TV Channel Guide

HBO Asia Synopses - Month of August 2009

A PERFECT MURDER
Based on Alfred Hitchcock's classic “Dial M for Murder”, Michael Douglas plays millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor, a man who has everything - except the love of his beautiful wife Emily. Obviously the unsatisfied woman, she turns to a bohemian artist David for companionship. Suffering a major stab to his ego, Steven plots to have his wife killed in the most ironic fashion: by the hands of her own lover. But there is a lot more than meets the eye as the story weaves a complex web of love and passion, deception and betrayal in this deadly love triangle.
Starring: Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen

ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES
The Addams Family returns in this sequel to the blockbuster movie. Expect more macabre humor when Uncle Fester falls in love and finds a soul mate in the new nanny. Even little Wednesday cannot escape Cupid when she goes to summer camp. Danger lurks around the corner, though, as Uncle Fester's new squeeze has plans for him, none of which involve his longevity.
Starring: Christopher Lloyd, Raul Julia, Anjelica Huston

AGAINST THE WALL
This tough-as-nails reenactment of the 1971 Attica prison riots is jam-packed with political and sociological implications. Refreshingly, none of the characters in the film – the prisoners, the guards and the high-profile mediators, are rendered in strictly good-guy or bad-guy terms by screenwriter, Ron Hutchinson. Anyone old enough to have witnessed the original live TV coverage of the riot, however, will be able to discern who was truly responsible for its tragic outcome. While the 1971 TV-movie "Attica" was told from a journalist's point of view, this drama is filtered through the eyes of an idealistic young prison guard, Michael Smith.
Starring: Kyle Maclachlan, Samuel Jackson, Anne Heche

AMERICAN PIE 2
After their first year at college, the guys from the original American Pie rent a beach house, all psyched to have the best summer ever – to bring back old friends and of course, the girls. Jim discovers that you can lose your virginity and still be a long way from suave; Oz must find ways to cope while his beloved Heather spends summer abroad. Kevin is trying to find out whether he can hook up with his former girlfriend Vicky who has returned from college looking more bodacious than ever.
Starring: Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, Shannon Elizabeth

ANACONDA
A documentary film crew, led by Terri Flores and Dr Steve Cale, stray into dangerous territory when Paul Sarone, a scientist obsessed with exploring the habitat of the world's largest snake, comes aboard. While their aims are purely anthropological, the snake has other ideas. Now they must use every primal resource at their disposal just to stay alive.
Starring: Owen Wilson, Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube

ANACONDA 3: OFFSPRING
Anaconda 3 follows mercenary-for-hire Hammett, who has to capture the offspring of the anaconda after it escapes from a confined facility, as it harbors a possible cure for illnesses like cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.
Starring: John Rhys-Davies, David Hasselhoff

ARE WE DONE YET?
Are We Done Yet? is a follow-up to the hilarious 2005 family comedy Are We There Yet? Now married to Suzanne, Nick Persons has bought a quiet suburban house to escape the rat race of the big city and to provide more space for his new wife and kids, Lindsey and Kevin. But when his new home quickly becomes a costly “fixer upper” and he finds himself at the mercy of an eccentric contractor, Nick’s suburban dream soon becomes a riotous nightmare.
Starring: Ice Cube, Nia Long

BEE MOVIE
Barry B. Benson is a bee disillusioned with his one and only career choice: make honey. On a trip outside the hive, he is saved by Vanessa, a florist in New York City and a friendship blossoms. When he finds out that humans consume honey, he decides to take them to court.


BENEATH
Christy returns home after the death of her sister Vanessa and is haunted by prophetic visions of violence and murder that begin to come true. When her visions depict Vanessa’s sadistic premature burial, Christy sets out to discover the truth her death – and discovers that the truth can never be buried.
Starring: Matthew Settle, Nora Zehetner

BLOOD TIES
Set in modern-day Sicily, an American Naval engineer must kill his uncle to save his father's life when he enters the secret violent underworld of the Sicilian Mafia.
Starring: Vincent Spano, Brad Davis, Tony Lo Bianco

CAPTAIN AMERICA
During WWII, the young and sickly Steve Rogers is miraculously transformed into Captain America in an experiment to create a super-soldier. He discovers that the Nazi super villain The Red Skull is planning to bomb the White House. In his confrontation with the Red Skull, Captain America is defeated, frozen, buried and left to die in Alaska. Fifty years on, the Captain is found alive, thawed and put back into action to stop the Red Skull once again – this time to prevent the villain from kidnapping the US President and fitting him with a mind-control implant.
Starring: Ned Beatty, Matt Salinger, Ronny Cox

CENTER STAGE
Three dancers have made it to the American Ballet Academy. As the three of them prepare for a recital to determine who will join the American Ballet Company, a situation arises where they must come to terms with their own little foibles, quirks, faults and strengths, if they want to make it in together.
Starring: Amanda Schull, Zoe Saldana, Susan Pratt

CHARLIE'S ANGELS
In this revival of the classic TV series, Natalie, Dylan, and Alex work their butts off to fight evil for their invisible boss, Charlie, together with the help of John Bosley. Electronics genius, Eric Knox, has been kidnapped and his up-to-no-good kidnappers have plenty in mind for the whiz kid's latest invention: a device that can monitor voice communications from anywhere in the world. The Angels are unleashed to help restore order and find Knox’s kidnappers in this action-packed fun flick.
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu

CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR
Tom Hanks sparkles as a hard-partying Texas congressman who is inspired to help Afghan freedom fighters by his socialite girlfriend in this fact-based tale. Julia Roberts co-stars as the young woman who stokes the passion of "Good Time Charlie" in more ways than one; Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a renegade CIA agent who helps bring their crazy plan – providing weapons to the Afghans against their Russian invaders – to fruition.
Starring: Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tom Hanks

CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO
All football team owner Bert Waters has to do to inherit a million bucks is to put himself in the driver's seat and take the Chattanooga Choo Choo from New York to Chattanooga, Tennessee in the next 24 hours. Not wanting to brave the journey alone, Bert gets everyone in on the act – his girlfriend Maggie, his entire football team complete with coach, and even the Choo Choo cheerleaders. As the guest list grows, so does the chaos on board and what started out as a cruise to a million dollars quickly becomes a crazy railroad trip!
Starring: George Kennedy, Barbara Eden, Melissa Sue Anderson

CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM 54: THE LEFTY CALL
Larry gets irritated by Cha Cha, who is stationed outside the Men's room, and complains to Jeff. Things backfire when Cha Cha complains that Larry goes to the bathroom multiple times a day. Back home, Larry offers the Blacks soft toilet paper to use in their bathroom. Cha Cha eventually gets fired and Larry has to help her get her job back.


CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM 55: THE FREAK BOOK
For Ted's birthday party, Larry gives him the Freak Book, only to find Ted unimpressed by it. An incident with Charlie forces Ted to kick Larry out. After Larry finds out that Cheryl has secured their cemetery plots next to Ted and Mary, and Jeff and Susie, he decides that he no longer wants to be buried next to Ted. Larry then helps Charlie pick up a VIP client at the airport, only to find out that it is John McEnroe and he is going to a Paul McCartney concert.


CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM 56: THE RAT DOG
Cheryl falls ill and Larry has to find someone to go in her place to Keisha's school production of 'Grease'. Dropping the kids off at school, Larry runs into Susie and a black man named Hal, who is with his white, deaf wife, Jean. Larry makes an insulting gesture that offends Jean, and Hal suggests that Larry should stop by their house to make a face-to-face apology.


CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM 57: THE TIVO GUY
Cheryl decides to leave Larry after he ignored her for a Tivo guy when she called him on her flight home. He also finds out that she became friendly with a passenger who sat next to her. Things come to a head when everyone he meets seems to be siding with or are inviting Cheryl to their functions and parties instead of him.


CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM 58: THE N WORD
Larry experiences an awkward moment with Auntie Rae that causes her to run away in disgust. He meets Dr. Sheila Flomm at the hospital cafeteria and goes on a date with her, only to expose himself to Auntie Rae again upon following a massage recommendation by Dr. Flomm. Larry ticks off an African-American doctor, who ends up passing his anger over to Jeff during his operation.


DANCERS
The leader of a ballet company prepares for a biographical film with a young but untested dancer, hoping that through her, he would find passion to dance again.
Starring: Mikhail Baryshnikov, Alessandra Ferri

DARK HORSE
A troubled teen, Alison, is the new kid at school, and she hates it. Unfortunately, when she starts hanging out with the wrong crowd, she gets caught. Sentenced to do community service, her life is turned around when she is posted to a horse farm where disabled children are taught to ride. There, she bonds with a beautiful race horse only to be stricken by a tragedy that will change both their fates.
Starring: Mimi Rogers, Ed Begley Jr.

DEAD BANG
Los Angeles detective Jerry Beck is not a happy guy: his wife has kicked him out, his new apartment is next to the airport and he's chasing kill-crazy white supremacists halfway across the country at Christmas time – all without a winter coat.
Starring: Penelope Ann Miller, Don Johnson, Bill Forsythe

DEAD SILENCE
The creators of "Saw" bring you this chilling, supernatural thriller. Dead Silence is set in Ravens Fair, a small town haunted by late night whispers and ghost stories of generations past. But when a grieving widower returns here for his wife's funeral, he begins to uncover the truth behind her mysterious death and how it may relate to Ravens Fair's own history – a history that includes a psychotic ventriloquist-ghost and her lifelike "dummy".
Starring: Donnie Wahlberg, Ryan Kwanten, Amber Valletta

DELIVERANCE
A weekend canoe trip down a Georgia white-water river turns into a living nightmare for four Atlanta businessmen.
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Jon Voight

DOOMSDAY
In this action-packed thriller from writer/director Neil Marshall, authorities brutally quarantine a country as it succumbs to fear and chaos when a virus strikes. The literal walling-off works for three decades, until the dreaded Reaper virus violently resurfaces in a major city. Now they must enter the country to find a cure.
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Rhona Mitra, Adrian Lester

ED
A man playing second banana to a chimpanzee may sound like a recipe for disaster but the result is consistently entertaining and frequently laugh-out-loud funny as well. Matt Leblanc plays Cooper, a minor league pitcher experiencing a pitching slump. His dubious luck brings him an amazing roommate – the new third baseman named Ed – who just happens to be a chimp with amazing throwing skills. In ways that he would never have expected, Cooper's life and career completely turn around when Ed helps him to open his eyes and heart to the game and the ones he loves.
Starring: Jack Warden, Matthew Leblanc, Jayne Brook

FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS 13: A GOOD OPPORTUNITY
After rejecting Murray for spending too much time with another band, Bret and Jemaine decide to manage themselves to much success. When they land a recording deal for an ad jingle, Dave shares his "double-down" deal strategy.


FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS 14: A NEW CUP
The fortunes of Bret and Jemaine take a turn after Bret buys a new tea cup. As their emergency band funds become unavailable, Jemaine swoops in with desperate measures to save the day.


FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS 15: TOUGH BRETS
After Bret dissed some rappers in his song, he organizes a gang to protect himself. Meanwhile, Murray and Jemaine confront a group of Australian bullies while Mel paints a portrait which Jemaine can't get rid of.


FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS 16: MURRAY TAKES IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL
Murray attempts to improve his friendship with Bret and Jemaine by bringing his questioning pal Jim into the picture. Meanwhile, Mel demands that Bret apologizes for a dream behavior she felt was utterly inappropriate.


FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS 17: UNNATURAL LOVE
Jemaine starts his date with an Australian, which causes dismay and inconvenience for Bret.


FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS 18: LOVE IS A WEAPON OF CHOICE
When a woman with a missing, epileptic dog shows up, Bret and Jemaine couldn't take their eyes off her. A duel between them begins as they vie for the woman's attention, resulting in a canine benefit and a couple of new tunes.


FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS 19: PRIME MINISTER
Foiled by the White House, Murray arranges a presidential gig for the visiting Prime Minister of New Zealand. A tribute gig ends with Jemaine getting mixed up with an Art Garfunkel fanatic.


FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS 20: NEW ZEALAND TOWN
At the Grand Opening of New York's one-block New Zealand enclave, the Conchords attempt to display their coolness by working their hair gel to hilarious proportions.


FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS 21: WINGMEN
Bret enlists Jemaine and Dave to help him nab a girlfriend while Murray regrets making Greg his scapegoat.


FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS 22: EVICTED
Bret and Jemaine are behind on their rent, so they move in with Mel and Doug, inspiring Murray to look for ways to cash in on a stage play about the Conchords' trials and tribulations.


FREEDOM WRITERS
Inspired by a true story and the diaries of Long Beach teenagers after the LA riots. A teacher is soon challenged by a group of racially disparate students who hate her even more than they hate each other. When Erin shows them respect – something they never had from a teacher, these teens experience a hope that their lives matter and that they have something to say.
Starring: Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey, J. Hernandez

GEORGIA RULE
In this touching drama about family, compassion, and forgiveness, Felicity Huffman plays a frustrated mother who, after struggling to control and discipline her unruly daughter, takes the rebellious teen to the one place she thought she would never return – her mother's Idaho farm.
Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Dermot Mulroney, Jane Fonda

GET SMART
Maxwell Smart works in an administrative capacity for a government spy agency but has always wanted to become a spy. When the agency's head office gets attacked, Maxwell finally gets to become one and is partnered with sexy Agent 99. The duo sets off to find the perpetrators before the casualty count increases, but much to Agent 99's chagrin, Maxwell's antics run the risk of exposing them to the enemy.
Starring: Steve Carell, Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson, Anne Hathaway

GET SMART'S BRUCE AND LLOYD OUT OF CONTROL
A spin-off of the Get Smart movie, this story follows that of Bruce, a technician at CONTROL and his nerdy analyst companion, Lloyd.
Starring: Nate Torrence, Masi Oka

GREYSTOKE THE LEGEND OF TARZAN LORD OF THE APES
The jungle boy Tarzan, a lost aristocrat raised by apes from infancy, grows to manhood and masters his primitive world. However, can he live in a civilized society, even with the love and affections of Jane?
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell, Ian Holm

GUARDING TESS
Since the death of her late husband, the former First Lady, Tess Carlisle, has been living under the watchful eye of secret agent Doug Chesnic, and his team of six. Chesnic has had enough of Tess after three years and requests a transfer. But Tess forces Chesnic to stay on. As the days go by, the battle of wills between him and the aging ex-First Lady escalates. But their domestic conflict morphs into an unlikely friendship.
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Shirley MacLaine, Austin Pendleton

HBO CENTRAL
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HIDEAWAY
Based on Dean Koontz's best-selling novel, Hideaway is a psychological horror set in the mind of a man who survives a near-death experience. Hatch Harrison was pronounced dead on arrival. However, his resuscitation results in him being inexplicably and terrifyingly linked to a psychotic killer. Hatch can now see and feel whatever the killer experiences. What's more chilling is that the killer can see through Hatch's eyes too – and what he sees are more victims: Regina and Lindsey, Hatch's daughter and wife.
Starring: Christine Lahti, Alicia Silverstone, Jeff Goldblum

HOLLOW MAN
Sebastian Caine is a highly gifted scientist heading a top-secret research outfit that develops a serum that allows the user to become completely invisible. Linda McKay is his ex-girlfriend and team-mate. Following extraordinary results on animals, Caine disregards strict orders from the Pentagon and experiments with the serum on himself. To his horror, he finds that he cannot come back from his invisible state. Caine goes on a reckless rampage, resorting to murder to hide reality. Here is a thriller that concludes that what you see is not what you get.
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue

HOW SHE MOVE
An energetic, gritty and ultimately inspiring coming-of-age tale about a gifted young woman who defies all the rules as she step dances her heart out to achieve her dreams. Bursting with raw talent and intelligence, Raya Green, the daughter of Jamaican immigrants, has always been the family’s one great hope. She won the rare chance to break out of their drug and crime-infested neighborhood when she was accepted into the exclusive Seaton Academy. But when her sister dies of an overdose, the family is shattered and Raya is forced to return to the place she tried so hard to escape.
Starring: Boyd Banks, Deray Davis

I AM LEGEND
Three years after a deadly virus has decimated humanity, Robert Neville is the last man alive in New York City but he's not the only living thing there. Will Smith stars as Neville, a military scientist who journeys throughout the city by day, but shutters himself in by night – to protect himself from the murderous human mutants that lurk in the shadows. But as he closes in on a cure for the virus, Neville must deal with changes in the creatures’ behavior – as well as his increasingly fragile mental state. Alice Braga co-stars in this blockbuster adaptation of Richard Matheson’s classic novel.
Starring: Will Smith

INDECENT PROPOSAL
David Murphy and his wife, Diana, are a happily married couple who, until recently, were doing well. But hit by hard times, they eventually find themselves down to their last dollar. In Las Vegas to try and make some big winnings, Diana Murphy catches the eye of a billionaire, John Gage, who offers the Murphys a million dollars to spend one night with Diana. The simple proposition soon uncovers a hidden web, revealing the realities of love, jealousy and greed.
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Robert Redford, Demi Moore

INDICTMENT: THE MCMARTIN TRIAL
James Woods stars in this true story of one family's ordeal when they are accused of child molestation.
Starring: James Woods, Mercedes Ruehl, Lolita Davidovich

INTERNAL AFFAIRS
No one is pure good or evil. That sets the foundation for the intense plot which pits two L.A. police officers against each other. Raymond Avila is a detective who has been promoted to the Internal Affairs division of the Los Angeles County Police. While researching a case of misconduct, he gets wind of the possible criminal activities of a respected street cop named Dennis Peck. Dennis is no pushover as he draws Raymond's wife into the web, generating a psychological struggle between the men. As the tension escalates, they begin to see that while both have different approaches to the law, they are drawn to each other by similarities they would rather forget.
Starring: Andy Garcia, Richard Gere, Nancy Travis

IRON MAN
This big screen adaptation of Marvel's legendary super hero stars Robert Downey Jr. as billionaire industrialist / inventor, Tony Stark. When Tony is kidnapped and forced to build a devastating weapon, he uses his intelligence and legendary ingenuity instead to build a high-tech suit of armor to escape captivity. Upon his return, Tony uncovers a dangerous plot with global implications and dons his powerful armor once again, vowing to do whatever it takes to protect the world as his alter-ego, Iron Man. Gwyneth Paltrow stars as Tony Stark’s longtime assistant, Pepper Potts.
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard

JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (2008)
Volcanologist professor Trevor Anderson is spending ten days with his nephew, Sean, when they uncover odd signals from various volcanic activities happening around the world. Together, they make their way to an Icelandic mountain with the help of their guide Hannah, only to collapse into a hole that leads them into the center of the Earth.
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson, Anita Briem

LEATHERHEADS
Academy Award-winners George Clooney and Renee Zellweger match wits in this rapid fire romantic comedy set against the backdrop of America's pro-football league in 1925. Leatherheads casts Clooney as a grizzled football coach who recruits a golden boy war hero and star athlete to increase the team's profile. Zellweger is a cub reporter who suspects the tales of heroism might be phony. Soon, both men are fighting for her affections, and the combination of her investigation, the team's pursuit of the championship, and the gameplay of a romantic triangle make for one madcap comedy.
Starring: George Clooney, Renee Zellweger

LET'S GET HARRY
Both the US ambassador and an American engineer, Harry Burke Jr., are taken hostage and held for ransom in Columbia. Harry’s brother and friends take things into their own hands by hiring a mercenary soldier to lead a rescue mission. Now, five ordinary guys from Illinois have to become commandos. Armed with nothing but courage, they head deep into the jungles in order to bring Harry home.
Starring: Mark Harmon, Robert Duvall

LOST & FOUND
David Spade is Dylan, your average guy next door. However, when the beautiful Lila moves in as his new neighbor, Dylan’s raging hormones make him lose control of all rational thought. Dylan hatches a scheme to win Lila’s heart – by kidnapping her dog. By finding Lila’s missing pooch, Dylan hopes to win a spot in Lila’s heart. However, Dylan’s wacky scheme starts to unravel before it even begins. Throw in a jealous former boyfriend, a missing anniversary ring, Neil Diamond, dessert swans and surly loan officers and what you have is the right ingredients for a side-splitting comedy.
Starring: David Spade, Sophie Marceau

LOVE AND MONEY
A billionaire businessman hires a man to influence a South American dictator but the man winds up having an affair with the billionaire's wife.
Starring: Ray Sharkey, Klaus Kinski, Ornella Muti

MAD CITY
Max Brackett is an investigative TV journalist covering a story at the local Museum of Natural History, when a bigger story erupts. The museum's director refuses to talk to former museum security guard, Sam, about his retrenchment due to budget cuts. Angered, Sam fires a shotgun, accidentally hitting another security guard. A class of young children visiting the museum are held hostage by Sam. His link to the outside world is the opportunistic Hoffman, who manipulates the situation by telling Sam what to say on camera.
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, John Travolta

MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME
The lone avenger is back for his third outing. Max (Mel Gibson) is still on his eternal journey in the post-apocalyptic outback. He is robbed and makes his way to Thunderdome, a city which has retained some technology but no civilization. Soon, he's embroiled in a power struggle where he is forced to fight for Aunt Entity (Tina Turner). Gibson's charismatic presence, Turner's quirky acting and the brilliant action set-pieces make this film as exciting and energetic as the first two.
Starring: Mel Gibson, Tina Turner

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE
Secret agent Ethan Hunt is accused of betraying his agency and selling top secret information to the highest bidder. Racing from one tight spot to another, he trusts no one as he fights to prove his innocence and to uncover the mole who threatens the CIA's efforts in Eastern Europe.
Starring: Tom Cruise, Jon Voight

MY FELLOW AMERICANS
Once you've been the most powerful men in the world, what do you do next? Veterans Russell Kramer and Matt Douglas whoop it up as ex-presidents, sworn rivals who are forced to team up to save their reputations. Their foe is current president William Haney, who tries to blame a kickback scandal on them. Things turn serious when our heroes narrowly escape a murder attempt. Bickering constantly, the duo takes to the roads and the stage is set for madcap mayhem.
Starring: James Garner, Jack Lemmon, Lauren Bacall

NO RESERVATIONS
Life and love provide the opportunity for change in the life of driven master chef Catherine Zeta-Jones in this romantic comedy remake of the German film Mostly Martha. Kate is the fiery culinary star of a chic Manhattan eatery when tragedy intervenes and she's left to care for her nine-year-old niece. Meanwhile, her boss has gone behind her back and hired a handsome sous chef. Can these two new "ingredients" form the confection that sweetens her food-obsessed life?
Starring: Catherine Zeta Jones, Aaron Eckhart

NOT ANOTHER TEEN MOVIE
So what does the most popular guy at school do after breaking up with his bitchy girlfriend? He starts betting that he can turn ugly ducklings into prom queens. Jake sets his eyes on geeky Janey. As far as hopeless makeover projects go, she's the girl to beat. But with his ex-girlfriend and his sister hell bent on preventing that from happening, Jake's got his job cut out for him. Meanwhile, his friends are trying their best to lose their virginity before high school's out. This flick is definitely not just another teen movie.
Starring: Chris Evans, Jaime Pressly, Chyler Leigh

P.O.W. THE ESCAPE
An American colonel taken prisoner in Vietnam helps lead an escape in this action film. David Carradine stars as Colonel Cooper, an American soldier captured while fighting the Viet Cong. When Vietnamese captor Captain Vinh gets word of a government plot to kill the Colonel and himself, Vinh decides to take his chances with the American by offering an escape route for the prisoners of war in return for passage to the US.
Starring: David Carradine, Mako

PU 239
After being exposed to a deadly dose of radiation and made a scapegoat, a devoted father and husband in post- Soviet Russia impulsively steals a small amount of Pu-239 (weapons grade plutonium) and heads to Moscow. With just days to live and desperate to provide for his loving wife and young son, he gets caught up with the city's low-level mobsters and the illegal trade of nuclear weapons, turning to an inept, wannabe gangster to help him sell the dangerous goods on the black market - with potentially deadly consequences for the whole world.
Starring: Radha Mitchell, Paddy Considine, Oscar Isaac

PERFECT STRANGER
When her friend's affair with married ad exec Harrison Hill ends in the woman’s murder, investigative reporter Rowena Price vows to bring the killer to justice. Suspecting Hill of the crime, she goes undercover by posing as two highly alluring women: Katherine, a sexy temp who works within his agency, and Veronica, a seductive temptress he chats up online. Engaging in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse, both Rowena and Hill begin to realize things may not be as what they seem.
Starring: Halle Berry, Giovanni Ribisi, Bruce Willis

PLACES IN THE HEART
This film tells the story of a young woman, determined to make the best of a bad situation in Depression-era Texas. Sally Field plays the widow struggling to keep her family and farm going. This heartfelt drama is brought to life by writer-director Robert Benton, as he takes a look at life in his hometown during the 1930s.
Starring: Danny Glover, Ed Harris, Sally Field

POETIC JUSTICE
A romantic drama filled with warmth, humor and spontaneity, about a Los Angeles beautician struggling to find herself. Since her boyfriend died in her arms after a gang shooting, Justice has rejected any possibility of a new relationship. Then a trip north traps her for hours with a charming mailman she dislikes at first sight. Can love be anywhere far behind?
Starring: Maya Angelou, Janet Jackson, Khandi Alexander

POLICE ACADEMY 4 CITIZENS ON PATROL
Yes, the boobs in blue are back. They’re training teenage skateboarders, little old ladies and minor offenders as volunteer aides. Crime fighting may never be the same again!
Starring: Michael Winslow, Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith

PROM NIGHT
Three years after an obsessed teacher killed her family, Donna Keppel has gotten her life back together enough to attend her Senior Prom. Little does Donna know that the killer has escaped from a mental institution and will stop at nothing to reunite with her.
Starring: Johnathon Schaech, Brittany Snow

PUNCHLINE
Tom Hanks stars as Steven Gold, a flat broke ex-med student who works at a Manhattan comedy club. Sally Field plays stand-up wannabe Lilah Krytsick who is not doing that well on stage. While husband John, played by John Goodman waits unhappily at the side, When an opportunity arises for Steven and Lilah to shine in front of the TV camera, their friendship is quickly forgotten and it's every man and woman for himself.
Starring: Tom Hanks, John Goodman, Sally Field

RACING WITH THE MOON
In this romantic drama, teenage pals Henry Nash and Nicky, played by Sean Penn and Nicolas Cage, enjoy a few carefree weeks of freedom before shipping out as Marines in World War II. Henry, dazzled by a beautiful Caddie Winger, begins a serious affair while hellraiser Nicky runs into girlfriend problems.
Starring: Elizabeth McGovern, Sean Penn, Nicolas Cage

RANDOM HEARTS
You find love in the strangest places. Dutch and Kay grieve when an airplane carrying their spouses crash lands, leaving no survivors. Their grief is short-lived. An investigation reveals their spouses were cheating on them. Grief turns to anger. Dutch, a policeman, investigates to uncover the truth. Kay, a congresswoman running for re-election, doesn't want the truth to taint her campaign. Circumstances force Dutch's and Kay's paths to entwine and they end up falling in love.
Starring: Harrison Ford, Kristin Scott Thomas

RECOUNT
Recount is the winner of 3 Emmy® awards at the 2008 Emmys, including the coveted Outstanding Made for Television Movie title. It examines the torturous process that culminated in the Supreme Court decision in Bush versus Gore. The Republicans, led by Texan James Baker, seize the initiative as the case is tried in the judicial system and the court of public opinion. The Democrats play catch-up until Ron Klain, Gore's former chief of staff, takes over and starts matching Baker's political hardball. Mutual respect forms between the two as the fate of the presidency plays out.
Starring: Kevin Spacey, John Hurt, Denis Leary

REGARDING HENRY
Reuniting the talents of actor Harrison Ford and director Mike Nichols for the first time since their 1988 smash, Working Girl, Regarding Henry is a different kind of movie. Ford is Henry Turner, a rich successful New York lawyer who has the beautiful wife and adorable daughter that makes everyone else around him sick with envy. Only problem is, Henry could use a heart. Cold and detached, it takes a tragic event to make him see the light and grab the opportunity to change his life for the better, before it is too late. Oscar nominee Annette Bening plays his wife.
Starring: Annette Bening, Harrison Ford

RUNNING SCARED
When a stowaway unknowingly photographs a secret US military base, he and his friend find themselves pursued by an intelligence agent who believes that they are spies.
Starring: Judge Reinhold, Ken Wahl

RUSH HOUR
When a Chinese Consul's eleven-year-old daughter is kidnapped by a gang of antique smugglers in Los Angeles, Detective Inspector Lee flies in to handle the case. However, the FBI is not willing to have an outsider interfere with their investigations and decides to distract him with LAPD's finest – and most notorious – detective, James Carter. Reluctant partners at first, they eventually overcome their cultural and personality differences to take on the criminal mastermind behind the abduction. Expect a roller-coaster ride as Jackie Chan supplies the punches and Chris Tucker the punchlines – it's a hilariously explosive combination!
Starring: Chris Tucker, Jackie Chan

SCREWED
Norm Macdonald stars as Willard Fillmore, a butler for Miss Crock, the president of a baked goods company. After he throws a tantrum, Willard learns that Miss Crock intends to fire him. He gets his friend, chicken-wing vendor Rusty Hayes to help him kidnap her precious dog for a million-dollar ransom. The dog escapes, but Miss Crock is still left a ransom note, which she assumes is for Willard. Now, Willard has to fake his own kidnapping and even his own death!
Starring: Danny DeVito, Dave Chappelle, Norm Macdonald

SHADOWLANDS
Commonly known as Jack, C.S Lewis taught at Oxford College during the 1930s, later becoming one of the most famous authors of modern literature. But before all that, he learns about love and all its joy and tragedy when his soulmate becomes terminally ill. Follow the real-life story of the author of the Narnia series beginning with "The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe."
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger

SHAFT
New York city police detective, John Shaft (nephew of the original 1970 detective) has just arrested Walter Wade Jr, for a racially motivated murder. Shaft goes on a personal mission to ensure that Wade is brought to justice. And there is only one eyewitness – waitress Diane. Shaft's co-officer Carmen is his only help to get Wade behind bars. However Wade uses his connections to get bail and sneak off to Switzerland. Two years later, Wade resurfaces and thirsting for revenge. Now both Shaft and Wade are hunting down the sole eyewitness to the murder. Will Shaft be able to get to her before Wade does?
Starring: Vanessa Williams, Samuel Jackson, Christian Bale

SHOOTER
Mark Wahlberg plays an ace marksman living in self-exile in the Arkansas wilderness after causing the death of an innocent person. Persuaded by his former associates that they need his help to prevent an assassination, he is subsequently double-crossed and framed for the presidential assassination he was trying to prevent. Now forced to go on the run, he is determined to track down the real killer and the truth behind who betrayed him.
Starring: Danny Glover, Mark Wahlberg, Michael Pena

SOCCER MOM
Widowed Wendy Handler longs to be closer to Becca, her thirteen year old daughter, so she assumes the identity of Italian football star Lorenzo Fulograppa, and becomes the new ‘star’ of the girls' soccer team.
Starring: Missi Pyle, Emily Osment

STARDUST
Young Tristan Thorne promises the prettiest girl in the village of Wall a fallen star in the hopes of winning her heart. He must cross over to the supernatural world to do this and finds that the fallen star is actually a young woman injured by her cosmic tumble.
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, Claire Danes, Robert DeNiro

STARTER FOR 10
An intelligent working-class student navigating his first year at Bristol University, Brian has a lot to prove. Though he knows everything, Brian joins his university’s quiz team, only to have to manage his feelings towards two very different women and discover the difference between knowledge and wisdom. A charming and humorous HBO Original Movie set in the 80s.
Starring: James McAvoy

STUART LITTLE
Based on the best-selling classic by EB White, Stuart Little tells the tale of an orphan mouse searching for a place to call home and finds it in a house along Fifth Avenue. Picked out of a list of more suitable candidates for adoption by the Littles, Stuart adjusts to life in his new super-sized home, and winning the trust of his new nine year-old playmate George while not stepping on the feline feet of possessive house cat, Snowbell.
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie

SUPERBAD
Two co-dependent high school guys want to hook up with girls before they graduate and go off to different colleges, but, after a calamitous night just trying to buy alcohol for a school party, overcoming their separation anxiety becomes a greater challenge than getting the girls.
Starring: Seth Rogen, Michael Cera

SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET
Oscar-nominee Johnny Depp plays the vengeful barber Sweeney Todd whose victims become a tasty favorite of London in this exhilarating adaptation of the hit Broadway musical. Sent away on false charges, Sweeney returns to discover his wife dead and his daughter a captive — both the work of the same dirty judge. Returning to his old shop above the meat pie shop of his landlady Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney sets about carving up his customers — and sending them downstairs where Mrs. Lovett can add them to her suddenly delicious pies!
Starring: Alan Rickman, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter

TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE THE NEXT GENERATION
One of the scariest horror films of all time is reinvented for the 90s. Yes, it's time to meet ol' Leatherface again. Jenny and her date take a wrong turn down a dark country road and meet Vilmer. He is a sadistic recluse with a remote controlled mechanical leg. That's not all – at this stage, they meet Leatherface, a familiar huge, masked, chainsaw-wielding monster.
Starring: Renee Zellweger, Matthew McConaughey

THE ASTRONAUT'S WIFE
A space hero. A beautiful school teacher. A marriage made in the stars, and a lifetime to discover their love – all that abruptly ends in two minutes. During his last mission in deep space, astronaut Spencer Armacost blacks out. After that, nothing about him is the same. He hides a horrifying secret – he has been taken over by something evil. Spencer's wife, Jillian, begins having strange dreams related to the horrifying truth. When she becomes pregnant, she realizes it's not a baby that she's carrying inside her body, but something far more sinister.
Starring: Johnny Depp, Charlize Theron

THE BONE COLLECTOR
The Manhattan Murderer is leaving bony fragments of clues behind after his killings. It's up to Lincoln Rhymes, a New York detective specializing in forensics, and rookie street cop Amelia to see if they have the mind and the stomach to trail the clues. But an injury sustained in the line of duty leaves Rhymes a quadriplegic; his arms and legs useless. Amelia must become his hands and feet, and he, her mind. But will it be enough to decipher the clues in time to find the next victim before the killer does?
Starring: Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie

THE DEEP END OF THE OCEAN
Beth is struggling to find a balance between raising three children and a photography career. At a high school reunion, she takes her eyes off three-year-old Ben, and he mysteriously disappears. A frantic search for him proves to be futile. Over time, Beth learns to cope with the tragedy. Nine years later, a boy the same age as Ben would have been turns up at her doorstep.
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, Whoopi Goldberg, Treat Williams

THE DEVIL'S OWN
Two countries, two men, two opposite ways to do the right thing. In strife-torn Northern Ireland, terrorist Rory Devaney does not hesitate to shoot and kill in the name of what he believes. In New York, a cop, Tom O'Meara, will shoot only in the direst of emergencies. The two meet when Rory goes to the Big Apple on a mission. He takes refuge in Tom's house, under the guise of an innocent man. But Rory's world is too violent and Tom's house is too peaceful, and soon this unlikely juxtaposition erupts in conflict.
Starring: Brad Pitt, Harrison Ford

THE HEARTBREAK KID
Forty-year old and single, Eddie meets Lila, an environmental researcher. Pressured by his father and best friend, he pops the question and marries Lila after only six weeks. On their honeymoon, he soon discovers that she's a nightmare to be with. Eddie is put in a fix when he meets Miranda, another holiday guest, whom he inadvertently falls in love with.
Starring: Ben Stiller, Michelle Monaghan, Malin Akerman





THE MUMMY RETURNS
It's been eight years since Rick O' Connell and Egyptologist Evelyn saved the world from a 3000-year-old villain called Imhotep. Guess it's time for a sequel. Well, mummies die hard, and Imhotep is back to claim life immortal. Only this time, he didn't come back alone, as one more powerful than he walks the earth, with a destructive vision on his mind. When the ancient titans clash, it's up to Rick and his wife to save the world again, and make sure the dual forces of evil remain buried for good.
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah

THE NOTORIOUS BETTIE PAGE
One of the most idolized pin-ups of all time, Bettie Page had a fresh, breezy appeal that belied the pornographic content of her photos.
Starring: Jared Harris, Chris Bauer, Gretchen Mol

THE PATRIOT
Violent demons of the French and Indian War resurrect themselves to haunt veteran soldier Benjamin Martin, who now craves the simple life of a farmer and his family’s company. But when America comes under British tyranny, his eldest son Gabriel runs off to battle against his wishes, and the peace-loving soldier is drawn back into his violent past to make sure no harm befalls his son. His mission to protect his son becomes one of revenge when his house is burned down and one of his children savagely slaughtered by Colonel Tavington.
Starring: Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson

THE RIVER RAT
Released from prison after 13 years, jailbird Billy heads south to meet his daughter Jonsy for the first time. The father-daughter relationship flounders until Billy takes the girl on a long, bonding raft trip on the river. Both Billy and Jonsy become fugitives from justice when they run afoul of crooked parole-officer Doc Cole. Soon, Jonsy proves time and again to be truly her father's daughter.
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Brian Dennehy, Martha Plimpton

THE THING CALLED LOVE
Four young country music hopefuls meet in a talent spotting bar and become friends. Miranda Presley gets drawn to the moody talented musician James Wright while Kyle Davidson has a crush on Miranda. Miranda also befriends the talentless Linda Lou Linden and they become roommates.
Starring: Sandra Bullock, River Phoenix, Samantha Mathis

THE WATER HORSE: LEGEND OF THE DEEP
The Academy Award-winning producer and special-effects team behind The Lord of the Rings re-team to bring to screen this magical motion picture. Rooted in one of the most enduring and intriguing legends of our time, the story begins with an enchanted egg, eventually setting in motion an adventure that will take a young boy on the unforgettable journey of a lifetime.
Starring: Emily Watson, Ben Chaplin

VERTICAL LIMIT
Peter Garrett is a young spirited climber. So is his sister Annie. But his sister and her team members are trapped on the world's second highest peak K2, and it is up to Peter to risk his and his own team members' lives to save that of his sister and her team. Together with reclusive mountain man Montgomery Wick, they set out to brave the mighty winds and the chilling snow atop K2 – and to bring the trapped team back safely.
Starring: Chris O'Donnell, Scott Glenn, Robin Tunney

WANTED
Branded as a loser, office clerk Wesley Gibson thinks his world has ended when he discovers that his girlfriend's been cheating on him. Then he meets Fox, played by Angelina Jolie, who shows him a world he never thought existed. Apparently, like Fox, his father was a professional killer for a secret agency called the Fraternity. Cross, a hit-man with an agenda, wants to kill him too. Together with Sloan, the Fraternity's head honcho, Wesley has to learn the extraordinary bullet-bending skills his father once had, and prepare himself to confront Cross when the time is right.
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy