Date: Saturdays,
May 31;
June 7, 14, 21 & 28,
2008
Time:
6:30PM to
8PM, Cultural &
Family Activities
Sunset, Movie Screening
Place: Columbus Park
Pavilion Grounds
67 Mulberry Street,
Manhattan
Movie Lineup
Nana
(Japan, 2005),
Running Time:
114 Minutes
Based on the
popular manga,
this series
follows the
adventures of
two girls named
Nana who depend
on each other's
help to realize
their dreams:
Nana Komatsu
yearns for true
love, while Nana
Osaki wants to
get her punk
band off the
ground. The two
meet on a train
to Tokyo, where
Nana K. aims to
reunite with her
boyfriend and
Nana O. hopes to
make it big in
the music
business.
Despite their
differences, the
pair hit it off
and become
roommates.
Hooked on You
(Hong Kong,
2007),
Running Time:
97 Minutes
Hong Kong
actress and pop
star Miriam
Yeung stars as
Miu, an eligible
bachelorette who
reluctantly
takes a job as a
fishmonger to
pay off her
father's debts.
But her stinky
job gets
stinkier when a
brutish rival
fisherman (Eason
Chan) enters the
scene. Before
long, Miu finds
herself reeled
in by the man's
antics. Shui-Fan
Fung and Huang
Bo also star in
this charming
romantic comedy
set on the
beautiful
waterfront of
Hong Kong.
Train Man (Japan,
2005),
Running Time:
101 Minutes
While riding the
train, a
desperate geek
meets the girl
of his dreams,
prompting the
socially
deprived but
brave young nerd
to start a chat
room thread
asking his
faceless
Internet
compatriots,
"How do you talk
to girls?" The
courtship advice
he receives from
his online pals
-- and what he
does with their
expert counsel
-- form the
basis for this
charming
romantic comedy,
a love story for
the 21st
century.
My Mother, the
Mermaid (South
Korea, 2004),
Running Time:
110 Minutes
Na-young works
at a post office
and is sick and
tired of being
around her
shamefully
unyielding
mother and her
pushover father
who's
excessively
nice. The only
thing that she
can look forward
to is her trip
abroad in a few
days. But one
day, her father
leaves home
without any
notice. Her
mother doesn't
care what
happens to him
and doesn't care
to look for him.
Na-young has no
choice but to
give up her
dream trip
abroad and to
search for her
father instead.
Once she arrives
at her parents'
hometown,
Na-young is
shocked to meet
someone she'd
never expect,
even in her
dreams.
Love on a
Diet
(Hong
Kong, 2001),
Running Time:
95 Minutes
In an effort to
win back her
superstar
pianist
boyfriend,
chubby Mini Mo (Sammi
Cheng) vows
to lose 200
pounds over six
months. Her ally
in the
impossible task
is the equally
robust Fatso (Andy
Lau), who
begins to fall
in love with the
ever-more-slender
Mini. The
new-and-improved
Mini must now
choose between
two men -- the
one who jilted
her years ago
and the one who
has seen her
through this
arduous journey.
