With his last film, 2007's “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (潛水鐘與蝴蝶), director Julian Schnabel used a fragmented narrative technique to convey the interior life of a man who's paralyzed and incapable of speaking after a stroke.

Not a lot of love affairs, real or cinematic, can have it said of them that they end better than they begin. But “One Day” ends with a heartfelt flourish that was sorely missing from its first 90 minutes.

Helping audiences re-live sweet memories — the bicycle ride to school, playing ball during recess, graduation and staying after school only to get closer to the girl you like, “You Are the Apple of My Eyes” (那些年，我們一起追的女孩) has it all.

A story about loss, redemption and coming-of-age, “Jump Ashin!” (翻滾吧！阿信) split its soul into so many pieces for maximum commercial appeal that it eventually reminds us of Harry Potter's Voldemort, whose soul degenerated because he split it into seven pieces to bid for power and immortality.

“Who are you?” may be the question actress Vicci Pan (潘之敏) is asking lead actor Wu Kang Jen (吳慷仁) right after their sophisticated and random sexual encounter, but audiences might also been hit with a similar question — what exactly is this movie trying to be?

“Larry Crowne” serves as a reminder that you can have two of the most likable, bankable stars on the planet together, but strong writing is crucial to making them shine.

Ruba Nadda's “Cairo Time” is a film seeking poetry and not quite finding it.

Three lives clash in the Taiwanese crime thriller “Make Up” (命運化妝師) when a closeted music teacher takes her life, leaving a trail of unanswered questions for a make-up artist, a psychiatrist and a detective to follow.

“The Way Back” represents an exquisite example of style over substance, of vast visuals dwarfing the characters and nearly swallowing the story whole.

Local TV variety show hosts put their comedic abilities on pause and turn on their softer sides to tell audiences a true story about the physical and emotional journeys that a married couple goes on after the woman is diagnosed with a degenerative genetic disease.