+ MOVIES MARATHON IN FEBRUARY 2009 +

GENG

Geng is a story of two guys, Badrol and Lim going to spend their holidays at Badrol’s village with his grandfather a.k.a Tok Dalang, and Badrol’s grandpa makes an appearance on the prime news about the mystery surrounding that village. Fueled with happiness and joy, the duo going to the village and met the famous lovable twins, Upin & Ipin that have attracted most Malaysians during the last Ramadhan ( fasting month ) in 2007 & 2008. To complete the ‘gang’, they’ve also met Ros, the village beauty that’s the older sister to the twins and Rajoo, the animal whispering boy which his paranormal abilities will be totally useful to their plot and storyline.

And the geng discovers Oopet during their visit their visit to Tok Dalang’s Durian Orchard and the journey of action and adventure starts there, from the warm atmosphere of a Malaysian village and exotic Malaysian rainforest to the world of colorful and fantasy-like cavern with scary giant leeches and gargantuan beast.

DOUBT Cast: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis

Director: John Patrick Shanley

General release date (In Malaysia): 19th Feb 2009

SYNOPSIS:

John Patrick Shanley brings his Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winningplay to the screen as a gripping story about the quest for truth, theforces of change, and the devastating consequences of blind justice inan age defined by moral conviction. It's 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx.

A vibrant, charismatic priest,Father Flynn (Academy Award(r) winner Philip Seymour Hoffman), is tryingto upend the schools' strict customs, which have long been fiercelyguarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Academy Award(r) winner MerylStreep), the iron-gloved Principal who believes in the power of fear anddiscipline. The winds of political change are sweeping through thecommunity, and indeed, the school has just accepted its first blackstudent, Donald Miller. But when Sister James (Academy Award(r) nomineeAmy Adams), a hopeful innocent, shares with Sister Aloysius herguilt-inducing suspicion that Father Flynn is paying too much personalattention to Donald, Sister Aloysius sets off on a personal crusade tounearth the truth and to expunge Flynn from the school. Now, without ashard of proof besides her moral certainty, Sister Aloysius locks intoa battle of wills with Father Flynn which threatens to tear apart thecommunity with irrevocable consequence.Academy Award(r) winning screenwriter John Patrick Shanley("Moonstruck") adapted his own play for the screen and directs DOUBT,starring Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams and ViolaDavis. The film is produced by Scott Rudin and Mark Roybal, with CeliaCostas as executive producer.*Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams each receive anOscar nomination for their respective roles in DOUBT!Looking forward to see you there.

BURN AFTER READING

Directed by:Joel CoenEthan Coen
Produced by:Joel CoenEthan Coen
Written by:Joel CoenEthan Coen
Starring:George ClooneyFrances McDormandJohn MalkovichTilda SwintonRichard JenkinsBrad Pitt
Music by:Carter Burwell
Cinematography:Emmanuel Lubezki
Editing by:Roderick Jaynes
Distributed by:Focus FeaturesWorking Title FilmsAlliance Films
Release date(s):19 FEBRUARY 2008
Running time: 96 min.

Synopsis:

With their overtly comedic follow-up BURN AFTER READING, the Coen Brothers return--about a third of the way--from the dark, dank recesses of the human psyche they traversed in their Oscar-winning... With their overtly comedic follow-up BURN AFTER READING, the Coen Brothers return--about a third of the way--from the dark, dank recesses of the human psyche they traversed in their Oscar-winning NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. For those unfamiliar with the landscape of modern movie psychoanalysis, this puts the fraternal filmmakers square in the cruel, misanthropic, and farcical realm of their 1990s-era body of work, somewhere between the tragicomic crime thriller of FARGO and the disconnected noir-homage anti-storytelling of THE BIG LEBOWSKI, with 2007's NO COUNTRY retroactively adding new nihilism-tinged dimensions of smart skepticism to the proceedings.

In a more linear trajectory, BURN AFTER READING also stands as the third entry, after BLOOD SIMPLE and FARGO, in what could be an unofficial Tragedy of Human Idiocy trilogy, wherein characters make the most outlandishly moronic moves to devastating consequences simply by adhering to true human behavior. Indeed, Carter Burwell's emotionally weighty score, which washes over biting scenes of explosive, anesthetizing belly laughs, is very reminiscent of his FARGO work. BURN is ostensibly structured and propelled by a spy-thriller plotline involving a classified CD lost by a disgraced CIA spook and found by two simple gym employees. But, in actuality, it's simply--amazingly--a collection of brilliant caricature studies interwoven by veracious, if Coenesque, social interactions, as epitomized by the pathos of the Frances McDormand character's precipitous quest for cosmetic surgery. The CIA superior who learns of the film's events (always second-hand and sometimes along with the viewer) doesn't know what to make of it, and why would he? This is the first Coen film in almost 20 years not shot by cinematographer Roger Deakins, yet the "new" guy, Emmanuel Lubezki (CHILDREN OF MEN), has created as visceral and emotionally fraught a high-definition cartoon as any since BARTON FINK.

Valkyrie (English)

The "July 20 Plot" on Hitler's life is one of the most heroic but least known episodes of World War II. Severely wounded in combat, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg returns from Africa to join the German Resistance and help create Operation Valkyrie, a complex plan that will allow a shadow government to replace Hitler once he is dead. However fate and circumstance conspire to thrust Stauffenberg into an imminent ultimatum. Not only must he lead the coup and seize control of his nation's government, he must also kill Hitler himself.

Classification: PG13

Genre: Action / Drama / War

General Release Date: 12 Feb 2009

Running Time: 2 Hours,

Distributor: 20th Century Fox

Cast: Bill Nighy, Carice van Houten, Eddie Izzard, Tom Cruise, Tom Wilkinson

Director: Bryan Singer

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (English)

"I was born under unusual circumstances." And so begins "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards. A man, like any of us, who is unable to stop time. We follow his story set in New Orleans from the end of World War I in 1918, into the 21st century, following his journey that is as unusual as any man's life can be - a grand tale of a not-so-ordinary man and the people and places he discovers along the way, the loves he finds, the joys of life and the sadness of death, and what lasts beyond time.

Classification: PG13

Genre: Drama

General Release Date: 12 Feb 2009

Running Time: 2 Hours 46 Minutes, Distributor: Warner BROS.

PicturesCast: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Tilda Swinton, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas
Director: David Fincher

Eden Lake

Release Date: 12 Feb 2009
Genre – Thriller
Cast – Kelly Reilly, Michael Fassbender
Director – James Watkins
Synopsis –

Primary school teacher Jenny (Kelly Reilly, “Pride & Prejudice”, “Mrs Henderson Presents”) and her boyfriend Steve (Michael Fassbender, “300”), head out of London for a weekend break at a beautiful secluded lake. Steve has chosen the romantic spot, and is waiting for the perfect moment to surprise Jenny with a marriage proposal.

The Pink Panther 2 (English)

When legendary treasures from around the world are stolen - including the priceless Pink Panther Diamond! - Chief Inspector Dreyfus (John Cleese) is forced to assign the bumbling French police detective, Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Steve Martin) to a team of international detectives and experts charged with catching the thief and retrieving the stolen artifacts.

Classification: U

Genre: Comedy / Mystery

General Release Date: 05 Feb 2009

Running Time: 1 Hour 32 Minutes,

Distributor: Sony Pictures Releasing InternationalCast: Andy Garcia, Emily Mortimer, Jean Reno, Steve Martin

Director: Harald Zwart

Ong Bak 2 (Thai)

When a man's head is full of pride, he tends to forget about living humbly. So proud of his own ability, he lives in a world where he is constantly surrounded by darkness. All these change when he realises the beauty of Khon, a Thai sacred masked dance. And from then on, he discovers the real meaning of the dance and it's arts.

Classification: 18SG Genre: Action / Martial Arts

General Release Date: 05 Feb 2009

Running Time: 1 Hour 39 Minutes,

Distributor: Ram Entertainment

Cast: Janista Choochuaisuwan, Nirut Sirichanya, Pongpat Wachirabunjong, Tony Jaa

Director: Tony Jaa

Changeling (English)

The prayers of Christine Collins are met when her kidnapped son is returned - but amidst the frenzy of the photo-op reunion, she realises the child is not hers. Facing corrupt police and a sceptical public, she desperately hunts for answers, only to be confronted by the shocking truth that will change her forever. This movie is inspired by true events that took place in 1920s Los Angeles.

Classification: PG13

Genre : Thriller/DramaGeneral

Release Date: 05 Feb 2009

Running Time: 2 Hours 21 Minutes,

Distributor: United International

PicturesCast: Angelina Jolie, Jeffrey Donovan, John Malkovich, Michael Kelly

Director: Clint Eastwood