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Wednesday, 17 January 2018

Best Story (Mandarin) - 星剧本


Release Date: January 18
  • Rating: P13
  • Runtime: 90 min
  • Director: JY Teng, Teddy Chin, Eden Wan
  • Genre(s):  Suspense, Thriller, Comedy

Story: The stories cut across the matter of meeting counterparts or competitors, having a crush on somebody and facing the family matter. Life is full with possibilities; it is all about decisions and lessons. 

  • Starring: Jack Yap, Jack Lim, Eric Lin, Yoke Chen, Wayne Cai, Jane Ng

Wednesday, 10 January 2018

Deadly Contract


Release Date: January 11
  • Rating: P13
  • Runtime: 111 min
  • Director: Tan Bing
  • Genre(s):  Adventure, Crime, Thriller, War, Action

Story: Yan Jian, a young Chinese IT engineer who volunteers to go to North Africa and help the company he works for to win a competition. The winner can own the right to control the communication between south and north. French spy Michael works for the West. His boss ordered him to go to the North Africa and win the competition, and they can control the great mineral resources of Africa. He hired the best mercenary in Africa whose name is Lauder and a former general Kabbah to help him. Yan has discovered their conspiracy, he is the only one who can stop them.

  • Starring: Steven Seagal, Dong-xue Li, Mike Tyson, Janicke Askevold

The Commuter


Release Date: January 11
  • Rating: P13
  • Runtime: 104 min
  • Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
  • Genre(s):  Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Action

Story: A businessman is caught up in a criminal conspiracy during his daily commute home.

  • Starring: Liam Neeson, Andy Nyman, Clara Lago, Damson Idris, Dean-Charles Chapman, Elizabeth McGovern, Florence Pugh, Jonathan Banks, Killian Scott, Letitia Wright, Patrick Wilson, Roland Møller, Sam Neill, Shazad Latif, Vera Farmiga

Crystal Inferno


Release Date: January 11
  • Rating: P13
  • Runtime: 93 min
  • Director: Eric Summer
  • Genre(s):  Adventure, Action, Family

Story: At the 20th floor of a skyscraper, a gas leak has started a fire. Anne and Ben Bronson, two teenage kids, are trapped in a fire inferno 20 storeys above the ground, while the fire is spreading throughout the entire building. From the 60th floor, their parents, Brianna and Tom, who were about to sign their divorce papers, will have to fight together to save their family from the flames. Even if Brianna is a brilliant structural engineer, will she find out a way to stop this uncontrolled fire?

  • Starring: Jamie Bamber, Claire Forlani, Nigel Barber, Atanas Srebrev, Riley Jackson, Isaac Rouse

Net-I-Die (Thai)


Release Date: January 11
  • Rating: 18
  • Runtime: 86 min
  • Director: Nuttachai Jiraanont, Preedee Veeratum
  • Genre(s):  Horror

Story: One year after the mysterious death of the country’s renowned Net Idol “Monica” (Kitty-Chicha Amattayakul) a video of her death went viral online. Attached to video was a horrifying hashtag, listing the names of multiple Net Idols. One of those names,“Malisa” (Mean-Sarunthorn Klaiudom), the owner of a famous makeup brand, started encountering strange incidents. The others that were tagged started dying one by one which made “Jak” (Pitt Karchai), Malisa’s boyfriend, determined to know the truth behind what had happened. Jak needed to investigate the situation for himself. Will Malisa be able to make it out alive? How can Jak help his girlfriend? Hurry up and come be surprised by horrors beyond your wildest imagination!

  • Starring: Chicha Amattayakul, Pitt Karchai, Sarunthorn Klaiudom, Patara Eksangkul

Legend Of The Demon Cat (Mandarin) - 妖猫传


Release Date: January 11
  • Rating: P13
  • Runtime: 130 min
  • Director: Kaige Chen
  • Genre(s):  Fantasy, Mystery, Drama

Story: Taking place in the Tang Dynasty, a demon cat appears and breaks the peace of Chang’an City, causing a series of strange events. Poet Bai Letian and Monk Kukai join hands to investigate the death of Concubine Yang by following the trail left by the cat, unveiling a buried fact.

  • Starring: Kitty Zhang, Huang Xuan, Shota Sometani, Qin Hao

The Third Murder (Japanese)


Release Date: January 11
  • Rating: P13
  • Runtime: 125 min
  • Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu
  • Genre(s):  Thriller, Drama

Story: Leading attorney Shigemori takes on the defence of murder-robbery suspect Misumi who served jail time for another murder 30 years ago. Shigemori’s chances of winning the case seem low - his client freely admits his guilt, despite facing the death penalty if he is convicted. As he digs deeper into the case, as he hears the testimonies of the victim’s family and Misumi himself, the once confident Shigemori begins to doubt whether his client is the murderer after all.

  • Starring: Kôji Yakusho, Masaharu Fukuyama, Isao Hashizume