2010

9 Temples: Death Ghost

Release Date: 1 July 2010
Genre: Horror
Language: Thai
Director: Saranyoo Jiralak
Casts: Siraphun Wittanajinda, James Alexander Mackie

Movie Synopsis
No one can remember what they did in their past life, they one we hurt will never forget…

9 Temples is the latest Thai horror story about one man’s journey to make amends in order to correct his bad karma by visintg 9 temples in 7 days. The journey leads him and his companion into series of un expected and horrific revelations. Upon his mother’s request, Nat, a young architect unwillingly takes a journey to visit 9 temples in order to change his back karma. Accompany by Poon his beautiful columnist girlfriend and Sujitto, a young novice monk the 3 characters have different purposes for taking this hourney. They later discover that they were destined to take this trip together and one person’s karma can affect the other and horrifying acts of their previous lives starts to reveals themselves….

The Vanquisher

Release Date: June 3, 2010
Genre: Action
Language: Thai
Director: Manop Udomdej
Casts: Pete Thong-Jeur, Saranyoo Wongkranchang, Sophita Sribanchean, Pimpan Chalaikoop, Kessarin Ektawatkul, Prangthong Changtham

Movie Synopsis
The Vanquisher tells the story of Gunja, CIA’s fearsome female agent who has become the target of her own organization after her last covert mission in Southern Thailand. Fortunately somehow she survives the assassination. Two years later, Wayib, the leader of a terrorist group, received an Intel from the CIA agents in the White House that someone is framing his group by sabotaging many buildings in Bangkok. While Wajib is trying to stop this plan for being carry out, he gets entangled with CIA agents and the Vespa gang which lead to a ruthless hunt and revenge by planting destructive bombs all over Bangkok. The clock is ticking and it is time for Gunja who had been in hiding to come out and take revenge on those who betrayed her.

Happy Go Lucky (福星到)

Release Date: May 27, 2010
Genre: Family Comedy
Language: Mandarin
Director: Harry Yap
Casts: Fann Wong, Richard Low, Patricia Mok

Movie Synopsis
A hardcore gambler from young, Hock Lee Poh (Richard Low 刘谦益) is at the same time, an ardent believer of Feng Shui. Always down on his luck, he continues to indulge in gambling all the time. His eldest daughter Donna (Patricia Mok 莫小玲), though petty and calculative, spends all her time and money on lavish nightlife and hunky social escorts – till she loses everything in the end. Fu Xin, Poh’s illegitimate second daughter (Fann Wong 范文芳) is born at an extremely inauspicious hour and thus labeled as the “jinx” of the family. Despite the nasty label on her, Fu Xin actually is a surreptitious ‘Lucky Star’ who always manages to avert precarious situations; turning unfavourable conditions into favourable ones, having the Midas touch in everything she does. The straight-forward, unassuming and childlike Fu Xin sacrifices a lot for the family and proves that family love can overcome all obstacles.

Kidnapper (绑匪)

Release Date: May 13, 2010
Genre: Suspense Thriller
Language: Mandarin
Director: Kelvin Tong
Casts: Christopher Lee, Jack Lim, Phyllis Quek, Jerald Tan

Movie Synopsis
Kidnapper tells the story of a father who defies all odds and moves heaven and earth to rescue his kidnapped son. In the process, he gives up everything in his life to raise the ransom, only to discover that the nefarious kidnapper wants even more money. Unable to raise the second ransom, Lim descends into madness as grief and self-doubt overwhelms him. His own morals were threatened when he flirts with the dark side in desperate attempt to get his son.

Haunted Room: Who r u?

Release Date: April 15, 2010
Genre: Horror
Language: Thai
Director: Pakpoom Wongchinda
Casts: Sinjai Plengpanich, Kanya Rattanapetch

Movie Synopsis
Haunted Room is based on real symptom/phenomena among teenagers in Japan known as Hikkikomori (acute Social Withdrawal). Nida is a DVD vendor, the mother of Ton a boy with severe psychological disorder called Hikkikomori. He has locked himself in his room for the past 5 years, not going anywhere or meeting anyone. The only way to communicate with him is through written notes slipped under the door.

This mysterious behavior drew a lot of interest and attention from the neighbors. The curiosity and concern lead to an investigation to answer a terrifying question, Is it actually Ton that is still in the room or something else?

The Tao Fighter: Woochi

Release Date: March 25, 2010
Genre: Action, SCI-FI, Comedy
Language: Korean
Director: Kelvin Tong
Casts: Dong-won Kang, Su-jeong Im, Yun-seok Kim, Hae-jin Yu

Movie Synopsis
"Jeon Woo-chi" begins in the Chosun Dynasty in 1509 and involves a trio of Taoist wizards, a magician named Jeon Woo Chi (Dong-won Kang) and his dog, a corrupt king, evil goblins, and a prophetic pipe everyone is after. Eventually Jeon Woo Chi becomes sealed inside an ancient scroll for a crime he did not commit.

Jumping ahead to the year 2009, the wizards are called out of peaceful retirement as goblins start appearing in modern Korea to wreak havoc all around. The trio call on Jeon Woo Chi, who is released from his ancient scroll entrapment, in to save the day. Problem is Jeon Woo Chi, a kind of anti-superhero, becomes more interested in sight-seeing and womanizing in modern day Korea.

500 Years Ago in the Chosun Dynasty. The Pipe of the prophecy has fallen into the evil hands of the goblins, propelling the world into a whirlwind of disorder. The ancient Taoist wizards turn to the greatest ascetics of their time, the Master and Hwadam (Kim Yoon-seok) for help in vanquishing the goblins and trust each wizard with one half of the Pipe.

Under the Mountain

Release Date: March 11, 2010
Genre: Action, Adventure, Special Effects
Language: English
Director: Jonathon King
Casts: Sam Neill, Bruce Spence, Thomas Cameron, Rachel Mcbride, Leon Wadham, Chelsea McEwan

Movie Synopsis
From the production design and effect team who brought us movies such as The Chronicles of Narnia, King Kong and The Lord of The Rings trilogy and based on famous New Zealand television mini series of the same name, Under The Mountain tells a journey of a pair of twins, Rachel and Theo Matheson. While on school summer holidays in Auckland, they were contacted by a man named Mr. Jones, who had met them briefly eight years earlier. This time, Mr. Jones revealed his true identity and mission. He was an alien, sent from another world in a battle against another race of aliens. These latter creatures were a family of slimy, slug-like beasts who could take on human form. Led by the evil Mr. Wilberforce, the slug monsters were now bent on destroying Earth and only the twins' emerging psychic abilities could turn them back.

14 Blades (锦衣卫)

Release Date: February 11, 2010
Genre: Action Thriller
Language: Chinese
Director: Daniel Lee
Casts: Donnie Yen, Zhao Wei, Wu Chun

Movie Synopsis

During the Ming Dynasty, the Emperor of China possessed one weapon greater than all others, the Imperial Guards, an elite force of assassins recruited from street orphans. Trained in clandestine combat from childhood, the Imperial Guards were masters of the 14 Blades, eight being for torture, five for killing, and the last blade reserved for suicide when a mission failed. Above the law, with a license to kill, the Imperial Guards devoted their lives and lethal prowess to the service of the Emperor alone.

When the Imperial Court is taken over by evil eunuch Jia, the best of the Imperial Guards, Green Dragon (Yen) and Xuanwu, are assigned to steal a list identifying those still loyal to the Emperor. However unbeknownst to Green Dragon, the Imperial Guards have fallen under the control of Jia, and during the mission Green Dragon is betrayed by Xuanwu and barely escapes with his life. Now as the most wanted man in the land Green Dragon must seek out and rally the loyalists to rise against Jia and restore the Emperor to power. In his way are the deadliest assassins in the land, his former brethren, the Imperial Guards.

72 Tenants of Prosperity (72 家租客)

Release Date: February 11, 2010
Genre: Comedy
Language: Cantonese
Director: Eric Tsang
Casts: Eric Tsang, Jacky Cheung, Anita Yuen, Bosco Wong, Stepfy Tang, Linda Chung, Wong Cho Lam, Charmaine Sheh, Lam Ka Tung.

Movie Synopsis
Past and present survival of the common man in the big city – ups and downs, laughters and tears….

In 1970s Hong Kong, rapacious landlords try to evict 72 tenants but sworn brothers Ha Kung (Eric Tsang) and Shek Kin (Jacky Cheung) help the group of 72 defeat the landlord (Lam Ka Tung) and landlady (Charmaine Sheh) and coincidentally rescue Pinky (Anita Yuen) from a planned forced marriage. When both sworn brothers fall for Pinky and propose to her, she flips a coin and Ha wins her hand in marriage.

The sworn brothers become sworn enemies and Shek’s hatred fuels intense rivalry against Ha in business dealings. Even after 40 years they continue to clash in Sai Yeung Choi Street, Mongkok, but when the street is hit by acid-attacks and rents raised to triple the cost, the 72 tenants unite and pledge to safeguard their home.

Against a background of fear and turmoil, with the old love triangle between Ha and Pinky and Shek still festering, the next generation of the Ha and Shek families embarks on their own heroic love affairs

Universal Soldier 3: A New Beginning

Release Date: January 28, 2010
Genre: Action
Language: English
Director: John Hymas
Casts: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Andrei Arlovski, Garry Cooper, Kerry Shale, Aki Avni, Emily Joyce, Violeta Markovska, Mike Pyle, John Laskowski

Movie Synopsis

The militant Islamist Chechen Basayev abducts the children of the President and takes control of Chernobyl, threatening to unleash a radioactive cloud unless his demands are met. Luc Deveraux (Van Damme), now a Universal Soldier again, joins a new team of UniSols secretly held in deep storage. Their mission: retake Chernobyl and disable explosives that will unleash radioactive clouds. Luc discovers that one of the reactivated Universal Soldiers is a clone of his old, homicidal Sergeant, Andrew Scott (Lundgren). He also must face the NGU, the next generation in the UniSol biotechnology.

Haunted Universities

Release Date: January 21, 2010
Genre: Horror
Language: Thai
Director: Bunjong Sinthanamongkolkul, Sutthiporn Tubtim
Casts: Panward Hemmanee, Anna Reese, Ashiraya Peerapatkunchaya

Movie Synopsis
Based on various horror and ghost tales set in universities, the film centers around some students who encounter paranormal events in their university. They must fight against their fears and scary things that are haunting their university.

2009

The Treasure Hunter (刺陵)

Release Date: December 24, 2009
Genre: Fantasy / Adventure
Language: Mandarin
Director: Kevin Chu (Chinese Odyssey)
Casts: Jay Chou, ChiLing Lin, Chen DaoMing, Eric Tsang

Movie Synopsis

In the northwest desert where countless prosperous dynasties have flourish and fall, there is rumor of a treasure of unbelievable riches buried among it. A group of mysterious guardian have been guarding the map to the location of the treasure until a fierce rivalry erupted. A notorious international crime group, The Company hunted down the map keeper and before they managed to secure the map, the keeper passed the map to a young chivalrous man Ciao Fei (Jay Chou).

Ciao Fei was forced to give up the map to save the live of his mentor’s daughter Lan Ting (Lin Chi Ling),. Teaming up with Hua Ding Bang (a famous archelogist) and Lan Ting they embark on a dangerous journey to recover the map and fight to protect the ancient treasure.

Bodyguards and Assassins (十月围城）

Release Date: December 18, 2009
Genre: Action
Language: Mandarin
Director: Teddy Chen
Casts: Donnie Yen, Leon Lai, Nicholas Tse, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Eric Tsang, Simon Yan, Fan Bing Bing, Li YuChun

Movie Synopsis

A US$23million historical epic production from Award Winning Producer Peter Chan and Director Teddy Chen.

1905, City of Victoria (British Colony of Hong Kong). Before Dr. Sun Yat-Sen can become the Father of Modern China by instigating the revolution of 1911 that overturns the Qing Dynasty, his life is almost cut short when he arrives at Hong Kong for a secret meeting to establish a united anti-Qing revolutionary front.
In the distance of thirteen blocks, the one man Dr. Sun Yat-Sen who holds a nation’s fate must survive relentless attempts on his life with only five bodyguards, a group of ordinary men and women who actually possess extraordinary fighting skills. Against hundreds of assassins, these men must put their courage to the test in order to protect the hope of millions even if it means fighting to the death…

Raging Phoenix

Release Date: November 5, 2009
Genre: Action
Language: Thai
Director: Rashane Limtrakul
Casts: Jija Yanin, Kazoo

Movie Synopsis
Jija Yanin the female version on ‘Tony Jaa’, comes the next real fight action movie that will put her skills to the test in Raging Phoenix by using the martial arts tactic of drunken steps “Meraiyuth’ combining with B-Boy dance movements.

Due (Jija Yanin), a girl with equally high degree of recklessness and beauty has never experience ‘true love’ One day her life change completely when some gangsters tried to kidnap her and she narrowly escape with the help of druken Sanim a sad looking stranger with a painful and revengeful past. Due now has to face 3 very skilled killers sent to kill her by training with Sanim to learn the art of Meraiyuh (Drunken Steps). The essence to learn drunken step is to have great fighting power which is transform from Love. Hence Due now has to find the meaning of true love.

Ninja

Release Date: October 29, 2009
Genre: Action
Language: English
Director: Isaac Forentine
Casts: Scott Adkins (X-Men Origins: Wolverine), Tsuyoshi Ihara, Mika Hijii, Garrick Hagon

Movie Synopsis
A westerner named Casey, studying Ninjutsu in Japan, is asked by the Sensei to return to New York to protect the legendary Yoroi Bitsu, an armored chest that contains the weapons of the last Koga Ninja.

CHAW (食人野獸)

Release Date: October 8, 2009
Genre: Creature / Adventure
Language: English
Director: Shin Jung-Won
Casts: Eun Tae-Woong, Jung Yu-Mi

Movie Synopsis
In a calm and peaceful mountain village Sameri where there has not been a crime for years, the community’s headman dream about developing the village to bring up the economy of the town. One day a terribly damaged dead body was discovered in the grove of the new development that send the entire town into a panic as it has not happened before. Upon investigation it was confirmed that the victim, a young girl was murdered and attacked by a cannibalistic wild boar. The villages voice for the project to be closed but the headman greedy for money ignores the pleas and pushes the project ahead. Soon CHAW attacks again and terrorizes the entire town and new tourist/visitors…

Tsunami at Haeundae

Release Date: September 17, 2009
Genre:Adventure / Natural Disaster
Language: Korean
Director: JK Youn
Casts: Sol Kyung-gu, Ha Ji-won, Park Joong-hoon, Uhm Jung-hwa

Movie Synopsis
Located on the southeast tip of the Korean peninsula is the international city of Pusan. A popular vacation spot son the East Sea coast, Haeundae draws one million visitors to its beaches every year.  One day, a geologist who is an expert on tsunami research, discovers the East Sea showing signs of activity similar to the Indian Ocean at the time of the 2004 tsunami. Despite his warnings, the Disaster Prevention Agency affirms that Korea is in no harm of being hit but on a hot summer day, a super-tsunami is headed straight for Haeundae at 500 miles per hour.

The Unbelievable (怪談)

Release Date: September 3, 2009
Genre: Horror
Language: Cantonese
Director: Fong Sai Keung
Casts: Priscilla Wong

Movie Synopsis
Based on a popular long-running TV programme which explores the unseen and unexplainable, this big screen version follows a film crew to the eerie and mysterious location of Thailand. While they are shooting a new series of the programme, the crew is totally unprepared for what they will encountered

Kung Fu Cyborg (機器俠)

Release Date: August 27, 2009
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Language: Cantonese
Director: Jeff Lau (Chinese Odyssey)
Casts: Ronald Cheng, Alex Fong, Wu Jing, Hu Jun, Sun Li, Gan Wei, Eric Tsang, Law Ka Ying

Movie Synopsis
The highly anticipated US10million martial arts / sci-fi action movie helmed by visionary director Jeff Lau (Chinese Odyssey).

Kung Fu Cyborg is a story about Deming, a national secret as it is the first cybernetic organism programmed with social conscience created by the Chinese government. To test DE Ming’s sophisticated identity, De Ming is send to a remote area, a village as a newcomer. Un aware of DE Ming’s robotic identity, the villagers come to care for him.

Then an unbelievable confrontation turns everything around when another cyborg, K-88 disappears after a neural meltdown and creates havoc. De Ming, together with it’s guardian Xu are sent to hunt down the malfunctioned K-88.

Laughing GOR: Turning Point
Laughing GOR 之变节

Release Date: August 20, 2009
Genre: Action
Language: Cantonese
Director: Herman Yau
Casts: Michael Tse, Anthony Wong. Francis Ng, Felix Wong

Movie Synopsis
The prequel to the popular character, Laughing ‘Gor’ (Michael Tse) in the highly rated TVB drama series “Emergency Unit”. This movie tells the story of Laughing and before he join the police force has a dark background as member of a tried under Chou (Anthony Wong). Chou was the leader of the triad and persuaded Laughing to join the police force as an undercover for the triad to spy on police activities. While in the police academy, Laughing excel but not well enough to be confirm as a police officer. Instead he was recruited to be an undercover agent to spy on some illegal activities. Laughing now maintains the life as a double undercover agent, with crucial information from two sides. But an incident disturbs the balance of the two identities and threatens to blow his cover. With both the triad and police force suspicious of his loyalty, Laughing does not know who he can trust to save him.

Tracing Shadow (追影)

Release Date: August 6, 2009
Genre: Action Comedy
Language: Cantonese
Director: Marco Mak, Francis Ng
Casts: Francis Ng, Jaycee Chan

Movie Synopsis
During a chaotic period of the late Ming Dynasty. There are many kungfu masters from different regions that are fighting ruthlessly for a mysterious treasure map hidden inside the Ming palace. Amidst such combat, the map unexpectedly disappeared. 5 of the kung fu masters trace the map’s location to a small village and there they disguise themselves as ‘ordinary’ people among the villagers in hope of finding the map.

Among them are a Mongolian Warrior and a Japanese Ninja, posing as a married couple in the village. On the surface, the five kung fu masters are friendly loving neighbours however they are actually very cunning and competitive trying to outdo each other to be the first to locate the map. One day their wealthy landlord reveal that he posses the map and it started a chain of adventures event in this small and once ordinary village.  

OverHeard (竊聽風云)

Release Date: July 30, 2009
Genre: Crime Thriller
Language: Cantonese
Director: Alan Mak, Felix Chong (Infernal Affairs trilogy)
Casts: Lau Ching Wan, Louis Koo, Daniel Wu

Movie Synopsis
A major stock exchange in the world, Hong Kong attracts not only money but any who try to manipulate the market. At the Hong Kong Police Force Commercial Crime Bureau, an operation is underway to infiltrate a trading company, Feng Hua International where a man, nicknamed “Boss” is the chief suspect.

The team, led by Inspector Leung (Lau Ching Wan) together with Yeung (Louis Koo) and Lam (Daniel Wu) install interception devices to monitor the company’s communications. When a crucial information on a surging share were intercepted, a moment of greed led the team in a cross fire between the Bureau and the boss.

Dance Subaru

Release Date: June 18, 2009
Genre: Dance
Language: Japanese
Director: Chi-ngai Lee
Casts: Meisa Kuroki

Movie Synopsis
From the best selling japanese comic, where ballet meets street dance

I Corrupt All Cops (金钱帝国)

Release Date: May 21, 2009
Genre: Crime Thriller
Language: Cantonese
Director: Wong jing
Casts: Tony Leung Ka Fai, Anthony Wong, Eason Chan, Bowie Lam, Alex Fong, Natalie Meng

Movie Synopsis
During the time Hong Kong was under British rule, there was a dark age when corruption and bribery were the order of the day. At that time the head of this empire of graft is Lak, the Chinese Chief constable. Whenever he fails to apprehend a fellow, his subordinate Unicorn (Anthony) will frame an innocent in it’s place. In an incident Bong (Alex), aiversity custody was framed and when he refuse to admit he was badly bitten. Thanks to Gold (Wong Jing), Bong’s mother managed to get Bong released. Meanwhile Lak takes a new recruit Gale (Eason) under his wings. Due to a personal conflict Lak and Unicorn went their separate ways. Then in the early 1970s, the Governor of Hong Kong decided to clean up the police force and an operation branch ICAC (Independent Commission Against Corruption) was set-up headed by Yim (Bowie). To avenge their humiliation, both Unicorn and Bong joins ICAC to crush Lak and the gang.

Power Kids

Release Date: May 7, 2009
Genre: Action
Language: Thai
Director: Krissanapong Rachata
Casts: Krissanapong Rachata

Movie Synopsis
Four Children are forced to forget their differences and band together in this action packed drama. Wut, Pong and Kat are a group of very close friends who enjoy nothing more than practicing the latest traditional Thai boxing moves. They make it their mission to help Wut's younger brother Wun, after learning that he suffers from a debilitating form of heart disease. They are joined by an unlikely aide Jib, a girl from a totally different social background from Wut. It looks like everything is going to work out but then something unexpected and terrifying transpires. A group of terrorists belonging to led by the notoriously viscous Paeda has taken control of the hospital. The four children, realizing that Wun's new heart is now in jeopardy, decide to embark on a daring raid to save their friend's heart and possibly the whole hospital. Unfortunately the children are not as prepared as they would have wished. They are captured along with a UN ambassador, doctors, nurses and patients and are used as ransom in an effort to show Paeda's determination and capability to the world.

Will the children be able to escape, secure the heart for their Wun and stop the unnecessary slaying of many innocent lives?

Queens Of Langkasuka

Release Date: April 9, 2009
Genre: Action / Adventure / Fantasy
Language: Thai
Director: Nonzee Nimibutr
Casts: Soraphong Chatree, Jarunee Suksawat, Ananda Everingham

Movie Synopsis
From the production design and effect team who brought us movies such as The Chronicles of Narnia, King Kong and The Lord of The Rings trilogy and based on famous New Zealand television mini series of the same name, Under The Mountain tells a journey of a pair of twins, Rachel and Theo Matheson. While on school summer holidays in Auckland, they were contacted by a man named Mr. Jones, who had met them briefly eight years earlier. This time, Mr. Jones revealed his true identity and mission. He was an alien, sent from another world in a battle against another race of aliens. These latter creatures were a family of slimy, slug-like beasts who could take on human form. Led by the evil Mr. Wilberforce, the slug monsters were now bent on destroying Earth and only the twins' emerging psychic abilities could turn them back.

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li

Release Date: February 26, 2009 (Worldwide Release)
Genre: Action
Language: English
Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak (Romeo Must Die, Doom, Cradle 2 The Grave)
Casts: Kristin Kreuk (Smallville), Michael Clarke Duncan (The Scorpion King), Neal McDonough (The Guardian), Taboo (Black Eye Peas), Chris Klein (American Pie), Moon Bloodgood (Terminator Salvation), Edmund Chen, Cheng Pei Pei, Josie Ho, Robin Shou

Movie Synopsis
From the production design and effect team who brought us movies such as The Chronicles of Narnia, King Kong and The Lord of The Rings trilogy and based on famous New Zealand television mini series of the same name, Under The Mountain tells a journey of a pair of twins, Rachel and Theo Matheson. While on school summer holidays in Auckland, they were contacted by a man named Mr. Jones, who had met them briefly eight years earlier. This time, Mr. Jones revealed his true identity and mission. He was an alien, sent from another world in a battle against another race of aliens. These latter creatures were a family of slimy, slug-like beasts who could take on human form. Led by the evil Mr. Wilberforce, the slug monsters were now bent on destroying Earth and only the twins' emerging psychic abilities could turn them back.

Ong Bak 2

Release Date: Febuary 5, 2009
Genre: Action
Language: Thai
Director: Tony Jaa
Casts: Tony Jaa

Movie Synopsis
The story is about a man with two sides - good and evil. Conceited about his talents, he lives in a world of darkness until he discovers the beauty of khon, (Thai masked dance), and transforms it into a gracious fighting skill. Hence the adventure begans as the young Thai boxer learns the skills and inner meaning of martial arts

The Wedding Game

Release Date: January 25, 2009
Genre: Comedy Romance
Language: Mandarin
Director: Ekachai Uekrongtham
Casts: Fann Wong, Christopher Lee, Charles Chen Jian Zhou, Alice Lau, Daniel Tan, Lai Ming, Saiful Apek

Movie Synopsis
From the producers who be brought us movies such Ah Long Limited and Money Not Enough 1 & 2, comes the funniest romance comedy starring real life couple Singaporean stars Fann Wong and Christopher Lee with an assemble of local Malaysian celebrities such as Daniel Tan with guest appearance from veteran actress Lai Ming and even Saiful Apek. This romance comedy was shot in both Singapore and Malaysia (in Malacca).

The story begins when Jack (Christopher Lee) publicly proposes to Sue (Fann Wong) during the live telecast of a regional awards show. Surprised but happy, Sue accepts. What the public doesn't know is that the entire love affair is an elaborate and meticulously planned ruse designed by their ambitious managers May and Tom. In reality, Jack has disliked Sue from the first day they met and vice versa!

But through it all, the two stars keep up with the charade. Just when everything is going so well, an incident has rattled some of the fans and the media. There is doubt now lingering about the authenticity of this love match.

Will they succeed in fooling a nation, and come away richer but not wiser?

2008

Diary Of The Dead

Release Date: December 25, 2008
Genre: Horror
Language: English
Director: George A. Romero
Casts: Michele Morgan, Shawn Roberts, Joshua Close

Movie Synopsis
Horror icon George A. Romero effectively hits the “reset” button on his hugely influential Dead series with this scaled-back look at the zombie apocalypse as told from the perspective of a student filmmaker who sets out to shoot a low-budget fright film, but instead captures the breakdown of modern society at the decaying hands of flesh-eating ghouls. Jason Creed (Joshua Close) and his crew are shooting a mummy movie in the Pennsylvania woods when media reports begin pouring in about the dead rising from their graves to feast on the flesh of the living.

While self-centered star Ridley (Philip Riccio) beats a hasty retreat to his family’s fortified mansion halfway across the state, the remaining cast and crew are forced to fight for their lives despite having no weapons to speak of, and only a wobbly recreational vehicle in which to seek shelter. Immediately recognizing the gravity of the situation and outspokenly skeptical of the media, determined director Creed decides to use his own camera to capture the real story in a documentary entitled “The Death Of Death.” Now, as the group attempts to fight their way to safety, the skeptics will all watch as their greatest fears become reality, and the realists will attempt to process a nightmare that modern science would pass off as impossible.

WU SHU: The Young Generation

Release Date: November 20, 2008
Genre: Action, Martial Arts
Language: Mandarin
Executive Producer: Jackie Chan
Director: Anthony Szeto
Casts: Sammo Hung, Liu Feng Chao, Wong Wen Jie

Movie Synopsis
The story follows a pair of brothers, Yi and Er at an elite small town martial arts school where their father, Li Hui is a teacher. Together with their five best friends they form a gang, ‘Jinwunmen’, swearing allegiance to each other and to be the best. 10 years later in their graduation year with the provincial team selection looming, their lives take an unexpected turn when they cross roads with Ke Le and foil a kidnapping attempt. Faced with a real enemy out to kill them, they have to turn to their athletic abilities into real combat.

Note from Executive Producer Jackie Chan

It has been my life’s pleasure to work with martial artists. The code of honour, the sheer dedication and the friendship among peers is very special to me. I also feel that it is important to foster new talent and to constantly try to reinvent the martial arts genre. Wushu – The Young Generation does both. The young children in the film reminded me of my early days of training, and the teenagers are so energetic. It is my pleasure to present Wushu – The Young Generation to you the audience and am sure you will enjoy the action story and message within as much as I have.

GP506 The Guard Post

Release Date: November 13, 2008
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Language: Korean
Director: Kong Soo-chang
Casts: Cheon Ho-jin, Jo Hyeon-jae, Lee Yeong-hoon, Lee Jeong-hoon

Movie Synopsis
IThe director from R-Point is return with new military horror GP 506. Strange murder case was occurred. All of squad soldiers from 506 at DMZ were killed except one soldier. Every body were cruelly crashed or cut off their neck. The only survived one is in coma and the case goes into mystery. A military investigator (Chun Ho Jin) is dispatched. And he is facing a strange virus that makes soldiers become zombie.

The Coffin

Release Date: October 30, 2008
Genre: Supernatural Thriller / Horror
Language: English and Thai - 80% / 20%
Director: Ekachai Uekrongtham
Casts: Karen Mok, Ananda Everingham, Andrew Lim, Aki Shibuya, Kapakpapha Kakprasitte

Movie Synopsis
Inspired by a true Thai ritual of lying in coffins to get rid of bad luck and prolong life, The Coffin is a supernatural thriller about a young man and a young woman who decide to go through the ritual in Thailand.

Chris, a claustrophobic architect does it in the hope of saving his fiancée who's dying of terminal cancer. Sue, a nutritionist visiting Thailand from Hong Kong does it to save her own life after being diagnosed with a lethal brain tumor - one week before her wedding.

After the ritual, Chris and Sue experience what appear to be miracles in their respective lives. But soon, they find themselves confronted by a series of bizarre and terrifying incidents. With the help of a professor specializing in paranormal cases associated with the ritual, they set out to exorcise the ghosts that haunt them, and attempt to reverse the wheel of karma.

Thrilling, mysterious and ultimately moving, The Coffin is a spine-chilling horror about the beauty of life and death, and coming to face to face with living and dying

Disaster Movie

Release Date: October 16, 2008
Genre: Comedy
Language: English
Director: Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer (Meet the Spartans, Epic Movie, Date Movie, Scary Movie)
Casts: Matt Lanter, Vanessa Minnillo , Carmen Electra , Kim Kardashian

Movie Synopsis
DISASTER MOVIE, the latest genre spoof from filmmakers that brought us Scary Movie and Epic Movie, follows the adventure of Will and sidekicks Calvin, Lisa and Juney as they make their way to safety across New York City, where earthquakes. Asteroids, twisters and an ice storm struck all in one night. It all started with a bizarre nightmare which Will had about a mysterious crystal skull which predicts the end of the world. Their destination is the Natural History Museum where Will’s girlfriend Amy works and where an Aztec crystal skull like the one in Will’s nightmare must be replaced at an altar in order to stop the on-going disaster. Can will – armed with his father’s famous fedora and bullwhip, fulfilled his destiny and win back Amy’s love by returning the crystal skull in time to save the world?

Disaster movie spoof of at the disaster genre and include a selection of other Hollywood movies including IRON MAN, THE INCREDIBLE HULK, THE DARK KNIGHT, WANTED, GET SMART, KUNG FU PANDA, ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS and INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL.

Painted Skin

Release Date: September 26, 2008
Genre: Action
Language: Chinese
Director: Gordon CHAN Car-Seung
Casts: Donnie Yen, Zhou Xun, Zhao Wei, Chen Kun, Qi Yuwu, Sun Li,  

Movie Synopsis
The story is adapted from the ancient Chinese classic “Ghost Stories”.

During the Chin and Han era, Commander Wang Sheng leads his troops in a raid on bandits in the desert, in the process he rescues a beautiful woman and brings her back with them. However, he has no idea that this woman (Xiao Wei) is in fact a fox spirit in human form.  Xiao Wei needs a regular supply of human hearts to maintain her human form, and the tasks falls on her helper Xiao Yi – a desert chameleon who is also taken on human form and has the special ability to melt into his environment. To prove his love and devotion to Xiao Wei, he carries out a spate of murders in order to provide her with human hearts; this terrorizes the whole city.

Meanwhile Xiao Wei has fallen in love with Wang Sheng, after being impressed with his gallant attempt in rescuing her. She keeps trying to seduce Wang in an effort to steal him from his wife Pei Rong.

Pei Rong finds out about Xiao Wei’s feelings for her husband; she also discovers that Xiao Wei is not human, so she secretly approaches martial expert Pang Rong and demon catcher Xia Bing for help…

Subsequently a drama unfolds that delves into intricate emotions and relationships between man and demon, love and passion, loyalty and temptation, treachery and integrity, ending in a finale with a surprising twist.

The Luckiest Man

Release Date: August 28, 2008
Genre: Comedy
Language: Chinese
Director: Lam Tze-chung
Casts: Chan Bak Cheung (Kung Fu Majoong 3), Bosco Wong Chung Chak , Cheung Tat Ming (The lady Iron Chef), Yuan Qiu and Lam Chi Chung

Movie Synopsis
Mr. Ho, “King of Gambling”, got rich by gambling and is the leader of the Hong Kong Mah Jong industry in the 1950’s. He has 3 wives, two sons and one daughter.

On the surface the 3 wives appears to be living in harmony but they actually compete against each other for the family’s wealth. Since all 3 wives know Kung Fu they sometimes have a martial arts showdown during dinner! Their fighting intensifies when Mr. Ho brings his love child, Ah Fai back home. Mr. Ho loves him very much, but the 3 wives and 2 sons hope to kick him out. Mr. Ho knows he is getting old, so he suggests 3 sons to manage each “Mah Jong” club for a period of time. If the one can get the best result, he will be his heir. To hider Ah Fai, they pay a huge amount to employ 3 experienced “Mah Jong” Cheating Masters: The Ghost, The Look, & The Vengeance and they manage to cheat the inexperience Ah Fai.

Seeing that Ah Fai is about to lose, Mr. Ho seeks the help of the 3 “Mah Jong” masters of 1950’s. As the 3 Masters are old and retired a long time ago they can only pass on their knowledge verbally. Ah Fai having natural talent was soon able to master the techniques and soon the real “Mah Jong” challenge begins!

Kung Fu Hip Hop

Release Date: July 24, 2008
Genre:Dance / Martial Arts, Romance / Comedy
Language: Cantonese
Director: Fu Hua Yang
Casts: Jordan Chan ( Initial D ), Fan Bing Bing ( Battle of Wits ) , Hyun Joon (Rain’s Choreographer, Asian ‘Dancing King’)

Movie Synopsis
The movie is mainly focusing on all kinds of dance styles, combining the Chinese kung-fu into hip-hop, disco and pop dance that draws on actual talents from the ‘dance’ and ‘music’ world; well-known cheroegraphers who have worked with famous iconic superstars such as Rain, Michael Jackson, Jay Chou, Jolin Tsai and many more.

‘Kung Fu Pop’ is a warm touching story of 3 adults who have bravely pursuing on their dreams and how they overcome all challenges ahead of them in the dancing world. It all starts off with a dance competition which the 3 main characters are taking part in. From there the story continues to show their creative & passion for music and dance along with what happens in the dance competition. The 3 of them have break through their highs & lows, share their sweat, tears & laughter, together they solved all difficulties & challenges in winning the glory of the title ‘Dancing King’.

War Of The Dragons

Release Date: July 10, 2008
Genre: Action / Fantasy / Creature
Language: English
Director: Hyung-rae Shim
Casts: Jason Behr, Amanda Brooks, Robert Forster

Movie Synopsis
WAR OF THE DRAGONS is based on, a Korean legend of the Imoogi. An Imoogi is a serpent that by possessing the ‘ Yuh Yi Joo’ can transform into a dragon.

Dragon-like creatures from an ancient legend appear in Los Angeles, scale buildings, flip cars and terrorize the city in search for a girl named Sarah. While investigating one of the disaster sites, a TV reporter Ethan, uncovers a piece of debris which directly links him to this legend. Ethan must realize his destiny as an ancient warrior who was re-born to protect Sarah from the evil dragon and save the city from total destruction.

DENDAM KUNTILANAK

Release Date: June 26, 2008
Genre: Horror
Language: Indonesia
Director: Aria Azis
Casts: Thalita Latief, Salvita, Bunga Jeulita, Tsania Marwa

Movie Synopsis
A group of teenagers Diska, Naya, Chika, Dinda, Yugo, Armen and Onil was out on a holiday in Semarang to celebrate their high school graduations. One night after enjoying themselves in a party, the group stop by the Lawang Sewu building on the way back to Naya’s grandfather’s house. Some of the boys got down to relieve themselves on the roadside while Cika went into the building to look for a private place to relieve herself.

When Cika didn’t return from the building, they all went in search of her but did not manage to find her. They returned to Naya’s grand father’s place and decide to try to look for Cika again the next day. Jatmiko, Naya’s grandfather is shocked to hear of Cika’s disappearance and shares with them about the mysterious happening of the Lawang Sewu building. There are some rules one must obey before entering the building and found that they have broken the rules…

SOMEONE BEHIND YOU

Release Date: May 29, 2008
Genre: Horror
Language: Korean
Director: Kim Hae-Gon
Casts: Yoon Jin-Seo, Lee Ki-Woo, Park Ki-Woong

Movie Synopsis
Ga-in, a smart, pretty girl who is loved by everyone, witness the deaths of people around her. She is then singled out as the next in line to die from the curse that has one person in each generation die at the hands of two people close to them.

Ga-in searched for the truth about the curse with Suk-min a boy who always lingers around her, and her boyfriend Heon-joong. But attacks on her life by those dearest to her, like her best friend and her mother, never cease…

MUOI GHOST PORTRAIT

Release Date: April 24, 2008
Genre: Thriller / Horror
Language: Korean
Director: Tae-kyung Kim
Casts: An Jo, Ye-ryun Cha


Movie Synopsis
Urged by the chief editor for not finding a fresh story, the novelist Yoon-hee (Jo An) hears an interesting story from Seo-yeon (Cha Ye-ryun) who had immigrated to Vietnam. The story fo a cursed portrait fascinates Yoon-hee and she heads for Vietnam where Muoi and Seo-yeon awaits her. Having arrived in Vietnam, Yoon-hee feels somewhat eerie seeing Seo-yeonhas some how change, and as this feeling intensifies, Yoon Hee become obsessed with collecting data on the secret of ‘Muoi’. However as the secret behind the portrait reveals, the beautiful exotic nature of Vietnam turns into a place of nightmares and full terror!

FLOOD

Release Date: February 28, 2008
Genre: Action Drama
Language: English
Director: Tony Mitchell
Casts: Robert Caryle, Jessalyn Gilsig, Tom Courtenay
Offcial Web: http://www.flood-london.com/

Movie Synopsis
Timely yet terrifying, The Flood predicts the unthinkable.
When a raging storm coincides with high seas it unleashes a colossal tidal surge, which travels mercilessly down England's East Coast and into the Thames Estuary. Overwhelming the Barrier, torrents of water pour into the city. The lives of millions of Londoners are at stake. Top marine engineers and barrier experts Rob (Robert Carlyle), his ex-wife Sam (Jessalyn Gilsig) and his father Leonard Morrison (Tom Courtnay), have only a few hours to save the city from total devastation.

KUNG FU DUNK

Release Date: February 7, 2008
Genre: Martial Arts/Sports/Comedy
Language: Cantonese
Director: Kevin Chu
Casts: Jay Chou, Charlene Choi, Bo-lin Chen, Eric Tsang, Ng Man Tat

Movie Synopsis
ACCLAIMED DIRECTOR KEVIN CHU AND CREW FROM THE CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER, CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON, KUNGFU HUSTLE AND SHAOLIN SOCCER.

Shi-Jie (Jay Chou), grew up in a Martial Arts School. Hence he is well verse in Marital Arts especially Kung-fu. With his Kung-fu skills and his good reflex, Shi-Jie excels in basketball by mastering the slam dunk skill. On the pretext of helping Shi-Jie find his family, Wang-Li (Eric Tsang) invited him to join a university’s basketball team in hopes of making money of it.

There Shi-Jie faces new challenges by finding his place on the basketball team with team mates Ting-Wei (Bo-Lin Chen) and Xiao-Lan (Baron Chen).

With upcoming Basketball championship games and appearance of Li-Li (Charlene Choi), will the team be able to put aside their difference and personal emotions for the love of the game

ANNA & ANNA

Release Date: November 22, 2007
Genre: Romance Thriller
Language: Chinese (Cantonese)
Director: Aubrey Lam
Casts: Karena Lam, Lu Yi,
Tender: Huang Teng Hao

Movie Synopsis
Anna & Anna is a romantic thriller of Anna (Karena Lam) who seems to have everything in life, from love to career, until her boss decides to post her to China. There, Anna meets her ex-boyfriend, Ouyang (Lu Yi) and his wife, Si-Yu (Karena Lam) who looks exactly like her and later turns out to be her doppelganger. Love for her ex-beau rekindles and Anna decides to switch identities with Si-Yu for a week. Si-Yu then flies to Singapore where she falls in love with Billy (Tender), Anna’s current boyfriend. Realising that Ouyang is no longer the man she used to love, Anna desperately wants her old life back, but her doppelganger has plans of her own too.

MALAM JUMAT KLIWON

Release Date: November 22, 2007
Genre: Horror
Language: Indonesian
Director: Koya Pagayo
Casts: Ben Joshua, Robertino, Debby Kristy, Gracia Indri, Nadiah Hasan, Daffy Ariaga

Movie Synopsis
The new horror movie from the Indonesian Horror director who brought you Hantu Jeruk Puru4t and Terowongan Casablanca…

In the past, a woman named Suci was murdered because she was believed to perform black magic that killed most of the residents. Before she dies, Suci condemned the area and vowed to take revenge.

In present, the condemned land is now a motel but each Thursday Kliwon night (a time according to the Javanese beliefs that ghosts will appear) the residents staying in that hotel will possessed by ghosts and die a horrible death. After awhile the motel was deserted.

Four frightened teenagers - Ramon, Dhika, Sheila and Joana, running away from the police took refuge at the empty motel. Soon they are not only terrorized by Suci’s spirit but also spirit of the people who died there. One by one they are possessed and started killing each other. The killing spree that happens every Thursday Kliwon night has just started…

BULLET & BRAIN

Release Date: November 1, 2007
Genre: Action Drama
Language: Chinese (Cantonese)
Director: Keung Kwok Man
Casts: Francis Ng, Anthony Wong , Alex Fong, Eric Tsang

Movie Synopsis
This was a legend told and re-told in a sinful city…
In the midst of the gunfights and bloodshed in a sinful city, there were two legendary figures — known only as “Bullet” and “Brain”. “Bullet”, as the name suggests, earned a reputation for being the sharpest shooter the city had ever seen. He could take out his enemy with a pistol in less than one tenth of a second. “Brain”, on the other hand, earned his reputation for his ingenious plots and the countless electronic gadgets he was equipped with.

Unknown to all, both Bullet and Brain have separate incidences where they swore never to kill and manipulate people. Soon they disappeared and no one has heard from them since.

Nine years passed quickly, and the stories of Bullet and Brain have become only tales of legend. However an old debt and promise draws Bullet and Brain back to the city but this maybe their last mission…

BROTHERS

Release Date: October 18, 2007
Genre: Action Drama
Language: Chinese (Cantonese)
Director: Derek Chiu
Casts: Andy Lau, Michael Miu, Eason Chan, Lam Ka Tung, Wong Yat Wah, Tong Chun Yap

Movie Synopsis
The death of a triad leader brought in a chain of activities that will change the relationship of two brothers forever.

When his father was killed, Michael Miu had to step up to take over the family business which includes the triad headed by his father. While Michael tries to change the triad business to be a more corporate organization, rival triad members disapproved of his revolutionary ways frames him and Michael ended up in jail Andy Lau plays the police inspector has been investigating the movement of the triad and to sure that Michael goes to jail.

In the meantime Michael calls his brother Eason to come back to Hong Kong to be the next head of the triad. 20 years ago, his father sent Eason away oversea for study for there was a prediction that the two brothers will to fight over the triad position that will tear the whole organization apart…

SECRET

Release Date: August 16, 2007
Genre: Romance Drama
Language: Chinese (Mandarin)
Director: Jay Chou
Casts: Jay Chou, Anthony Wong, Kwai Lun Mei

Movie Synopsis
The first day Lun (Jay Chou) enters Tamkang Secondary School he meets Yu (Kwai Lun-Mei) in the music room who is playing a mysterious piano solo. The two become intimate friends and spend a lot of time together. “What’s the melody you played the first day we met?” asked Lun, “That’s my secret.” Yu whispered to his ear.

One day, Lun asks Yu to meet him at the music room. But they did not meet and Yu never show up again. It seems that Yu has mysteriously disappeared. Later, Lun sees Yu in an old photograph and what surprises him is that Yu is standing next to his father, Chiu (Anthony Wong) in the photo! The secrets behind Yu and the mysterious melody are going to be unleashed…

ARANG

Release Date: December 7, 2006
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Language: Korean
Director: Ahn Sang Hoon
Casts: Song Yoon Ah,Lee Dong Wook
Official Website: http://www.arang2006.co.kr/index.jsp
Rating: 18PL
Running Time: 97 minutes

Movie Synopsis
Based on a Korean Legend of Arang, comes a tale of something supernatural and horrifying. Veteran detective So-young (Song Yoon Ah) and her rookie partner Hyun-gi (Lee Dong Wok) happen onto an incendiary homicide case. While Hyun-gi is goofing up and distracting So-young, So-young senses that there is something wrong in the case, with 4 mysterious deaths. They discover that the present case is somehow related to the mysterious death of a girl ten years previously. At this point, So-young becomes plagued with nightmares in which the girl appears. And the serial killings continue.