Thursday, October 27, 2011

The Tree Of Life

The impressionistic story of a Midwestern family in the 1950's following the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. Through Malick's signature imagery, we see how both brute nature and spiritual grace shape not only our lives as individuals and families, but all life.


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Starring: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Fiona Shaw, Irene Bedard
Directed by:
Terrence Malick
Genres: Drama and Action/Adventure
Running Time: 2 hrs. 18 min.

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some thematic material
Yahoo! Critics: A-
IMDb Users Rating: 7.4/10 (30,221 votes)
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Trespass

In a private, wealthy community, priority is placed on security and no exception is made for the Miller family's estate. Behind their pristine walls and manicured gardens, Kyle, a fast-talking businessman, has entrusted the mansion's renovation to his stunning wife, Sarah. But between making those big decisions and keeping tabs on their defiant teenage daughter, Sarah often finds herself distracted by a young, handsome worker at their home. Nothing is what it seems, and it will take a group of cold-blooded criminals led by Elias, who have been planning a vicious home invasion for months, to bring the Miller family together. When they storm the manor, everyone is tangled up in betrayal, deception, temptation and scheming. Kyle, Sarah and Avery will take the ultimate risk to make it out with their lives -- and their family -- intact.

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Starring: Nicolas Cage, Nicole Kidman, Ben Mendelsohn, Cam Gigandet, Liana Liberato
Directed by:
Joel Schumacher
Genres: Drama and Thriller
MPAA Rating: R for violence and terror, pervasive language and some brief nudity
IMDb Users Rating: 5.5/10 (1,917 votes)
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What's Your Number

Ally Darling embarks on a quest to find the best "ex" of her life, by any means necessary, when she reads a magazine article warning that people who have had 20 or more relationships have missed their chance at true love.











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Starring: Anna Faris, Chris Evans, Ari Graynor, Blythe Danner, Ed Begley Jr.
Directed by:
Mark Mylod
Genres: Adaptation and Comedy
Running Time: 1 hr. 46 min.

MPAA Rating: R for sexual content and language
Yahoo! Critics: C-
IMDb Users Rating: 5.6/10 (2,206 users)
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He's Just Not That Into You

A group of interconnected, Baltimore-based twenty- and thirtysomethings navigate their various relationships from the shallow end of the dating pool through the deep, murky waters of married life, trying to read the signs of the opposite sex--and hoping to be the exceptions to the "no-exceptions"; rule. Gigi just wants a man who says he'll call--and does--while Alex advises her to stop sitting by the phone. Beth wonders if she should call it off after years of committed singlehood with her boyfriend, Neil, but he doesn't think there's a single thing wrong with their unmarried life. Janine's not sure if she can trust her husband, Ben, who can't quite trust himself around Anna. Anna can't decide between the sexy married guy, or her straightforward, no-sparks standby, Conor, who can't get over the fact that he can't have her. And Mary, who's found an entire network of loving, supportive men, just needs to find one who's straight.

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Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Connelly, Kevin Connolly, Bradley Cooper
Directed by: Ken Kwapis
Genres: Comedy and Adaptation
Running Time: 2 hrs. 9 min.
MPAA Rating: PG 13 for sexual content and brief strong language
Yahoo! Critics: C+
IMDb Users Rating: 6.4/10 (48,207 votes)
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Friday, October 21, 2011

Bedtime Stories

Hotel handyman Skeeter Bronson's life is changed forever when the bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew start to mysteriously come true. He attempts to take advantage of the phenomenon, incorporating his own aspirations into one outlandish tale after another, but it's the kids' unexpected contributions that turn Skeeter's life upside down.






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Starring: Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Teresa Palmer, Guy Pearce, Russell Brand
Directed by:
Adam Shankman
Genres: Science Fiction/Fantasy, Kids/Family, Action/Adventure and Comedy
Running Time: 1 hr. 39 min.

MPAA Rating: PG for some mild rude humor and mild language
Yahoo! Critics: C
IMDb Users Rating: 6.1/10 (28,407 votes)
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Inception

Dom Cobb is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb's rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible -- inception. Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse: their task is not to steal an idea but to plant one. If they succeed, it could be the perfect crime. But no amount of careful planning or expertise can prepare the team for the dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming.

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Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Ken Watanabe, Cillian Murphy
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Genres: Drama, Thriller, Action/Adventure and Science Fiction/Fantasy
Running Time: 2 hr. 28 min.
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of violence and action throughout
Yahoo! Critics: B+
IMDb Users Rating: 8.9/10 (430,784 votes)
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Monday, October 17, 2011

Nasi Lemak 2.0

Young Chef Huang (Namewee) struggles to get his restaurant business going because he cannot adapt to the "localised' cooking his patrons are looking for. However, despite his unpopular cuisine, he is well-known as Hero Huang in the local neighbourhood where he carries out good deeds by helping the community - that is, until he met Xiao K (Karen Kong) who gets him in deep trouble. So as to get his life and the restaurant business back on track, Chef Huang must now seek help from a mysterious hawker stall lady (Adibah Noor), who summons him to embark on the extraordinary journey. He is to meet many 'local heroes' who will help him rediscover his roots and the hidden message of 'Nasi Lemak'.

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Starring:
Name Wee, Karen Kong, Adibah Noor, Dato David Arumugam, Dennis Lau
Directed by:
Name Wee
Genres: Comedy
Running Time: 97 min.
IMDb Users Rating: 7.2/10 (56 votes)

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The Three Musketeers

The hot-headed young D'Artagnan joins forces with three rogue Musketeers in this reboot of Alexandre Dumas' story. They must stop the evil Richlieu and face off with Buckingham and the treacherous Milady.











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Starring: Logan Lerman, Ray Stevenson, Luke Evans, Matthew Macfadyen, Milla Jovovich
Directed by: Paul W.S. Anderson
Genres: Adaptation, Suspense/Horror and Science Fiction/Fantasy
Running Time: 110 min.
IMDb Users Rating: 5.9/10 (2,768 votes)
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The Thing

Paleontologist Kate Lloyd has traveled to the desolate region for the expedition of her lifetime. Joining a Norwegian scientific team that has stumbled across an extraterrestrial ship buried in the ice, she discovers an organism that seems to have died in the crash eons ago. But it is about to wake up.

When a simple experiment frees the alien from its frozen prison, Kate must join the crew's pilot, Carter, to keep it from killing them off one at a time. And in this vast, intense land, a parasite that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish.

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Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Eric Christian Olsen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Directed by:
Matthijs Van Heijningen
Genres: Adaptation, Suspense/Horror and Science Fiction/Fantasy
Running Time: 1 hr. 39 min.

MPAA Rating: R for strong creature violence and gore, disturbing images, and language
Yahoo! Critics: C+
IMDb Users Rating: 6.8/10 (995 votes)
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Monday, October 10, 2011

Seven Pounds

Ben Thomas is an IRS agent with a fateful secret who embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.













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Starring: Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, Michael Ealy, Robinne Lee
Directed by:
Gabriele Muccino
Genres: Drama and Romance
Running Time: 2 hr. 3 min.

MPAA Rating: PG 13 for thematic material, some disturbing content and a scene of sensuality
Yahoo! Critics: C+
IMDb Users Rating: 7.6/10 (84,955 votes)
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Friday, October 7, 2011

A Christmas Carol

Ebenezer Scrooge begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk and his cheery nephew. But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it's too late.







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Starring: Jim Carrey, Bob Hoskins, Robin Wright, Colin Firth, Gary Oldman
Directed by:
Robert Zemeckis
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Kids/Family, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Animation, Adaptation, Holiday and Remake
Running Time: 1 hr. 36 min.

MPAA Rating: PG for scary sequences and images
Yahoo! Critics: B-
IMDb Users Rating: 6.9/10 (21,418 votes)
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Fright Night

Senior Charlie Brewster finally has it all -- he's running with the popular crowd and dating the hottest girl in high school. In fact, he's so cool he's even dissing his best friend Ed. But trouble arrives when an intriguing stranger Jerry moves in next door. He seems like a great guy at first, but there's something not quite right -- and everyone, including Charlie's mom, doesn't notice. After witnessing some very unusual activity, Charlie comes to an unmistakable conclusion: Jerry is a vampire preying on his neighborhood. Unable to convince anyone that he's telling the truth, Charlie has to find a way to get rid of the monster himself.

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Starring: Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Toni Collette, David Tennant, Imogen Poots
Directed by:
Craig Gillespie
Genres: Comedy, Suspense/Horror and Remake
Running Time: 2 hrs.

MPAA Rating: R for bloody horror violence, and language including some sexual references
Yahoo! Critics: B-
IMDb Users Rating: 6.9/10 (8,667 votes)
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Johnny English Reborn

In his latest adventure, the most unlikely intelligence officer in Her Majesty's Secret Service must stop a group of international assassins before they eliminate a world leader and cause global chaos. In the years since MI-7's top spy vanished off the grid, he has been honing his unique skills in a remote region of Asia. But when his agency superiors learn of an attempt against the Chinese premier's life, they must hunt down the highly unorthodox agent. Now that the world needs him once again, Johnny English is back in action. With one shot at redemption, he must employ the latest in hi-tech gadgets to unravel a web of conspiracy that runs throughout the KGB, CIA and even MI-7. With mere days until a heads of state conference, one man must use every trick in his playbook to protect us all. For Johnny English, disaster may be an option, but failure never is.

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Starring:
Rowan Atkinson, Gillian Anderson, Daniel Kaluuya, Dominic West, Rosamund Pike
Directed by:
Oliver Parker
Genres: Action/Adventure, Comedy, Sequel and Thriller
Running Time: 101 min.
MPAA Rating: PG for for mild action violence, rude humor, some language and brief sensuality
IMDb Users Rating: 7.1/10 (3,606 votes)

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The Sorcerer and the White Snake 白蛇傳說

According to legend, there lived a horde of goblins and monsters in the depths of the primeval forest. Among these evil spirits were two snakes, one white and one green, loitering in the mountains, leading a carefree life.

One day, a young herbalist Xu Xian (Raymond Lam) came to the mountains and accidentally fell into a lake. White Snake (Eva Huang), in the incarnation of a beautiful lady, the form she acquired after a thousand years of practice and cultivation, came to his rescue. White Snake’s passion for this young man could not be contained, and with the help of Green Snake (Charlene Choi), she ventured into the human world and got married to Xu Xian.

Not long after their marriage, a strange disease started plaguing their town. As a physician, Xu Xian was very anxious. In order to help her husband, White Snake was willing to use up most of her supernatural power to concoct medicine for the disease, undermining her body and her vital energy.

Fa Hai (Jet Li), a sorcerer from Jinshan Temple, whose mission was to travel the world to subdue demons and slay monsters, arrived in time to save the town from the plague. But at the same time, from the medicine provided by Xu Xian, the sorcerer detected a touch of evil.

Then came Dragon Boat Festival when Chinese families drink wine to drive away evil spirits. In celebration, Xu Xian made White Snake drink some wine, and she immediately turned into a big white snake. Meanwhile Fa Hai came to the house in order to subdue White Snake. In confusion, Xu Xian used the sacred sword given to him by Fa Hai and wounded the large white python. White Snake escaped with serious injury.

Xu Xian was grief-stricken and tried to make remedy by risking his life to obtain a potent medicinal herb for his wife. Xu Xian got the herb but during the course was possessed by demons. In order to save him, Fa hai kept him in Jinshan Temple.

After taking the herbal dose, White Snake regained her strength and power and rushed to Jinshan Temple for her husband. She was overcome with rage after the failure to enter the Temple. In extreme frenzy, she summoned up a flood over the Temple causing a catastrophe.

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Starring: Jet Li, Shengyi Huang, Charlene Choi, Raymond Lam, Wu Jiang
Directed by: Siu-Tung Ching
Genres: Science Fiction/Fantasy, Action and Adaptation
Running Time: 1 hr 43 mins
MPAA Rating: PG (Some Frightening Scenes)
IMDb Users Rating: 6.4/10 (71 votes)
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