Ghost Rider

Date: 22nd February. 2007, Thursday
Cinema : Cathay The Cineplex
Hall Number : Grand Cathay
Time : 9.30pm
Seat Number(s) : K:17 and K:18
With: Melvin

A motorcycle stuntman, Johnny Blaze, makes a pact with a dark force, selling his soul to save his girlfriend. When the bargain goes sour and the girl isn't saved, Blaze is transformed, gaining raging superpowers. Based on the Marvel comic series.

Rating: PG
Consumer Advice: Some Disturbing Scenes
Genre : Action/ Adventure
Main Cast : Nicolas Cage, Wes Bentley, Eva Mendes
Director : Mark Steven Johnson
Release Date: 15 February 2007
Running Time: 115 minutes

http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/ghostrider/

Protégé

Date: 21st February 2007, Wednesday
Cinema: GV Plaza Singapura
Time: 9.45pm
With: Melvin Ho
Seat: F-09 & F-10 (Hall 1)

Undercover officer Nick (Daniel Wu) had spent the last eight years penetrating into the core of a drug sales ring working his way up from a street dealer post to the managerial position handling cargo deliveries for Jong (Andy Lau) - the biggest player in the local heroin market. When the ailing Jong makes Nick his protégé, Nick could not but sway before money and power and starts to perform his role like a real drug trafficker. This, together with his affair with heroin-addict Jane (Zhang Jingchu), causes Nick to becomes more and more confused about his true identity, and eventually leads to a disastrous end.

Based on materials provided by retired undercover agents of the police force, "Protégé" attempts to realistically tell the story of undercover agents in the clandestine drug world, who struggle to constantly walk on the fine line between justice and crime, but who will never see the day of serving in the regular police force.

Directed by Derek Yee (One Night In Mongkok), produced by Peter Chan (Perhaps Love).

Rating: NC16
Consumer Advice: Drug-related Content
Genre: Thriller
Main Cast: Andy Lau, Daniel Wu, Louis Koo, Anita Yuen
Director: Dereck Yee
Release Date: 15 February 2007
Running Time: 111 minutes

http://www.protegethemovie.com/

PARIS JE T’AIME

Date: 13th February. 2007, Tuesday
Cinema : Cathay The Cineplex
Hall Number : Grand Cathay
Time : 9.15pm
Seat Number(s) : C:13 and C:14
With: Yen Hong

What do you get when Natalie Portman (‘Closer’) meets director Tom Tykwer (‘Perfume’) in the City of Lights? In PARIS, JE T’AIME, celebrated directors such as Wes Craven, the Coen Brothers, Gus Van Sant, Gurinder Chadha, Walter Salles, Alexander Payne and Olivier Assayas, have come together to show Paris in a way never before imagined. Through a kaleidoscope of stories about joy, separation, unexpected strange encounters and of course -- love -- their films capture both the reality of contemporary Paris as well as the enchantment one feels as a visitor. PARIS, JE T’AIME features a truly remarkable international cast including Natalie Portman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Elijah Wood, Juliette Binoche, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Nick Nolte, Bob Hoskins, Rufus Sewell, Ludivine Sagnier, Gena Rowlands and Steve Buscemi.

Rating: NC16
Consumer Advice: Some Coarse Language
Genre: Love Stories
Main Cast: Natalie Portman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Elijah Wood
Director: Wes Craven, the Coen Brothers, Gus Van Sant, Gurinder Chadha, Walter Salles, Alexander Payne and Olivier Assayas
Release Date: 22 February 2007
Running Time: 123 minutes

Curse of the Golden Flower

Date: 23rd December 2006, Saturday
Cinema : Shaw Choa Chu Kang
Hall Number : 1
Time : 9.30pm
Seat Number(s) : H:13 and H:14
With: Yi Hui


China, Later Tang Dynasty, 10th Century. On the eve of the Chong Yang Festival, golden flowers fill the Imperial Palace. The EMPEROR (Chow Yun Fat) returns unexpectedly with his second son, PRINCE JAI (Jay Chou). His pretext is to celebrate the holiday with his family, but given the chilled relations between the Emperor and the ailing EMPRESS (Gong Li), this seems disingenuous.

For many years, the Empress and CROWN PRINCE WAN (Liu Ye), her stepson, have had an illicit liaison. Feeling trapped, Prince Wan dreams of escaping the palace with his secret love CHAN (Li Man), the Imperial Doctor's daughter.

Meanwhile, Prince Jai, the faithful son, grows worried over the Empress's health and her obsession with golden chrysanthemums. Could she be headed down an ominous path?

The Emperor harbors equally clandestine plans; the IMPERIAL DOCTOR (Ni Dahong) is the only one privy to his machinations. When the Emperor senses a looming threat, he relocates the doctor's family from the Palace to a remote area.

While they are en route, mysterious assassins attack them. Chan and her mother, JIANG SHI (Chen Jin) are forced back to the palace. Their return sets off a tumultuous sequence of dark surprises.

Amid the glamour and grandeur of the festival, ugly secrets are revealed. As the Imperial Family continues its elaborate charade in a palatial setting, thousands of golden armored warriors charge the palace. Who is behind this brutal rebellion? Where do Prince Jai's loyalties lie? Between love and desire, is there a final winner?

Against a moonlit night, thousands of chrysanthemum blossoms are trampled as blood spills across the Imperial Palace.


Rating: PG
Consumer Advice: Battle Scenes
Genre: Drama/ Action
Main Cast: Chow Yun Fat, Jay Chou, Gong Li
Director: Yimou Zhang
Release Date: 21 December 2006
Running Time: 113 minutes

http://www.sonyclassics.com/curseofthegoldenflower/

Night at the Museum

Date: 23rd December 2006, Saturday
Cinema : Shaw Choa Chu Kang
Hall Number : 1
Time : 7.25pm
Seat Number(s) : D:13 and E:14
With: Yi Hui

Good-hearted dreamer Larry Daley, despite being perpetually down on his luck, thinks he's destined for something big. But even he could never have imagined how big, when he accepts what appears to be a menial job as a graveyard-shift security guard at a museum of natural history. During Larry's watch, extraordinary things begin to occur: Mayans, Roman Gladiators, and cowboys emerge from their diorama to wage epic battles; in his quest for fire, a Neanderthal burns down his own display; Attila the Hun pillages his neighboring exhibits, and a T-Rex reminds everyone why he's history's fiercest predator.


Rating: PG
Consumer Advice: NIL
Genre: Comedy
Main Cast: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Ricky Gervais
Director: Shawn Levy
Release Date: 21 December 2006
Running Time: 110 minutes

http://www.nightatthemuseum.com/

Charlotte's Web

Date: 21st December 2006, Wednesday
Cinema : Cathay Orchard
Hall Number : Level 4, Manhatten
Time : 7pm
Seat Number(s) : Free Seating
With: Mummy and Ian


The classic story of loyalty, trust, and sacrifice comes to life in this live-action adaptation. Fern is one of only two living beings who sees that Wilbur is a special animal as she raises him, the runt of the litter, into a terrific and radiant pig. As Wilbur moves into a new barn, he begins a second profound friendship with the most unlikely of creatures--a spider named Charlotte--and their bond inspires the animals around them to come together as a family. When the word gets out that Wilbur's days are numbered, it seems that only a miracle will save his life.


Rating: PG
Consumer Advice: NIL
Genre: Animated/ Family
Main Cast: Dakota Fanning, Adrian Roberts, Julia Roberts
Director: Gary Winick
Release Date: 20 December 2006
Running Time: 98 minutes

http://www.charlotteswebmovie.com/

Casino Royale

Date: 19th November 2006, Sunday
Cinema : NEW STADIUM CINEMA, GV VIVOCITY
Hall Number : 4
Time : 12:20AM
Seat Number(s) : E:17E:18
With: Melvin

James Bond is a new recruit at the MI6 team. He's reckless and careless and on a mission. After just earning his 00 status with his first 2 kills he is sent to the Bahamas where he is to verse Le Chiffre in a game of Texas Hold 'Em Poker. Although Bond must ensure that Le Chiffre's death comes at the hands of his own people.


Rating: PG
Consumer Advice: Some Violence
Genre: Action/ Adventure
Main Cast: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Eva Green
Director: Martin Campbell
Release Date: 16 November 2006
Running Time: 45 minutes

http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/casinoroyale/site/

The Guardian

Date: 4th November 2006, Saturday
Cinema : NEW STADIUM CINEMA, GV VIVOCITY
Hall Number : 3
Time : 11:45PM
Seat Number(s) : F:07F:06
With: Melvin

After losing his crew in a fatal crash, legendary Rescue Swimmer, Ben Randall (KEVIN COSTNER), is sent to teach at “A” School, an elite training program for Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers. Wrestling with the loss of his crew members, he throws himself into teaching, turning the program upside down with his unorthodox training methods.

While there, he encounters a young, cocky swim champ, Jake Fischer (ASHTON KUTCHER), who is driven to be the best. During training, Randall helps mold Jake’s character, combining his raw talent with the heart and dedication required of a Rescue Swimmer.

Upon graduation, Jake follows Randall to Kodiak, Alaska, where they face the inherent dangers of the Bering Sea. In his initial solo rescue, Jake learns firsthand from Randall, the true meaning of heroism and sacrifice, echoing the Swimmer’s motto...”So Others May Live!”


Genre: Drama/Action
Director: Andrew Davis
Starring: Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher, Neal McDonough, Clancy Brown, Melissa Sagemiller, Brian Geraghty and Sela Ward
RunTime: 140 minutes
Release Date: 26 October 2006
Rating: PG

http://theguardian.movies.go.com/

The Prestige

Date: 29th October 2006, Sunday
Cinema : NEW STADIUM CINEMA, GV VIVOCITY
Hall Number : 4
Time : 12:30AM
Seat Number(s) : E:14E:13
With: Melvin

From acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan (Memento, Batman Begins) comes a mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences. From the time that they first meet as young magicians on the rise, Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman) and Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) are competitors. However, their friendly competition evolves into a bitter rivalry, making them fierce enemies for life and consequently jeopardizing the lives of everyone around them. Full of twists and turns, The Prestige is set against the backdrop of turn-of-the-century London.

Genre: ThrillerDirector: Christopher NolanStarring: Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, David Bowie, Scarlett Johansson, Piper Perabo, Andy Serkis, Ezra Buzzington
Released By: Warner Bros
Rating: PG
RunTime: 130 minutes
Opening Day: 19 October 2006


http://theprestige.movies.go.com/

World Trade Center

Date: 9th October 2006, Monday
Cinema: Eng Wah, West Mall
Time: 7pm
With: Yi Hui

The events of September 11 left an indelible mark on most Americans, and certainly on those in the New York City area. Yet as fresh as the images seem, it’s easy to forget the actual grit, sacrifice, and uncertainty of that day. Director Oliver Stone captures the essence of 9/11 by focusing on the true story of two Port Authority Police Department officers who were trapped beneath the wreckage of the fallen World Trade Center.

Veteran officer Sergeant John McLoughlin (Nicholas Cage) and his team, including rookie Will Jimeno (Michael Pena) are gathering equipment to enter the burning Twin Towers when the concourse comes crashing down around them. Twenty feet below the surface, pinned by debris and unable to reach anyone by radio, the officers must rely on their own will--and on each other--to survive. Above ground, their families watch the towers fall, uncertain whether or not McLoughlin and Jimeno are there, since they are normally assigned to the Port Authority Bus Terminal. Like so many that day, Donna McLoughlin (Maria Bello) and Allison Jimeno (Maggie Gyllenhaal) wait for news at home surrounded by their families, fearing the worst and praying for the best. Stone’s film depicts the horror and heartbreak of the victims, survivors, and their families with an understated, subtle touch.

From the ash and dust covering everyone and everything to the dazed expressions of the workers leaving the towers to the steaming twisted metal remains of the World Trade Center, attention to detail is exceedingly realistic. Rather than being political or sensationalistic, this is a film about everyday heroes--men and women doing their best in the face of an unspeakable event. It may be just one story of many from September 11, but it represents the efforts, emotions, and reactions of so many on that fateful day.


Rating: PG
Consumer Advice: Some Disturbing Images
Genre: Drama
Main Cast: Nicolas Cage, Michael Pena, Maria Bello
Director: Oliver Stone
Release Date: 6 October 2006
Running Time: 129 minutes

http://www.wtcmovie.com/

Miami Vice

Date: 1st October 2006, Sunday
Cinema: GV Plaza Singapura
Time: 12.45am
With: Melvin Ho
Seat: H-04 & H-05 (Hall 6)

The cocaine cowboys of the '80s are gone, but Miami's Casablanca allure, the undercover cops and the attitudes of Michael Mann's culturally influential television series have been enhanced by time in the feature film version of Miami Vice.

Ricardo Tubbs (Academy Award® winner Jamie Foxx of Ray, Jarhead) is urbane and dead smart. He lives with Bronx-born intel analyst Trudy, played by British actress Naomie Harris (28 Days Later, upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean II and III), as they work undercover transporting drug loads into South Florida to identify a group responsible for three murders.

Sonny Crockett (Colin Farrell of S.W.A.T., The New World) ]to the untrained eye, his presentation may seem unorthodox, but procedurally he is sound] is charismatic and flirtatious until-while undercover working with the supplier of the South Florida group-he gets romantically entangled with Isabella, the Chinese-Cuban wife of an arms and drugs trafficker. Isabella is played by the Chinese actress Gong Li (Raise the Red Lantern, Memoirs of a Geisha).

The best undercover identity is oneself with the volume turned up and restraint unplugged. The intensity of this case pushes Crockett and Tubbs out onto the edge where identity and fabrication become blurred, where cop and player become one-especially for Crockett in his romance with Isabella and for Tubbs in the provocation of an assault on those he loves.

Miami Vice, as a large-scale feature film, liberates what is adult, dangerous and alluring about working deeply undercover...especially when Crockett and Tubbs go to where their badges don't count...


Rating: NC16
Consumer Advice: Violence & Some Sexual References
Genre: Action/ Adventure
Main Cast: Jamie Foxx, Colin Farrell, Gong Li
Director: Michael Mann
Release Date: 21 September 2006
Running Time: 128 minutes

http://www.miamivice.com/

Snakes On A Plane

Date: 26th August 2006, Saturday
Cinema: GV Jurong Point
Time: 11.30pm
With: Melvin Ho
Seat: K-02 & K-03 (Hall 5)


Snakes on a Plane stars Samuel L. Jackson as an FBI agent who is escorting an eye witness on a flight from Hawaii to Los Angeles when a crimelord sets in motion the release of hundreds of deadly snakes on the commercial airplane in order to eliminate the witness before he can testify against him. The FBI agent must protect his witness while banding together with the pilot, frightened crew and passengers in a desperate attempt to survive.


Rating: NC16
Consumer Advice: Some Violence & Gore
Genre: Horror; Suspense
Main Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Byron Lawson, Kenan Thompson
Director: David R. Ellis
Release Date: 24 August 2006
Running Time:101 minutes

http://www.snakesonaplane.com/

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

Date: 9th August 2006, Sunday
Cinema: GV Plaza Singapura
Time: 12.00am
With: Melvin Ho
Seat: H-11 & H-12 (Hall 5)

From the producer of the worldwide blockbuster hits The Fast and the Furious and its sequel, 2 Fast 2 Furious, comes the latest installment of the adrenaline-inducing series built on speed—The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. Set in the sexy and colorful underground world of Japanese drift racing, the newest and fastest customized rides go head-to-head on some of the most perilous courses in the world.

Sean Boswell (Black) is an outsider who attempts to define himself as a hot-headed, underdog street racer. Although racing provides a temporary escape from an unhappy home and the superficial world around him, it has also made Sean unpopular with the local authorities. To avoid jail time, Sean is sent to live with his gruff, estranged father, a career military-man stationed in Tokyo.

Now officially a gaijin (outsider), Sean feels even more shut out in a land of foreign customs and codes of honor. But it doesn't take long for him to find some action when a fellow American buddy, Twinkie (Bow Wow), introduces him to the underground world of drift racing. Sean's simple drag racing gets replaced by a rubber-burning, automotive art form—with an exhilarating balance of speeding and gliding through a heart-stopping course of hairpin turns and switchbacks.

On his first time out drifting, Sean unknowingly takes on D.K., the "Drift King," a local champ with ties to the Japanese crime machine Yakuza. Sean's loss comes at a high price tag when he's forced to work off the debt under the thumb of ex-pat, Han (Kang). Han soon welcomes Sean into this family of misfits and introduces him to the real principles of drifting. But when Sean falls for D.K.'s girlfriend, Neela (newcomer Kelley), an explosive series of events is set into motion, climaxing with an ultimate high stakes face off.


Rating: PG
Consumer Advice: NIL
Genre: Action, Adventure
Main Cast: Bow Wow, Lucas Black, Sung Kang
Director: Justin Lin
Release Date: 3 August 2006
Running Time: 106 minutes

http://www.thefastandthefurious.com/

Dragon Tiger Gate

Date: 30th July 2006, Sunday
Cinema: GV Plaza Singapura
Time: 2.10am
With: Melvin Ho
Seat: G-04 & G-05 (Hall 5)

Tiger Wong is a highly skilled martial artist with a strong sense of justice. At the yearly bun festival, Tiger realizes that a group of triad gangsters are bullying innocent people. Tiger, unable to stand by and just watch, defeats the gangsters using his special move – Dragon Slaying Leg Eighteen, and accidentally grabs the garland from the top of the bun mountain winning the applause and admiration of the audience. Hidden in the garland is a gold medal.

It turns out that this gold medal is the Lousha token decreed by the leader of the Lousha Gate, Shibumi. ‘Gate’ is a word describing martial arts sect or organization and Lousha Gate is a criminal organization in Asia and whoever owns the gold medal has the right 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. A blonde youth using nunchakus, Turbo Shek, also joins in to help them. Dragon retrieves the medal from Tiger. Tiger is shocked when he notices a jade pendant and realizes that Dragon is his step-brother.

Although Dragon is part of Jiang Hu - the complicated society of the martial arts world involving different Gates of evil and good, and working for a criminal gang, he has never been involved in any criminal activities. After Dragon’s gangster boss Ma Kun returns the plaque he announces his retirement from the Jiang Hu. Shibumi is angry upon hearing this news and sends his adopted daughter Lousha to get rid of Ma.

In the mean time, Dragon has asked Ma Kun’s daughter Ma Xiaoling, who has already taken a liking to Tiger during the bun festival, to help him tell Tiger that they are brothers. Tiger is shocked by the news and unwilling to accept Dragon as family. Lousha kills Ma Kun and massacres everyone. Dragon fights his way out and manages to escape to Dragon Tiger Gate with Ma Xiaoling. Tiger and Shek are incensed when they hear of the Ma family massacre and the three heroes join force for the first time forming the Dragon Tiger Gate Trio, they pledge to avenge Xiaoling’s lost. The Dragon Tiger trio burn down the warehouse of Lousha Gate and destroy their drug supply, thus officially confirming Dragon Tiger Trio’s status as arch-enemy of Lousha Gate.

Although Shibumi is extremely angry when he is told of the fire, the anger is tinged with inexplicable joy when hearing of the presence of martial arts experts from Dragon Tiger Gate. One night Shibumi turns up at Dragon Tiger Gate and kills the master Wong Jianglong. He then defeats the Dragon Tiger Trio with his supreme martial arts skills and persuades them to join Lousha Gate. His efforts are in vain as the trio refuse all his offers. Shibumi is about to kill them, when there is a sudden huge thunder and flash of lightening. In that split second of distraction, the trio mysteriously disappeared.

Overnight Dragon Tiger Gate is demolished. Xiaoling escapes with the badly wounded trio to Bai Yun Mountain in China for help. There resides a recluse, Master Qi. Qi is famed for his expert skills in martial arts and healing, but also know for his eccentricity and unpredictable character. Xiaoling uses everything she can think of to persuade him to help and finally wins him over with her sincerity and Master Qi brings the trio back from the gates of death. The trio beg Master Qi to teach them his skills, they vow to revenge the death of their master Wong Jianglong.

Back at Lousha Gate, Shibumi is unafraid of the trio’s attack. He has set the trap and waits at the scene of their final showdown…


Rating: PG
Consumer Advice: Fighting Scenes
Genre: Action
Main Cast: Donnie Yen, Nicholas Tse, Shawn Yue
Director: Wilson Yip Wai-shun
Release Date: 27 July 2006
Running Time: 98 minutes

http://www2.dragontigergatemovie.com/dtg/e_main.html