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Wednesday 25 January 2017

xXx: The Return Of Xander Cage


Release Date: January 26
  • Rating: P13
  • Runtime: 107 min
  • Director: D.J. Caruso
  • Genre(s): Adventure, Thriller, Action

StoryXander Cage (Vin Diesel) is left for dead after an incident, though he secretly returns to action for a new, tough assignment with his handler Augustus Gibbons.

  • Starring: Donnie Yen, Vin Diesel, Samuel L. Jackson, Tony Jaa, Deepika Padukone, Nina Dobrev, Ruby Rose, Toni Collette

Kung Fu Yoga (Cantonese) - 功夫瑜伽



Release Date: January 27
  • Rating: P13
  • Runtime: 108 min
  • Director: Stanley Tong
  • Genre(s): Comedy, Action

StoryChinese archeology professor Jack (Jackie Chan) teams up with beautiful Indian professor Ashmita and assistant Kyra to locate lost Magadha treasure. In a Tibetan ice cave, they find the remains of the royal army that had vanished together with the treasure, only to be ambushed by Randall (Sonu Sood), the descendent of a rebel army leader. When they free themselves, their next stop is Dubai where a diamond from the ice cave is to be auctioned. After a series of double-crosses and revelations about their past, Jack and his team travel to a mountain temple in India, using the diamond as a key to unlock the real treasure.

  • Starring: Aarif Rahman, Jackie Chan, Disha Patani, Sonu Sood

Journey To The West 2: The Demons Strike Back (Cantonese) - 西遊伏妖篇


Release Date: January 28
  • Rating: P13
  • Runtime: 110 min
  • Director: Tsui Hark
  • Genre(s): Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Action

StoryTang Monk brings his three disciples to the West where everything is harmonious only on the outside with many suffering from demon possession and other supernatural events. The monk and the disciples embark on a journey to put an end to this, but they must first end the tension between themselves.

  • Starring: Lin Yun, Kris Wu, Lin Gengxin, Yao Chen, Wang Duo

Love From Kampung (Cantonese) - 今年不回家


Release Date: January 26
  • Rating: P13
  • Runtime: 91 min
  • Director: Silver Yee
  • Genre(s): Drama

StoryA group of long-time buddies who have been successful with their careers avoid returning to their village every year during Chinese New Year. Upset and disappointed, this prompts the group`s parents to pack their bags and visit their sons and daughters in the city in hopes of celebrating the auspicious day together.

  • Starring: Jeff Chin, Jack Lim, Emily Chan, January So

New Year Wish (Mandarin) - 新年愿


Release Date: January 26
  • Rating: P13
  • Runtime: 85 min
  • Director: Lee Sai Yew
  • Genre(s): Family, Romance, Drama

StoryDr Liu Shao Feng is known as "Dr Angel" by many due to his selflessness and kind heart. He is also gifted with a supernatural healing power. His 7-year-old daughter Tian Tian possesses the same power but is unable to control it. On New Year`s Day, Dr Liu and his psychiatrist wife, Maggie, wish to have a hospital as warm as their home while their daughter wishes to become somebody`s angel. One day, Dr Liu gets into an accident while trying to save another person, falling into a coma just before Chinese New Year. As the tragedy has caused severe emotional breakdown to the family especially Maggie, it is up to Tian Tian to use her gift to heal her mother`s heart.

  • Starring: Debbie Loo, Sanny Lee, Michael Lieu

Wednesday 18 January 2017

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter


Release Date: January 19
  • Rating: 18
  • Runtime: 106 min
  • Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
  • Genre(s): Sci-FiThrillerHorror, Action

StoryPicking up immediately after the events in Resident Evil: Retribution, Alice (Milla Jovovich) is the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity’s final stand against the undead. Now, she must return to where the nightmare began – The Hive in Raccoon City, where the Umbrella Corporation is gathering its forces for a final strike against the only remaining survivors of the apocalypse. 

  • Starring: Shawn Roberts, Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, William Levy, Ruby Rose, Iain Glen, Eoin Macken, Lee Joon-Gi

Split


Release Date: January 19
  • Rating: P13
  • Runtime: 117 min
  • Director: M. Night Shyamalan
  • Genre(s): Horror, Thriller

StoryThough Kevin (James McAvoy) has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher (Betty Buckley), there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey (Anya Taylor-Joy), Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him—as well as everyone around him—as the walls between his compartments shatter apart. 

  • Starring: James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Betty Buckley, Haley Lu Richardson, Jessica Sula

Wednesday 11 January 2017

Arrival


Release Date: January 12
  • Rating: P13
  • Runtime: 116 min
  • Director: Denis Villeneuve
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller

StoryWhen mysterious spacecraft touch down across the globe, an elite team is put together to investigate – including language expert Louise Banks (Amy Adams). Mankind teeters on the verge of global war as everyone scrambles for answers – and to find them, Banks will take a chance that could threaten her life, and quite possibly humanity.

  • Starring: Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Michael Stuhlbarg

Monster Trucks


Release Date: January 12
  • Rating: U
  • Runtime: 104 min
  • Director: Chris Wedge
  • Genre(s):  Adventure, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Animation, Family, Action

StoryLooking for any way to get away from the life and town he was born into, Tripp (Lucas Till), a high school senior, builds a Monster Truck from bits and pieces of scrapped cars. After an accident at a nearby oil-drilling site displaces a strange and subterranean creature with a taste and a talent for speed, Tripp may have just found the key to getting out of town and a most unlikely friend.

  • Starring: Lucas Till, Amy Ryan, Barry Pepper, Danny Glover, Frank Whaley, Holt McCallany, Jane Levy, Rob Lowe, Thomas Lennon

Patriots Day


Release Date: January 12
  • Rating: 18
  • Runtime: 133 min
  • Director: Peter Berg
  • Genre(s): History, Drama, Thriller

StoryIn the aftermath of an unspeakable act of terror, Police Sergeant Tommy Saunders (Mark Wahlberg) joins courageous survivors, first responders and investigators in a race against the clock to hunt down the bombers before they strike again. Weaving together the stories of Special Agent Richard DesLauriers (Kevin Bacon), Police Commissioner Ed Davis (John Goodman), Sergeant Jeffrey Pugliese (J.K. Simmons) and nurse Carol Saunders (Michelle Monaghan) this visceral and unflinching chronicle captures the suspense of the most sophisticated manhunt in law enforcement history and the strength of the people of Boston.

  • Starring: Mark Wahlberg, J.K. Simmons, John Goodman, Michelle Monaghan

The Bye Bye Man


Release Date: January 12
  • Rating: 18
  • Runtime: 96 min
  • Director: Stacy Title
  • Genre(s): Horror, Thriller

StoryThree Wisconsin college students come up against the sinister Bye Bye Man.

  • Starring: Doug Jones, Cressida Bonas, Douglas Smith, Faye Dunaway, Lucien Laviscount, Michael Trucco