Poster Reveal of “THE MAZE RUNNER”

The Maze Runner poster reveal

20^th Century Fox reveals “The Maze Runner” poster exposing a world of thick walls where a group of teenage boys and a lone teenage girl find themselves trapped in a series of massive thick walls.   

This year’s most anticipated sci-fi action thriller based on James Dashner’s bestselling novel for young adults, “The Maze Runner” stars a pool of young, energetic and talented actors headed by Dylan O’Brien along with other “runners” - Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie Sangster, Will Pouter, Ki Hong Lee,  Aml Ameen, Alex Flores, Chris Sheffield, Dexter Darden, Jacob Latimore  and Blake Cooper, together, they will find out the chilling mystery behind the world of maze they've been locked in.

PREPARE FOR “DEVIL’S DUE” – TRAILER DEBUT

The most horrifying delivery is about to take place in “Devil’s Due,” a movie that employs found footage style on the coming of the antichrist.  The movie is directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett written by Lindsay Devlin and Zoe Green.

20^th Century Fox delivers its first trailer ever here http://youtu.be/BlPGR06t9Cc  which Wes Craven, the master of horror mentioned (in his twitter @wescraven) that the trailer is creepy and congratulates writer Lindsay as well.

Starring Zach Gilford and Allison Miller as Zach and Samantha McCall as newlyweds who find themselves dealing with an earlier-than-planned pregnancy right after their honeymoon.  After a mysterious night during their honeymoon, the couple notice mysterious people following and spying on them. 

Eventually, these people are revealed to be Christian heretics who believe they can use some of Christianity's earliest symbols to bring forth the Anti-Christ.  While recording everything for posterity, the husband begins to notice odd behavior in his wife that they initially write off to nerves.  But as the months pass, it becomes evident that the dark changes to her body and mind have a much more sinister origin.

“Devil’s Due” will arrive soon in Philippine cinemas from 20^th Century Fox to be distributed by Warner Bros.

THE PREDATOR IN MATTHEW GOODE: “STOKER”

Matthew Goode in Stoker

On her 18th birthday, India Stoker’s (Mia Wasikowska) father dies in a tragic car accident.  Her only source of strength and comfort now gone, India now finds herself lost and unable to connect to the people around including her unstable mother Evie, played by Nicole Kidman.  On the day of her father’s funeral, her father’s long lost brother Uncle Charlie surfaces and decides to stay with them.  At first doubtful of her Uncle Charlie, Mia surprisingly finds herself drawn to him in a fascinating way she never thought possible.

Mia Wasikowska : Innocence ends in "Stoker"

Mia Wasikowska stars in Stoker

The highly-anticipated thriller “Stoker” starring Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska and Matthew Goode tells of the bizarre coming-of-age of India (Wasikowska) as she enters womanhood written by Wentworth Miller and filmed by Park Chan-Wook.

Helmed by Korean director Park which is also his debut movie in English, the movie introduces India Stoker as she loses her beloved father and best friend Richard (played by Dermot Mulroney) in an unexplained car mishap on her 18th birthday.  Upon her father’s demise, India’s life is suddenly shattered in their very secluded estate.   Left with her unstable mother Evie (Kidman) and Uncle Charlie (Goode), her father’s brother who mysteriously showed up during her father’s funeral, India experiences an unraveling of herself that surprises and frees her at the same time.

Korean Filmaker Park Chan-Wook directs his first English movie - "Stoker"

Chan-Wook – who goes by the name Director Park on set – is one of the most celebrated and popular filmmakers in Korea, his work known for its very precise framing and violent subject matter. His earliest films were not a huge success, and he initially supplemented his income as a film critic. It was 2000’s Joint Security Area that would help him break through, and by 2004 he’d won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival for Oldboy. Director – and fan – Quentin Tarantino, as head judge, personally pushed for him to also be awarded the Palme d’Or.

Filmmaker Park Chan-Wook has created a singular body of work during his more than 20 years as a writer, director and producer of some of Korean cinema’s most innovative and original movies, crafting feverish scenarios that combine lyrical beauty with shattering acts of violence and operatic emotion.  “Stoker” is a dark and disturbing thriller about a mysterious and isolated American family.  Even the film’s title makes metaphorical allusion to evil, invoking the name of Dracula author Bram Stoker, whose groundbreaking novel is as much about an opportunist who preys on the innocent as it is the supernatural world of the vampire.

Skyfall : See it in glorious IMAX

Skyfall : See it in glorious IMAX

The latest Bond movie hits theaters in the Philippines today Oct. 31, 2012.  Skyfall, the name of the town where James Bond started it all, and after suffering death has come back from the ashes to resurrect MI6 and once again bring justice to glorious England. 

Taiwan Film Festival at The Shang Cineplex

Taiwan Film Festival at The Shang Cineplex

Aug. 3 - 6, 2012

FREE ADMISSION

Get to enjoy Taiwan renowned films at the Taiwan Film Festival, at the Shang Cineplex.  This film showing is FREE for all.  Seats are on a first come first serve basis.

Schedule of shows are as follows:

August 3
The Boys from Fengkuei (100 minutes) - 12:50pm
The Man who Plants Trees (55 minutes) - 3:00pm
Classmates (49 minutes) - 5:00pm
Three Times (132 minutes) - 7:00pm

August 4
A Time to Live, A Time to Die (125 minutes) - 12:30pm
Stars (110 minutes) - 3:10pm
Grandma’s Hairpin (89 minutes) - 5:40pm
Dust in the Wind (110 minutes) - 7:40pm

August 5:
The Boys from Fengkuei (100 minutes) - 12:50pm
Classmates (49 minutes) - 3:00pm
The Man Who Plants Trees (55 minutes) - 4:30pm
Three Times (132 minutes) - 7:00pm

August 6:
Dust In The Wind (110 minutes) - 12:30pm
Grandma’s Hairpin (89 minutes) - 3:00pm
Stars (110 minutes) - 5:00pm
A Time To Live, A Time To Die (125 minutes) - 7:30pm

Brought to us by TECO (Taiwan Economic and Cultural Office) and Shangri-La Plaza.

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Trailer now playing of the massive, epic, monumental “LIFE OF PI” movie

Life of PI

Based upon the bestselling book by Yann Martel, LIFE OF PI tells the story of a young man’s incredible survival at sea against impossible odds. A remarkable technological breakthrough in 3D epic adventure, PI is an emotionally captivating experience that will inspire, touch and transport audiences to a place of discovery that they will never forget.

Winner of the pretigious Literary Awards Hugh Maclennan Prize for fiction in 2001 and the Man Booker Prize in 2002, Yann Martel's "Life of Pi" is now a movie adaptation by 20th Century Fox helmed by filmmaker Ang Lee and is starred by newcomer Suraj Sharma as the titular character Pi Patel.