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Wednesday 29 July 2015

Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation


Release Date: July
  • Rating: P13
  • Runtime: 132 min
  • Director: Christopher McQuarrie
  • Genre(s): Thriller, Action, Adventure

Story Tom Cruise returns as IMF agent Ethan Hunt, who is now being tracked down by The Syndicate - a highly-trained organisation of rogue assassins that kill on order. Ethan and his colleagues have to take down The Syndicate before it gets the chance to destroy IMF.

    • Starring: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Alec Baldwin, Rebecca Ferguson

Detective Conan: Sunflowers Of Inferno (Japanese)


Release Date: July
  • Rating: P13
  • Runtime: 115 min
  • Director: Kobun Shizuno
  • Genre(s): Animation

Story A certain world-famous painting was to be auctioned at an auction house in New York frequented by the rich. The piece of art was one of Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers', a masterpiece thought to be destroyed in Japan. Jirokichi Suzuki fights off all bidders by putting forward $300 million to buy it, stating that he intends to collect all seven of the 'Sunflowers' paintings that are scattered around the world. It will be given its greatest exhibition ever in the Japanese museum 'Lake Rock', which boasts iron-clad security, he announces live on worldwide news being watched by Conan and Ran. He has collected seven specialists known as the 'Seven Samurai' to protect the Sunflowers, but just as they are about to appear, Kaitou Kid suddenly shows up! He declares war, stating that he will steal the painting no matter what, before vanishing. Why would Kid make such a statement when he usually only goes after Big Jewels? And just as everyone starts to panic, a high-school detective appears on the scene, having heard rumors of Kid's appearance: Shinichi Kudo. Then, the 'White Shadow' launches an aerial assault on the passenger plane carrying the 'Sunflowers' to Japan. The curtain opens on an art mystery that blends truth and lies, focused upon a peerless treasure.

    • Starring: Wakana Yamazaki, Minami Takayama, Rikiya Koyama

Thursday 23 July 2015

The Vatican Tapes


Release Date: July
  • Rating: P13
  • Runtime: 91 min
  • Director: Mark Neveldine
  • Genre(s): Horror, Thriller

Story A priest and two Vatican exorcists must do battle with an ancient satanic force to save the soul of a young woman.

    • Starring: Dougray Scott, Djimon Hounsou, Michael Peña, Olivia Dudley, Peter Andersson

Monster Hunt (Cantonese) - 捉妖記


Release Date: July
  • Rating: P13
  • Runtime: 111 min
  • Director: Raman Hui
  • Genre(s): Fantasy, Adventure

Story In a fantasy world far, far away, monsters ruled the land. Then came human’s all-out war in an attempt to seize the land. In its final days, they outwitted the monsters and succeeded in driving them into the dark mountains. Ever since, monsters were forbidden to step into the land again. If they were found, they would be captured and exterminated. For all these years, the two races have lived in their separate worlds, until the birth of a new monster king who would reshape the balance of power and bring in the new world order.

    • Starring: Sandra Ng, Eric Tsang, Tang Wei, Bai Baihe, Jing Boran, WuBa

Paper Towns


Release Date: July
  • Rating: P13
  • Runtime: 109 min
  • Director: Jake Schreier
  • Genre(s): Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Romance

Story Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life - dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge - he follows. After their all-nighter ends and a new day breaks, Quentin arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Quentin soon learns that there are clues, and they're for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer he gets, the less Quentin sees of the girl he thought he knew. 

    • Starring: Cara Buono, Austin Abrams, Cara Delevingne, Halston Sage, Hannah Alligood, Jaz Sinclair, Josiah Cerio, Justice Smith, Nat Wolff

Paris Holiday (Cantonese) - 巴黎假期


Release Date: July
  • Rating: P13
  • Runtime: 114 min
  • Director: James Yuen
  • Genre(s): Romance, Comedy

Story Set in the romantic city of Paris, the film tells the story of a mismatched pair of roommates (Louis Koo and Amber Kuo), who end up falling hopelessly in love with each other. 

    • Starring: Amber Kuo, Louis Koo, Janice Man, Alex Fong Chung-Sun

The Strange House (Cantonese) - 通灵之六世古宅


Release Date: July
  • Rating: P13
  • Runtime: 88 min
  • Director: Danny Pang
  • Genre(s): Horror

Story The life of Ye-zi (by Jiao Xu) has been simple and peaceful until she meets Zi-jun (by Cheung Siu Fai Eddie). Zi is told of her resemblance to a deceased friend of Jun, Le-rong. Rongs grandma has been severely sick in bed, she is desperate to see Rong before passing away. The kindhearted Zi is moved, she agrees to pretend to be Rong and pay a visit to Rongs grandma who is living in an ancient house far away. When Zi finally arrives the old house, the feeling of fear and uneasiness spreads out progressively. The seemingly hospitable family of Rongs doesnt convince Zi, she cant stop skeptically wondering if theyre hiding a scheme. Since her arrival, weird things keep happening, Zi keeps seeing Rong in her dreams without reason. Every single day in the house, Zi feels like Rong is just next to her, wanting to talk to her or even seeking her help. The feeling is so real yet vague. Is it only Zis illusion, or is Rong really around? Zi is deeply bewildered by the mysterious experience, until one day she can no longer tolerate and decides to use an abnormal way to get connected with Rong

    • Starring: Eddie Cheung Siu Fai, Xu Jiao

Tuesday 21 July 2015

The Gallows


Release Date: July
  • Rating: 18
  • Runtime: 81 min
  • Director: Chris Lofing and Travis Cluff
  • Genre(s): Horror, Thriller

Story Twenty years after an accident caused the death of the lead actor during a high school play, students at the same small town school resurrect the failed stage production in a misguided attempt to honor the anniversary of the tragedy but ultimately find out that some things are better left alone. 

    • Starring: David Herrera, Melissa Bratton, Pfeifer Brown, Cassidy Gifford, Price T. Morgan, Reese Mishler, Ryan Shoos, Theo Burkhardt, Travis Cluff

Wednesday 15 July 2015

Ant-Man


Release Date: July
  • Rating: P13
  • Runtime: 117 min
  • Director:  Peyton Reed
  • Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Thriller

Story Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world. 

    • Starring:   Paul Rudd, Corey Stoll, Evangeline Lilly, Hayley Atwell, Michael Douglas, Michael Peña

The Road Within


Release Date: July
  • Rating: 18
  • Runtime: 100 min
  • Director: Gren Wells
  • Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

Story Vincent (Robert Sheehan), a young man with Tourette’s Syndrome, just lost his mom. As his symptoms get worse, his dad (Robert Patrick), a frustrated politician, sends him to a behavioral clinic run by an unconventional doctor (Kyra Sedgwick). But Vincent made his mom a promise, and with the help of a rebellious anorexic (Zoe Kravitz) and his withdrawn OCD roommate (Dev Patel), the three embark on a life-changing race to the sea that includes car theft, shoplifting, fights, self-discovery, and maybe finding a new way to live.

    • Starring:  Robert Sheehan, Robert Patrick, Zoe Kravitz, Dev Patel