Wednesday, October 31, 2012

The Oranges



Synopsis


David and Paige Walling (Hugh Laurie, Catherine Keener) and Terry and Cathy Ostroff (Oliver Platt, Allison Janney) are best friends and neighbors living on Orange Drive in suburban New Jersey. Their comfortable existence goes awry when prodigal daughter Nina Ostroff (Leighton Meester), newly broken up with her fiancĂ© Ethan (Sam Rosen), returns home for Thanksgiving after a five-year absence. Rather than developing an interest in the successful son of her neighbors, Toby Walling (Adam Brody), which would please both families, it’s her parents' best friend David who captures Nina’s attention.

When the connection between Nina and David becomes undeniable, everyone’s lives are thrown into upheaval, particularly Vanessa Walling’s (Alia Shawkat), Nina's childhood best friend. It’s not long before the ramifications of the affair begin to work on all of the family members in unexpected and hilarious ways, leading everyone to reawaken to their lives, reassess what it means to be happy, and realize that sometimes what looks like a disaster turns out to be the thing we need.

Director : Julian Farino
Cast : Hugh Laurie, Leighton Meester, Oliver Platt
Duration : 90 mins
Language : English (Chinese Subtitles)

Silent Hill Revelation 3D



Synopsis


Heather Mason (Adelaide Clemens) and her father (Sean Bean) have been on the run, always one step ahead of dangerous forces that she doesn't fully understand. Now on the eve of her 18th birthday, plagued by horrific nightmares and the disappearance of her father, Heather discovers she's not who she thinks she is. The revelation leads her deeper into a demonic world that threatens to trap her forever.

'Silent Hill: Revelation' is the sequel to the 2006 horror film entitled just 'Silent Hill'. The first film sees Heather as a younger child (then named Sharon Da Silva) and her mother Rose being tormented in the town and chased down by a cult of witch hunters who have brought the darkness upon themselves through their ritual killings.

Director : Michael J. Bassett
Cast : Sean Bean, Kit Harington, Carrie-Anne Moss
Duration : 94 mins
Language : English (---)

Natural Born Lovers



Synopsis


Inspired by a true story, it tells an implausible love experience with insanity.

Popular pastry chef Tailam acquaints with nurse Meibo, and falls in love with her. Not too long before Tailam realises Meibo is an oversensitive girlfriend: suspicious, jealous, controlling and slightly violent. She keeps track on Tailam’s whereabouts 24-7, and even secretly access his computer, phone, blog and Facebook accounts to spy on his private life.

Tailam is desperate to get rid of his crazy love, so he investigates into her past and finds out behind her crazy behaviour lies a deep secret…

Director : ---
Cast : Chilam Cheung, Annie Liu, Ava Liu
Duration : 105 mins
Language : Cantonese, Putonghua (In parts) & English (In parts) (Chinese & English Subtitles)

Lawless



Synopsis


Wettest County, is an explosive gangster story from visionary director John Hillcoat (The Road) and starring Shia LaBeouf (Transformers, Indiana Jones 4, Wall Street 2) and Tom Hardy (Inception, Bronson).

Set in prohibition era America, Wettest County is the true story of the Bondurant brothers. Brazen and fearless, these young rural bootleggers became legendary criminals. The youngest brother, Jack (LaBeouf) is ambitious and impulsive, the middle brother, Howard, is loyal but reckless and eldest brother, Forrest (Hardy), leads the family with a silent determination. As the Bondurants’ illicit business and legend grows, so too looms the danger of bigger fish, and it’s not long before the brothers must face the consequences. At the expert hands of John Hillcoat, Wettest County promises to be bold, thrilling and wildly intoxicating reinvention of the gangster genre.

Director : John Hillcoat
Cast : Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, Gary Oldman
Duration : 116 mins
Language : English (Chinese Subtitles)

Faust



Synopsis


Freely inspired by Goethe's story, Russian legendary auteur Alexander Sokurov radically reinterprets the myth. Faust (Johannes Zeiler) is a professor and alchemist but also an anonymous man made of flesh and blood driven by inner impulses, greed and lust. Pursuing the meaning of life, he unearths corpses and rummages in their guts to search for the soul, and he takes up with the Moneylender (Anton Adasinskiy), a grotesquely repellent version of Mephistopheles, to whom he later sells his soul for the love of Margarete (Isolda Dychauk). FAUST is the final instalment of Sokurov’s tetralogy about the corrupting nature of power – MOLOCH, TAURUS and THE SUN featured Hitler, Lenin and Hirohito respectively. FAUST is the winner of the Golden Lion at the 68th Venice International Film Festival.

Director : Alexander Sokurov
Cast : Johannes Zeiler, Anton Adasinskiy, Isolda Dychauk
Duration : 134 mins
Language : German (Chinese & English Subtitles)

Monsieur Lazhar




Synopsis

Nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, MONSIEUR LAZHAR tells the poignant story of a Montreal middle school class shaken by the death of their well-liked teacher. Bachir Lazhar (Fellag), a 55-year-old Algerian immigrant, offers the school his services as a substitute teacher and is quickly hired. As he helps the children heal, he also learns to accept his own painful past. This moving film features exquisite performances by Fellag and a stunning ensemble of child actors.

Director : Philippe Falardeau
Cast : Mohamed Fellag, Sophie Nelisse, Emilien Neron
Duration : 95 mins
Language : French (Chinese & English Subtitles)

Cold War


Synopsis


In Asia’s safest city, the police have long been untouchable. Approaching midnight in Hong Kong, police headquarters receives an anonymous call: a fully-loaded police van carrying the force’s most advanced equipment and five highly-trained officers has disappeared off the grid. The hijackers possess direct knowledge of police procedures. They’re already steps ahead. The police must meet a list of demands to ensure the hostages’ release, including the delivery of a large ransom. Any delay will cost lives. The clock has begun to tick.

Rival Deputy Commissioners Sean Lau and Waise Lee fight to take charge of the rescue operation, code named COLD WAR. Lau wants to negotiate with the hijackers while covertly tracking them to their hideout. Lee is ready for an all-out aggressive attack, no matter the cost. For them, there’s much more at stake than the safety of the hostages or the reputation of the police. With the Secretary for Security stepping down, the seat will soon be vacant. COLD WAR will decide who climbs to the top.

Lau and Lee are aware that every decision is crucial, that each minute counts. But as they execute a carefully planned attack, little do they know they’ve become unwitting pawns in a bigger, more dangerous game…

Director : Longman Leung & Sunny Luk
Cast : Aaron Kwok, Tony Leung Ka-Fai, Charlie Young
Duration : 102 mins
Language : Cantonese (Chinese & English Subtitles)

Triad




Synopsis

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Cast : ---
Duration : 90 mins
Language : Cantonese (Chinese & English Subtitles)

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Storage 24



Synopsis

Director : Johannes Roberts
Cast : Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Noel Clarke, Colin O'Donoghue
Duration : 87 mins
Language : English (Chinese Subtitles)

Ruby Sparks



Synopsis

It wasn’t long ago that Calvin Weir-Fields (Paul Dano) was a literary wunderkind with an acclaimed first novel. But since then, he’s been stricken with a stubborn case of writer’s block magnified by a dismal love life. In a last-ditch attempt to reignite his creative spark, Calvin begins to envision a female protagonist in his mind. Her name is Ruby Sparks (Zoe Kazan) and from the minute he imagines her, he feels creatively invigorated to write about her. Until she shows up in his living room. Is this a joke, a sign of madness, an act of magic? Whatever it is, it feels incredible. Suddenly, Ruby is sleeping in Calvin’s bed, cooking in his kitchen, beguiling him in every way, with one mind-boggling twist: he somehow has the power to change her every time he sits at his typewriter. As Calvin tries to juggle this power, he faces a major dilemma as a writer and a boyfriend: what will it take to make this relationship from his imagination work in the real world?

Director : Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris
Cast : Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Antonio Banderas, Annette Bening
Duration : 104 mins
Language : English & French (In parts) (Chinese & English (In parts) Subtitles)

Love is...Pyjamus



Synopsis

Director : ---
Cast : Ronald Cheng, Teresa Mo, Raymond Lam
Duration : 99 mins
Language : Cantonese & Putonghua (In parts) (Chinese & English Subtitles)

Hit & Run



Synopsis

A former bank robber, Charlie Bronson (Dax Shepard), living in a small California town with his girlfriend, Annie (Kristen Bell), decides to leave witness protection to help her reach her dream job in L.A. But Annie's nosey ex (Michael Rosenbaum) sends Charlie's former accomplices (led by Bradley Cooper) and bumbling protective U.S. Marshal (Tom Arnold) in hot pursuit. Their trip quickly turns from a leisurely drive into raucous, high-speed comedic mayhem.

Director : Dax Shepard, David Palmer
Cast : Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell, Bradley Cooper
Duration : 100 mins
Language : English (Chinese Subtitles)

Helter Skelter



Synopsis

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Cast : ---
Duration : 126 mins
Language : Japanese (Chinese & English Subtitles)

Arbitrage



Synopsis

Director : Nick Jarecki
Cast : Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Tim Roth
Duration : 107 mins
Language : English (Chinese Subtitles)

Skyfall



Synopsis

Daniel Craig is back as James Bond 007 in SKYFALL, the 23rd adventure in the longest-running film franchise of all time. In SKYFALL, Bond’s loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.
The film is from Albert R. Broccoli’s EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Albert R. Broccoli’s EON Productions presents Daniel Craig as Ian Fleming’s James Bond in SKYFALL. The film also stars Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, BĂ©rĂ©nice Marlohe, Ben Whishaw, with Albert Finney and Judi Dench as ‘M.’ Directed by Sam Mendes. Produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. Written by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and John Logan. Director of Photography is Roger Deakins, ASC BSC. Production Designer is Dennis Gassner. Editor is Stuart Baird, A. C. E. Costume Designer is Jany Temime. Distributed through Sony Pictures Releasing.

Director : Sam Mendes
Cast : Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes
Duration : ---
Language : --- (---)

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Upside Down



Synopsis
Adam (starred Jim Sturgess) is a seemingly ordinary guy in a very extraordinary universe. He lives humbly trying to make ends meet, but his romantic spirit holds on to the memory of a girl he loved once upon a time from another world, an inverted affluent world with its own gravity, directly above but beyond reach… a girl named Eden (starred Kristen Dunst). Their childhood flirtation becomes an impossible love. But when he catches a glimpse of grownup Eden on television, nothing will get in the way of getting her back… Not even the law or science!

Director : Juan Diego Solanas
Cast : Jim Sturgess, Kristen Dunst
Duration : 110 mins
Language : English (Chinese Subtitle)

Magic Mike



Synopsis
Mike (Channing Tatum) is an entrepreneur. A man of many talents and loads of charm, he spends his days pursuing the American Dream from as many angles as he can handle: from roofing houses and detailing cars to designing furniture from his Tampa beach condo.
But at night… he’s just magic.
The hot headliner in an all-male revue, Magic Mike has been rocking the stage at Club Xquisite for years with his original style and over-the-top dance moves. The more the ladies love him, the more they spend, and the happier that makes club owner Dallas (Matthew McConaughey).

Director : Steven Soderbergh
Cast : Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matthew McConaughey
Duration : 110 mins
Language : English (Chinese Subtitles)

The Assassins



Synopsis
In the year 198 BC, Cao Cao (CHOW YUN FAT), the Prime Minister of Han Dynasty, ventured to the east and defeated China's greatest warrior Lv Bu, terrifying every ambitious warlord across the country. Several years later, after taking the Han Emperor under his wing Cao crowned himself King of Wei. He built a magnificent Bronze Sparrow Island to symbolize his power and rumors spread that he would replace the Emperor. Meanwhile, Young lovers Mu Shun (TAMAKI HIROSHI) and Ling Jv (CRYSTAL LIU YI FEI) were taken from a prison camp to a hidden tomb where they spent five cruel years together being trained as assassins for a secret mission. In the year 220BC astronomical signs predict dramatic change. As a result, Cao’s son Cao Pi (QIU XIN ZHI) and Cao’s followers urge Cao to become the new Emperor. I however opposing forces plot against him.

Director : Zhao Lin Shan
Cast : Chow Yun Fat, Liu Yi Fei, Tamaki Hiroshi
Duration : 107 mins
Language : Putonghua (Chinese & English Subtitles)

Thermae Romae



Synopsis

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Cast : ---
Duration : 109 mins
Language : Japanese (Chinese & English Subtitles)

Taken 2



Synopsis
Liam Neeson returns as Bryan Mills, the retired CIA agent who stopped at nothing to save his abducted daughter in TAKEN. When he is targeted by a mysterious figure seeking vengeance, Bryan must employ his “particular set of skills” to protect his family against an army out to kill them.

Director : Olivier Megaton
Cast : Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen
Duration : 91 mins
Language : English (Chinese Subtitles)

Taichi 0



Synopsis
As an uncommonly gifted child, Yang Luchan(Jayden Yuan) had a fleshy abnormality that holds tremendous power growing on his forehead. However being teased as the town fool, he following his mother’s wishes, Yang travels the distance to come to Chen Village to learn TAI CHI.

Director : Stephen Fung
Cast : Tony Leung, Angelababy, Eddie peng
Duration : 98 mins
Language : Putonghua (Chinese & English Subtitles)

Cross



Synopsis

Director : ---
Cast : ---
Duration : 85 mins
Language : Cantonese & Mandarin (in parts) (Chinese & English Subtitles)