Hopefully our subjective star rating guide will help you plan out your festival schedule when deciding what is and isn’t worth your time.  As always, if you’ve seen any of these films or are planning to and disagree with any of our reviews feel free to voice your opinion in the comments section.

Mr. and Mrs. Incredible – “If you’re a fan of fantastical action/comedy films which require a suspension of disbelief to all gravitational laws, yet offer characters you can get invested in, then there is no reason why you won’t fall in love with this film”

Echoes of The Rainbow – “A very interesting sense of Hong Kong culture, the English influence, and is a bit of a strong indictment against the corruption of the police and medical system… beneath the cheese, this is a good film.”

All About Love – “This film managed to take the sexy out of tango”

City Under Siege – “Trying to make a serious relationship out of a ridiculous premise ruined the cheesiness we crave in B-movies.”

Merry-Go-Round – “Merry-Go-Round fails in achieving its prologue announcement stating that every decision we make molds us into how we live our lives.”

Punished – “A stinker of a revenge film”

Don’t Go Breaking My Heart - “By the end of this entire affair I was ready to karate chop myself in the esophagus.  That way at least I would have that choked-up feeling that this movie was aiming for.”

San Francisco’s first ever Hong Kong Cinema Festival has the good fortune of being the first festival in the San Francisco Film Society’s programming schedule to be held exclusively at their new primary screening location, New People Cinema. From September 23rd through the 25th those in the Bay Area will have the chance to see what our friends from the far east have been up to.

The festival consists of 7 films, and judging from the trailers – which I do with a grain of salt - there seems to be something for everyone.  There’s Sci-fi (City Under Seige), Super Hero (Mr. and Mrs. Incredible), Romance (All About Love, Don’t Go Breaking My Heart), Thriller (Punished), Drama (Merry-Go-Round), and Dramedy (Echos of The Rainbow).  Aside from there not being a single horror film on the roster, the first ever Hong Kong Cinema Festival should still be interesting.

Ticket info, trailers and full schedule information can be found after the jump

TICKET INFO: $11 for SFFS members, $13 general, $12 seniors, students and persons with disabilities; Opening Night film and party $15 for SFFS members, $20 general; Film Society CineVoucher 10-Packs $105 for SFFS members, $125 general. Box office opens August 16 for members and August 23 for the general public.  Click here to buy tickets

Friday, September 23rd:

6:30pm - Merry-Go-Round (Trailer) Co-director will be in attendance

9:00pm – Reception with hors d’oeuvres and wine at Superfrog gallery at New People

9:45pm – Mr. and Mrs. Incredible (Trailer)

Saturday, September 24th:

1:30pm – City Under Siege (Trailer)

4:00pm – Merry-Go-Round (Trailer)

7:00pm – All About Love (Trailer)

9:45pm – Punished (Trailer)

Sunday, September 25th

2:00pm – Mr. and Mrs. Incredible (Trailer)

4:15pm – Echos Of The Rainbow (Trailer)

6:45pm – Don’t Go Breaking My Heart (Trailer)

9:15pm – City Under Siege (Trailer)