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Marlina The Murderer In Four Acts

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The Terminal

In this thriller starring Margot Robbie and Simon Pegg, we follow two assassins, a teacher battling a fatal illness, an inscrutabl­e janitor and a waitress leading a dangerous double life. Their fates are intertwine­d through the hand of a criminal mastermind.

China Salesman

Steven Seagal, Dong Xue-li and Mike Tyson star in this action film. A tech expert from China volunteers to go to North Africa to win a bid with an African government. But a French spy is also working for a Western company to win the contract and access to mineral resources, and they hire a group of mercenarie­s to make sure it happens. Directed by Tan Bing.

Kids On The Slope

In this Japanese youth drama, a bright boy moves to Nagasaki and enters a new school. There he meets a rebellious but kindhearte­d girl, and they form a friendship through their love for jazz music. Directed by Miki Takahiro.

Solo: A Star Wars Story

Alden Ehrenreich plays the young Han Solo in an expanded story of the Star Wars hero. Here we join Han’s first meeting with Chewbacca and learn how he wins the fabled Millennium Falcon in a card game. Joining the cast are Donald Glover, Woody Harrelson and Emilia Clarke.

Love, Simon

Simon Spier (Nick Robinson) keeps a huge secret from his family, his friends, and all of his classmates: He’s gay. When that secret is threatened, Simon must face everyone and come to terms with his identity. Directed by Greg Berlanti.

Tully

Charlize Theron stars in this family drama. She plays a mother of three who hires a nanny, called Tully and played by Mackenzie Davis, to take care of her newborn. Soon the relationsh­ips between them enter a new and unknown phase. Directed by Jason Reitman.

Toot-Too-Koo-Chart

In this Thai gay comedy, a small village in ancient Siam is threatened by an invading army. The men have to form an army to fight the invaders, and it turns out that many of them are actually gays. Directed by Poj Arnon.

God’s Own Country

An acclaimed gay film from England, God’s Own Coun

try tells the story of Johnny, a young man in Yorkshire frustrated by the numbness of his provincial life. When a Romanian migrant worker arrives in town, they begin an intense relationsh­ip that changes their lives forever. Directed by Francis Lee. This Indonesian film mixes Western revenge story with a strong feminist flavour. The film, set in a remote island, tells the story of Marlina (Marsha Timothy), a woman who’s raped in her own home and sets out on a journey across the harsh landscape to find the men who wronged her. Directed by Mouly Surya. In Bahasa with Thai subtitles. At House RCA.

Deadpool 2

Ryan Reynolds returns as Deadpool, a trash-talking, expletive-spewing mutant superhero. This time, he brings together a team of mutants to protect a gifted boy from a warring mutant who arrives from another dimension. Directed by David Leitch.

Nong Pee Teerak (Brother Of The Year)

In this Thai romantic comedy, Sunny Suwanmetha­non plays a brother who guards his sister (Urassaya Sperbund) with ironclad rules. When she starts dating a half-Japanese guy (Nichkhun Horvejkul), the brother tries his absurd best to sabotage the relationsh­ip. In Thai with English subtitles.

How We Became Superheroe­s Shutdown Bangkok

Two Thai documentar­y films capture the massive street protests in 2013 and early 2014 by the People’s Democratic Reform Council (PDRC). Directed by Ing K. At Cinema Oasis, Sukhumvit 43.

Truth Or Dare

A group of young friends play Truth Or Dare, which is innocuous enough until something, or someone, turns the game into a horrifying escapade. At one point, truth is no longer accepted and everyone has to accept a dare, leading to chaos, mayhem and murder. Directed by Jeff Wadlow.

Avengers: Infinity War

All the Marvel superheroe­s gather in this first of the two final films of the decade-long franchise. The battle waged by Captain America, Iron Man, Black Panther, Thor, Hulk and the rest of the company aims at stopping Thanos, the overambiti­ous supervilla­in, from taking hold of the Infinity Stones, which will allow him to rule the universe and wipe out half of its population. Directed by Anthony Russo, Joe Russo.

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