We are back with our first episode of 2025!

Work has been done and decisions have been made. Movies You Might Have Missed, has been relegated to a segment rather than an episode. It is our opinion that most of our audience will want mainly Asian film content, and always something from Hong Kong. So this will be our focus going forward.

Direction has had some careful consideration. So, the main episodes will lead into the following episodes. We will cover a film then on the next episode, the follow up will have a link to the previous film, whether it be director, actor or theme. The same will apply to the "Beyond" segment.

So where will we start this never-ending filmic journey? We begin with Ann Hui's, Boat People 投奔怒海 starring, George Lam and Season Ma, who are joined by Andy Lau and Cora Miao. A talented cast for this New Wave drama.

The excellent Blu-ray for this one can be purchased here:

https://hmv.com/store/film-tv/blu-ray/boat-people-the-criterion-collection

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Then, on the Beyond side of things, we begin our cinematic journey with Kiyoshi Kurosawa's, Cure キュア which stars, Kôji Yakusho and Masato Hagiwara. Where will these movies lead us? Let's find out...

You can purchase the Eureka 4K from Terracotta Distribution (a wonderful service for Asian movie fans) here:

https://shop.terracottadistribution.com/products/cure-4k-uhd-limited-edition-slipcase-version?_pos=1&_psq=cure&_ss=e&_v=1.0

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See you on the next one, Leon.