Saturday, March 21, 2009

Bedtime Stories


Release Date:
8 January 2009
Genre:
Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Cast:
Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Guy Pearce, Russell Brand, Richard Griffiths



A family comedy about a hotel handyman whose life changes when the lavish bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew start to magically come true.

Passengers


Release Date:
12 November 2008
Genre:
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Cast:
Anne Hathaway, Patrick Wilson, Andre Braugher, Dianne Wiest, David Morse



After a plane crash, a young therapist, Claire, is assigned by her mentor to counsel the flight's five survivors. When they share their recollections of the incident -- which some say include an explosion that the airline claims never happened -- Claire is intrigued by Eric, the most secretive of the passengers. Just as Claire's professional relationship with Eric -- despite her better judgment -- blossoms into a romance, the survivors begin to disappear mysteriously, one by one. Claire suspects that Eric may hold all the answers and becomes determined to uncover the truth, no matter the consequences.

Dead Like Me: Life After Death


Release Date:
17 February 2009
Genre:
Comedy | Fantasy
Cast:
Ellen Muth, Callum Blue, Sarah Wynter, Jasmine Guy, Britt McKillip



After the departure of Rube Sofer, a new head reaper named Cameron Kane takes over. He's a slick businessman who couldn't care less about helping the newly dead. Chaos ensues and brings out the worst in Daisy and Mason who begin drinking anew. George and Reggie re-connect for the first time when George reaps a new friend of Reggie's.

The Broken


Release Date:
15 November 2008
Genre:
Horror | Thriller
Cast:
Lena Headey, Richard Jenkins, Asier Newman, Michelle Duncan, Melvil Poupaud


On a busy street in London, Gina thinks she sees herself drive past in her own car. Stunned by this strange event, Gina follows the mystery woman up to her apartment. From here, events take an eerie turn for the worse until Gina's awareness slides from solid reality into a world that will haunt more than just her nightmares.

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Inkheart


Release Date:
28 January 2009
Genre:
Adventure | Family | Fantasy
Cast:
Brendan Fraser, Sienna Guillory, Eliza Bennett, Richard Strange, Paul Bettany


An adventure of a father and his young daughter, searching for a long lost book that will help reunite a missing, close relative, this fantasy takes a darker side whenever we hear Mo 'Silvertongue' Folchart reading out aloud from books. His ability to rise to life, to export, to release figures out of the page and into the real world is only relevant when the darker side of his stories appear to reek havoc and destruction. Join in the fantasy and revel at the marvel of Books in this adventure of adventures' that brings the best stories throughout the decades to life that transcends beyond imagine.

Bride Wars


Release Date:
15 January 2009
Genre:
Comedy | Romance
Cast:
Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway, Bryan Greenberg, Chris Pratt, Steve Howey



Two best friends become rivals when they schedule their respective weddings on the same day.

Marley and Me


Release Date:
4 February 2009
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance
Cast:
Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Eric Dane, Kathleen
Turner


After their wedding, newspaper writers John and Jennifer Grogan move to Florida. In an attempt to stall Jennifer's "biological clock", John gives her a puppy. While the puppy Marley grows into a 100 pound dog, he loses none of his puppy energy or rambunctiousness. Meanwhile, Marley gains no self-discipline. Marley's antics give John rich material for his newspaper column. As the Grogans mature and have children of their own, Marley continues to test everyone's patience by acting like the world's most impulsive dog.

Sunday, March 8, 2009

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button


Release Date:
8 January 2009
Genre:
Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance
Cast:
Cate Blanchett, Julia Ormond, Faune A. Chambers, Elias Koteas, Donna DuPlantier


On the day that Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, elderly Daisy Williams nee Fuller is on her deathbed in a New Orleans hospital. At her side is her adult daughter, Caroline. Daisy asks Caroline to read to her aloud the diary of Daisy's lifelong friend, Benjamin Button. Benjamin's diary recounts his entire extraordinary life, the primary unusual aspect of which was his aging backwards, being born an old man who was diagnosed with several aged diseases at birth and thus given little chance of survival, but who does survive and gets younger with time. Abandoned by his biological father, Thomas Button, after Benjamin's biological mother died in childbirth, Benjamin was raised by Queenie, a black woman and caregiver at a seniors home. Daisy's grandmother was a resident at that home, which is where she first met Benjamin. Although separated through the years, Daisy and Benjamin remain in contact throughout their lives, reconnecting in their forties when in age they finally match up. Some of the revelations in Benjamin's diary are difficult for Caroline to read, especially as it relates to the time past this reconnection between Benjamin and Daisy, when Daisy gets older and Benjamin grows younger into his childhood years.

Tanging Ina Ninyong Lahat


Release Date:
2008
Genre:
Comedy
Cast:
Carlo Aquino, Serena Dalrymple, Ai-Ai de las Alas, Gloria Diaz,

Ploning


Release Date:
30 April 2008
Genre:
Drama | Romance
Cast:
Judy Ann Santos, Gina PareƱo, Mylene Dizon, Meryll Soriano, Ces Quesada



Ploning, is a story of one mans search for the enigmatic woman who has deeply wounded him in the past. Having grown up in an illegal Taiwanese fishing vessel, Rodrigo (30 years old) returns to the beautiful island of Cuyo and is given from sunrise to sunset to look for his Ploning. In his search, he discovers that the woman he loved and adored as a boy is not the woman he thought he knew. Ploning has displayed her maternal love for Digo ( the 6-year old Rodrigo) but is shrouded in her mysterious love and devotion for Tomas, her childhood sweetheart who left her when she was 16. This 30-year-old spinster who has held a special place amongst the people as a dutiful daughter, a devoted friend, a caring sister and a loving maternal figure is slowly unveiled through Rodrigos memory and an emotional meeting with Plonings confidante, Seling. Through his search, Ploning will be revealed as the islands most bittersweet source of selfless love.