RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN

Release Date: 12 March 2009
Language: English
Classification: U
Running Time: 1 hour 42 minutes
Director: Andy Fickman
Cast: Alexander Ludwig, AnnaSophia Robb, Dwayne Johnson
Synopsis:For years, stories have circulated about a secret place in the middle of the Nevada desert, known for unexplained phenomena and strange sightings. It is called Witch Mountain, and when a Las Vegas cab driver (DWAYNE JOHNSON) finds two teens with supernatural powers in his cab, he suddenly finds himself in the middle of an adventure he can't explain. When they discover that the only chance to save the world lies in unraveling the secrets of Witch Mountain, the race begins, as the government, mobsters and even extraterrestrials try to stop them.

DRAGONBALL EVOLUTION

Release Date: 12 March 2009
Language: English
Classification: PG13
Running Time: 1 hour 26 minutes
Director: James Wong
Cast: Justin Chatwin, James Marsters, Jamie Chung.
Synopsis:Based on the popular Japanese manga created by Akira Toriyama, whose work spawned best selling graphic novels, video games and a phenomenally successful television series, DRAGONBALL centers on the heroic Goku, a powerful warrior who protects the Earth from an endless stream of rogues bent on dominating the Universe and controlling the mystical objects from which the film takes its name.

TAKEN

Release Date: 19 March 2009
Language: English
Classification: 18PL
Running Time: 1 hour 36 minutes
Director: Pierre Morel
Cast: Famke Janssen, Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Xander Berkeley.
Synopsis:Bryan (Liam Neeson), a former secret agent living in the US, reluctantly lets his 17-year-old daughter Kim (Maggie Grace, "Lost") go on holiday to Paris with a friend. Upon arrival in Paris, the two girls meet a seemingly nice young man who turns out to be a member of an Albanian crime syndicate, promptly kidnapping and forcing them into prostitution. Bryan must rely on his old skills in order to rescue his daughter from the slave trade.

THE INTERNATIONAL

Release Date: 19 March 2009
Language: English
Classification: 18SG
Running Time: 1 hour 59 minutes
Director: Tom Twyker
Cast: Clive Owen, Naomi Watts.
Synopsis:In The International, a gripping thriller, Interpol Agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts) are determined to bring to justice one of the world’s most powerful banks. Uncovering myriad and reprehensible illegal activities, Salinger and Whitman follow the money from Berlin to Milan to New York to Istanbul. Finding themselves in a high-stakes chase across the globe, their relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk as their targets will stop at nothing – even murder – to continue financing terror and war. Directed by Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run) from an original screenplay written by Eric Singer, The International is being shot on location in Germany and throughout Europe.

HOTEL FOR DOGS

Release Date: 19 March 2009
Language: English
Classification: U
Running Time: 1 hour 40 minutes
Director: Thor Freudenthal
Cast: Lisa Kudrow, Emma Roberts.
Synopsis:Two kids secretly take in nine stray dogs at a vacant house.

THE UNBORN

Release Date: 26 March 2009
Language: English
Classification: 18PL
Running Time: 1 hour 27 minutes
Director: David S. Goyer
Cast: Cam Gigandet, Gary Oldman, Meagan Good, Odette Yustman.
Synopsis:Casey Bell (Odette Yustman) hated her mother for leaving her as a child. But when inexplicable things start to happen, Casey begins to understand why she left. Plagued by merciless dreams and a tortured ghost that haunts her waking hours, she must turn to the only spiritual advisor, Sendak (Gary Oldman), who can make it stop.

TALENTIME

Release Date: 26 March 2009
Language: Malay
Classification: U
Running Time: 2 hours 4 minutes
Director: Yasmin Ahmad
Cast: Jaclyn Victor, Mahesh Jugal Kishor, Mohammad Syafie, Pamela Chong.
Synopsis:A talent search competition has matched two hearts - that of Melur, a Malay-mixed girl and an Indian male student, Mahesh. Melur, with her melodious voice, singing whilst playing the piano is one of the seven finalists of the Talentime competition of her school organised by Cikgu Adibah. Likewise Hafiz, enthralling with his vocalist talent while playing the guitar, dividing his time between school and mother, who is hospitalised for brain tumor.

It all started after Mahesh, amongst the students assigned to get the finalists to school for practice, delivered the notice of successful audition to Melur's house. His handsome looks attracted the girl. Early on of their relationship, tragedy struck Mahesh's family when his uncle Ganesh who had been the care-taker of the family since the loss of Mahesh's father, was stabbed to death on his wedding day. Melur thinking that Mahesh's silence was due to his grief over the tragedy became furious when she was continuously ignored. She regretted it however after Hafez revealed Mahesh's situation.

That changed Melur's perception of Mahesh. Likewise Mahesh, who grew comfortable with the presence of the girl who often quotes beautiful poetry. Mahesh, realizing that the relationship will be opposed, kept it hidden from his mother,still grieving over the death of Ganesh. Alas, the secret was exposed and Mahesh was assaulted before Melur's very eyes. Just a day before the competition, is Melur resilient enough to sing the poetic lyrics of her song when her heart is tormented by the thoughts of Mahesh? What about Mahesh who has found his first love? On Talentime night, everything unfolds.

BASIC LOVE

Release Date :: 26 March 2009
Language :: Cantonese
Classification :: U
Running Time :: 1 Hour 43 Minutes
Director :: Oxide Pang
Cast :: Elanne Kwong, Rex Ho, Janice Man.
Synopsis:: A pure romantic love story beautifully symphonized with the love song of a triangular relationship between Ling (Elanne Kwong), June (Janice Man) and Rex (Rex Ho). Long battling with leukemia since a child, Ling hides the true feeling and health condition from her best friends, Rex and June.

June had to assist her mom in fish market to make a living hardily, resulting in an introvert and self-contained character of her. June also feels for Rex but the feeling is not mutual.

Talented in music, Rex makes into a music competition by writing a song for his love whose name is never revealed.

None of them takes a step closer to change their relationship, until the day when Ling is admitted to hospital, the long compression of emotion is broken...

MY BLOODY VALENTINE

Release Date: 26 March 2009
Language: English
Classification: 18PL
Running Time: 1 hour 35 minutes
Director: Patrick Lussier
Cast: Andrew Larson, Jaime King, Jensen Ackles.
Synopsis:Tom returns to his hometown on the tenth anniversary of the Valentine's night massacre that claimed the lives of 22 people. Instead of a homecoming, however, Tom finds himself suspected of committing the murders, and it seems like his old flame is the only one who believes in his innocence.

CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC

Release Date: 26 March 2009
Language: English
Classification: PG13
Running Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
Director: P.J. Hogan
Cast: Isla Fisher, Joan Cusack, Krysten Ritter.
Synopsis:CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC, starring Isla Fisher as a beautiful, irresponsible and compulsive young woman who's addicted to fashion and cannot stop spending. Hugh Dancy plays a highly ambitious newspaper editor, a workaholic who is obsessed with his career but has no interest at all in shopping. It sounds like they are polar opposites, yet, as the highly entertaining story unfolds, they discover they have more in common than meets the eye. The film, directed by P.J. Hogan, is based on the novel by Sophia Kinsella.

12 ROUNDS

Release Date: 26 March 2009
Language: English
Classification: 18SG
Running Time: 1 hour 50 minutes
Director: Renny Harlin
Cast: Mark R. Gordon, Josh McLaughlin, Michael Lake Cast: John Cena, Steve Harris, Ashley Scott, Aidan Gillen, Brian White .
Synopsis:WWE champion John Cena is New Orleans Police Detective Danny Baxter. When Baxter stops a brilliant thief from getting away with a multi-million-dollar heist, the thief's girlfriend is accidentally killed. After escaping from prison, the criminal mastermind enacts his revenge, taunting the cop with a series of near-impossible puzzles and tasks... 12 rounds... that Baxter must somehow complete to save the life of his own fiancée.

Knowing

Release Date :: 26 March 2009
Language :: English
Classification :: PG13
***PERINGATAN! BIMBINGAN IBU BAPA ATAU ORANG DEWASA DISYORKAN UNTUK KANAK-KANAK DI BAWAH UMUR 13 TAHUN***
Running Time :: 2 Hours 2 Minutes
Director :: Alex Proyas
Cast :: Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne.
Official website :: www.knowing-themovie.com
Synopsis:: A gripping supernatural thriller of a father who finds a time capsule in his son's school that predicts the end of the world and discovers their direct connection to it.

RIGHTEOUS KILL

Release Date: 2 April 2009
Language: English
Classification: 18SG
Running Time: 1 hour 41 minutes
Director: Jon Avnet
Cast: Al Pacino, Curtis Jackson, Robert De Niro.
Synopsis:A serial murderer walks on the streets of Manhattan, targeting violent felons who have fallen through the cracks of the judicial system. All the victims are suspected criminals whose bodies are found accompanied by a four-line poem justifying the killing. The killer's mission is to take the bad guys off the streets for good. When a notorious pimp becomes one of the killer's victims, highly decorated detectives, Turk (Robert De Niro) and Rooster (Al Pacino) are called in to investigate. This case could easily be the biggest one in their 30 years on the force. With the unwitting help of a local drug dealer, Spider (Curtis Jackson), the detectives follow what few clues they have, but their search soon turns inward, eventually leading them full circle as they realise the killer may be one of their own.

SHINJUKU INCIDENT

Release Date: 2 April 2009
Language: Mandarin/Japanese
Classification: 18PL
Running Time: 1 hour 52 minutes
Director: Derek Yee
Cast: Jackie Chan, Daniel Wu, Xu Jinglei, Fan Bing Bing, Naota Takenaka.
Synopsis:In the early 1990’s, a tractor mechanic from China nicknamed Steelhead enters illegally into Japan to search for his girlfriend Xiu Xiu. To make ends meet, he joins his friend, Jie, in Shinjuku in doing menial labor. Steelhead finds out that Xiu Xiu has married Eguchi, a Japanese Yakuza leader. Steelhead decides to stay on in Japan and to obtain citizenship, he agrees to work for Eguchi as a killer. Soon, Steelhead gets used to the power and finds himself embroiled so deeply in the ways of the underworld that there is no turning back...

QUEENS OF LANGKASUKA

Release Date: 9 April 2009
Language: Thai
Classification: 18PL
Running Time: 2 hours 1 minute
Director: Nonzee Nimibutr
Cast: Soraphong Chatree, Jarunee Suksawat, Ananda Everingham.
Synopsis:Malay Peninsula, some 400 years ago, the King of Langkasuka, was assassinated and the royal family had no choice but to promote Princess Hijau to the throne as the first ruling Queen of the kingdom. Hijau and her two sisters, Biro and Ungu, tried their best to protect their rich kingdom from the traitors, threatening pirates and other powers in the region. When their efforts to acquire powerful cannon from a Dutch weapon master turned disastrous with the cannon fell into the pirates' possession, the three sisters found their existence more vulnerable than ever.

K-20: LEGEND OF THE MASK

Release Date: 9 April 2009
Language: Japanese
Classification: U
Running Time: 2 hours 17 minutes
Director: Shimako Sato
Cast: Takako Matsu, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Toru Nakamura.
Synopsis:In the fictional capital of Teito, there are rumours about a mysterious thief known as K-20 who only steals from the rich and aids the poor. Heikichi Endo (Takeshi Kaneshiro), a circus acrobat was conned and mistaken as K-20 and is subsequently arrested by Akechi Kogoro (Toru Nakamura), a famous detective who once arrested K-20 himself. In the midst of clearing his name, he must escape from jail and track down the real thief with the help of a beautiful police detective who is being targeted by the real K-20. In the non-stop battle with K-20, the true identity of the thief may finally be revealed.

FRIDAY THE 13TH

Release Date: 9 April 2009
Language: English
Classification: 18PL
Running Time: 1 hour 37 minutes
Director: Marcus Nispel
Cast: Amanda Righetti, Jared Padalecki, Jonathan Sadowski, Aaron Woo, Travis Van Winkle.
Synopsis:Returning to the story that started it all, this retelling of the original Friday the 13th heads back to summer camp where a mysterious killer is systematically slaughtering the teenage camp counselors