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Besides Vietnamese films, the audience will have a lot of choices at cinemas in
the last month of the year when they can enjoy Hollywood blockbusters like
“Underworld 5”, the additional episode of “Star Wars”, “Assassin’s Creed”,
“Passengers”, or “Sing”.
Voodoo Doll
Director: Vo Ngoc, Hanh Nhan
Cast: Truong Quynh Anh, Mac Van Khoa, Hoa
Minzy, Dustin Nguyen, Kim Tuyen
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Release Date: 9/12/2016
Language: Vietnamese with English
subtitle
The movie is about Thu, Quan and Hanh, a
trio in K22 music class. When Hung – a substitute teacher takes responsibility
over their class, he is astonished at how Thu and his passed-away ex-girlfriend
look alike, which upset his wife – Huong. Meanwhile, the trio discovers a voodoo
doll hidden in the room of their music class…
Sword Master
Director: Nhi Dong Thang Tu Khac
Cast: Lam Canh Tan, Giang Nhat Yen, Ha
Nhuan Dong,Tuong Mong Diep, Co Tao Ban
Genre: Action
Release Date: 9/12/2016
Running Time: 110 minutes
Language: Chinese with Vietnamese
subtitle
Sword Master talks about an elite
swordsman who is haunted by his skill, and a challenger who aims to take his
place at all costs.
Saigon Bodyguards
Director: Ken Ochiai
Cast: Thai Hoa, Kim Ly, Chi Pu, B Tran,
Diem My, Diep Lam Anh, Khuong Ngoc, Le Binh, Nguyen Hau, late actor Minh Thuan
Release Date: 16/12/2016
Language: Vietnamese with English
subtitle
The badass bodyguards: Trinh – the
handsome, strict and professional and Vien – the crafty, humorous and womanizer
in an almost impossible mission!
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Director: Gareth Edwards
Cast: Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Donnie
Yen, Jiang Wen, Forest Whitaker, Mads Mikkelsen
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Release Date: 16/12/2016
Language: English with Vietnamese
subtitle
Jyn Erso, a
Rebellion soldier and criminal, is about to experience her biggest challenge yet
when Mon Mothma sets her out on a mission to steal the plans for the Death Star.
With help from the Rebels, a master swordsman, and non-allied forces, Jyn will
be in for something bigger than she thinks.
Assassin’s Creed
Director: Justin Kurzel
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Marion
Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson, Michael K. Williams
Genre: Action, Adventure
Release Date: 30/12/2016
Running Time: 120 minutes
Language: English with Vietnamese
subtitle
Through a revolutionary technology that
unlocks his genetic memories, Callum Lynch (Michael Fassbender) experiences the
adventures of his ancestor, Aguilar, in 15th Century Spain. Callum discovers he
is descended from a mysterious secret society, the Assassins, and amasses
incredible knowledge and skills to take on the oppressive and powerful Templar
organization in the present day
Allied
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Jared
Harris, Lizzy Caplan, Simon McBurney, Daniel Betts, Camille Cottin, August
Diehl, Matthew Goode
Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Release Date: 30/12/2016
Language: English with Vietnamese
subtitle
“Allied” is the story of intelligence
officer Max Vatan (Pitt), who in 1942 North Africa encounters French Resistance
fighter Marianne Beausejour (Cotillard) on a deadly mission behind enemy lines.
Reunited in London, their relationship is threatened by the extreme pressures of
the war.
Sing
Director: Garth Jennings
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Reese
Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson, John C. Reilly, Taron Egerton,
Tori Kelly, Nick Kroll, Jennifer Saunders,Peter Serafinowicz, Leslie Jones, Jay
Pharoah, Nick Offerman, Beck Bennett
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Release Date: 23/12/2016
Running Time: 110 minutes
Language: English with Vietnamese
subtitle
Set in a world like ours but entirely
inhabited by animals, Sing stars Buster Moon (Academy Award® winner Matthew
McConaughey), a dapper Koala who presides over a once-grand theater that has
fallen on hard times. Buster is an eternal optimist—okay, maybe a bit of a
scoundrel—who loves his theater above all and will do anything to preserve it.
Now facing the crumbling of his life’s ambition, he has one final chance to
restore his fading jewel to its former glory by producing the world’s greatest
singing competition. Five lead contestants emerge: A mouse (Seth MacFarlane) who
croons as smoothly as he cons, a timid teenage elephant (Tori Kelly) with an
enormous case of stage fright, an overtaxed mother (Academy Award® winner Reese
Witherspoon) run ragged tending a litter of 25 piglets, a young gangster gorilla
(Taron Egerton) looking to break free of his family’s felonies, and a punk-rock
porcupine (Scarlett Johansson) struggling to shed her arrogant boyfriend and go
solo. Each animal arrives under Buster’s marquee believing that this is their
shot to change the course of their life.
The bodyguard, the lady and the unwise
Director: Thu Gia, Kevin Nguyen
Cast: Mac Hong Quan, Angela Phuong Trinh,
Bang Kieu
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Release Date: 2/12/2016
Running Time: 100 minutes
Language: Vietnamese with English
subtitle
Hoa Mi (Angela Phuong Trinh) is a
daughter of a successful businessman. Having been raised in a rich family, Hoa
Mi turns out to be bossy and stubborn, who drives everyone crazy especially her
dad. She is threatened to be kidnapped by her dad’s competitor, which make her
dad worry and hires Kevin – a professional bodyguard from the US to protect her
24/24. Hoa Mi hates being controlled and that is why she tries to get away from
Kevin. And that is the moment she’s kidnapped and all the troubles begin.
Incarnate
Director: Brad Peyton
Cast: Carice van Houten, Aaron Eckhart,
David Mazouz
Genre: Horror
Release Date: 2/12/2016
Running Time: 87 minutes
Language: English with Vietnamese
subtitle
A scientist with the ability to enter the
subconscious minds of the possessed must save a young boy from the grips of a
demon with powers never seen before, while facing the horrors of his past.
Underworld: Blood Wars
Director: Anna Foerster
Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Theo James
Genre: Horror, Action
Release Date: 2/12/2016
Running Time: 88 minutes
Language: English with Vietnamese
subtitle
Vampire death dealer, Selene (Kate
Beckinsale) fights to end the eternal war between the Lycan clan and the Vampire
faction that betrayed her.
My Korean Teacher
Director: Yuzo Asahara
Release Date: 2/12/2016
Runtime: 98 min.
Genre: Romantic-Comedy
Language: Japanese with Vietnamese
subtitle
Young-Ung (Yesung) was dumped by his
girlfriend. While he is in Okinawa, Japan on a business trip, the company he
works for goes bankrupt.
Sakura (Nozomi Sasaki) is a single mother
and works for a travel agency. She needs to learn Korean for her job. At a
Korean language institute, Sakura meets Young-Ung and their romance begins.
The Charnel House
Director: Craig Moss
Cast: Nadine Velazquez, Joe Keery, Erik
LaRay Harvey
Genre: Thriller
Release Date: 9/12/2016
Running Time: 90 minutes
Language: English with Vietnamese
subtitle
A long abandoned slaughterhouse is
transformed into modern lofts in a re-gentrified urban neighborhood. Soon after
tenants move in they are tormented by a dark secret that has been trapped in the
building for over 30 years.
A Monster Calls
Director: J.A. Bayona
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones,
Lewis MacDougall
Genre: Thriller
Release Date: 9/12/2016
Running Time: 108 minutes
Language: English with Vietnamese
subtitle
The monster does not come walking often.
This time it comes to Connor, and it asks for the one thing Connor cannot bring
himself to do. Tell the truth. This is a very touching story about a boy who
feels very damaged, guilty and mostly angry. He struggles at school with
bullies, and pity looks from everyone, and at home with his mother’s sickness.
Will Connor overcome his problems? Will everything be okay? Will Connor be able
to speak the truth?
La La Land
Director: Damien Chazelle
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Amiée
Conn
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Release Date: 16/12/2016
Running Time: 128 minutes
Language: English with Vietnamese
subtitle
Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes
to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by
playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced
with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and
the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them
apart.
Personal Shopper
Director: Olivier Assayas
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger,
Sigrid Bouaziz
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Release Date: 16/12/2016
Running Time: 105 minutes
Language: English with Vietnamese
subtitle
Revolves around a ghost story that takes
place in the fashion underworld of Paris.
Passengers
Director: Morten Tyldum
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt,
Michael Sheen
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Release Date: 16/12/2016
Running Time: 105 minutes
Language: English with Vietnamese
subtitle
The spaceship, Starship Avalon, in its
120-year voyage to a distant colony planet known as the “Homestead Colony” and
transporting 5,259 people has a malfunction in two of its sleep chambers. As a
result two hibernation pods open prematurely and the two people that awoke, Jim
Preston (Chris Pratt) and Aurora Dunn (Jennifer Lawrence), are stranded on the
spaceship, still 90 years from their destination.
Railroad Tigers
Director: Ding Sheng
Cast: Jackie Chan, Zitao Huang, Kai Wang
Genre: Action, Comedy, War
Release Date: 31/12/2016
Running Time: 105 minutes
Language: English with Vietnamese
subtitle
A railroad worker in China in 1941 leads
a team of freedom fighters against the Japanese in order to get food for the
poor.
The Girl with all the Gifts
Director: Colm McCarthy
Cast: Gemma Arterton, Glenn Close,
Dominique Tipper
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Release Date: 2/12/2016
Running Time: 111 minutes
Language: English with Vietnamese
subtitle
In a dystopian near future, humanity has
been ravaged by a mysterious fungal disease. The afflicted are robbed of all
free will and turned into flesh-eating ‘hungries’. Humankind’s only hope is a
small group of hybrid children who crave human flesh but retain the ability to
think and feel. The children go to school at an army base in rural Britain,
where they’re subjected to cruel experiments by Dr. Caroline Caldwell (Glenn
Close). School teacher Helen Justineau (Gemma Arterton) grows particularly close
to an exceptional girl named Melanie (Sennia Nanua), thus forming a special
bond. But when the base is invaded, the trio escapes with the assistance of Sgt.
Eddie Parks (Paddy Considine) and embark on a perilous journey of survival,
during which Melanie must come to terms with who she is.
Eliminators
Director: James Nunn
Cast: Scott Adkins, Stu Bennett, Daniel
Caltagirone
Genre: Action
Release Date: 9/12/2016
Running Time: 94 minutes
Language: English with Vietnamese
subtitle
A former US Federal Agent must abandon
the witness protection program and come out of hiding when his London home is
invaded in error due to a wrong address. When the event ends with multiple
homicides, the news triggers those hunting him to send Europe’s most dangerous
assassin to kill him. Now on the run with his daughter’s life in jeopardy, a
determined father must get her to safety before the people he’s been hiding from
track him down.
A Kind of Murder
Director: Andy Goddard
Cast: Haley Bennett, Jessica Biel,
Vincent Kartheiser
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Release Date: 16/12/2016
Running Time: 115 minutes
Language: English with Vietnamese
subtitle
A psychological noir thriller set in
1960’s New York based on Patricia Highsmith’s novel, ‘The Blunderer’. Walter
Stackhouse is rich, successful and unhappily married to the beautiful but
damaged Clara. His desire to be free of her feeds his obsession with Kimmel, a
man suspected of brutally murdering his own wife. But when Clara is found dead
in suspicious circumstances, Walter’s string of lies and his own guilty thoughts
seem enough to condemn him. As his life becomes dangerously entwined with
Kimmel’s, a ruthless cop is increasingly convinced he has found a copycat killer
in Walter and aims to nail both murderers.
One-Man Tag
Director: Lee Doo Hwan
Genre: Horror
Release Date: 23/12/2016
Running Time: 90 minutes
Language: Korean with Vietnamese subtitle
BJ Yagwang (Ryu Deok-Hwan) and PD Park
(Jo Bok-Rae) broadcast a live stream themed around horror on AfreecaTV. They
look for more provocative and fearful material for their program. One day, they
receive a video which contains a female high school student disappearing. In the
video, right before she disappears, the female school student was calling a
ghost and playing hide-and-(go-)seek alone. While broadcasting live on AfreecaTV,
BJ Yagwang goes to the abandoned building where the female school student went
missing.
Eloise
Director: Robert Legato
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Stars: Eliza Dushku, Robert Patrick,
Chace Crawford
Release Date: 23/12/2016
Running Time: 89 minutes
Language: English with Vietnamese
subtitle
Set in a defunct insane asylum known as
‘Eloise,’ four friends break into the abandoned institution in hopes of finding
a death certificate, which will grant one of them the rights to a sizable
inheritance. While inside the asylum, the group not only finds that Eloise
houses a horrifying history but also the truth about their own tragic pasts.
Bedeviled
Directors: Abel Vang, Burlee Vang
Cast: Saxon Sharbino, Alexis G. Zall, Bonnie Morgan
Duration: 121 minutes
Release Date: 30/12/2016
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitle
Five friends are terrorized by a supernatural entity after downloading a mysterious app.
Thanh Van