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Jiwa Taiko [Malay]

2011-12-17T13:00:00.000+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3np4B__V78endofvid [starttext]Mengisahkan perjalanan kehidupan empat anak muda iaitu Firman (Remy), Trisya (Diana), Freez (Fizz Fairuz) dan Lara (Nadia Nissa) yang dipertemukan di sebuah kelab milik Kak Pora (Mislina). Masing-masing punya cerita tersendiri seperti Firman yang cuba membina kehidupan baru selepas keluar daripada penjara, manakala Trisya mahu dicintai, Freez pula hanya memikirkan kegembiraan dan Lara, jiwa bebasnya ingin terus berdikari.

Segala rasa dikongsi dengan Kak Pora yang begitu memahami naluri anak muda, malah di kelab Wira Cinta itu juga mereka mempelajari teknik persilatan dan di situlah mereka menyelami erti persahabatan serta kasih sejati. Namun kehadiran Pinto (Bront Palarae), yang menjadi teman baik masa silam Firman hampir menggugat segala ketenangan apabila lelaki itu memberi kata dua sama ada dia kembali ke dunia hitam atau menjadi musuh Pinto selamanya. [endtext]

Sesuatu Yang Tertinggal [Malay]

2011-12-16T12:00:00.000+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VrlA0qoWUUendofvid [starttext] Filem seram ini mengisahkan enam orang penghuni rumah anak yatim, Arshad (16), Mona (15), Zakiah (15), Ashraf (11), Daud (10) dan Murni (9) yang melalui satu pengalaman yang menghantui mereka ketika menetap di sebuah rumah lama. Cerita bermula apabila mereka dan penghuni-penghuni Rumah Anak Yatim Setia harus berpindah ke sebuah rumah yang telah diwakafkan oleh seorang lelaki.

Rumah itu adalah milik arwah datuknya. Sebuah almari antik telah dijumpai oleh anak-anak yatim tersebut semasa proses pembersihan dan mereka mengambil keputusan untuk mengalihkan almari itu ke bilik yang lain. Arshad menjumpai sebuah cermin muka tua dan menghadiahkan kepada Mona tanpa mengetahui bahawa cermin itu bakal menjerumuskan mereka ke ambang misteri alam ghaib. Tetiba jek, Mona berubah sikap.
Bella, pelajar yang sering memperlekehkan Mona di sekolah dan seorang pengawas sekolah yang menyukai Mona telah dikejutkan dengan peristiwa ngeri yang menimpa mereka. Daud pula cuba meyakinkan Arshad bahawa Mona telah dirasuk melalui penelitiannya terhadap komik-komik seramnya.

Akhirnya mereka merancang sesuatu untuk memerangkap kuasa yang telah mendampingi Mona. Berjayakah mereka? Apakah sebenarnya yang mengganggu hidup Mona? [endtext]

Papa I Love You [Malay]

2011-12-15T11:30:00.000+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1HnovaqssAendofvid [starttext] Mengisahkan seorang ayah, BAHA yang berusaha untuk membesarkan anak tunggalnya, MIA dengan sempurna di dalam kehidupannya yang penuh dengan kesempitan sehingga sanggup melakukan apa sahaja. Baha bertemu dengan ELLY, seorang wanita yang sering membantu menjaga Mia dikala Baha sibuk mencari kerja. Elly dan Mia melengkapkan hidup Baha meskipun ditimpa kesempitan dek kerana kekurangan wang dan tidak mempunyai kerja tetap.

DATUK KUDIN seorang ayah yang semasa mudanya mempunyai segala – galanya namun kerana sikapnya yang lebih mementingkan kerjayanya telah menyebabkan dia kehilangan anak kesayanganya, Elly. Baha menjadi orang tengah dalam membantu merapatkan semula hubungan Elly dan Datuk Kudin dan ini akhirnya telah menyebabkan hubungan Elly dan Baha sendiri menjadi tegang. Perpisahan Baha dan Elly telah menyebabkan Mia sedih dan secara tak sengaja ditimpa kemalangan. Melihatkan betapa besarnya kasih sayang Baha terhadap Mia telah menyedarkan Elly supaya memberikan peluang kepada ayahnya sendiri, Datuk Kudin. [endtext]

G.I. Joe : Retaliaition

2011-12-13T18:43:00.000+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS5nunQiL3Eendofvid [starttext] Little has been revealed about the plot other than that it will feature the G.I. Joe Team coming into a conflict with Zartan, Storm Shadow and Firefly. Zartan (who is last seen in disguise as the President of the United States) has now got the world leaders all under his thumb, warheads headed towards innocent populaces, and some new heavies on the payroll to keep G.I. Joe at bay.

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Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (Ichimei) [Japanese]

2011-10-31T22:48:00.000+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPUUcRqHqTMendofvid [starttext] Set during the 17th century when the samurai class struggled to find work. Poverty-strickenn samurai Hanshiro (Ebizo Ichikawa) enters the House of Ii, run by Kageyu (Koji Yakusho), and requests to commit seppuku (suicide by disembowelment) in their courtyard.

Kageyu believes Hanshiro is bluffing and tells the tale of Motome (Eita), a young ronin who last came into the House of Ii and asked for the same thing. To dissuade others from extorting handouts from their group, they called Motome's bluff and forced him to commit seppuku with a dull bamboo sword he carried. Hanshiro undeterred by Kageyu asks for the House’s top samurai to assist him, but they are absent. Hanshiro then makes one last request, setting in motion a showdown driven by revenge ...

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Punch [Korean]

2011-10-31T22:34:00.000+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ctEui8N7coendofvid [starttext] 17-year-old Won-Deuk comes from a poor family and his grades in school are equally poor. He is a rebellious and troubled student, but he never loses in fights. Won-Deuk then meets teacher Dong-Joo. At first, Dong-Joo and Won-Deuk are like enemies, but Won-Deuk grows to like him. Meanwhile, Dong-Joo cares for and seems to understand Won-Deuk. Won-Deuk takes up kick-boxing and through the sport grows as a person and also develops a dream.

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Hidden [English] [Malay]

2011-10-24T10:00:00.000+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjKU48Rl4Ewendofvid [starttext] Lagi cerita hantu haaa.. Ni cerita pasal seorang ibu tunggal beranak satu bernama Dian, lakonan primadona Erra Fazira. Dia nie, berkahwin dengan penulis mat salleh (lakonan Christopher), seorang duda. Hidup Dian sekeluarga, termasuk anak lelaki dia tu mula dilanda pelbagai kejadian misteri sehinggalah anaknya mati tanpa disedari..

Waktu hidup, anak dia ni pulak memang asalnya agak pelik kerana pendiam dan macam hidup dalam dunia sendiri. Pastu, dieorang pindah pulak area yang berhantu la kononnya, terus kacau satu famili.. Lepas anak dia mati, anak dia datang balik cari mak dia.. Manala orang tau kan anak dia dah mati... Kenapa dia hidup balik pulak? Haaa, kena tengok lah nampaknye yee... Erra tue, jalan cerita macam mana pon, bolehlah pergi tengok..! :)

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A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas [English]

2011-10-23T10:30:00.000+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R95TeZ9jE0Yendofvid [starttext] This is the third sequel of Harold & Kumar movie after the White Castle and Guantanamo Bay. After six years of growing apart, Harold Lee and Kumar Patel have replaced each other with new friends and are preparing for their respective Yuletide celebrations. But when a mysterious package mistakenly arrives at Kumar's door on Christmas Eve, his attempt to redirect it to Harold's house ends with the "high grade" contents -- and Harold's father-in-law's prize Christmas tree -- going up in smoke.

With his in-laws out of the house for the day, Harold decides to cover his tracks, rather than come clean. Reluctantly embarking on another ill-advised journey with Kumar through New York City, their search for the perfect replacement tree takes them through party heaven -- and almost blows Christmas Eve sky high.

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13 [English]

2011-10-22T11:43:00.000+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o503E1Lnyjkendofvid [starttext] A desperate young man assumes a false identity in order to enter a high-stakes underworld game of Russian Roulette in order to pay off his debts. In this game of power, violence, and chance wealthy men gamble behind closed doors on the lives of shooters who take aim at each other, armed with nothing more than a bullet in the chamber.

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Hong Kong Ghost Stories [Chinese]

2011-10-18T18:04:00.000+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSoNWRdhSYQendofvid [starttext] Ever watch Chinese Ghost Stories? Same concept, different ghost. HONG KONG GHOST STORIES tells of horror stories which, according to two sineasnya version as the most scary ghost story in the country of Hong Kong. The first story tells of an eerie incident that occurred at school.

School pupils are very unruly, and finally the teacher was acting that eventually led to a mystical event that involves a ghost. The story tells of the horror stories are both a group of teenagers who are enjoying a happy holiday, then terrorized by a ghost who seems to want to communicate something to them. [endtext]

Contraband [English]

2011-10-18T10:00:00.000+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjcCbSmF_OAendofvid [starttext] A security guard with financial troubles considers a return to his smuggling ways when an associate offers a potentially lucrative opportunity.

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The Rum Diary [English]

2011-10-17T10:30:00.000+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YUx36yLLugendofvid [starttext] American journalist Paul Kemp takes on a freelance job in Puerto Rico for a local newspaper during the 1950s and struggles to find a balance between island culture and the ex-patriots who live there.

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Margin Call [English]

2011-10-16T16:40:00.000+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jQoScJFNj0endofvid [starttext] Another movie about financial crisis after the last one, Too Big To Fail. In Margin Call, the key players at an investment firm become entangled during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis. When entry-level analyst Peter Sullivan unlocks information that could prove to be the downfall of the firm, a roller-coaster ride ensues as decisions both financial and moral catapult the lives of all involved to the brink of disaster.

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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close [English]

2011-10-13T09:52:00.000+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_quK9SEGYEendofvid [starttext] A nine-year-old amateur inventor, jewelry designer, astrophysicist, tambourine player, and pacifist searches New York for the lock that matches a mysterious key left by his father when he was killed in the September 11 attacks.

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Melancholia [English]

2011-10-12T21:34:00.001+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzD0U841LRMendofvid [starttext] The film begins with a dream-like introductory sequence involving several of the main characters and images from space. A planet is shown threateningly approaching Earth. The introduction ends with a planetary collision. The film is then divided into two parts. In part one, called Justine, the young couple Justine and Michael are getting married at a castle.

The glamorous and expensive party is far from successful, as Justine's divorced parents are openly fighting at the dinner. Justine herself is alienated from her sister Claire, her new husband, her advertising-executive boss and her parents. She drifts away from the party, and becomes increasingly sad and desperate during the night.

At several occasions, she looks at a specific star, which seems to shine brighter than normal. Claire's husband John says it is the star Antares, and later in the film the star disappears.

At the end of the party, Michael leaves Justine, implying that their marriage is called off. In part two, called Claire, Justine has become severely depressed. She stays with Claire and John, who live in the castle where the party took place with their son Leo. Justine is unable to carry out normal everyday activities like taking a bath or even eating, but gets better over time. It turns out that the reason for Antares' disappearance was the rogue planet Melancholia, which had eclipsed the star. Melancholia, a blue telluric planet (or super-earth), becomes visible in the sky, approaching Earth.

John, who is keen on astronomy, is excited about the planet, and looks forward to the "fly-by" expected by scientists, who supposedly assure that Earth and Melancholia will pass by each other without colliding. Claire is very fearful and believes the end of the world is imminent. She does a search on the Internet and finds a site describing the movements of the planet Melancholia around Earth as a dance of death. On the night of the fly-by, it seems like John was right, as Melancholia indeed passes by Earth in a near-miss. After the fly-by, background birdsong abruptly ceases, recalling the falling leaves and dead birds glimpsed behind Justine in the opening frames of the film. Horses calm down from an earlier state of agitation. However, this is a false respite.

As Claire suddenly notices after she views the rogue planet through Leo's makeshift 'planet viewer', Melancholia is circling back and will collide with Earth after all. John, who also discovers that the end is near, commits suicide through a pill overdose. His dead body is found by Claire, who decides to conceal it from Leo and Justine. She talks to her sister Justine, who is unperturbed by the impending doom. Justine says she doesn't believe life exists elsewhere in the universe. Claire becomes increasingly fraught, trying futilely to act in response to the oncoming destruction and to protect Leo from the inevitable. In contrast, Justine has become calm and silent, seemingly accepting the forthcoming apocalypse.

Their relationship has become inverted, with Claire now dependent on Justine for emotional and psychological support. Justine tries to comfort Leo (who seems to help her dealing with the depression) by building a protective "magic cave", a symbolic shelter made out of wooden sticks. Justine, Claire and Leo enter the shelter as the planet approaches. Claire is agitated and fearful, while Justine and Leo remain calm and hold hands.

Melancholia then collides with Earth, destroying it, bringing the film to an abrupt end. [endtext]

Aku Bukan Tomboy [Malay]

2011-10-11T10:30:00.000+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9tZdxdk_O0endofvid [starttext] Kehadiran farisa atau Eisha dalam hidup Harry dan Burn benar-benar mengubah pendirian dua jejaka terhadap gadis yang berpewatakan lelaki. Kali pertama melihat Farisa di sebalik topeng lelaki, mereka mula jatuh hati dengan gadis itu. Bermula dari zaman persekolahan yang penuh dengan dugaan kerana sering diganggu oleh beberapa orang pelajar 'pengkid' antaranya Bell dan Sam.

Tekanan disekolah yang dialami Farisa mendorongnya untuk mentransformasikan dirinya sebagai seorang yang berpesonaliti agresif dan kasar. Di sebalik penampilan bagai seorang lelaki, Farisa masih mempunyai naluri sebagai seorang gadis sejati. Perwatakan sebegini berterusan hingga ke alam pekerjaan sebagai penghantar pizza. Plot cerita bermula apabila Farisa dikejutkan dengan kemunculan dua jejaka , Harry dan Burn yang berhasrat menjalinkan hubungan istimewa dengannya. Satu dilema yang menuntut pertimbangan yang penuh cabaran.

Harry, seorang salesman jalanan yang terlebih dahulu menjalinkan hubungan mesra dengan Farisa merasa tergugat apabila Burn muncul sebagai rival yang mencetuskan perebutan. Dalam masa yang sama Farisa berdepan dengan konflik perbezaan darjat dan kedudukan Burn sebagai Eksekutif Junior di syarikat bapanya yang menyukarkan hubungan mereka. Di samping itu, Farisa secara kebetulan bertemu semula dengan Bell dan Sam (pengkid) yang turut berebut untuk menjadikannya sebagai pasangan mereka. Konflik cinta tiga segi yang berbeza senario telah mewarnai catatan kehidupan Farisa, si gadis tomboy. Persoalan adakah pengorbanan yang dituntut dalam dilema percintaa Farisa? Semuanya akan terjawab dalam "AKU BUKAN TOMBOY" sebuah filem bergenre aksi komedi romantik.

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Misteri Jalan Lama [Malay] Official Info Release

2011-10-10T21:59:00.000+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPiXdAYvy40endofvid [starttext]
SYNOPSIS

Sebuah kisah yang menakjubkan tentang dua dunia berbeza, namun berlandaskan kasih sayang. Dua beradik, Indra dan Ilya dalam perjalanan pulang ke kampung halaman mereka untuk urusan pengebumian ayah mereka, Iskandar. Indra adalah anak kandung Iskandar yang menjadi pelumba kereta profesional, tetapi kuat berjudi dan seringkali meminjam daripada ah long. Hidupnya kini diburu gangster. Manakala Ilya pula adalah anak angkat Iskandar yang diberikan oleh ‘seseorang’ ketika Iskandar melalui sebatang jalan lama 25 tahun dahulu. Ilya seorang anak yang baik, yang banyak membantu Iskandar membina kerjayanya. Iskandar juga sangat sayangkan Ilya. Ini jugalah yang menjadi punca ketidakpuasan hati Indra, lalu membawa diri jauh daripada keluarga.

Pada hari kematian Iskandar, buat pertama kalinya selepas 15 tahun, Indra ke pejabat ayahnya untuk mengambil surat wasiat yang ditinggalkan untuknya. Indra diminta membawa Ilya pulang, kerana Ilya tidak tahu memandu.

Ketika di lebuhraya, Indra dikejar oleh gangster. Lalu Indra mengambil keputusan menggunakan jalan lama. Ketika melalui jalan lama, tidak semena-mena mereka memasuki ‘dunia lain’. Pelbagai peristiwa pelik dialami mereka sepanjang berada di dunia tersebut. Daripada diganggu oleh makhluk mengerikan hinggalah kepada sesuatu yang mengasyikkan. Apakah akan terjadi kepada mereka berdua ? siapakah sebenarnya sebenarnya mereka? Apakah yang terdapat di jalan lama tersebut? nantikan filem Fantasi Drama pertama arahan Afdlin Shauki ini bakal menemui penonton pada 24 November 2011.

SENARAI PELAKON:
Ilya QUE HAIDAR
Indra HANS ISAAC
Sania MARION CAUNTER
Old lady / queen DEWATA VANIDAH IMRAN
King dewata NASIR BILAL KHAN
Harak AFDLIN SHAUKI
Iskandar DATO’ AHMAD TAMIMI SIREGAR
Botak NAMRON
Nina LIYANA JASMAY
Zak ADAM CORRIE LEE
Zaidi MOHD SOBRI ANUAR
Sara SABRINA HASSAN
Jannah SARI YANTI
Tokey warung YALAL CHIN
Indra (20 tahun) GAMBIT
Ilya (15 tahun) A. RAZIF A. RAZAK
Indra (10 tahun) MUHAMMAD HAZIQUE AHSYARAF
Ilya (5 tahun) MUHAMMAD REEVES DANIEL
Indra (5 tahun) IMRAN FARIS
Budak di hutan MIASARA SHAUKI
Budak di hutan ANAIS SHAUKI
Budak di hutan YAYA
Doktor DELIMAWATI [endtext]

The Three Musketeers [English]

2011-10-05T21:45:00.000+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQd3MwT2fAMendofvid [starttext] The hot-headed young D'Artagnan along with three former legendary but now down on their luck Musketeers must unite and defeat a beautiful double agent and her villainous employer from seizing the French throne and engulfing Europe in war.

Story from the novel:

The poor d'Artagnan travels to Paris to join the Musketeers. He suffers misadventure and is challenged to a duel by each of three musketeers (Athos, Aramis and Porthos). Attacked by the Cardinal's guards, the four unite and escape. D'Artagnan and his new love interest, Constance, help the French queen give a particular piece of jewelry to her paramour, the Duke of Buckingham.

The Cardinal learns of this and coaxes the French king to hold a ball where the queen must wear the jewelry; its absence will reveal her infidelity. The four companions retrieve the jewelry from England. The Cardinal kidnaps Constance who is later rescued by the queen.

D'Artagnan meets Milady de Winter and discovers she is a felon, the ex-wife of Athos and the widow of Count de Winter. The Cardinal recruits Milady to kill Buckingham, also granting her a hand-written pardon for the future killing of d'Artagnan. Athos learns of this, takes the pardon but is unable to warn Buckingham.

He sends word to Lord de Winter that Milady is arriving; Lord de Winter arrests her on suspicion of killing Count de Winter, his brother. She seduces her guard, who then assassinates Lord Buckingham, and escapes to the monastery in France where the queen secreted Constance. Milady kills Constance.

The four companions arrive and Athos identifies her as a multiple murderess. She is tried and beheaded. On the road, d'Artagnan is arrested. Taken before the Cardinal, d'Artagnan relates recent events and reveals the Cardinal's pardon. Impressed, the Cardinal offers him a blank musketeer officer's commission.

D'Artagnan's friends refuse the commission, each retiring to a new life, telling him to take it himself, and so he takes it and later on he becomes a well known lieutenant. [endtext]

Unfair: The Answer [Japanese]

2011-10-03T21:02:00.000+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wk4B9SIbR0endofvid [starttext] After detective Natsumi Yukihira (Ryoko Shinohara) brings an end to the police hospital terrorist case (storyline took place in "Unfair: The Movie"), Natsumi is transferred to the Nishimonbetsu Police Station in Hokkaido. Meanwhile, a series of grotesque murders occurs in downtown Tokyo involving nails placed in the body of the victims. The fingerprint of Natsumi's ex-husband, freelancer journalist Kazuo Sato (Teruyuki Kagawa), is found on the the body of a victim and Kazuo is placed on the most wanted list.

Soon after, Kazuo finds Natsumi and hands her a USB memory stick. The device contains information on a secret organization within the police department. Kazuo tells Natsumi that the series of murders are warnings and suspects become the next victims. Natsumi is then arrested as a suspect. Tokyo prosecutor Katsuaki Murakami (Takayuki Yamada) appears at the Nishimonbetsu Police Station to investigate.

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Tower Heist [English]

2011-10-03T10:00:00.000+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4KXF7NWFREendofvid [starttext] When the hard-working staff of a Columbus Circle high-rise find out they have fallen victim to the Ponzi scheme of one of the tenants, a wealthy Wall Street businessman, they conspire to rob his penthouse residence.

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Immortals [English]

2011-10-02T21:46:00.000+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSmJ5UXtUnkendofvid [starttext] A purported bastard who retains an allegiance to his mother despite the fact that he longs to join the quest of a king who is battling demons in ancient Greece later embarks on a grail of discovery that has him finding he is the king's son and also fated to become his country's greatest hero as he leads the successful war against longimprisoned Titans who are hoping to use the demons to restore their power.

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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part [English]

2011-10-01T11:37:00.000+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIpeBi6SG4Aendofvid [starttext] The Quileute and the Volturi close in on expecting parents Edward and Bella, whose unborn child poses different threats to the wolf pack and vampire coven. At the end, what they will do is to protect Bella..

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Bunraku [English]

2011-10-01T10:30:00.000+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Js7-rSrHswendofvid [starttext] A mysterious drifter (Josh Hartnett) and an ardent young Japanese warrior Yoshi (Gackt) both arrive in a town that has been terrorized by outrageous and virulent criminals. Each is obsessed with his separate mission, and guided by the wisdom of The Bartender (Woody Harrelson) at the Horseless Horseman Saloon, the two eventually join forces to bring down the corrupt and contemptuous reign of Nicola (Ron Perlman), the awesomely evil woodcutter and his lady Alexandra (Demi Moore), a femme fatale with a secret past.

This classic tale is re-vitalized and re-imagined in an entirely fresh visual context, set in a unique world that mixes skewed reality with shadow-play fantasy, a place where even the landscape can betray you. Heroes triumph here only because the force of their will transforms and transcends both space and time. The world of BUNRAKU is past and present, fantasy and reality, Samurai and Western all combined. Like SIN CITY and 300, it gives classic conflict a whole new graphically supercharged dynamic. Resonating through a wide range of cultures and showcasing a mind-blowing array of martial arts disciplines, BUNRAKU is a fresh arena for breathtaking fight action.

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Trespass [English]

2011-09-30T11:00:00.000+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rolBdc_mjsendofvid [starttext] Trespass is a 2011 American psychological thriller directed by Joel Schumacher. The film stars Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman as a married couple taken hostage by extortionists. Kyle (Nicolas Cage) and his wife Sarah (Nicole Kidman) are taken hostage by extortionists and a cycle of betrayal and deception emerges in the pressured conditions.

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In Time [English]

2011-09-29T22:56:00.000+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdadZ_KrZVwendofvid [starttext] In a retro-future when the aging gene has been switched off, people stop aging at 25 years old. However, stamped on their arm is a clock of how long they will live. To avoid overpopulation, time has become the currency and the way people pay for luxuries and necessities. The rich can live forever, while the rest try to negotiate for their immortality.

A poor young man is accused of murder when he inherits a fortune of time from a dead upper class man over a century old prior to his death. He is forced to go on the run from a corrupt FBI-like police force known as the 'Timekeepers', as well as from a hoodlum-like middle-aged Mob called the 'Minutemen', led by a senior citizen named Fortis, who is 75 years old. [endtext]