Alternative Title: 摘星之旅 Zhai Xing Zhi Lu, Reaching for the Stars,
Episodes: 30 Genre: Drama, Family, Modern Cast: Damian Lau, Cecilia Yip, Raymond Lam, Bosco Wong, Zhao Zi Qi, Vionn Song Broadcast: August 9th to Sept 17th 2010, M-F 8:30PM Details:
Synopsis:
A collaboration between hk & shanghai, this series is a modern series, starring stars such as Bosco Wong, Raymond Lam, Cecilia Yip and Damian Lau.
It was announced that it was to be released in spring 2010, but the release date was pushed back to 24 June 2010.
According to the U.S. Centers of Disease Control, one person out of every 110 is born with autism. It follows that China has over 10 million autism patients. David (Wen Zhang) is one of them: he looks absent-minded, repeats other people’s words, swims with amazing ease, keeps everything at home in exact order and maybe he is not totally aware of his mothers death some years ago. Working in an aquarium, Sam Wong (Jet Li) takes tender care of this twenty-two-year-old son of his. With the generous help of the neighbors, the two live happily together. Yet, the father understands very well that in the end, he will have to depart from the world, leaving his son alone and that day will come sooner than everyone is ready to believe.
This film is an ode to a father who is determined to find shelter for his son before it is too late. In the process, the boy achieves a measure of independence necessary for both to let go.
Recommendation: 4.5/5
A very different feel film by Jet Li. A way to allow people understand about autism. Wen Zhang acts well as an autism patient. Billed as the lead actress, Kwai Lun Mei is under-used as an itinerant circus performer who strikes up a friendship with Dafu. Given no back story and smothered in clown face makeup half the time, her interactions with Dafu are too sappy and superficial. Production values are tip-top — besides Doyle, such big names as Joe Hisaishi and Yee Chung Man provide quality music and production design respectively without overwhelming this small drama with excessive stylization.
A re-imagining of the story of Zhong Wu Yan in which she lives in the 21st century. She is intelligent and compassionate, but she lacks one thing that her fiancé really cares about: Beauty. Although Qi Xuan appreciates her coming to his aid during hard times, he nonetheless prefers the beautiful Xia Ying Chun during good times. After repeated heartbreaks, Wu Yan contemplates on accepting the affection of another man.
Beauty Knows No Pain (Chinese: 女人最痛; literally Women’s Most Painful) is a 2010 Hong Kong television drama. Produced by Lam Chi-wah and co-edited by Suen Ho-ho and Chan Kam-ling, the drama is a TVB production. The show premiered on July 26, 2010, and is slated to air for 20 episodes five nights a week. The drama follows the lives of three women — Jackie, Mrs. Cash, and BiBi, portrayed by Maggie Cheung Ho-yee, Michelle Yim, and Joyce Tang respectively — who works in the same make-up production company, PDSD.
Mrs. Cash (Michelle Yim) is successful in both career and life. However, she accidentally discovers that her husband Mr. Cash (Dominic Lam) has committed adultery. In order to maintain the relationship, Mrs. Cash is willing to take the risk of getting pregnant despite her age. Pregnancy has imposed great pressure on her daily life as well as her career. Her aggressive subordinate Jackie (Maggie Cheung Ho-yee) therefore seizes the chance to take up her duties. Jackie is a bold and decisive person at work but she is caught in a quadrangular relationship by falling in love with the married man Nick (Joe Ma Tak-chung).
Discouraged by the relationship failures of her bosses, secretary BiBi (Joyce Tang) further impairs her confidence. Bibi’s “outstanding” body shape, further increases her inferiority. Encouraged by her colleague Chi Lam (Power Chan), BiBi decides to boost her self-esteem by getting plastic surgery. Subsequently, she becomes the sexiest goddess on the Internet and the hottest brand spokesperson in town. Upon her getting rich and famous, BiBi suddenly realizes that this is not what she really wants…
Drama Details:
Title: 情越雙白線
Cantonese/Mandarin title: Ching Yut Seung Baak Sin / Qing Yue Shuang Bai Xian
English title: When Lanes Merge
Previously known as: The Love of Double White Lines
Genre: Modern, Drama
Episodes: 20
Broadcast network: TVB
Broadcast period: 2010-Jun-28 – 2010-Jul-23
Air time: Monday to Friday 20:30 – 21:30
(credits: DramaWiki)
Synopsis:
Rushing along the road every day with a vibrant mix of passengers of all kinds, what taxi drivers see and hear is far more varied than one can ever imagine. Retired taxi driver HO KAU (Cheng Jut Si) returns to the job after his son HO KA-PO (Wong Ho Yin) is convicted of causing death by dangerous driving. The incident has exacerbated the already fractious relationship between the father and the son. PO works for KAU after his release from prison. Before long, he has another serious road accident, in which KAU is also involved and severely injured, both mentally and physically. PO feels so guilty towards his father and comes to understand the importance of careful driving. He maintains a high degree of vigilance while driving but still gets picked on constantly by female traffic police officer KO LAI-SAM (Kate Tsui). As time goes by, the pair have gradually developed a strong attachment to each other and finally become lovers. But PO’s ex-girlfriend CHEUNG HIU-MAN (Sonija Kwok) and SAM’s grandmother KO LI SHUK-CHING (Lee Heung Kam) turn out to be the biggest obstacle to their relationship, leaving the pair stranded in dismay along the tunnel of love…
Casts:
Kent Cheng
Sonija Kwok
Kate Tsui
Raymond Wong
Raymond Cho
Kingdom Yuen
Lee Heung Kam
Kwok Fung
Angel Chiang
Eric Li
Fred Cheng
Ching Hor Wai
Katy Kung
Yu Mo Lin
Elaine Yiu
Lee Hung Kit
Wong Man Piu
Chan Wing Chun
Lam King Kong
Simon Lo
Wong Lok Yi
Tsang Sau Ming
Kwok Cheuk Wah
Cha Cha Chan
Russell Cheung
Coson Ning
Eda Chan
Kitty Lau
Stephen Huynh
Tracy Yip
Evergreen Mak
(credits: DramaWiki)
After Xia He Jie was arrested for crashing a private event that Amanda attended, he was sentenced to 158 hours of community service in a kindergarten. And thus, it began the most hellish 158 hours of his life. There he met Ma Xiao Qian, a teacher who not only didn’t fall for his charming personality like the rest of the female population, she made him suffer for every minute of his community service. What he didn’t know was that Xiao Qian was a former neighbor who he had bullied relentlessly as a child. Now, she is bend on revenging for the miserable childhood that she endured under his tyrannical reign.
Title: Ghost Writer 蒲松龄 Cast: Steven Ma (馬浚偉), Sunny Chan Kam Hung (陳錦鴻) , Linda Chung (鍾嘉欣) Fala Chen (陳法拉), Ngo Wah (岳 華) , Chan Sau Chu (陳秀珠) , Lau Tan (劉 丹) , Chu Wai Man (朱慧敏) Episodes: 25 Airring date: 7 June 2010 (after Sisters of Pearl) Producer: Leung Choi Yuen Scriptwriter: Ng Siu Tong & Sit Ka Wah Themesong: 心竅 – Steven Ma Official Website: http://programme.tvb.com/drama/ghostwriter
Synopsis
PO CHUNG-LING (Steven Ma) was born in Jinan a family of New Year print. He is very bright, his father, PO POON (Ngo Wah), has therefore always hoped that he could one day carry on the family business. LING, mistakenly thinks that POON is working in collusion with some corrupt officials, refuses to listen to what his father says. His good friend, KO JIT (Sunny Chan), is a constable and he hates corrupt officials as much as LING does. Rumor has it that a fox spirit is creating troubles in Jinan. LING is almost killed when he is investigating into the matter with JIT. Fortunately, a mysterious girl named LING WU SIU-TSUI (Fala Chen) comes to his rescue in the nick of time. It turns out later that she is the fox spirit, and that she saves LING so as to return a past favor. As they spend more and more time together, TSUI starts to fall for LING.
The PO family has secured a large order of New Year print. To ensure the work can be finished in time they have to hire a large numbers of female workers. LAU SUM-YU (Linda Chung) applies for the job, but her real intention is to look for the man who was unfaithful to her sister, never knowing that she would later be caught in a love triangle with LING and JIT.