Category: Eastern
Posted on May 10, 2012 |
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Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children / Fainaru fantajî VII: Adobento chirudoren (2005)
Action | Animation | Anime | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller
This computer animated film picks up where the Playstation Final Fantasy VII video game left off. Cloud, the hero of the game, has retired into seclusion, but when a mysterious and lethal disease known as Geostigma begins to spread across the planet, and three powerful, villainous children appear, he reluctantly emerges to face the new and mysterious threats. Featuring some of the most spectacularly lavish computer graphics ever created, 'Advent Children' continues the complex and compelling tradition that has made the Final Fantasy series one of the most popular games of all time.
Starring: Takahiro Sakurai, Ayumi Ito, Shotaro Morikubo, Maaya Sakamoto, Keiji Fujiwara, Taiten Kusunoki, Yûji Kishi, Kenji Nomura
Director: Tetsuya Nomura, Takeshi Nozue
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Tags: Ayumi Ito, Keiji Fujiwara, Kenji Nomura, Maaya Sakamoto, Shotaro Morikubo, Taiten Kusunoki, Takahiro Sakurai, Takeshi Nozue, Tetsuya Nomura, Yûji Kishi
Posted on May 10, 2012 |
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The Contract / Mai shen qi (1979)
Comedy
The contract is a piece of almost blank paper by which MTV binds all its employees to eight years of impecunious service. Chi-Man, an aspiring but frustrated artist, hates the contract since he is given no chance of getting ahead. He constantly thinks of moving to greener pastures. His brother Chi-Ying is a self-made investor who has just come up with a laugh bomb. By chance, Chi-Man becomes the host of a Cat TV program. With the aid of the laugh bomb, he becomes an instant success, yet…
Starring: Michael Hui, Ricky Hui, Samuel Hui
Director: Michael Hui
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Posted on May 10, 2012 |
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Treasure Inn / Cai Shen Ke Zhan (2011)
Action | Comedy
Master Kung and Lo Pa are two police officers of White Horse City, who have high skills but are underused. A robbery happened at he city's richest man Ho Pak Man's home where his whole family was killed and their family treasure the "White Jade Goddess of Mercy" was stolen and the "Police God" Tit Mo Ching investigates the case. Kung and Lo Pa cannot participate because of their low status.
Coincidentally, Master Kung and Lo Pa arrest a pair of twin sisters, Water Dragon Girl and Fire Dragon Girl, who always pretend to catch wanted criminals to get monetary rewards. The twin sisters know that the "White Jade Goddess of Mercy" would be brought to the "Treasure Inn" for an auction. Wanting to hit big, Master Kung and Lo Pa go to the "Treasure Inn" with the twin sisters to investigate the truth. During that time, Master Kung and Water Dragon Girl become lovers from a kiss.
Starring: Nick Cheung, Charlene Choi, Kenny Ho, Yi Huang, Philip Ng, Nicholas Tse, Yang Liu, Dawei Tong, Hei-Yi Cheng
Director: Jing Wong
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Tags: Charlene Choi, Dawei Tong, Hei-Yi Cheng, Jing Wong, Kenny Ho, Nicholas Tse, Nick Cheung, Philip Ng, Yang Liu, Yi Huang
Posted on May 10, 2012 |
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The Sorcerer and the White Snake / Bai she chuan shuo (2011)
Action | Fantasy
Previously titled "It's Love" and "Madame White Snake", this is yet another movie adaptation of the popular old Chinese tale about a scholar who falls in love with a woman, not knowing she is a 1000-year-old serpent who has taken on human form. White Snake (Eva Huang), in the reincarnation of a beautiful lady, falls in love with a young herbalist Xu Xian (Raymond Lam). With help of Green Snake (Charlene Choi), she enters the human world to marry him. However, Fa Hai (Jet Li), a sorcerer from Jin Shan Temple, chances upon her and a fiery battle ensues.
Starring: Jet Li, Shengyi Huang, Raymond Lam, Charlene Choi, Zhang Wen, Vivian Hsu, Miriam Yeung, Kar-Ying Law, Suet Lam, Chapman To, Sonija Kwok, Alfred Hsing, Wu Jiang
Director: Siu-Tung Ching
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Tags: Alfred Hsing, Chapman To, Charlene Choi, Jet Li, Kar-Ying Law, Miriam Yeung, Raymond Lam, Shengyi Huang, Siu-Tung Ching, Sonija Kwok, Suet Lam, Vivian Hsu, Wu Jiang, Zhang Wen
Posted on May 10, 2012 |
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Love is the Only Answer / Ren Yue Li Hun Hou (2011)
Romance
At BO and CHEONG wedding reception, the projected was initially showing their journey of love, but suddenly a flash of a clip of CHEONG and a sexy girl being intimate came up. BO calmly ran up to the stage and announced that the wedding is cancelled. The incident rapidly became a hot topic on the internet.
Starring: Lik-Sun Fong, Charmaine Sheh, Kay Tse, Chung Him Law
Director: Patrick Kong
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Tags: Charmaine Sheh, Chung Him Law, Kay Tse, Lik-Sun Fong, Patrick Kong
Posted on May 10, 2012 |
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Beginning of the Great Revival / The Founding of a Party / Jian Dang Wei Ye (2011)
Drama | History
A chronicle of the events that led to the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.
Starring: John Woo, Yun-Fat Chow, Andy Lau, Daniel Wu, Bingbing Fan, Leehom Wang, Ye Liu, Xun Zhou, Nick Cheung, Jie Dong, Xueqi Wang, Kun Chen, Daoming Chen, Alex Fong, Chao Deng, Miriam Yeung, Xiaodong Guo, Lei Huang, Benshan Zhao, Wei Fan, Tao Guo, Xuebing Wang, Guoli Zhang
Director: Sanping Han, Jianxin Huang
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Tags: Alex Fong, Andy Lau, Benshan Zhao, Bingbing Fan, Chao Deng, Daniel Wu, Daoming Chen, Guoli Zhang, Jianxin Huang, Jie Dong, John Woo, Kun Chen, Leehom Wang, Lei Huang, Miriam Yeung, Nick Cheung, Sanping Han, Tao Guo, Wei Fan, Xiaodong Guo, Xuebing Wang, Xueqi Wang, Xun Zhou, Ye Liu, Yun-Fat Chow
Posted on May 8, 2012 |
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Slice / Cheun (2010)
Thriller
A serial killer is preying on the rich and influential, exposing their sexual proclivities, dismembering them and dumping them and their severed body parts in various locations around Thailand. The police officer on the case is not even close to finding the killer, but given an ultimatum to solve it in 15 days, Papa Chin (Chatchai Plenpanich) turns to the one man he doesn't want to use — an imprisoned hitman named Tai (Arak Amornsupasiri), who thinks the killer is a friend of his from childhood. Tai let out of prison while his girlfriend Noi is kept under close watch by Chin.
Starring: Arak Amornsupasiri, Sonthaya Chitmanee, Jessica Pasaphan, Chatchai Plengpanich, Sikarin Polyong, Artthapan Poolsawad
Director: Kongkiat Khomsiri
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Tags: Arak Amornsupasiri, Artthapan Poolsawad, Chatchai Plengpanich, Jessica Pasaphan, Kongkiat Khomsiri, Sikarin Polyong, Sonthaya Chitmanee
Posted on May 8, 2012 |
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Lan Kwai Fong / Xi ai ye pu (2011)
Drama | Romance
Lan Kwai Fong (LKF), a well-known party location in Hong Kong with loads of nightclubs and bars. Everyone likes to go to LKF for fun, one night stands or even true love. LKF has captured the joys and sorrows of many… One night, Steven – a regular of LKF met the flight attendant – Jennifer. They had sex on the first night they met but both could feel love come along. They had another date on New Year's Eve. Unfortunately, misunderstanding tore them apart and Jennifer decided to disappear from LKF. After eight months, Steven meets with Jennifer again and hopes to restart a relationship with her. However, Jennifer is no longer single, she's now his boss, Leslie's girlfriend. At the same time, Steven receives a call that his close friend collapsed and had to be sent to hospital. His friend encouraged him to follow his heart. When he finally decides to tell Jennifer about his feelings, Jennifer is already engaged to Leslie. Steven is heart-broken. He accepts the job promotion to stay at an overseas' branch office. His friends throw him a farewell party. He reunites with Jennifer again at the party. Will the two be together again after everything they've been through in this place with tons of one night stands happening every night?
Starring: Pak-yu Chan, Yung Cheng, Steven Dasz, Jun Kung, Seth Leslie, Shiga Lin, Emme Wong, Seli Xian, Miki Yeung
Director: Wilson Chin
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Tags: Emme Wong, Jun Kung, Miki Yeung, Pak-yu Chan, Seli Xian, Seth Leslie, Shiga Lin, Steven Dasz, Wilson Chin, Yung Cheng
Posted on May 8, 2012 |
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Appleseed / Appurushîdo (2004)
Action | Animation | Sci-Fi
Set in a post-apocalyptic 2131 A.D.A.D., girl mercenary Deunen Knute finds herself spirited away from the badlands to the gleaming utopian city of Olympus. There she's reunited with her ex-b.f. Briareos, now half-man, half-cyborg. Deunen learns from new handler Hitomi that Olympus' serenity is founded on the use of bioroids, genetically engineered clones who hold key positions in the city's government. Hitomi herself is one. Superpowerful computer Gaia monitors all, through the mediation of seven Yoda-esque elders. When a shadowy faction opposed to the bioroids' civic control start blowing stuff up, Deunen and Briareos team up to protect the city.
Starring: Ai Kobayashi, Jûrôta Kosugi, Yuki Matsuoka, Asumi Miwa, Akimoto Tsubasa
Director: Shinji Aramaki
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Tags: Ai Kobayashi, Akimoto Tsubasa, Asumi Miwa, Jûrôta Kosugi, Shinji Aramaki, Yuki Matsuoka
Posted on May 8, 2012 |
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Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur / Doraemon: Nobita no kyôryû (2006)
Animation
After bringing a fossilized egg back to life with the Time Cloth, Nobita finds himself the owner of a baby dinosaur. Everything is fine until it grows up. Nobita and friends use Doraemon's time machine to return it back to its own time.
Starring: Gekidan Hitori, Yumi Kakazu, Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Subaru Kimura, Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Oohara, Tomokazu Seki
Director: Ayumu Watanabe
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Posted on May 5, 2012 |
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Dragon Tiger Gate / Lung Fu Moon (2006)
Action | Drama
Tiger Wong is a highly skilled martial artist with a strong sense of justice. While eating at a floating restaurant, he chances upon a bully. Unable to stand by and watch him terrorize the victims he defeats the bully using his special move – Dragon Slaying Leg Eighteen. At the same time, he unwittingly grabs a gold medal. It turns out that this gold medal is the Lousha Death Plaque given by the leader of the Lousha Gate, Shibumi. Whoever owns the gold medal has the power to demand the full cooperation of Lousha Gate. Tiger, unaware of the medal's powers, is ambushed by the gang during his celebrations. As fate has it, he is saved by Dragon Wong, the bodyguard of one of the gangsters, who is sent to retrieve the medal.
Starring: Donnie Yen, Nicholas Tse, Shawn Yue, Jie Dong, Xiao Ran Li
Director: Donnie Yen, Wilson Yip
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Tags: Donnie Yen, Jie Dong, Nicholas Tse, Shawn Yue, Wilson Yip, Xiao Ran Li
Posted on May 3, 2012 |
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Turning Point 2 / Laughing Gor – Qian Zui Fan (2011)
Action | Crime
Undercover cop Laughing enters prison to track inmate and corrupt cop Tai Chit. Laughing then meets fellow prisoner Fok Tin Yam, who is a former professor now imprisoned for drug dealing. Fok Tin Yam seems also interested in Tai Chit. Things become more complicated when Laughing encounters his old nemesis So Sing Pak.
Starring: Michael Tse, Francis Ng, Chapman To, Bosco Wong, Kara Hui, Kate Tsui, Janice Man, Kai Chi Liu, Cheung-Ching Mak, Suet Lam, Kong King, Chi-Kwong Cheung, Jin Auyeung, Siu-Ming Lau, Rebecca Zhu
Director: Herman Yau
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Tags: Bosco Wong, Chapman To, Cheung-Ching Mak, Chi-Kwong Cheung, Francis Ng, Herman Yau, Janice Man, Jin Auyeung, Kai Chi Liu, Kara Hui, Kate Tsui, Kong King, Michael Tse, Rebecca Zhu, Siu-Ming Lau, Suet Lam
Posted on May 2, 2012 |
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Armageddon / Tin dei hung sam (1997)
Action | Comedy | Fantasy
In the near future 10 men are voted as the 10 who could lead the world; on the list is leading Hong Kong scientist Dr. Ken (Andy Lau). When some of the other important figures on the list start dying in suspicious cases of spontaneous human combustion, the Hong Kong CID and the British MI6 get involved to try and protect Dr. Ken. Ken's close friend in the Hong Kong police, Chiu (Anthony Wong) helps Ken stay out of trouble.
Starring: Andy Lau, Michelle Reis, Anthony Wong, Claudia Lau, Angel Wong, Yiu-Cheung Lai, Vincent Kok
Director: Gordon Chan
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Tags: Andy Lau, Angel Wong, Anthony Wong, Claudia Lau, Gordon Chan, Michelle Reis, Vincent Kok, Yiu-Cheung Lai
Posted on May 1, 2012 |
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The Scent of Green Papaya / Mùi du du xanh (1993)
Drama | Music | Romance
A young girl, Mui, becomes a servant for a rich family. Mui is notably peaceful and curious about the world. The family consists of a frequently absent husband, a wife, an older son, two younger sons, and the husband's mother. When the husband leaves for his fourth and final time, he takes all the household's money. He returns ill and passes away shortly after.
Starring: Tran Nu Yên-Khê, Man San Lu, Thi Loc Truong, Vantha Talisman, Anh Hoa Nguyen, Hoa Hoi Vuong
Director: Tran Anh Hung
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Tags: Anh Hoa Nguyen, Hoa Hoi Vuong, Man San Lu, Thi Loc Truong, Tran Anh Hung, Tran Nu Yên-Khê, Vantha Talisman
Posted on May 1, 2012 |
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Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo / Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)
Action | Drama | War
The story of two brothers who are unwillingly drafted into the South Korean army following the outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950. The older brother strives to protect his younger brother on the battlefield, while struggling to find a way to have him discharged so he can return to their village and care for the family they left behind. However, as the war progresses, the horror and violence they witness begin to take its toll on each man and severe their bonds as brothers and soldiers
Starring: Dong-gun Jang, Bin Won, Eun-ju Lee, Hyeong-jin Kong, Yeong-ran Lee
Director: Je-gyu Kang
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Tags: Bin Won, Dong-gun Jang, Eun-ju Lee, Hyeong-jin Kong, Je-gyu Kang, Yeong-ran Lee
Posted on May 1, 2012 |
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Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops: Angel Wings / Eiga Doraemon Shin Nobita to tetsujin heidan: Habatake tenshitachi (2011)
Animation
Jealous of Suneo’s new robot toy, Nobita asks Doraemon to build him an even better one. Doraemon initially refuses, until Nobita accidentally discovers pieces of a mysterious robot that falls from the sky. After gathering all the robot parts and assembled them together, the giant robot, Zanda Claus, is soon completed. The duo soon learn that the robot is not a mere toy, but a powerful weapon in the fight against the coming Robot Army that is going to attack Earth and enslave the human inhabitants of it. An invasion is near, as a mysterious girl Lillele shows up, looking for the robot.
Starring: Masaharu Fukuyama, Yumi Kakazu, Kôji Katô, Subaru Kimura, Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Oohara, Miyuki Sawashiro, Tomokazu Seki
Director: Yukiyo Teramoto
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Tags: Kôji Katô, Masaharu Fukuyama, Megumi Oohara, Miyuki Sawashiro, Subaru Kimura, Tomokazu Seki, Wasabi Mizuta, Yukiyo Teramoto, Yumi Kakazu
Posted on April 29, 2012 |
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The Host / Gwoemul (2006)
Comedy | Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Careless American military personnel dump chemicals into South Korea's Han River. Several years later, a creature emerges from the tainted waters and sinks its ravenous jaws into local residents. It abducts Hyun-seo (A-sung Ko) the daughter of Kang-du (Kang-ho Song), who works at a food-stand on the banks of the river. The government announces that the monstrous thing is the Host of an unidentified virus. Having feared the worst, Kang-du receives a phone call from his daughter who is frightened, but very much alive. Kang-du soon makes plans to infiltrate the forbidden zone near the Han River to rescue his daughter.
Starring: Kang-ho Song, Hie-bong Byeon, Hae-il Park, Doona Bae, Ah-sung Ko
Director: Joon-ho Bong
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Tags: Ah-sung Ko, Doona Bae, Hae-il Park, Hie-bong Byeon, Joon-ho Bong, Kang-ho Song
Posted on April 27, 2012 |
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Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai / Ichimei (2011)
Drama
An tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord.
Starring: Kôji Yakusho, Hikari Mitsushima, Naoto Takenaka, Eita, Hikari Mitsushima
Director: Takashi Miike
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Tags: Eita, Hikari Mitsushima, Koji Yakusho, Naoto Takenaka, Takashi Miike
Posted on April 26, 2012 |
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Initial D / Tau man ji D (2005)
Action | Crime | Drama | Teen | Thriller
Based on a popular manga by Shuichi Shigeno, Initial D is a high-octane movie about the world of downhill mountain racing. Takumi Fujiwara is an average high-school student who has honed his driving skills while making late-night deliveries for his father's tofu restaurant. When he has an inadvertent run-in with one of the area's top racers, Takumi finds himself thrust into the world of mountain racing and is soon duking it out for top honors in a series of daredevil downhill races. Thrilling and adrenaline-fueled, the anime is presented in its entirety with this collection of episodes.
Starring: Jay Chou, Shawn Yue, Shawn Yue, Edison Chen, Anthony Wong, Anne Suzuki, Jordan Chan, Chapman To, Kenny Bee, Tsuyoshi Abe
Director: Andrew Lau, Alan Mak
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Tags: Alan Mak, Andrew Lau, Anne Suzuki, Anthony Wong, Chapman To, Edison Chen, Jay Chou, Jordan Chan, Kenny Bee, Shawn Yue, Tsuyoshi Abe
Posted on April 25, 2012 |
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Taare Zameen Par / Like Stars on Earth (2007)
Drama
Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate; colours, fish, dogs and kites are just not important in the world of adults, who are much more interested in things like homework, marks and neatness. And Ishaan just cannot seem to get anything right in class. When he gets into far more trouble than his parents can handle, he is packed off to a boarding school to 'be disciplined'. Things are no different at his new school, and Ishaan has to contend with the added trauma of separation from his family. One day a new art teacher bursts onto the scene, Ram Shankar Nikumbh, who infects the students with joy and optimism. He breaks all the rules of 'how things are done' by asking them to think, dream and imagine, and all the children respond with enthusiasm, all except Ishaan.
Starring: Darsheel Safary, Aamir Khan, Tanay Chheda, Sachet Engineer, Tisca Chopra, Vipin Sharma
Director: Aamir Khan
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Tags: Aamir Khan, Darsheel Safary, Sachet Engineer, Tanay Chheda, Tisca Chopra, Vipin Sharma
