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Wednesday, 4 April 2018

My Surprise Girl (Mandarin) - 天使曾經來過


Release Date: April 5
  • Rating: 18
  • Runtime: 97 min
  • Director: Lee Kok Heng
  • Genre(s):  Romance, Comedy

StoryHao Wen(JC Chee) is a 33-year-old successful high-flier who excels in both work and relationship. He lives his life surrounding himself with beautiful women, promoting his life motto – living life to its fullest. One day after an argument with his supervisor, he quit his job and travelled to the beautiful beach Kenting, Taiwan, enjoying his life every day. However, the arrival of Xiao Feng(Debbie Loo) brought tremendous changes to HaoWen’s life, turning his world completely upside down. “Daddy!” - the worst nightmare that HaoWen could never have imagined is finally happening – having an eight year old daughter. The existence of Xiao Feng has brought so many troubles to HaoWen’s life, resulting him losing all his girlfriends and his charm. At this moment, HaoWen’s ex-colleague (Shawn), came to him and advised him to return to his company. As strong-headed and prideful HaoWen is, it is impossible for him to admit his mistake and goes back as an underdog. While going through the hardships HaoWen faces in his life, he starts to notice a change of heart – he enjoys and misses the companion of Xiao Feng. Xiao Feng always find ways to cheer him up when he is down and she is always there. Just when they were starting to get along really well, HaoWen, revealing a secret about Xiao.

  • Starring: Debbie Loo, JC Chee, Jeana Ho, Emily Kong

The Wayang Kids (Chinese) - 戏曲总动员


Release Date: April 5
  • Rating: U
  • Runtime: 87 min
  • Director: Raymond Tan
  • Genre(s):  Family, Drama

StoryAn unlikely friendship develops when a Eurasian girl from China, Baoer, enrolls into a primary school in Singapore and befriends an autistic classmate, Open. Baoer is quick to notice that Open is special, and insists Open’s father, Xiaotian, in keeping Open in their school despite complaints of Open’s syndrome from fellow classmate’s parent. She also realises Open is gifted in Chinese opera and suggests to Xiaotian for Open to be the lead in the school’s international Chinese opera performance, as the traditional art opens up Open. With the important cultural show at stake, will Open eventually rise up to the occasion and perform on stage?

  • Starring: Jocie Kok, Eli Shih, Christopher Downs, May Phua, Austin Chong, Lorena Gibb

Wednesday, 28 March 2018

7 Days In Entebbe


Release Date: March 29
  • Rating: P13
  • Runtime: 107 min
  • Director: José Padilha
  • Genre(s):  Thriller, Crime, Drama

StoryFour hijackers take over an airplane, take the passengers hostage, and force it to land in Entebbe, Uganda in 1976 in an effort to free of dozens of Palestinians jailed in Israel.

  • Starring: Ben Schnetzer, Andrea Deck, Angel Bonanni, Brontis Jodorowsky, Daniel Brühl, Denis Menochet, Eddie Marsan, Juan Pablo Raba, Kamil Lemieszewski, Lior Ashkenazi, Mark Ivanir, Nonso Anozie, Peter Sullivan, Romeo Visca, Rosamund Pike

Ready Player One


Release Date: March 29
  • Rating: P13
  • Runtime: 140 min
  • Director: Steven Spielberg
  • Genre(s):  Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Animation, Action

Story In 2045, the world is on the brink of chaos and collapse. But the people have found salvation in the OASIS, an expansive virtual reality universe created by the brilliant and eccentric James Halliday (Mark Rylance). When Halliday dies, he leaves his immense fortune to the first person to find a digital Easter egg he has hidden somewhere in the OASIS, sparking a contest that grips the entire world. When an unlikely young hero named Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) decides to join the contest, he is hurled into a breakneck, reality-bending treasure hunt through a fantastical universe of mystery, discovery and danger. 

  • Starring: Mark Rylance, Ben Mendelsohn, Hannah John-Kamen, Joel MacCormack, Julia Nickson, Kae Alexander, Kathryn Wilder, Lena Waithe, Letitia Wright, Mckenna Grace, Olivia Cooke, Philip Zhao, Ralph Ineson, Simon Pegg, Susan Lynch, T.J. Miller, Tye Sheridan, Vin Diesel, Win Morisaki

Midnight Sun


Release Date: March 29
  • Rating: P13
  • Runtime: 91 min
  • Director: Scott Speer
  • Genre(s):  Romance, Drama

StoryMidnight Sun is a romantic tearjerker about 17-year-old Katie Price (Bella Thorne), sheltered at home since childhood with a rare genetic condition, a life-threatening sensitivity to sunlight. Having only her father Jack (Rob Riggle) for company, Katie's world opens up after dark when she ventures outside to play her guitar. One night, her dreams come true when she's noticed and asked out by her longtime crush Charlie (Patrick Schwarzenegger), whom she's secretly watched from her bedroom window for years. As they embark on nightly summer excursions, Katie's risk to sunlight grows and she's presented with the gut-wrenching dilemma of whether she can live a normal life with her newfound soul mate. 

  • Starring: Bella Thorne, Austin Obiajunwa, Jenn Griffin, Ken Tremblett, Nicholas Coombe, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Paul McGillion, Quinn Shephard, Rob Riggle, Tiera Skovbye

Wednesday, 21 March 2018

Pacific Rim: Uprising


Release Date: March 22
  • Rating: P13
  • Runtime: 111 min
  • Director: Steven S. DeKnight
  • Genre(s):  Adventure, Sci-Fi, Action

StoryThe globe-spanning conflict between otherworldly monsters of mass destruction and the human-piloted super-machines built to vanquish them was only a prelude to the all-out assault on humanity in Pacific Rim Uprising. John Boyega stars as the rebellious Jake Pentecost, a once-promising Jaeger pilot whose legendary father gave his life to secure humanity’s victory against the monstrous Kaiju. Jake has since abandoned his training only to become caught up in a criminal underworld. But when an even more unstoppable threat is unleashed to tear through our cities and bring the world to its knees, he is given one last chance to live up to his father’s legacy by his estranged sister, Mako Mori (Rinko Kikuchi)—who is leading a brave new generation of pilots that have grown up in the shadow of war. As they seek justice for the fallen, their only hope is to unite together in a global uprising against the forces of extinction. Jake is joined by gifted rival pilot Lambert (Scott Eastwood) and 15-year-old Jaeger hacker Amara (Cailee Spaeny), as the heroes of the PPDC become the only family he has left.

  • Starring: John Boyega, Adria Arjona, Burn Gorman, Cailee Spaeny, Charlie Day, Daniel Feuerriegel, Dustin Clare, Ivanna Sakhno, Jin Zhang, Karan Brar, Levi Meaden, Nick Tarabay, Rahart Adams, Rinko Kikuchi, Scott Eastwood, Shyrley Rodriguez, Tian Jing

The Shape Of Water


Release Date: March 22
  • Rating: 18
  • Runtime: 123 min
  • Director: Guillermo del Toro
  • Genre(s):  Horror, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Romance, War

StorySet against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1963. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is trapped in a life of silence and isolation. Elisa's life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) discover a secret classified experiment.

  • Starring: Sally Hawkins, Cyndy Day, David Hewlett, Doug Jones, John Kapelos, Lauren Lee Smith, Michael Shannon, Michael Stuhlbarg, Morgan Kelly, Nick Searcy, Nigel Bennett, Octavia Spencer, Richard Jenkins, Stewart Arnott