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Over Size
In this Thai comedy, four overweight policemen are instructed by their superior to lose weight to improve efficiency. As they embark on a dietary regime, a bank robber strikes. The mission to slim down is now complicated by the urgency to catch the bad guy. Directed by Puvanit Pholdee and Chanon Yingyong.
Ghost In The Shell
Scarlett Johansson plays Major, a human-cyborg operative tasked with fighting the enemy of her employer. A cyberpunk adventure based on a popular Japanese comic,
Ghost In The Shelll is an action film set in the future as well as a contemplation on the nature of consciousness since Major, a robot by definition, still retains a part of her soul. Directed by Rupert Sanders.
Apprentice
In this Singaporean film, Aiman (Firdaus Rahman) is a correctional officer working in a prison. He befriends Rahim (played by Malaysian actor Wan Hanafi Su), a veteran hangman with a fearsome reputation. When Rahim begins to train Aiman in the craft of execution, a terrible secret that links the two men is revealed. Directed by Boo Junfeng. Limited release.
The Boss Baby
In this family-friendly animated film, an imaginative seven year old teams up with his new brother (with briefcase, suit and tie) to topple the evil plot of a puppy. Directed by Tom McGrath.
Siam Square
In this Thai horror film, a group of high school friends uncover the dark secret of Siam Square, the popular haunt for young people. Directed by Pairach Khumwan.
Mahalai Wua Chon (Song From Phatthalung)
This Thai independent film is inspired by a popular song by a southern singer. Set in the southern region, the film tells the story of two friends and how they overcome the odds to become singers. Directed by Boonsong Nakphoo.
Power Rangers
An American adaptation of the Japanese TV series Super
Sentai, the story involves five adolescents in a small town who discover coloured alien coins that give them superpowers. Each of them clad in a distinctive colour, the quintet have to fight a monster army and, of course, save the world. Directed by Dean Israelite.
Life
Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson and Ryan Reynolds star in this intergalactic thriller set on a space station. The crew returning from Mars bring back a sample of a living organism, which looks harmless enough in the beginning before it evolves into something else. Directed by Daniel Espinosa.
A Silent Voice
In this Japanese animation adapted from a hit manga, a bullying schoolboy turns around to find redemption after a crime he commits against a deaf girl. Directed by Naoko Yamada.
Beauty And The Beast
Emma Watson is Belle. Dan Stevens is Beast. In this new adaptation of the fairy tale, a young French woman lives in the decrepit castle of a monstrous-looking prince awaiting his salvation. Directed by Bill Condon.
The Last Face
Javier Bardem and Charlize Theron star in this drama set amid a humanitarian crisis in Africa. Theron plays the chief of an international aid agency who meets a relief aid doctor (Bardem) and as they fall in love, the civil unrest worsens around them. Directed by Sean Penn.
It’s Only The End Of The World
In this French-speaking Canadian film, Gaspard Ulleil plays a man who returns home after a long absence to announce that he’s dying. But his high-strung family members are too obsessed with their own pains to pay attention to him. Also starring Lea Seydoux, Marion Cotillard, Vincent Cassel and Natalie Baye. Directed by Xavier Dolan.
Pred Arbat
This is a re-released and re-edited version of the Thai film Arpatti, a horror film about a misbehaving young monk haunted by the ghost of his past. Directed by Kanitha Kwanyu.
Logan
In a dramatic spin-off from the X-Men series, Hugh Jackman again plays Logan, aka Wolverine. Hiding from the world, he takes care of the ageing Professor X (Patrick Stewart) in a border town. But when a young mutant flees evil forces to take refuge with them, Logan’s transient peace comes to an end. Directed by James Mangold.
Kong: Skull Island
Tom Hiddleston plays an intrepid explorer. Brie Larson is a war photographer. Samuel L. Jackson is a barking soldier. They set off to a mysterious island on a secret expedition to a Pacific island, where the mythic Kong and other fierce monsters live. Directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts.
Ten Years
This is an anthology of five short films from Hong Kong filmmakers. Directly or indirectly, they explore the human drama and life of Hong Kong citizens living under Chinese rule. It stirred controversy when it was first released early last year.