Oct 18, 2010 Hisss (English / Hindi)

Hisss (English / Hindi)

Directed by David Lynch's daughter, Jennifer, this is tale of the Naga, a half snake human breed who lives deep in the forest in India. The year is 2008 where American scientist George with his evil intention travels deep to the forest of India to get some snakes for his research. He plans to capture a male python which he does, as he knows when a python is at his weakest - immediately after mating. However, the shape-shifting creature has a mate and she will not stop until she finds him. Starring Mallika Sherawat.

Classification: NA 

Genre: Thriller / Fantasy / Horror

Distributor: Nusantara Edaran Filem

Cast: Irrfan Khan, Jeff Doucette, Mallika Sherawat

Director: Jennifer Lynch

Love Cuts (Mandarin)

Love Cuts (Mandarin)

In Singaporean drama "Love Cuts", a 40-year-old mother of two (Zoe Tay) struggles with terminal breast cancer. It's touted as not only a poignant and moving portrayal of the challenges she faces as a result of her diagnosis, but also of how she inspires and changes the lives of the people around her. Also starring Hong Kong's Kenny Ho. Directed by Gerald Lee and scripted by Danny Yeo and Lee Shyh Jih. This movie receives the backing of Singapore's Health Promotion Board.

Classification: NA 

Genre: Drama

Distributor: Mm2 Entertainment Sdn Bhd

Cast: Allan Wu, Christy Yow, Kenny Ho, Zoe Tay

Director: Gerald Lee

Adele: Rise Of The Mummy (English)

Adele: Rise Of The Mummy (English)

Known as "The Extraordinary Adventure of Adele Blanc-Sec" in some territories, this movie is adapted from a comic adventure series written and illustrated by French comics artist Jacques Tardi. Set in the carefree world before World War I, Adele Blanc-Sec, an intrepid young reporter, will go to great lengths to achieve her goals, even sailing to Egypt to tackle mummies of all shapes and sizes. Meanwhile, in Paris, it's panic attack as a 136 million-year-old pterodactyl egg on a shelf in the natural history museum has inexplicably hatched. The bird subjects the city to a reign of terror - but nothing fazes Adele Blanc-Sec, whose adventures reveal many more extraordinary surprises.

Classification: NA 

Genre: Action / Adventure / Fantasy

Distributor: Ram Entertainment

Cast: Gilles Lellouche, Louise Bourgoin, Mathieu Amalric, Nicholas Giraud, Philippe Nahon

Director: Luc Besson

Takers (English)

Takers (English)

Police detectives Jack Welles (Matt Dillon) and Eddie Hatcher (Jay Hernandez) investigate a daring heist by a group of well-organised bank robbers who left no traces. The crew are led by Gordon Cozier (Idris Elba), consists of John (Paul Walker), A.J. (Hayden Christensen), and brothers Jake (Michael Ealy) and Jesse (Chris Brown) Attica. The crew is missing out a former member, Ghost (T.I.), who was caught during a previous robbery five years ago. In his absence, Jake has begun a relationship with his former girlfriend Rachel Jansen (Zoe Saldana), who has accepted his proposal for marriage. Things change when Ghost surprises the crew after getting paroled after serving time in a penitentiary, and now a shot at a $30 million heist.

Classification: 18

Genre: Action / Crime

Distributor: Sony Pictures Releasing International

Cast: Hayden Christensen, Matt Dillon, Paul Walker, Zoe Saldana

Director: John Luessenhopa

Jootha Hi Sahi (Hindi)

Jootha Hi Sahi (Hindi)

John Abraham plays Siddharth, a compulsive liar who can interpret women's deepest thought, knowing every emotion and to manipulate her every choice. Siddharth meets Mishka (Pakhi) by chance when she mistakenly calls him before committing suicide but fate has other plans in mind. Would Siddharth lie to please Mishka? The kind of lie that, if she knew, would break her heart. What would you do? Would you hang up the hotline? Or would you lie for the sake of love?

Classification: NA 

Genre: Comedy / Romance

Distributor: Antenna Entertainments

Cast: Alishka Vardhe Singh, John Abraham, Omar Khan, Pakhi, Prashant Chawla, Raghu Ram

Director: Abbas Tyrewala

Life As We Know It (English)

Life As We Know It (English)

"Life As We Know It" follows two unattached adults (Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel) whose worlds are turned upside down when their mutual best friends die in an accident and appoints them as caregivers of their orphaned daughter.

Classification: PG13

Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance

Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures

Cast: Christina Hendricks, Josh Duhamel, Josh Lucas, Katherine Heigl

Director: Greg Berlatini

Hachiko: A Dogs Story (English)

Hachiko: A Dogs Story (English)

This heartwarming true story is an American adaptation of a Japanese tale about a loyal dog named Hachiko. This very special friend would accompany his master to the train station every day and return each afternoon to greet him after work. Sadly his master departs one day, passes away and never returns to the station. Hachiko faithfully returns to the same spot at the station the very next day, and every day for the next nine years to wait for his beloved master. During his daily visits, Hachiko touches the lives of many who work near and commute through the town square. He teaches the local people love, compassion and above all unyielding loyalty. Today, a bronze statue of Hachiko sits in his waiting spot outside the Shibuya station in Japan as a permanent reminder of his devotion and love.

Classification: U 

Genre: Drama / Family

Distributor: Golden Screen Cinemas

Cast: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Joan Allen, Richard Gere, Sarah Roemer

Director: Lasse Hallstrom

Altitude (English)

Altitude (English)

Lost in a mysterious cloudbank, a rookie pilot and her four teenage friends must contend with a freak mechanical failure that first sends their small plane climbing to an impossible height, and then plummeting through endless mist. After regaining control, the survivors are confronted with a horrifying realisation - the very ground beneath them has vanished and a malevolent force lurking in the clouds wants them dead.

Classification: NA 

Genre: Thriller / Science Fiction / Horror

Distributor: Nusantara Edaran Filem

Cast: Jake Weary, Jessica Lowndes, Julianna Guill, Landon Liboiron, Ryan Donowho

Director: Kaare Andrews

Red (English)

Red (English)

Frank (Bruce Willis), Joe (Morgan Freeman), Marvin (John Malkovich) and Victoria (Helen Mirren) used to be the CIA's top agents - but the secrets they know just made them the Agency's top targets. Now framed for assassination, they must use all of their collective cunning, experience and teamwork to stay one step ahead of their deadly pursuers and stay alive. To stop the operation, the team embarks on an impossible, cross-country mission to break into the top-secret CIA headquarters, where they will uncover one of the biggest conspiracies and cover-ups in government history.

Classification: 18

Genre: Action / Comedy

Distributor: Golden Screen Cinemas

Cast: Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Karl Urban, Mary-Louise Parker, Morgan Freeman

Director: Robert Schwentke

The Perfect Wedding (Cantonese)

The Perfect Wedding (Cantonese)

Lok Yan (Miriam Yeung) was ditched by her fiance on their wedding day. During the next three years she gains fame as a wedding planner for many acclaimed celebrities. One night in a bar, she meets a young attorney, Fung (Raymond Lam) and they spend a passionate night together in a hotel - with no plans to ever meet again. Fate brings them back together at a wedding and their one night stand becomes a debt dispute since Fung's boss owes Yan's company fees for 30 weddings. When Fung's boss runs away, Fung is left to clear the debt and so he starts working for Yan. While working together to organise successful weddings, they face and overcome many challenges and soon their relationship begins to blossom. But love is never simple - especially for Yan whose four close girlfriends do not approve of her relationship with Fung because they think he is young. Yan further complicates the situation by keeping Fung at a distance because of her painful memories of previous failed relationships.

Classification: PG13

Genre: Comedy / Romance

Distributor: Primeworks Studios

Cast: Bernice Liu, Chrissie Chau, Eric Kot, Kate Tsui, Miriam Yeung, Raymond Lam Fung, Teresa Mo Sun Kwan

Director: Barbara Wong

Cuti-cuti Cinta (Malay)

Cuti-cuti Cinta (Malay)

Eava Eliana (Nora Danish) is a director in one of the company that her father Tan Sri Zaini (Zaibo) owns. As a single child, she is pampered since childhood. Upon returning from studying abroad, she starts to work in her father's company. Tan Sri Zaini's close friend Datuk Hamzah plans to marry Eava with his playboy son Remy (Zed Zaidi) in order to control Tan Sri Zaini's wealth. Things turn awry as Eava catches Remy kissing another woman, which forces Eava to leave town abruptly. Upon reaching her hotel, she meets Omar Rudy (Farid Kamil), a hotel staff who accommodates her complaints, even being her tour guide at a small town. Things take a turn for the worse when a typhoon hit the sea, forcing Omar and Eava to camp in a secluded island in the middle of the ocean.

Classification: U 

Genre: Comedy / Romance

Distributor: Metrowealth

Cast: Azizah Mahzan, Cat Farish, Farid Kamil, Kazaar Saisi, Nora Danish, Zaibo, Zed Zaidi

Director: Ahmad Idham

You Again (English)

You Again (English)

"You Again" is about a young woman named Marni (Kristen Bell) who realises her brother is about to marry the girl that once bullied her back in school, so she sets out to expose her brother's new fiancee for the bully she really is.

Classification: U 

Genre: Comedy

Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures

Cast: Betty White, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kristen Bell, Kristin Chenoweth, Sigourney Weaver

Director: Andy Fickman