電視cabinet裏面的CD、DVD、VCD搬出來（其實很多應該要丟咯）
4。把舊cabinet搬走
5。接收貨物
6。同老豆吃午飯（幫左我成朝）
7。去買電視（仲途徑Lane Crawford買左對鞋，呵呵呵）

兩日後，即現在，很滿意新家具的安置，整個房間都鬆動了，剛剛電視已經送到，但還未安裝，所以已經是第二個晚上沒有觀賞電視。還好，終於在年28完成了大掃除，感覺真好！明天師傅把LCD安裝好便可以真真正正迎接新年嚕！

幸好有個Friend話幫我錄下今晚的“翡翠戀曲”，gum之後可以睇番。。。:)

有時d野，都係無端端發生，而結果是出乎意料的好。假期將至，心情不錯！！！