Edmund Lee
Film Editor and Reporter at South China Morning Post
Film Editor at South China Morning Post @SCMPNews. A fan of Hong Kong cinema.
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1 week ago |
scmp.com | Edmund Lee
3.5/5 starsA potentially corny tale involving old-fashioned gangland heroics and an ex-convict father’s belated redemption is told with a great deal of nuance and heart in Fight for Tomorrow, a refreshingly uplifting crime drama by Hong Kong writer-director Chan Tai-lee (Tomorrow is Another Day).
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2 weeks ago |
scmp.com | Edmund Lee
3/5 starsLouis Koo Tin-lok, the Hong Kong film industry’s most prolific star and arguably its most influential investor too, puts his signature blend of deadpan charisma and dramatic intensity to fine use in Behind the Shadows, the first Malaysian production of his company One Cool Film.
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3 weeks ago |
scmp.com | Edmund Lee
2.5/5 starsCan a pastor forgive the young man who raped his daughter and indirectly caused her death? That is the premise of Valley of the Shadow of Death, a bold yet deeply flawed attempt to rethink Christianity’s advocacy of unconditional kindness. It’s a morality tale that proves more interesting on paper than it is in its execution.
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1 month ago |
scmp.com | Edmund Lee
2.5/5 starsThe dehumanising tendency of corporate finance and the merciless nature of stock market speculation serve as the basis for much of the drama in A Gilded Game, a mildly diverting film presumably made for viewers who won’t mind its predictably moralistic lecturing tone.
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1 month ago |
scmp.com | Edmund Lee
2.5/5 starsThe inspiring true story behind the founding of an iconic Hong Kong food brand receives a largely uninspired retelling in The Dumpling Queen, a glossy if unabashedly melodramatic and run-of-the-mill biopic set primarily in the city in the late 1970s and 80s.
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Valley of the Shadow of Death movie review: Anthony Wong plays a Christian pastor in doubt https://t.co/Xd9xHjQQry via @SCMPNews
A Gilded Game movie review: Oho Ou, Andy Lau navigate the dangerous world of IPO listings https://t.co/2Rgkx8P4Z1 via @SCMPNews
The Dumpling Queen movie review: Andrew Lau depicts founding of a Hong Kong food brand https://t.co/zGmjzXDK58 via @SCMPNews