Posts Tagged ‘My Name is Fame’
The Top 50 Hong Kong Movies of the Decade (#20-11)
December 24th, 2009 | 
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Now this is where the list gets serious. There might be a Donnie Yen or Ekin flick squeezed in the next twenty movies, but come on… I run this shit!
The top of the countdown can be found here, then our countdown went through the 30s spots, here and last week I released a post consisting of a lot of Ekin/Donnie Flicks, which can be found here.
The conclusion will be posted on 31st December, in time to welcome the new year. Read the rest of this entry »
My Name is Fame (2006)
Plot: Dried up actor Poon Kar-Fai (Lau Ching-Wan) once relished his time in the lime light and ended up throwing it all away through arrogance. Working in amateurish productions, Poon decides to change his career from Actor to Manager. His protégé appears in the form of mainland beauty – Faye Ng (Fok Sze-Yin). With little experience and knowledge of the business, Poons help is valuable.
With Faye’s popularity growing by the bucket full the relationship between Poon and Faye gets tested. Faye soon finds herself going to star in a rather risqué movie in Japan. With Faye gone, Poon tries his hand at the movie business one last time… Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: 2006, Ann Hui, Ekin Cheng, Fiona Sit, Fok Sze-Yin, Fruit Chan, Gordon Chan, Lau Ching Wan, Lawrence Lau, My Name is Fame, Tony Leung Kar-Fai | 
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