Beyond the Realm of Conscience

Rating: 4

Date: 2009

Casts: Moses Chan

Tavia Yeung

Charmaine Sheh

Kevin Cheng

Michelle Yim

Susanna Kwan

Great cast and great story. A little too over emphasis with Charmaine's quote all throughout the series, 'Speak good words, do good deeds, show good will'. Seeing their head dresses was giving me a headache let alone the actresses.

Burning Flame III

Rating: 2

Date: 2009

Casts: Kevin Cheng

Wong Hei

Bosco Wong

Myolie Wu

Aimee Chan

Had a good beginning and then it fell apart when they had Wong Hei's character to look so weak because of his relationship with Myolie. Then they had to have Wong Hei look more weak having to beg Kevin for Myolie back. Kevin and Myolie had no spark whatsoever either. What a dissappointment.

Just Love II

Rating: 4

Type: Modern Comedy

Date: 2009

Cast: Jessica Hsuan
Sunny Chan

Joyce Tang

Natalie Tong

Benz Hui

Johnson Lee

Has it funny moments, especially when Sunny bumped his head and started becoming a 'big man' towards Jessica. Didn't find the switch of birth between Jessica and Joyce all that interesting. I thought it just dragged the storyline. Benz Hui did a great job acting his part of a 'wut dut lo'

My Blueberry Nights

Rating: 3
Date: 2008
Cast: Jude Law
Norah Jones
Natalie Portman
Rachel Weisz

One of those artistically done movies that doesn't have a point. Does make me want to try Jude Law's blueberry pie though.

When a Dog Loves a Cat - 當狗愛上貓

Rating: 5 out of 5

Type: TVB
Date: 2008
Episodes: 20

Casts: Gallen Lo
Myolie Wu
David Lui
Margie Tsang
Raymond Wong
Bernice Liu

Synopsis: Miu Chun (Gallen Lo) was once diagnosed with cancer, and became really depress. Cheung Ka-Ka (Tracy Ip), a nurse, comforted him and later became his girlfriend. Soon after he recovered, the two adopted a cat, Can Can, and a dog, Dai Ba. One day Dai Ba ran across a road, Ka-Ka tried to rescue the dog from an oncoming car but unfortunately died in the accident herself. From that day on Chun hated dogs and abandoned Dai Ba.

Chow Chi-Yu (Myolie Wu) found Dai Ba wandering on the streets and brought him back to her father's kennel. However, Dai Ba carried a deadly virus and killed all the dogs at the kennel. Since then, Yu's father became employed with the pound to catch abandoned dogs. Her brother, Chow Chi-Jim (David Lui), and sister-in-law, Shui Tin-Lan (Margie Tsang) opened a pet shop to earn money for the family.

Yu starts her first day of work at Raptor Advertising Company alongside her boyfriend, Carson Ying Hoi-Leung (Raymond Wong) and Chun. Later, Yu finds Sai Ba, Dai Ba's brother, on the street, and brings him back to the company and promotes him as their advertising icon. Chun was forced to take Sai Ba home and discovers that dogs are not as bad as he thought.

Carson is caught cheating with another woman, and soon Yu and Chun develop a relationship. Kit Man Chi-Kei (Bernice Liu), the boss' daughter, returns from the United States and is given full responsibility of Raptor. Kit is always finding ways to disturb and annoy Chun. He discovers that she secretly has a crush on him. Chun needs to make the decision of which women to be with but is faced with the tragic news of his cancer reappearing...

Review: Such a cute series, especially because it involves cats and dogs. I love that Gallen is back at TVB for this series, however he doesn't pair up romantically with Myolie. Margie is kind of annoying in this series.

When Easterly Showers Fall on the Sunny West - 東山飄雨西關晴

Rating: 3 out of 5
Type: TVB
Date: 2008
Episodes: 30

Casts: Lisa Wang
Joe Ma
Charmaine Sheh
Selina Li
Raymond Wong
Kwok Fung
Evergreen Mak
Kiki Sheung

Synopsis: Chong Fung Yi (Liza Wang) abandoned her eldest son immediately after he was born because she didn't want to be labeled as the woman who gave birth before she was even married. However, her son Hing (Joe Ma) manages to find his way back to her. Due to reputation purposes, she doesn't tell anybody about his true identity. Her younger son, Cheuk Wah (Raymond Wong) falls in love with Yip Heung Ching (Charmaine Sheh) but because their different status' and Fung Yi's objection, they cannot be together. However, soon enough, Heung Ching and Hing find themselves more than just friends... what obstacles will await them this time?

Review: Even with Liza heading the series, it wasn't that great. Being a period romance, I didn't feel the romance. Wasn't much fireworks from Charmaine or Joe's characters. All the bad things that Joe did and Charmaine was able to forgive him because he did it for his family.

Bar Bender - 潮爆大狀

Rating: 5 out of 5
Type: TVB
Date: 2006
Episodes: 20

Casts: Adam Cheng
Louisa So
Leila Tong
Sammul Chan
Anne Heung
Sek Sau
Power Chan

Synopsis: The series revolves around a fictional Hong Kong senior counsel named Tony Chaing Man-To (Adam Cheng). Senior Counsel Tony is well known for winning 31 legal cases in a row, but is also notorious in legal circles for his unsavory (but ethical nonetheless) tactics. He is also notorious for being retained as counsel by unscrupulous businessman Richard Ngai Sing-Kwan (Bill Chan). His focus on his legal career has also alienated family member and anyone romantically involved. His daughter, Stephanie Chiang Si-Ting (Leila Tong), particularly hates him for not only his modus operand in legal battles (strike a victory on procedural errors, and not on evidence).
All this changed when Tony was dealt a career blow by Richard. In an assault case involving Richard, Richard asked Tony's apprentice, Darren Li Kong-Tak (Power Chan), to conspire in a conspiracy to bribe a witness and have him lie in court by professing amnesia. When Tony protested, Richard fired Chiang, and cut off much of the businesses that came to Tony's law firm. In the process, Tony lost his girlfriend, Sophie So Yeuk-Fei (Anne Heung), to Richard. Tony drowned his sorrows in alcohol, and assaulted a foreigner at a bar. Chiang pled guilty to assault, and was sentenced to community service. That was where he began to rediscover the lost idealism and righteousness of his youth and met Chong Hiu-Wai (Louisa So) whom showed him there is more to life...

Review: Loved the series. The cases in the series were entertaining. Although I thought Adam was a tad exaggerated with his acting this time, I still enjoyed his performance.