Synposis: Kamiya Naoki(上矢直輝) is a salaryman who belongs to his company's basketball team. Despite his appearance, he is completely weak under pressure when it comes to work and romance. Although he has a girlfriend, he falls in love with a spirited and cheerful woman who is unable to be straightforward.
Title: 《南京!南京!》/ 《City of Life and Death : Nanking! Nanking!》 Year: April 2009 Country: China/ HK Genre: Drama | War | History Language: 國語 Mandarin Subtitles: Chinese / English Length: 132 min Director: 陸川 Chuan Lu Written By: 陸川 Chuan Lu (screen play)
Cast: 劉燁 Ye Liu 高圓圓 Yuanyuan Gao 中泉英雄 Hideo Nakaizumi 范偉 Wei Fan 秦嵐 Lan Qin 江一燕 Yiyan Jiang 木幡龍 Fanlong Mu 姚笛 Di Yao 趙一穗 Yihui Zhao John Paisley Jun Wei Feng Ryu Kohata 田壯壯 Zhuangzhuang Tian
Synopsis:
City of Life and Death (Chinese: !)is an upcoming Chinese film directed by Lu Chuan, marking his third feature film. The film deals with the Battle of Nanjing and its aftermath (commonly referred to as "The Rape of Nanking" or the "Nanking Massacre") during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The film is also known as Nanking! Nanking! or Nanjing! Nanjing!. While originally slated for a 2008 release, the director-general of the Chinese Film Bureau announced in September that the film could be delayed to an early 2009 release.
City of Life and Death takes place in 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Imperial Japanese Army has just captured the then-capital of the Republic of China, Nanjing. What followed was known as the Nanking Massacre, or the Rape of Nanking, a period of several weeks wherein tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed. The film tells the story of several figures, both historical and fictional, including a Chinese soldier, a schoolteacher, a Japanese soldier, a foreign missionary, and John Rabe, a Nazi businessman who would ultimately save thousands of Chinese civilians.
Title: 《機器俠》/ 《Metallic Attraction：Kungfu Cyborg》 Year: 2009 Country: HK / China Genre: Sci-Fic | Romance | Action | Comedy Language: 國語 Mandarin Subtitles: Chinese Length: 102 mins Director: 劉鎮偉 Jeff Lau Written By: 劉鎮偉 Jeff Lau (screen play)
Casts: 胡軍 Jun Hu 孫儷 Susan Sun Li 方力申 Alex Fong 甘薇 Wei Gan 鄭中基 Ronald 吳京 Jin Wu
Synopsis:
Jeff LAU isn't one of those who like to stay within his comfort zone. This time he goes beyond to the sci-fi genre which is rarely chosen by Chinese filmmakers. With the sky-high production costs, an enormous proportion of the expenditure has been invested into CGIs that are mostly featured in several severe action scenes between the cyborgs.
The story is about K1 - the first cybernetic organism programmed with sophisticated social conscience secretly created by the Chinese government. Without knowing its identity, the villagers love this newcomer when it is sent to this remote area for safety test. K1 undergoes a handful of challenges which mostly are solved with no trouble, except one - Su Mei, a fellow officer falls for "it". For cyborgs, "love" is a deadly virus among humans only and they are not programmed to know how to "love".
One cyborg named K88 disappears after suffering a neural meltdown.K1 and its guardian Da Chun have to hunt down the malfunctioning K88. A crucial confrontation which totally revolutionizes their world is on the verge…
Title: 《Ghosts of Girlfriends Past》 Year: 2009 Country: USA Genre: Comedy | Fantasy | Romance Language: English Subtitles: English & Chinese Length: 100 min Director: Mark Waters Written By: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore (screen play)
Cast: Matthew McConaughey ....Connor Mead Jennifer Garner ....Jenny Perotti Michael Douglas ....Uncle Wayne Breckin Meyer ....Paul Lacey Chabert ....Sandra Robert Forster ....Sergeant Volkom Anne Archer ....Vonda Volkom Emma Stone ....Allison Vandermeersh Daniel Sunjata ....Brad Noureen DeWulf ....Melanie Rachel Boston ....Deena the Bridesmaid Camille Guaty ....Donna the Bridesmaid Amanda Walsh ....Denice the Bridesmaid Emily Foxler ....Nadja Catherine Haena Kim ....Charlece Rachelle Wood ....Brunette Lingerie Model Erin Wyatt ....Blonde Lingerie Model Stephanie Oum ....Kako Christa B. Allen ....Teenage Jenny Christina Milian ....Keelia
Synopsis:
Celebrity photographer Connor Mead (Matthew McConaughey) loves freedom, fun and women...in that order. A committed bachelor who thinks nothing of breaking up with multiple women on a conference call, Connor's mockery of romance proves a real buzz-kill for his kid brother, Paul, and a houseful of well wishers on the eve of Paul's wedding.
Just when it looks like Connor may single-handedly ruin the wedding, he is visited by the ghosts of his former jilted girlfriends, who take him on a revealing and hilarious odyssey through his failed relationships—past, present and future. Together they attempt to find out what turned Connor into such an insensitive jerk and whether there is still hope for him to find true love...or if he really is the lost cause everyone thinks he is.
Title: 《Angels & Demons》 Related series: 《The Da Vinci Code》 Year: 2009 Country: USA Genre: Drama/ Mystery /Thriller Language: English Subtitles: English & Chinese Length: 133 mins Director: Ron Howard Written By: Dan Brown (novel) David Koepp, Akiva Goldsman (screen play)
Cast: Tom Hanks ....Robert Langdon Ayelet Zorer ....Vittoria Vetra Ewan McGregor ....Camerlengo Patrick McKenna Stellan Skarsgård ....Commander Richter Pierfrancesco Favino ....Inspector Olivetti Nikolaj Lie Kaas ....Assassin Armin Mueller-Stahl ....Cardinal Strauss Thure Lindhardt ....Chartrand David Pasquesi ....Claudio Vincenzi Cosimo Fusco ....Father Simeon Victor Alfieri ....Lieutenant Valenti Franklin Amobi ....Cardinal Lamasse Curt Lowens ....Cardinal Ebner Bob Yerkes ....Cardinal Guidera Marco Fiorini ....Cardinal Baggia (as Marco Fiorini) Carmen Argenziano ....Silvano Bentivoglio Howard Mungo ....Cardinal Yoruba Rance Howard ....Cardinal Beck Xavier J. Nathan ....Philippe Steve Kehela ....American Reporter Ursula Brooks ....British Reporter Rashmi ....British Reporter 崔燕 Yan Cui ....Chinese Reporter
Synposis:
What terrifying discovery would make the Vatican turn to Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks), the man who cracked history's most controversial code? When Langdon finds evidence of the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati—the most powerful underground organization in history—he also faces a deadly threat to the existence of the Illuminati's most despised enemy: the Catholic Church.
Upon learning that the clock is ticking on an unstoppable Illuminati time bomb, Langdon is recruited to travel to Rome, where he joins forces with Vittoria Vetra (Ayelet Zurer), a beautiful and enigmatic Italian scientist. Embarking on a nonstop, action-packed hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and even to the heart of the most secretive vault on earth, Langdon and Vetra will follow the 400-year-old Path of Illumination that marks the Vatican's only hope for survival.
Title:《華麗的挑戰 /下一站天后/ 下一站巨星》/ 《Skip Beat!》/《スキップ・ビート！》 Genres: comedy, drama, psychological, romance, supernatural Themes: idols, Inner demons, Stardom Episodes: 25 Language: Japanese Subtitles: Chinese / English Order now:《華麗的挑戰 Skip Beat!》 DVD @ Yesasia.com
Synopsis:
Kyoko followed her true love and childhood friend Sho to Tokyo so she could help him reach his dream of becoming an idol. She cleans, cooks, works three jobs and does nothing for herself because she loves him so much, but gets nothing in return. Still, she remains by his side. But then one day she goes unannounced to his agency with a delivery, and overhears him talking about her; he reveals to his manager that he only took her with him as a maid, and that he doesn't care for her at all. Upon hearing this, Kyoko doesn't just sit around and cry. She cuts and dyes her hair, changes her clothes and attitude and thus begins her journey to join showbiz and have her revenge against Sho.
Title:《吸血鬼騎士 II Guilty》/ 《Vampire Knight - Guilty》/《ヴァンパイア騎士 - Guilty》 Related Series: 《吸血鬼騎士 Vampire Knight》 Genres: action, comedy, drama, romance, supernatural Themes: Bishounen, Girls with guns, Gothic Lolita, Male harem, School life, Vampires Episodes: 13 Language: Japanese Subtitles: Chinese @ 極影&HKG / English Order now:《吸血鬼騎士 II Vampire Knight - Guilty》DVD @ Yesasia.com
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Yuuki starts to remember parts of her forgotten past. and wants to find out about her real family. As she begins to unravel the secrets that where hidden from her to protect her, she must choose between Kuran Kaname, the one she owes her life to, or Kiryuu Zero, whom she has always wanted to protect Yuuki wants to know more about her true family and her forgotten past and starts a research. The secret will be revealed. Yuki, Kaname and Zero will show the begining of a new mystery and a forbidden love.
Title:《吸血鬼騎士》/ 《Vampire Knight》/《ヴァンパイア騎士》 Related Series: 《吸血鬼騎士 II Vampire Knight - Guilty》 Genres: action, comedy, drama, romance, supernatural Themes: Bishounen, Girls with guns, Gothic Lolita, Male harem, School life, Vampires Episodes: 13 Language: Japanese Subtitles: Chinese @ WOLF / English Order now:《吸血鬼騎士 Vampire Knight》DVD @ Yesasia.com
Plot Summary:
Yuki's earliest memory is of a stormy night in winter, wherein she was attacked by a vampire... And then rescued by another. Now 10 years later, Yuki Cross, the adopted daughter of the headmaster of Cross Academy, has grown up and become a guardian of the vampire race, protecting her savior, Kaname, from discovery as he leads a group of vampires at the elite boarding school. But also at her side is Zero Kiryu, a childhood friend who's hatred for the creatures that destroyed everything he held dear, is now determined never to trust them. This coexisting arrangement seems all well and good, but have the vampires truly renounced their murderous ways, or is there a darker truth behind their actions. Is Kaname's infatuation with Yuki the beginning of a forbidden romance, or is it something in her forgotten past that draws him to her. Because in this world of secrets, nothing is as it seems. And the price of misplaced trust may even be worse than death.
Title: 《再生號》 / 《思念》 / 《Written By》 Year: 2009 Country: 中國香港 Hong Kong Genre: 驚悚 Suspense Language: 粵語 Cantonese Subtitles: 中文 Chinese Length: 84 mins Directior: 韋家輝 Ka-Fai Wai Order now:《再生號 Written By》 DVD @ Yesasia.com
Cast: 劉青雲 Sean Lau 閻清 Qing Yan 林熙蕾 Kelly Lin 谷祖琳 Jo Kuk Mia Yam 黃文慧 Man-Wai Wong
Synopsis:
Where would people go after they die? What is ghost? Does it really exist? Humans feel unfamiliar to, yet fascinated by the after-life… Twelve-year old Melody has lost her father Tony (Lau Ching-wan) in a car accident 10 years ago, she has since lived her life with her mother Mandy (Kelly Lin) and five-year old brother Oscar. A decade has past, a grown-up Melody (Mia Yan) tries to release her mother who has been living in pain of longing for her deceased husband since. Melody decides to write a novel with her mother and brother as a therapy, and to let her father to be 「resurrected」 in the fictional world and be 「reunited」 with him.
