Angst for Adults - Jonathan Douglas moves between music and acting by combining original songs with dramatic monologues from Shakespeare, Pinter and Beckett. $100-$120 from HK Ticketing. Fri-Sat, Jul 4-5, 8pm. Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd., Central.

Franz Ackermann: My Second Coming - The German artist returns with his “Mental Maps,” inspired by Hong Kong’s cityscapes. Opening reception: Jul 5, 6:30pm. Through Aug 3.

HKGA July Stableford Tournament 2008 - An 18-hole golf tournament for both men and women. Tue, Jul 8. Clearwater Bay Golf and Country Club.

Movie trailers can be misleading. For instance, the trailer for “Hancock” would have you believe it’s a dark satire of the comic-book genre, a wry look at a homeless superhero who drunkenly stumbles from one chaos-fueled disaster to the next. And it is—for about 15 minutes, before it quickly unspools into the clichéd genre trappings it was meant to lampoon.

Much ink has been spilled over Johnnie To’s taking three years to complete this film. But the director doesn’t care. He’s said he would have taken even longer if he could have. Such insouciance can be found in every nook and cranny of “Sparrow,” and it’s what makes this lighthearted labor of love well worth the wait.

Dreamworks has always ranked second-best when it comes to computer-animated flicks, trailing far behind the ingenious Pixar. Only their overrated “Shrek” came near the heights of “Toy Story” and “Ratatouille,” but things might be looking up for the studio with “Kung Fu Panda.”

“City Without Baseball” is another courageous work of art from director Lawrence Lau, who previously directed “The Besieged City.” The Hong Kong baseball team signed up to play themselves in what can be best termed a “youth drama.