Weekendin Singapore Nov '13 | Issue 08 | Page 82

ENTERTAINMENT PREMIERING ON HBO & CINEMAX IN DECEMBER NEXT CHANGE PITCH PERFECT Premieres Tuesday, December 31 at 10pm on HBO / HBO HD On HBO: English / Mandarin Beca Mitchell is a rebellious freshman at Barden University who is only interested in music making and nothing else. While at her college’s orientation fair, she gets cajoled into joining The Bellas, an all-girls a capella singing group. Injecting some much needed energy into their repertoire, The Bellas take on their male rivals in the a capella national competition, and gives them a run for their money. MOVIES TO WATCH OUT FOR FROM NOVEMBER Countdown to the new year and sing along to teenybopper tunes in this highly-entertaining musical movie PITCH PERFECT that stars Academy Award winner Anna Kendrick, Australian stand-up comedian Rebel Wilson and their entourage of talented singers, premiering New Year’s eve Tuesday, December 31 at 10pm on HBO (StarHub TV Ch 601) / HBO HD (StarHub TV Ch 655). RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION Premieres Sunday, December 15 at 10pm on HBO / HBO HD On HBO: English / Mandarin The Umbrella Corporation’s deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of the flesh-eating Undead! Human race’s last and only hope, Alice, awakens in the heart of Umbrella’s most clandestine operations facility and continues to hunt those responsible for the outbreak; a chase that takes her all over the world, culminating in a mind-blowing revelation that will force her to rethink everything that she once thought to be true. With Milla Jovovich reprising her role as Alice, witness the intense action and suspense in the exciting premiere of RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION on Sunday, December 15 at 10pm on HBO (StarH ub TV Ch 601) / HBO HD (StarHub TV Ch 655). Weekendin 80 ENTERTAINMENT ENTERTAINMENT LOOPER Premieres Sunday, December 22 at 10pm on HBO / HBO HD On HBO: English / Mandarin A futuristic film where time travel has already been invented, but is illegal and only available on the black market. When a mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target thirty years into the past where a “looper” - a hired gunman, like Joe, is waiting to mop up. As time passes, Joe gets rich and life is good...until the day the mob decides to “close the loop,” sending Joe’s future self back for assassination. Be kept at the edge of your seat in this exciting film LOOPER, starring multiple award winner Bruce Willis and Golden Globe-nominee Joseph Gordon-Levitt, premiering Sunday, December 22 at 10pm on HBO (StarHub TV Ch 601) / HBO HD (StarHub TV Ch 655). Captain Phillips Release: 14 Nov 2013 Distributor: Sony Pictures Releasing International Cast: Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener, David Warshofsky Director: Paul Greengrass Set almost entirely in the Indian Ocean, director Paul Greengrass who is best known for directing political thrillers such as “Bourne”, “United 93” and “Green Zone”, returns with yet another dramatic thriller titled “Captain Phillips”. Tom Hanks stars in the titular role of American skipper Captain Richard Phillips, and the film revolves around him and his crew’s terrifying encounter with a bunch of gun-toting Somali pirates.. Hours Release: 21 Nov 2013 Distributor: Shaw Organisation Cast: Paul Walker, Genesis Rodriguez, Nick Gomez Director: Eric Heisserer A disaster thriller set in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Paul Walker plays a new father whose child is stranded in a New Orleans hospital after Katrina hits, leaving him desperate to preserve his child’s life. Enough Said Release: 07 Nov 2013 Distributor: 20th Century Fox Cast: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini, Toni Collette, Catherine Keener Director: Nicole Holofcener Tom Yum Goong 2 Release: 07 Nov 2013 Distributor: Shaw Organisation Cast: Tony Jaa, Petchtai Wongkamlao, Marrese Crump Director: Prachya Pinkaew Make Your Move Release: 14 Nov 2013 Distributor: Golden Village Pictures Cast: BoA, Derek Hough, Will Yun Lee, Wesley Jonathan, Izabella Miko Director: Duane Adler A divorced and single parent, Eva spends her days enjoying work as a masseuse but dreading her daughter’s impending departure for college. She meets Albert - a sweet, funny and like-minded man also facing an empty nest. As their romance quickly blossoms, Eva befriends Marianne, her new massage client. Marianne is a beautiful poet who seems “almost perfect” except for one prominent quality: she rags on her ex-husband way too much. Suddenly, Eva finds herself doubting her own relationship with Albert as she learns the truth about Marianne’s ex. The sequel to “Tom Yum Goong”, stars Tony Jaa as the hard-hitting Kham. Kham is the last of a family line of guards who once watched over the King of Thailand’s war elephants. Traditionally, only the most perfect elephants could successfully defend the throne, and very great care was taken in raising them. After his harrowing quest to retrieve the elephants and his calf, Kohrn, Kham returns to his village to live in peace. But for someone as good in martial arts as him, peace is but a wishful thought. A “Romeo and Juliet”-inspired independent dance film starring K-pop singer BoA and ballroom dancer Derek Hough. The film was directed by Duane Adler who wrote the script for the movies “Save The Last Dance” and “Step Up” . Aya, who lives in New York City and is the leader of her all female dance crew, COBU. Aya falls in love with Donny, who moves from New Orleans to New York to help his half-brother Nick (Wesley Jonathan) run one of the hottest underground dance clubs in the city. They soon find themselves at the centre of a bitter rivalry between their brothers’ underground dance clubs.. 81 Weekendin