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November 2013
Ender's Game
In the near future, a hostile alien race called the Formics have attacked Earth. If not for the legendary heroics of International Fleet Commander Mazer Rackham (Ben Kingsley), all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, the highly esteemed Colonel Hyrum Graff (Harrison Ford) and the International Military are training only the best young minds to find the future Mazer. Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield), a shy but strategically brilliant boy, is recruited to join the elite. Arriving at Battle School, Ender quickly and easily masters increasingly difficult challenges and simulations, distinguishing himself and winning respect amongst his peers. Ender is soon ordained by Graff as the military's next great hope, resulting in his promotion to Command School. Once there, he's trained by Mazer Rackham himself to lead his fellow soldiers into an epic battle that will determine the future of Earth and save the human race.
Escape Plan
Ray Breslin (Sylvester Stallone) is the world's leading authority on prisons - building them, securing them and, most importantly, breaking out of them. Handsomely paid to engineer real-life jailbreaks in high-security correctional facilities, Ray been incarcerated in every super-max facility run by the Federal Bureau of Prisons - with a 100 percent escape rate. When Ray and his associates at B & C Security, Abigail (Amy Ryan), Hush (Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson) and Lester (Vincent D'Onofrio) are offered double their normal rate to evaluate The Tomb, an off-the-grid, privately-run maximum-security prison constructed using Breslin's own stringent protocols, Breslin can't resist the challenge. To replicate an actual imprisonment, the location of the prison is to remain undisclosed and Breslin will be unable to communicate with his team in any way.
A Perfect Man
Why do women like older men? And why do men like younger women? James and Nina Ferguson have everything going for them to act as role models for the perfect marriage. But after years of marriage, James is left by Nina because of his numerous affairs. One day, James gets a phone call but it's the wrong number. To deal with his loneliness, he starts a relationship over the phone with the stranger. It is the most open and honest relationship he has ever had. They talk through the eternal misunderstanding between man and woman, in particular their own... James unknowingly falls back in love with Nina over the phone when she pretends to be another woman. Will that be enough to bring them back together again?
-197°C Murder
Susanna (Li Ai), a young and rich lady, was found mysteriously murdered in an abandoned hospital building. Strangely the dead body was dressed in a nurse uniform, with heavy make-up. Since the victim had left a huge legacy of one hundred million dollars, Inspector Wayne (Simon Yam) who took charge of the case, started to investigate all the related trails and people including David (O.D.), Susanna's husband and Vincent (Chen Sicheng), the insurance agent. Subsequently, another rich lady was found dead at the beach also with cosplay dress-up and heavy make-up. She was murdered in the same way as Susanna, with her lungs seriously frostbitten but the murder weapon was still a mystery. However, the modus operandi suggested that these two murders were committed by a serial killer. During the investigation, Wayne got to know Jeana (Vivian Hsu), a common friend of the two victims and accidentally came across an old photograph where Jeana attended a "cosplay" event together with the victims long time ago. To everyone's astonishment, the dress-ups of both victims were exactly the same as when their dead bodies were found. This crucial finding had put Jeana in danger. Upon further investigation, the police arrested Bill (Wu Yue), a tailor specialized in making nostalgic "cosplay" dresses, as the prime suspect. While Wayne thought the case would have come to an end, the third murder perpetrated. The victim was Rosa (Winnie Leung), Jeana's sister-in-law. Wayne had run into a cul-de-sac. In a cold storage, an ice piton was fiercely plunged on the picture of Jeana. Why did the killer target on Jeana and the other victims? What was the deep hatred between them? Who was the killer then?
Library Wars
In 2019, public anger at media excess has led to censorship of television, newspapers, the internet, books, movies, and music under the 'Media Betterment Act'. To fight the armed 'Betterment Squads' that go around destroying objectionable materials, the nation's libraries have formed their own para-military 'Library Corps'. Iku Kasahara is a new recruit to the corps, where her instructor and squad leader is Atsushi Dojo. At first repelled by his by-the-book approach to leadership, she is gradually won over by his commitment to their battle for 'books' and 'the freedom to know'.
Fire With Fire
Jeremy Colman, a Long Beach firefighter, barely escapes from a brutal crime scene where he witnesses a local gang lord, David Hagan, with his goons, murders a mini mart's owner and the owner's son vying for territory. Despite the arrested Hagan recites all of Jeremy's personal information as a threat, Jeremy identifies him as the murderer and agrees to be placed in a witness protection program, where he later begins a relationship with a U.S. marshal assign to protect him named Talia Durham, who truly loves him and trains him in gunning for self-defense. Hagan strengthens the threat by hunting down not only Jeremy, but also Talia, and all his close friends and colleagues at home. It ignites Jeremy's intent of killing Hagan regardless of the trial and against the law, before which he has to pave the road with blood-for-blood vengeance upon the best of Hagan's gangsters.
Insidious: Chapter 2
Insidious: Chapter 2 follows the haunted Lambert family as they seek to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.
Machete Kills
Ex-Federale agent Machete is recruited by the President of the United States for a mission which would be impossible for any mortal man - he must take down a madman revolutionary and an eccentric billionaire arms dealer who has hatched a plan to spread war and anarchy across the planet.
Real
Koichi and Atsumi are lovers who have known each other all their lives. A year ago, however, a suicide attempt by Atsumi left her in a coma. Through 'sensing', a type of neurosurgical procedure allowing contact with the intentional aspect of a comatose patient's mind, Koichi tries to find out why Atsumi tried to kill herself, and to bring her back to consciousness. He enters her subconscious, and is told to find a picture of a plesiosaur she drew when she was a child. It turns out that a childhood incident buried in their past will bring their minds together.
Silent Witness
As a well-known tycoon, Lin Te's (Sun Hong Lei) wedding day is approaching, he is suddenly shocked by the tragic death of his bride in an underground parking garage. Police have arrested a suspect, Lin's daughter, Lin Mengmeng, who becomes the defendant in the court. Lin spares no expense to hire a noted female lawyer, Zhou Li (Yu Nan) to defend his daughter against the allegations. The prosecution, Tong Tao (Aaron Kwok) is a shrewd lawyer with a talent for uncovering paper trails of fraud. Zhou and Tong will be starting a spirited dispute between prosecution and defense in the court. With the deepening of cross-examination of the witnesses and defendant, this unusual case is getting quite suspicious and throwing both lawyers into confusion
Why Don't You Play In Hell?
Ten years after a gangland massacre derails Mitsuko's child star career, her father Muto (Kunimura Jun) attempts to give her a long-awaited comeback by casting her as the lead of an indie film. However, Mitsuko (Nikaido Fumi) takes off in the middle of the shoot and massacre survivor Ikegami (Tsutsumi Shinichi) is back to take revenge. Now, it's up to the film crew to bring Mitsuko back and finish the film - while trapped in the middle of a yakuza war.
Kick Ass Girls
The three main leads, Bao (Chrissie Chau), Miu (Dada Lo) and TT (Hidy Yu) each are facing problems with life, friendships and love, and decides to go on their journey to Malaysia due to an attractive pay job. In the hope of returning with a wealthy lifestyle, they found themselves in the trap of mysterious lady Zhu Ge (Chris Tong). They soon realise that their task is not as simple as it looks, Zhu Ge is not merely a troublesome rich lady, but there is a significant plot behind. The girls were forced to get into a brutal boxing tournament, and found themselves trapped in a huge underground maze. At the brink of death, they deftly fight the syndicate with the combination of high heels, bras and female intelligence, creating a wild comedy.
Muse: Live At Rome Olympic Stadium
Filmed on July 6, 2013 in front of a capacity audience of over 60000, Muse: Live At Rome Olympic Stadium captures the momentous evening in the Italian capital and showcases the most extravagant set build and spectacular stage show of any Muse tour to date. The three school friends from Devon take the audience on a mesmerizing journey using pyrotechnics, expansive digital screens and a troop of actors to accompany their epic playlist of 20 tracks, mixed in incredible surround sound, including hits from their most recent studio album The 2nd Law, as well as classics such as "Uprising", "Supermassive Black Hole", "Time Is Running Out", "Starlight" and "Plug-In Baby".
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire begins as Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's Tour" of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) - a competition that could change Panem forever.
Parkland
Parkland recounts the chaotic events that occurred in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963, the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
Good Luck! Boy
Mr. Shou-Ho (Hsieh, Shih) is born in Taiwan, 1972, his musical works had been nominated at USA 52th Grammy, USA 9th Independent Music Awards and Taiwan Golden Melody Awards, and his specialty is in creating original music and giving artistic performance. Now on a mission to save an old sugar factory for being demolition, he transboundary to direct the movie - Good Luck! Boy.
Ilo Ilo
In the late nineties, Teresa leaves her home in the Philippines to work as a domestic helper in Singapore for a strained middle-class family of three. Her arrival initially exacerbates the tensions that exist in the Lim household, but a bond gradually develops between her and the family's rambunctious son. As the Asian Financial Crisis takes its toll, the economic and emotional insecurities that underlie the family's daily lives and interactions boil to the surface.
Carrie
A reimagining of the classic horror tale about Carrie White (Chloe Grace Moretz), a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother (Julianne Moore), who unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom.
Delivery Man
Affable underachiever David Wozniak (Vince Vaughn), whose anonymous donations to a fertility clinic 20 years earlier resulted in 533 children. David must now embark on a journey that leads him to discover not only his true self but also the father that he could become.
Love Is All You Need
Two very different families meet in a beautiful, old Italian villa, in the middle of a lemon grove. The occasion is a romantic wedding, meticulously planned to the smallest detail. Of course, nothing goes according to plan and yet everything works out in the end.
Malavita
The Manzoni family, a notorious mafia clan, is relocated to Normandy, France under the witness protection program, where fitting in soon becomes challenging as their old habits die hard.
The Nun
Set in France, in the 1760s. Born to a bourgeois family, Suzanne is a beautiful young girl with a natural talent for music. Despite her faith, she is dismayed when her parents send her off to a convent, expecting her to become a nun. Suzanne first resists the rules of the convent, but soon finds out that she is an illegitimate child, leaving her no other choice but to pronounce her vows and to suffer the consequences of her mother's sin. Adapted from Diderot's eponymous novel, The Nun tells the story of a woman trying to resist imposed religious values, revealing the dehumanising effect of cloistered life.
Jan Dara 2: The Finale
Jan Dara (Mario Maurer) and his close friend Ken (Chayapol Julian Pupart)are banished from Bangkok to live with Jan’s grandmother in the rural province of Pijit. There, fate brings Jan to uncover the dark secret of his origin.Later, Aunt Wad travels to Pijit with bad news: At Bangkok house, something terrible happened to Kaew (Sho Nishino), Jan's stepsister - something so unspeakable that only confirms the carnal curse of the Wisnan house.Jan has to return to Bangkok and take revenge against Wisnan, the man who's made his life a living hell. The young man becomes the new master of the house, and the fire of vengeance consumes him to such an extent that he's becoming the man he's hated all his life. He also resumes his sexual adventure with Boonleung (Yaya Ying)...Jan continues his descent into the dark side, despite the protest from the people who love him. What will save the young man from turning into a monster? Will love, sex and friendship save him from what’s eating him alive?
Space Pirate Captain Harlock
This action adventure is based on Space Pirate Captain Harlock, original work by sci-fi comic legend Leiji Matsumoto (known for stories such as Galaxy Express 999), with his stories revolving around the space pirate who rebels against governing forces but fights for humanity with his crew aboard the invincible pirate ship Arcadia. Captain Harlock is the one man standing between the Gaia Coalition and their quest for complete intergalactic rule. Seeking revenge against those who wronged both mankind and himself, the mysterious space pirate roams the universe in his battle-cruiser, the Arcadia, defiantly attacking and pillaging enemy ships. Harlock pushes his loyal crew forward in his death-defying mission to undo the 'Nodes of Time' and reverse the Earth to an age when still inhabited by humans. It is the year 2977 and 500 billion displaced humans long to return to the planet they still refer to as home.
The Constable
Lam Kwok Kuen, nearing retirement and raising a mentally challenged son by himself, is a police officer whose sole requirement on the job is oversee the department fleet. Despite this, he remains active in the front line of police service, putting his life on the line for the sake of others, his heroism bettering even the most seasoned professionals. He fights the bad guys, putting criminals behind bars, upholding the law at any cost, for as his adage proclaims, to live a day surmounts to pursuing justice relentlessly, whether life or death proceeds in its aftermath.
Snowpiercer
Snowpiercer is set in a future where, after a failed experiment to stop global warming, an Ice Age kills off all life on the planet except for the inhabitants of the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe and is powered by a sacred perpetual-motion engine. A class system evolves on the train but a revolution brews...
Mayday: Live In Live
On the surface, this documentary chronicles the world tour of the iconic Taiwanese rock band Mayday; in essence, it embodies the efforts and professionalism of the production team, and scrutinizes the introspection and soul-searching of the participants involved. More than just a derivative product catering to the fans of Mayday, the film captures the complex truth of a grand event and a cultural phenomenon.
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