Death at a Funeral (2007)
Comedy
Chaos ensues when a man tries to expose a dark secret regarding a recently deceased patriarch of a dysfunctional British family.
Starring: Matthew MacFadyen, Ewen Bremner, Rupert Graves, Alan Tudyk, Peter Dinklage
Director: Frank Oz
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Starry Starry Night / Xing kong (2011)
Drama
Mei, a 13 year old girl, used to live with her grandparents up in the mountains where the stars were most beautiful. After she was taken back to the city, she has been having a hard time both at home and at school. Her only escape is through her memory of those starry nights. One day, Mei meets the transfer student, Jay, who seems more detached from the world than she is. Together, they try to face their problems, but things only got worse when Mei's parents announce their divorce and ask her to choose who to live with. Mei and Jay decide to run away from home to see the stars she missed so dearly…
Starring: Rene Liu, Harlem Yu, Kenneth Tsang, Hui Ming Lin, Janel Tsai, Lunmei Kwai
Director: Tom Lin
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I Love Wing Chun (2011)
Action | Comedy
I Love Wing Chun revolves around an 18 year old boy Wing who have been raised by martial arts experts Aunty and Uncle Chun. No points for guessing as to which movie does Aunty and Uncle Chun remnd you of. Young innocent Wing heads to town and a series of hillarious adventures crosses his way. Accompanying him are his new pals and of course Aunty and Uncle Chun.
Starring: Liang Tian, Mei Yan, Pak-cheung Chan, Qiu Yuen, Wah Yuen, Damon Law, Leon Lai
Director: Lik Choi
Terraferma (2011)
Drama
A Sicilian family deals with the arrival of a group of immigrants on their island.
Starring: Filippo Pucillo, Donatella Finocchiaro, Beppe Fiorello, Mimmo Cuticchio, Martina Codecasa, Tiziana Lodato, Claudio Santamaria
Director: Emanuele Crialese
A Soldier's Story (1984)
Drama | Mystery | War
A black soldier is killed while returning to his base in the deep south. The white people of the area are suspected at first. A tough black army attorney is brought in to find out the truth. We find out a bit more about the dead soldier in flashbacks – and that he was unpopular. Will the attorney find the killer ?
Starring: Howard E. Rollins Jr., Adolph Caesar, Art Evans, David Alan Grier, David Harris
Director: Norman Jewison
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The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
Drama | History | War
After poisoning the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his mad son Commodus succumbs to dissipation and allows Rome to be ravaged by pestilence and the Barbarians.
Starring: Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, Alec Guinness, James Mason, Christopher Plummer
Director: Anthony Mann
Magic to Win / Hoi Sam Mo Fa (2011)
Fantasy
When an army, she inherited her fortune college professor's mysterious supernatural powers, and she herself trapped in a war between the wizards. She realized that she was the only key, to prevent damage to the general scheme, together with other ancient magic power of the conservation of an effort to save the world.
Starring: Chun Wu, Bak-Ming Wong, Jacky Wu, Karena Ng, Ni Yan, Louis Koo
Director: Wilson Yip
Let's Go! / Bou wai jern deui zi chut dung la! Pang yau! (2011)
Action | Sci-Fi
A street-wise young man (Juno Mak) is offered a job as a bodyguard for a powerful gang boss (Wang Yu). Soon, he becomes embroiled in a violent battle against a sinister, power-hungry super-villain (Gordon Lam), forcing him to take up his destiny as a protector for all that is good. Paying homage to 1980s Japanese superhero cartoons like SPACE EMPEROR GOD SIGMA, director Wong Ching-po (REVENGE A LOVE STORY) and action director Nicky Li (INVISIBLE TARGET) combine slick stylized action with an inspiring underdog story to create a wildly entertaining superhero origin film – Hong Kong action cinema-style!
Starring: Juno Mak, Stephy Tang, Ka Tung Lam, Gary Chaw, Pat Ha, Yu Wang
Director: Ching-Po Wong
Silent Hill (2006)
Adventure | Horror
Rose, a desperate mother who takes her adopted daughter, Sharon, to the town of Silent Hill in an attempt to cure her of her ailment. After a violent car crash, Sharon disappears and Rose begins her desperate search to get her back. She descends into a fog of smoldering ash and into the center of the twisted reality of a town's terrible secret. Pursued by grotesquely deformed creatures and a townspeople stuck in permanent purgatory, Rose begins to uncover the truth behind the apocalyptic disaster that burned the town 30 years back. Dare to step inside the horrific town of Silent Hill, where darkness preys on every soul and Hell's creations await around every corner. But know that once you enter…there is no turning back.
Starring: Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Laurie Holden, Deborah Kara Unger, Kim Coates
Director: Christophe Gans
Highlander III: The Sorcerer / Highlander 3: The Final Conflict (1994)
Action | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
The third Highlander movie takes place at 1994, which means it's a prequel of the second film. After the death of his beloved wife Heather some centuries ago, Connor MacLeod left the highlands of Scotland and wandered around the world. Finally, he got to Japan, where he met the famous sorcerer Nakano, who was an Immortal too. Soon, they became friends, and Nakano taught Conor some tricks. But one day, an old enemy, Kane, came to Japan willing to find Nakano's cave and kill him. Although he succeeded, after cutting Nakano's head the mountain collapsed and Kane was trapped.
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Mario Van Peebles, Deborah Kara Unger
Director: Andrew Morahan
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Half Past Dead (2002)
Action | Crime | Thriller
Welcome to Alcatraz. "The Rock" has just reopened for business, but the first criminal slated for the electric chair is also sitting on a secret worth $200 million. And an invading group of commandos (led by Morris Chestnut) isn't going to let his fortune go up in smoke. Already undercover in Alcatraz, FBI agent Petrosecitch (Steven Seagal) has to neutralize the situation and rescue a Supreme Court Justice held hostage. Worse, he has to convince his convict "partner" (Ja Rule) and the other inmates to fight on the right side of the law.
Starring: Steven Seagal, Morris Chestnut, Ja Rule, Nia Peeples, Tony Plana
Director: Don Michael Paul
East Meets West (2011)
Comedy
The story is about a group of seven ordinary people realizing that they are part of the eight heavenly gods and have superpowers. The main character focused is on Sammi, a female character played by Karen Mok whom fell in love with the eighth heavenly gods, the villain portrayed by Eason Chan. Thought that plot was interesting, up until when I finally see the movie, and my reaction was the movie performed very bad and embarrassed the amazing plot! Quite a huge notable casts joined in the film too, including Alex Fong, Ekin Cheng and Jaychee Chan eventhough three of them were given very little roles.
Starring: Eason Chan, Ekin Cheng, Karen Mok, Kenny Bee, Jaycee Chan, Lik-Sun Fong, Yi Huang, William Hong, Stephy Tang
Director: Jeffrey Lau
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Cleopatra (1963)
Biography | Drama | History
Historical epic. The triumphs and tragedy of the Egyptian queen, Cleopatra.
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Darryl F. Zanuck
Just Married (2003)
Comedy | Romance
A young newlywed couple honeymoon in Europe, where obstacles challenge their ability to sustain the marriage.
Starring: Ashton Kutcher, Brittany Murphy, Christian Kane, Monet Mazur
Director: Shawn Levy
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Drama | Sport
"I don't train girls", trainer Frankie Dunn growls. But something's different about the spirited boxing hopeful who shows up daily at Dunn's gym. All she wants is a fighting chance. Clint Eastwood plays Dunn and directs, produces and composes music for this acclaimed, multi-award-winning tale of heart, hope and family. Hilary Swank plays resilient Maggie, determined not to abandon her one dream. And Morgan Freeman is Scrap, gym caretaker and counterpoint to Dunn's crustiness. Grab your dreams and come out swinging.
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman, Anthony Mackie, Jay Baruchel
Director: Clint Eastwood
We Were Soldiers (2002)
Action | Drama | History
The year is 1965 and the U.S. is at War with North Vietnam. Commanding the air cavalry is Lt. Col. Hal Moore (Gibson), a born leader committed to his troops. His target: the La Drang Valley, called "The Valley of Death." As Moore prepares for one of the most violent battles in U.S. history, he delivers a stirring promise to his soldiers and their families: "I will leave no man behind dead or alive. We will all come home together."
Starring: Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott, Chris Klein, Keri Russell, Barry Pepper
Director: Randall Wallace
Deep Gold / Deep Gold 3D (2011)
Action
Shortly after free diver Amy Sanchez breaks an important freediving record, her boyfriend – Air Force Pilot Tony – mysteriously vanishes together with a flight that was bringing millions of dollars worth of gold to the Central Bank.
Starring: Bebe Pham, Jaymee Ong, Michael Gleissner, Amelia Jackson-Gray, Laury Prudent, Kersten Hui
Director: Michael Gleissner
The Quick and the Dead (1995)
Action | Adventure | Drama
A beautiful gunslinger with a cloudy past checks into the town of Redemption to join the annual quick-draw contest and get revenge on the man who ruined her life.
Starring: Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobin Bell
Director: Sam Raimi
Practical Magic (1998)
Comedy | Fantasy | Romance
Sally and Gillian Owens are sisters hexed by a centuries-old curse…and coping with a witches brew of events involving a possible love match for one, a zombie for the other and a need to resume the age-old witchcraft taught by two doting aunts.
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Stockard Channing, Dianne Wiest, Goran Visnjic
Director: Griffin Dunne
The Boys in Company C (1978)
Drama | War
This war drama follows the lives of five young Marine inductees from their training in boot camp in 1967 through a tour in Vietnam in 1968 that quickly devolves into a hellish nightmare. Disheartened by futile combat, appalled by the corruption of their South Vietnamese ally, and constantly endangered by the incompetence of their own company commander, the young men find a possible way out of the war. They are told that if they can defeat a rival soccer team, they can spend the rest of their tour playing exhibition games behind the lines. But as they might have predicted, nothing in Vietnam is as simple as it seems.
Starring: Stan Shaw, Andrew Stevens, R. Lee Ermey, James Canning, Michael Lembeck, Craig Wasson, Scott Hylands
Director: Sidney J. Furie
