{{Short description|Hong Kong writer and film critic (born 1974/1975)}} {{Family name hatnote|Choi|Calvin Choi|Choi Wai-chun|lang=Hong Kong}} {{Infobox person | image = Fatmoonba in book fair (cropped).jpg | caption = Choi in July 2014 | native_name = 蔡蔚駿 | native_name_lang = zh | birth_name = Choi Wai-chun | birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|19|1994}} | birth_place = Hong Kong | education = {{ubl|Chinese University of Hong Kong (BA, MA)}} | other_names = | alma_mater = | occupation = {{hlist|Writer|Film critic|Radio host}} | spouse = | years_active = 1997–present }} '''Calvin Choi Wai-chun''' ({{lang-zh|t=蔡蔚駿}}; born {{birth based on age as of date|49|2024|10|23|noage=1|slash=y}}), also known by his pen name '''Fatmoonba''' ({{lang-zh|t=月巴氏|labels=no}}), is a Hong Kong writer, film critic, and radio host. He currently writes columns for ''am730'' and ''Hong Kong Economic Times'', and is a co-host of Commercial Radio Hong Kong's ''903 Open Box''.
== Early life and education == Choi was born in 1974 or 1975,<ref name="HK01July2018" /> and grew up in Shatin.<ref name="SingTaoDailyJanuary2016">{{Cite web |url=http://stedu.stheadline.com/sec/sec_news.php?aid=14917&cat=5&subcat=5 |title=廢超人月巴氏 |date=12 January 2016 |website=Sing Tao Daily |author=郭艷媚 |access-date=22 December 2024 |language=zh |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622062315/http://stedu.stheadline.com/sec/sec_news.php?aid=14917&cat=5&subcat=5 |archive-date=22 June 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He developed a passion for wuxia novels at a young age and aspired to be a comic book artist, but abandoned that dream after scoring an F in visual arts on his Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination.<ref name="TOPickJuly2016" /> He began writing novels in Form 2, inspired by Ni Kuang's ''Wisely Series'',<ref name="HKEJOctober2024">{{Cite web |url=https://www1.hkej.com/features/article?q=%E8%A8%AA%E8%AB%87%E9%8C%84&suid=1628416939 |title=自認細膽 月巴氏開咪有緣 |date=23 October 2024 |website=Hong Kong Economic Journal |author=王嵐 |access-date=22 December 2024 |language=zh}}</ref> and won first prize in the {{ill|Youth Literary Awards|lt=24th Youth Literary Awards|zh|青年文學獎}} in 1996 with his novella ''Teenager''.<ref name="MetroMarch2016">{{Cite web |url=http://www.metropop.com.hk/contents/462/culture/1869/ |title=專欄中不能承受之月巴氏 |date=3 March 2016 |website=Metro Hong Kong |last=Sandy |first=Jill |access-date=22 December 2024 |language=zh |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304203058/http://www.metropop.com.hk/contents/462/culture/1869/ |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> After graduating from matriculation in 1994 with an A in Chinese literature, he continued his studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, majoring in history.<ref name="HK01July2018">{{Cite web |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1/214225/%E6%9C%88%E5%B7%B4%E6%B0%8F%E5%98%86%E6%B8%AF%E7%94%A2%E7%89%87%E6%B5%B7%E5%A0%B1%E4%B8%8D%E5%86%8D%E7%B2%BE%E5%BD%A9-%E6%BF%80%E8%AE%9A-%E5%87%B6%E6%A6%9C-%E8%A6%8B%E5%97%B0%E5%85%A9%E9%9A%BB%E5%AD%97%E5%B7%B2%E8%A6%BA%E6%81%90%E6%80%96 |title=月巴氏嘆港產片海報不再精彩 激讚《凶榜》：見嗰兩隻字已覺恐怖 |date=27 July 2018 |website=HK01 |author=游大東 |access-date=22 December 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=11 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111174735/https://www.hk01.com/%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1/214225/%E6%9C%88%E5%B7%B4%E6%B0%8F%E5%98%86%E6%B8%AF%E7%94%A2%E7%89%87%E6%B5%B7%E5%A0%B1%E4%B8%8D%E5%86%8D%E7%B2%BE%E5%BD%A9-%E6%BF%80%E8%AE%9A-%E5%87%B6%E6%A6%9C-%E8%A6%8B%E5%97%B0%E5%85%A9%E9%9A%BB%E5%AD%97%E5%B7%B2%E8%A6%BA%E6%81%90%E6%80%96 |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Career == In June 1997, right after graduating from university, Choi joined a newspaper as a supplement journalist.<ref name="HKEJOctober2024" /><ref name="P-ArticlesJune2024">{{Cite web |url=https://p-articles.com/works/4644.html |title=恕我還未能接受網媒經營和呈現內容的形式 |date=24 June 2024 |website=P-articles |last=Choi |first=Calvin |access-date=22 December 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=24 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240724213245/https://p-articles.com/works/4644.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Over the following years, he worked for a total of eight media outlets,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www1.hkej.com/dailynews/culture/article/3898630/%25E5%2587%25BA%25E6%259B%25B820%25E6%259C%25AC |title=出書20本 |date=23 October 2024 |website=Hong Kong Economic Journal |author=王嵐 |access-date=22 December 2024 |language=zh}}</ref> including ''am730'', ''U Magazine'', ''Jet Magazine'', ''{{ill|City Magazine (Hong Kong)|lt=City Magazine|zh|號外 (雜誌)}}'', and ''Apple Daily'',<ref name="RTHKProfile">{{Cite web |url=https://www.rthk.hk/radio/radio2/programme/bookview/episode/604340 |title=香港電台第二台開卷樂- 《寫了》｜嘉賓︰月巴氏（作者） |date=2 November 2019 |website=RTHK |access-date=22 December 2024 |language=zh}}</ref> primarily focusing on films.<ref name="MetroMarch2016" /> He also wrote a film reviews column for ''am730'', which he described as rarely covering mainstream movies and instead offering a perspective rooted in the experiences of a "regular movie lover".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://hk.news.yahoo.com/%E6%9C%88%E5%B7%B4%E6%B0%8F%E4%B8%8D%E6%89%AE%E9%AB%98%E6%B7%B1%E5%8F%AA%E8%A6%81%E9%96%8B%E5%BF%83-054527317.html |title=月巴氏：不扮高深，只要開心 |date=10 August 2016 |website=Yahoo! News |access-date=22 December 2024 |language=zh}}</ref> He wrote a wuxia novel and initially planned to publish it in 2011, but the project was ultimately scrapped.<ref name="MetroMarch2016" /> In 2013, he published ''Tearing Tickets and Cutting Chairs'', a collection of his film reviews.<ref name="TearingTickets" /> Yan Ho-shun, reviewing for ''am730'', called the collection "a valuable movie guide", praising Choi's personal and accessible style in dissecting classic films.<ref name="TearingTickets" /> Choi gained public recognition in 2014 for launching his column "Romantic Fatmoonba on Female Stars" ({{lang-zh|t=浪漫月巴睇女星|labels=no}}), which included interviews and commentaries about women in the entertainment industry from an unconventional perspective, as he found mainstream media often focused on female celebrities' appearances while neglecting their intrinsic qualities.<ref name="MetroMarch2016" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mpweekly.com/culture/%E7%A4%BE%E6%9C%83/%E6%9C%88%E5%B7%B4%E6%B0%8F-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%A5%B3%E6%98%9F-%E6%B5%AA%E6%BC%AB%E6%9C%88%E5%B7%B4%E7%9D%87%E5%A5%B3%E6%98%9F-200887 |title=媒體人睇女星 大眾認識女藝人之方法流變 |date=22 March 2022 |website=Ming Pao |author=袁源隆 |access-date=22 December 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=17 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217114907/https://www.mpweekly.com/culture/%e7%a4%be%e6%9c%83/%e6%9c%88%e5%b7%b4%e6%b0%8f-%e9%a6%99%e6%b8%af%e5%a5%b3%e6%98%9f-%e6%b5%aa%e6%bc%ab%e6%9c%88%e5%b7%b4%e7%9d%87%e5%a5%b3%e6%98%9f-200887/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2015, Choi published his first novel, ''No Longer Hero'',<ref name="MetroMarch2016" /> drawing inspiration from superhero comics and Osamu Dazai's 1948 novel ''No Longer Human''.<ref name="SingTaoDailyJanuary2016" /> The following year, he co-authored a graphic novel, ''Reverse Warring States'', with Mak Tin-kit, set in the Warring States Period.<ref name="TOPickJuly2016" /> He also enrolled in a Master of Arts in philosophy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he realized his interest in philosophy after taking an introductory course during his undergraduate studies.<ref name="HK01July2018" /> He graduated in 2017.<ref name="RTHKProfile" /> That same year, Choi began his career as a radio host, stepping in for a friend on Commercial Radio Hong Kong's talk show ''{{ill|On a Clear Day (talk show)|lt=On a Clear Day|zh|在晴朗的一天出發}}''.<ref name="HKEJOctober2024" /> He made recurring appearances on the program for the next three years and launched his own show ''{{ill|903 Open Box|zh-yue|903格}}'' starting 2021.<ref name="HKEJOctober2024" /> In 2018, he published another collection of film reviews titled ''Seen'', featuring reviews of lesser-known Hong Kong films.<ref name="Seen" /> Ching Kwan, reviewing for ''HK01'', described the book as "a brilliant piece", praising its interesting selection of materials and Choi's candid, engaging writing style that provides insightful commentary on films.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1/219911/%E7%9C%8B%E4%BA%86-%E6%9B%B8%E8%A9%95-%E7%9C%8B%E4%BA%86%E6%9C%88%E5%B7%B4-%E7%9C%8B%E5%AE%8C%E6%9C%88%E5%B7%B4-%E5%BE%9E%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1%E5%88%B0%E6%9B%B8%E7%9C%8B%E9%80%8F%E8%A7%80%E7%9C%BE%E5%BF%83 |title=【《看了》書評】看了月巴 看完月巴 從電影到書看透觀眾心 |date=11 August 2018 |website=HK01 |author=清君 |access-date=22 December 2024 |language=zh}}</ref> In September 2018, he took a hiatus to work on a book about lyricist Richard Lam.<ref name="my903.comJuly2021" /> In August 2023, after the magazine he worked for ceased physical publication, Choi transitioned to writing columns for the online versions of media outlets.<ref name="P-ArticlesJune2024" /> He currently writes columns for ''am730'' and ''Hong Kong Economic Times''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.am730.com.hk/columnist/28192/%E6%9C%88%E5%B7%B4%E6%B0%8F |title=月巴氏 |website=am730 |access-date=28 January 2026 |language=zh}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.etnet.com.hk/www/tc/diva/art/chatent |title=月巴氏 |website=Hong Kong Economic Times |access-date=28 January 2026 |language=zh}}</ref>
== Bibliography == {| class="wikitable" ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Original title ! scope="col" | Publisher ! scope="col" | {{Ref heading}} |- | 2013 | ''Tearing Tickets and Cutting Chairs'' | 搣飛割凳 | Steps Publications | <ref name="TearingTickets">{{Cite web |url=https://www.am730.com.hk/column/%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E/%E6%90%A3%E9%A3%9B%E5%89%B2%E5%87%B3-%E6%95%A3%E5%A0%B4%E5%BE%8C%E6%83%85%E7%B7%92%E7%B5%90%E9%9B%86/192303 |title=搣飛割凳──散場後情緒結集 |date=9 September 2013 |website=am730 |last=Yan |first=Ho-shun |access-date=22 December 2024 |language=zh}}</ref> |- | 2015 | ''No Longer Hero'' | 超人間失格 | Today Publications | <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://paper.hket.com/article/647702/%E3%80%8A%E8%B6%85%E4%BA%BA%E9%96%93%E5%A4%B1%E6%A0%BC%E3%80%8B |title=《超人間失格》 |date=15 July 2015 |website=Hong Kong Economic Times |access-date=22 December 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=12 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160712110145/http://paper.hket.com/article/647702/%E3%80%8A%E8%B6%85%E4%BA%BA%E9%96%93%E5%A4%B1%E6%A0%BC%E3%80%8B |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | 2016 | ''Reverse Warring States'' | 逆戰國 | Today Publications | <ref name="TOPickJuly2016">{{Cite web |url=https://topick.hket.com/article/1465956 |title=忠實武俠小說迷月巴氏 從漫畫走到武俠文學 |date=18 July 2016 |website=TOPick |access-date=22 December 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=5 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605070530/https://topick.hket.com/article/1465956 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | 2018 | ''Seen'' | 看了 | Today Publications | <ref name="Seen">{{Cite web |url=https://www.readformore.com/node/6372 |title=【聽佢點讀】月巴氏《看了》認為十年後，睇超級英雄電影只是例行公事 |date=20 January 2019 |website=Read For More |last=Ng |first=Andy |access-date=22 December 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=20 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720194513/https://www.readformore.com/node/6372 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | 2019 | ''Richard Lam'' | 林振強 | Zhonghua Book Company | <ref name="my903.comJuly2021">{{Cite web |url=https://www.my903.com/article/666/%E3%80%8A%E6%AE%BA%E5%87%BA%E5%80%8B%E9%BB%83%E6%98%8F%E3%80%8B%E2%80%94%E2%80%94%E6%99%82%E6%97%A5%E5%BD%B7%E5%BD%BF%E5%81%9C%E9%A0%93%E4%B8%8B%E7%9A%84%E5%80%A6 |title=《殺出個黃昏》——時日彷彿停頓下的倦 |date=21 July 2021 |website=my903.com |last=Choi |first=Calvin |access-date=22 December 2024 |language=zh}}</ref> |- | 2021 | ''Amusing Ourselves to Death Yet?'' | 娛樂已死未 | Humming Publishing | <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://paper.hket.com/article/3048917/%E3%80%8A%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82%E5%B7%B2%E6%AD%BB%E6%9C%AA%EF%BC%9F%E3%80%8B |title=《娛樂已死未？》 |date=2 September 2021 |website=Hong Kong Economic Times |access-date=22 December 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=24 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124210741/https://paper.hket.com/article/3048917/%E3%80%8A%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82%E5%B7%B2%E6%AD%BB%E6%9C%AA%EF%BC%9F%E3%80%8B |url-status=live }}</ref> |}
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