The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Music | Musical
The Muppet characters tell their version of the classic tale of an old and bitter miser's redemption on Christmas Eve.
Starring: Michael Caine, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Jerry Nelson, Frank Oz, David Rudman
Director: Brian Henson
Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1980 / The Red Riding Trilogy: 1980 (2009)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Police corruption interferes with the search for a killer in Yorkshire, England. Based on David Peace's novel "Nineteen Eighty".
Starring: Warren Clarke, Paddy Considine, James Fox, David Calder, Nicholas Woodeson, Sean Harris, Peter Mullan
Director: James Marsh
The Man in the White Suit (1951)
Comedy | Drama | Sci-Fi
An altruistic chemist invents a fabric that resists wear and stain as boon to humanity but both capital and labor realize it must be suppressed for economic reasons.
Starring: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker, Michael Gough, Ernest Thesiger, Howard Marion-Crawford
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
The Yellow Handkerchief (2008)
Drama | Romance
One lazy afternoon in a backwater Louisiana town, Martine takes a leap into an unfamiliar convertible. The driver, Gordy, an awkward young itinerant who eyed her in the diner earlier, isn't displeased to find this pretty sylph in his front seat. Soon they meet Brett, a laconic, humble man just released from prison. Martine isn't keen on going solo with Gordy, and now it's raining cats and dogs, so she invites Brett along, and the unlikely trio sets out, each person unsure of the destination. What ensues is a journey through the lush green byways of rural Louisiana and into the depths of these characters' souls.
Starring: William Hurt, Maria Bello, Kristen Stewart, Eddie Redmayne
Director: Udayan Prasad
Little Man Tate (1991)
Drama
Dede is a sole parent trying to bring up her son Fred. When it is discovered that Fred is a genius, she is determined to ensure that Fred has all the opportunities that he needs.
Starring: Jodie Foster, Dianne Wiest, Adam Hann-Byrd, Harry Connick Jr., Debi Mazar
Director: Jodie Foster
The Marrying Man (1991)
Comedy | Music | Romance
Millionaire playboy Charley Pearl has got it all. Charm, looks, style and he's about to marry the daughter of the most powerful man in Hollywood. But a funny thing happens on his way to the altar…he meets sultry Las Vegas lounge singer Vicki Anderson. And it's lust at first sight! Charley discovers the hard way that his attraction to Vicki is going to get him into trouble over and over again! Handsome Alec Baldwin and sexy Kim Basinger heat up the screen in one of the most sizzling and funny romances in modern courtship history! See for yourself what all the heat's about!
Starring: Kim Basinger, Alec Baldwin, Robert Loggia, Elisabeth Shue, Armand Assante, Paul Reiser
Director: Jerry Rees
Love Exposure / Eoggaeneomeoeui yeoni (2007)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
32-year-old Seo Jung-Wan (Lee Mi-Yeon) (Mi-yeon Lee) is a free spirited woman, working as a photographer during the day and at night involved in an intimate relationship with a married man. Although she’s in her mid 30’s, she has no desire to marry. Meanwhile, her best friend Hee-Soo (Lee Tae-Ran) is a fashionable and confident woman. She married her husband Hyung-Sik ([[Yoon Je-Moon]) not out of pure love, but because of his wealth. Hee-Soo is then shocked to see her mild mannered husband walking with a younger woman into a ritzy hotel…
Starring: Mi-yeon Lee, Tae-ran Lee, Jun-seong Kim
Director: Eon-hie Lee
Zorro (1975)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Western
A newly arrived governor finds his province under the control of the corrupt Colonel Huerta. To avoid assassination by Huerta, he pretends to be weak and indecisive so Huerta will believe he poses no threat. But secretly he masquerades as Zorro, and joins the monk Francisco and the beautiful aristocrat Hortensia in their fight for justice against Huerta and his soldiers.
Starring: Alain Delon, Ottavia Piccolo, Stanley Baker, Enzo Cerusico, Moustache
Director: Duccio Tessari
Miss Astro Chinese International Pageant 2012 (TV 2012)
Awards
The Miss Astro Chinese International Pageant (formerly known as Miss Malaysia Chinese International Pageant) is an annual beauty pageant solely organized by Astro (satellite TV), a leading cross-media operator with direct-to-home satellite television services in Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia. This beauty pageant has marked its place in the local viewers' hearts since the year 1998. The winner of the pageant in each year will be nominated by ASTRO to represent Kuala Lumpur in the Miss Chinese International Pageant, organized by TVB which is held annually in Hong Kong around the Chinese New Year season.
For the year 2007, the organizer had made changes to its competition which is quite uncommon for a beauty pageant contest. This include shooting personal video diary for the contestants and include SMS voting. The final 13 was chosen, and its begins it shooting video with a series of activities. Those activities include beach, learning how to relax, acting, collaboration, participating charity, and some diet advices.
The Miss Astro Chinese International Pageant Challenge, a separate Challenge leading up to the actual Finals, was introduced in 2007 and hosted by Angel Wong Chui Ling. This Challenge consisted of 3 rounds in which contestants had to compete in various activities (catwalk, elocution etc.). If they failed, one contestant will be usually voted out by the contestants themselves. The process goes on for months, until they have 10 contestants for the final. It also believed that the prettiest contestants No. 5 Annie Cheah, a model, was voted in a controversy manner during the pre-final period.
As for the year 2008, ASTRO introduced a different format in determining the TOP 5 finalists; which is by combining both SMS votes and judging. Only the top 2 finalists with the highest SMS votes will automatically advance to the Top 5 while the other 3 spots will be filled by finalists with the highest scores accumulated during the finals(60%) and pre-liminaries judging(40%).
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle / Charlie's Angels 2 (2003)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime
Sexy Angels (Cameraon Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu) are back to go head-to-head with Angel-Gone-Bad (Demi Moore)! Aided by trusty sidekick Bosley (Bernie Mac), these hot and heavenly beauties really kick butt to reclaim rings encrypted with information about every person in the Federal Witness Protection Program! Sizzling with attitude, they put the pedal to the metal to launch a do-or-die thrill ride that never slows down!
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Cameron Diaz, Bernie Mac, Demi Moore, Shia LaBeouf
Director: McG
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Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King (2008)
Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Scooby-Doo and Shaggy must go into the underworld ruled by the Goblin King in order to stop a mortal named The Amazing Krudsky who wants power and is a threat to their pals, Fred, Velma and Daphne.
Starring: Frank Welker, Casey Kasem, Grey DeLisle, Mindy Cohn, Wayne Knight
Director: Joe Sichta
Mistress / Maîtresse (1975)
Drama | Romance
A common thief (Depardieu) breaks into the house of a professional dominatrix (Ogier), and begins to help her "train" her clients…
Starring: Gérard Depardieu, Bulle Ogier, André Rouyer, Nathalie Keryan, Roland Bertin
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Grabbers (2012)
Comedy | Sci-Fi | Thriller
When an island off the coast of Ireland is invaded by bloodsucking aliens, the heroes discover that getting drunk is the only way to survive.
Starring: Richard Coyle, Ruth Bradley, Russell Tovey, Bronagh Gallagher, Ned Dennehy, Stuart Graham
Director: Jon Wright
High Anxiety (1977)
Comedy | Thriller
In this perceptive, sidesplitting homage to Hichcock films, director, star, and writer Mel Brooks plays the average American guy, psychiatrist Richard Thorndyke (as in Roger Thorndike, Cary Grant's character in 'North by Northwest'), who's terrified of heights (think 'Vertigo'). He becomes the new chief of the Institute for the Very Very Nervous, where things are not what they seem, and it's not long before Richard finds himself embroiled in murder, deception, and other hilarious situations.
Starring: Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman, Ron Carey, Howard Morris, Dick Van Patten
Director: Mel Brooks
Stir of Echoes (1999)
Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Tom Witzky (Kevin Bacon) is a blue-collar worker, a family man, the most ordinary guy in the world…who is about to be plunged into a shattering encounter with another world. And it doesn't matter that Tom doesn't believe in the supernatural. Because something supernatural has started to believe in Tom. After he is hypnotized at a neighborhood party, Tom changes. He sees things he can't explain and hears voices he can't ignore. As the horrific visions intensfy, Tom realizes they are pieces of a puzzle, echoes of a crime calling out to be solved. But when his other-worldly nightmares begin coming true, Tom wants out. He desperately tries to rid himself of his eerie, unwanted powers – only to be seized by an irresistible compulsion to dig deeper and deeper into the mystery that is consuming his life. When at last he unearths the truth, it will draw him into the long-buried secret of a ghastly crime, a vengeful spirit…and the lethal price of laying that spirit to rest.
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Kathryn Erbe, Illeana Douglas, Liza Weil, Kevin Dunn, Jennifer Morrison
Director: David Koepp
Night of the Living Dead (1990)
Horror
Seven people are trapped in an isolated farmhouse and living an unspeakable nightmare. Cannibalistic zombies have been awakened from the dead and are on a relentless killing and eating binge.
Starring: Tony Todd, Bill Moseley, Katie Finneran, Tom Towles, Patricia Tallman
Director: Tom Savini
Mr. India (1987)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Musical | Sci-Fi
A poor, but bighearted, man takes orphans into his home. After discovering his scientist father's invisibility device; he rises to the occasion and fights to save his children and all of India from the clutches of a megalomaniac.
Starring: Anil Kapoor, Amrish Puri, Sridevi
Director: Shekhar Kapur
The Year without a Santa Claus (1974)
Animation | Family | Fantasy | Musical
Weary St. Nick foregoes his gift-giving journey, leaving Mrs. Claus and two elves to revive the Christmas spirit in Santa and the world's children.
Starring: Shirley Booth, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, George S. Irving, Bob McFadden
Director: Arthur Rankin Jr, Jules Bass
Amazin Ocean (2012)
Documentary
Be amazed by little schools of fish that swim right into your living room. See squid and the elusive octopus up close, along with the magnificent manta ray, and experience dolphins and turtles as well. Shot in stereoscopic 3D, Amazing Ocean 3D is a breathtakingly beautiful 50-minute experience for your whole family.
Director: Timo Joh. Mayer, Benjamin Eicher
Star Trek (TV Series 1966-1969)
Adventure | Sci-Fi
Star Trek was an influential science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that followed the adventures of the crew of the starship U.S.S. Enterprise. The show began with the production of the 1964 pilot "The Cage". "The Cage" featured Jeffrey Hunter as Enterprise captain Christopher Pike. The pilot was rejected by NBC executives as being too cerebral. In order to demonstrate the action-adventure potential of the series, another pilot entitled "Where No Man Has Gone Before" was produced. Replacing Jeffrey Hunter as Enterprise captain was William Shatner who starred as Captain James T. Kirk. The new pilot also starred Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock who was the only character to return from the original pilot after NBC's rejection of "The Cage". Response to the second, action-oriented, pilot was good and NBC gave the go ahead to the series. The series premiered on NBC on Thursday, September 8, 1966 in the 8:30-9:30 PM timeslot with the episode “The Man Trap”. Critical response to the series was mixed and rating were lower than expected. In its second season, reoccurring guest star DeForest Kelley was added to the series’ starring cast and the show was moved to Friday at 8:30. A decline in the ratings, however, prompted NBC to attempt to cancel the series after its second season, but a letter writing campaign by die hard fans of the show saved it from cancellation. An additional season of episodes were produced, but ratings continued to decline most likely due to the quality of the third season episodes and a bad 10:00 PM Friday night time slot. Despite another letter writing campaign, the series was finally cancelled after its third season. The last new episode “Turnabout Intruder” was shown on June 3, 1969. After its three year run Star Trek began running syndication where it was discovered by legion of new fans and became a phenomenon. The show inspired six features films, an animated series, and four additional spin-off television shows. Other spin-off’s include novels, comic books, merchandise and an enormous amount of fan-fiction based on the series. Despite its short network run, Star Trek has become one of the most successful shows in television history. Aside from its three main stars, Star Trek featured a large cast of reoccurring guest stars that includes James Doohan, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Majel Barrett, and Grace Lee Whitney. Other notable guest stars include Diana Muldaur, Gary Lockwood, Ricardo Montalban, Sally Kellerman, Julie Newmar, Frank Gorshin, John Colicos, Roger C. Carmel, William Campbell, Ted Cassidy, Michael Ansara and Elisha Cook, Jr. Notable writers for the series include Gene Roddenberry, Gene L. Coon, George Clayton Johnson, Jerry Sohl, Jerome Bixby, Robert Bloch, Theodore Sturgeon, Harlan Ellison, David Gerrold, and D.C. Fontana.
Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols, James Doohan, Bill Blackburn, Eddie Paskey, George Takei, Frank da Vinci, Walter Koenig, Majel Barrett, Roger Holloway
Creator: Gene Roddenberry
