AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Director : Joss Whedon Cast : Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, James Spader, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Samuel L. Jackson Genre : Comics/Action/Adventure Run Time : 141 mins Opens : 1 May 2015 Earth’s mightiest heroes boldly step forth into a new […]
TAKEN 3 Director : Olivier Megaton Cast : Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace, Forest Whitaker, Dougray Scott Genre : Action/Thriller Run Time : 1 hr 46 mins Opens : 9 January 2015 Rating : PG13 (Violence and Brief Coarse Language) Bryan Mills (Neeson) or, as I like to call him, “MC Millz with da Skillz”, […]
SEVENTH SON Director : Sergei Bodrov Cast : Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore, Ben Barnes, Djimon Hounsou, Alicia Vikander, Antje Traue, Olivia Williams, Kit Harington Genre : Action/Fantasy Run Time : 103 mins Opens : 6 February 2015 Rating : PG13 Sword and sorcery, dragons and shape-shifting mages, a young apprentice destined for greatness studying under the wizened […]
VENGEANCE OF AN ASSASSIN (ตัวอย่าง เร็วทะลุเร็ว) Director : Panna Rittikrai Cast : Dan Chupong, Wat-Nantuwat Boonrupsup, May-Nisachon Tuamsoongnern, Nui-Kessarin Akethawatkul, Chatchapol Kulsiriwuttichat, Kovit Wattankul Genre : Action Run Time : 99 mins Vengeance is a dish best served cold – and apparently, with a heaping serving of Muay Thai madness on the side. In this action […]
EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS Director : Ridley Scott Cast : Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, John Tuturro, Aaron Paul, Ben Mendelsohn, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley, María Valverde Genre : Adventure/Action Release Date: 12 December 2014 Run Time : 150 mins Rating : PG13 (Some Violence) It could be said that Old Hollywood’s Biblical epics were the […]
This time on Asian Action Avenue, one of the most prolific action directors in Asian cinema goes all wartime epic romance. The Crossing – Part 1 (太平轮： 乱世浮生 –上) Director : John Woo Cast : Zhang Ziyi, Song Hye Kyo, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Huang Xiaoming, Tong Dawei, Masami Nagasawa, Hitomi Kuroki, Lin Mei Hsiu, Jack Kao […]
This time on Asian Action Avenue, we venture into the fertile storytelling land of folk heroes with the new Wong Fei-hung movie. RISE OF THE LEGEND (黄飞鸿之英雄有梦) Director : Roy Chow Hin Yeung Cast : Eddie Peng, Sammo Hung, Wang Luodan, Jing Boran, Wong Cho Lam, Max Zhang Jin, Simon Yam, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Angelababy Genre : […]
THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 1 Director : Francis Lawrence Cast : Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Julianne Moore, Natalie Dormer, Willow Shields, Woody Harrelson, Evan Ross, Elizabeth Banks, Sam Claflin, Donald Sutherland, Stanley Tucci Genre : Fantasy/Adventure Rating : PG13 (Some Violence) Run time: 123 mins It’s time to […]
BIG HERO 6 Directors : Don Hall, Chris Williams Cast : Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, Génesis Rodríguez, Jamie Chung, Damon Wayans Jr., T.J. Miller, Daniel Henney, Maya Rudolph, James Cromwell, Alan Tudyk Genre : Animation/Family/Action-adventure Rating : PG (Some Intense Sequences) Run time: 108 mins Moviegoers everywhere are still chanting “make mine Marvel!” and with […]
BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP Director : Rowan Joffé Cast : Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Anne-Marie Duff, Dean-Charles Chapman, Jing Lusi, Rosie MacPherson Rating : R (Brutal violence and language) Run time: 92 mins The thought of losing one’s reliance on memory is a frightening one. What would it be like not knowing the […]