Sunday, August 20, 2006

The Mask Of Zorro (VCD)

Price: S$6
Plot Synopsis: Twenty years have passed since Don Diego De La Vega fought Spanish oppression as the legendary hero Zorro. He now must find a successor to stop Raphael Montero, the powerful Spanish governor of Alta California who robbed Don Diego of everything he loved and left him to rot in prison. Old Zorro chooses Alejandro Murieta, a bandit with a troubled past, and transforms him into a new elegant hero.
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones
Language: English
Ratings: PG
Genre: Action

The Princess Diaries (VCD)

Price: S$12
Plot Synopsis: Starring Academy Award® winner Julie Andrews (1964 Best Actress, MARY POPPINS), the enchanting Anne Hathaway, and Hector Elizondo (PRETTY WOMAN), THE PRINCESS DIARIES is a cool, comical Cinderella story that will touch your heart. For teenager Mia Thermopolis (Hathaway), just surviving each school day is an adventure. Then the shocking news arrives that she's a real-life princess! So begins a comical transformation towards poise and princess-ness, including a media storm, jealous schoolmates, and a plot to take over her country.
Cast: Julie Andrews, Anne Hathaway, Mandy Moore, Sandra Oh
Language: English
Ratings: PG
Genre: Family Entertainment

The Faculty (DVD)

Price: S$12
Plot Synopsis: When some very creepy things start happening around school, the kids at Herrington High make a chilling discovery that confirms their worst suspicions: their teachers really are from another planet! As mind-controlling parasites rapidly begin spreading from the faculty to the students' bodies, it's ultimately up to the few who are left- an unlikely collection of loners, leaders, nerds and jocks - to save the world from alien domination!
Cast: Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall, Laura Harris, Josh Hartnett, Shawn Hatosy
Language: English
Ratings: R
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

EDtv (VCD)

Plot Synopsis: Ed Pekurny (McConaughey) is just a regular guy who feels he as nothing to lose by agreeing to be a star of a new reality-based tv show. Almost overnight, the programme becomes a hit, and suddenly this goofy but engaging video clerk is a national celebrity! Everything's fabulous until Ed falls headover hills for Shari (Elfman), the girlfriend of his brother Roy (Woody Harrelson). Suddenly, their most private moments become public entertainmet - and their ratings go through the roof - as millions of fans tune in to watch a real soap opera filled with comedy and romance.
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Jenna Elfman, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Hurley
Language: English
Ratings: PG
Genre: Comedy

Problem Child (VCD)

Price: S$6
Plot Synopsis: Ben Healy (John Ritter) and his social climbing wife Flo adopt Junior - a fun loving seven year old. But they soon discover he's a little monster as he turns a camping trip, a birthday party and even a baseball game into comic nightmares. But is he really just a little angel trying to get out? Find out in this hilarious satire on modern-day family life.
Cast: John Ritter, Jack Warden, Michael Oliver, Gilbert Gottfried, Amy Yasbeck
Language: English
Ratings: PG
Genre: Action, Comedy

Thunderpants (VCD)

Price: S$6
Plot Synopsis: When He Farts, Anything Can Happen! The family-orientated comedy thunderpants concerns an unfortunate ten-year old kid who suffers from nearly incessant intestinal gas issues. Patrick Smash is shunned by much of his faily and his classmates because of the unpleasant odors that are forever emanating from him. Only his nerdy friend Alan who has no sense of smell, will help Patrick in his goal to become an astronaut.
Cast: Rupert Grint, Bruce Crook, Stephen Fry, Paul Giamatti
Language: English
Ratings: PG
Genre: Comedy

Finding Nemo (DVD, 2-Disc Collector's Edition)

Price: S$12
Plot Synopsis: When Nemo, a young clownfish, is unexpectedly carried far from home, his overprotective father, Marlin, and Dory, a friendly but forgetful blue tang fish embark on an epic journey that leads to encounterswith vegetarian sharks, surfer dude turtles, hypnotic jellyfish and hungry seagulls!
Cast: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, Willem Dafoe, Brad Garrett
Language: English
Ratings
: G
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Johnny English (VCD)

Price: S$6
Plot Synopsis: He Know no fear. He knows no danger. He knows nothing. Rowan Atkinson plays Johnny English, the last remaining British spy and Britain's last hope! With assistance of his sidekick Bough (Ben Miller), he must investigate the mysterious theft of the British Crown Jewels. The prime suspects are Pascal Sauvage (John Malkovich), a mysterious French entrepreneur, and the enticing Lorna Campbell (Natalie Imbruglia), Johnny must get the truth without denting the nation's pride... or his Aston Martin!
Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Natalie Imbruglia, Ben Miller, John Malkovich
Language: English
Ratings: PG
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy

In Her Shoes (VCD)

Price: S$6
Plot Synopsis: Flirty, flanky party girl Maggie (Diaz) and plain, dependable lawyer Rose (Collette) are sisters, best friends and bitter rivals who seem to have only two things in common: DNA and size 8 1/2 shoes. Only when their love-hate relationship veers toward the hate end of the spectrum do they accidentally discover they also share a long-lost grandmother (MacLaine) who enriches their lives and helps them make peace with each other-and themselves!
Cast: Cameron Diaz, Anson Mount, Toni Collette, Shirley MacLaine
Language: English
Ratings: PG
Genre: Comedy, Drama

Hitch (VCD)

Price: S$6
Plot Synopsis: Meet Hitch (Will Smith), New York City's greatest matchmaker. Love is his job and he'll get you the girl of your dreams in just three easy dates, guaranteed! And that's exactly what happens when Albert Brennanman (Kevin James) wins the heart of gorgeous society heiress Allegra Cole (Amber Valletta). So when tabloid columnist Sara Melas (Eva Mendes) decides to uncover the secret behind the tubby schlub's success, she's shocked to discover that Alex Hitchens, the charming young man she's been seeing, is the legendary date doctor himself. Exposed in a front-page scoop, it's now up to Alex to try save Albert and Allegra's relationship as well as his own. Which only goes to show that just when you think you've found true love, there's always a HITCH.
Cast: Will Smith, Eva Mendes, Kevin James, Amber Valletta, Julie Ann Emery
Language: English
Ratings: PG
Genre: Comedy, Romance

The Myth (aka San Wa) (VCD)

Price: S$6
Language: Chinese / Hindi / Korean / English / Cantonese with English and Chinese subtitles
Cast: Jackie Chan, Kim Hee Seon, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Mallika Sherawat, Choi Min Soo
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Ratings: NC-16
Description: Archaeologist Jack and scientist William stumble upon an ancient sword and a gravity-defying gemstone on one of their quests, which in turn lead them to the mythical mausoleum of the First Emperor of China. However, Jack is disturbed about his strange dreams of a past life, in which he was a general torn between his loyalty to the Emperor and his love for the Emperor's consort Ok Soo. Is Jack about to be conronted with a truth that has been eluding him?

The Shopaholics (VCD)

Price: S$6
Language: Chinese with Chinese and English subtitles
Cast: Jordan Chan, Cecilia Cheung, Sean Lau Ching Wan, Ella Koon, Paula Tsui Siu Fung
Genre: Romantic comedy
Ratings: PG
Description: Fong is obsessed with shopping to an extent of carrying heavy debt loads, whereas psychiatrist Dr. Choosey Lau cannot even buy himself a lunch box because of his phobia to make choices. While Fong and Lau are going out fine, she comes across a penny-pinching tycoon who occasionally switches to a spendthrift. Meanwhile, Lau also meets his ex-girlfriend who never gets over her breaking up with him. Their relationships develop into a four-way engagement, and even a joint wedding! With help of a psychologist-cum-shopaholic can they resolve such messy relationships in the end? The Shopaholics is no doubt an extremely entertaining title, but it also invites viewers to rethink romance and materialism - after all it's shopping that connects and disconnects people in The Shopaholics.

Oh! Brothers (VCD)

Price: S$6
Language: Korean / Chinese with English subtitles
Cast: Lee Jung Jae, Lee Beom Su, Lee Mun Shik, Ryu Seung Su, Ryu Yong Jin, Lee Won Jong
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Ratings: PG
Description: Oh Sang Woo works at a private detective agency, professionally taking pictures of people involved in illicit affairs, and is unable to get over his money problems. Things become worse when Sang Woo’s father dies, leaving him with all his debts. The debts have been passed to him as his mother died a while ago and his father’s other wife cannot be found anymore. If she could be located, Sang Woo would be clear of the debts. Sang Woo also learned that his father had a son with his second wife. That half brother, named Oh Bong Ku, is now Sang Woo’s only chance to find his step mother. Bong Ku is living in a school for “special kids” as he suffers from a fatal premature ageing disease.

Kung Fu Hustle (VCD)

Price: S$6
Language: Chinese with English subtitles
Cast: Stephen Chow, Feng Xiao Gang, Yuen Wah, Dong Zhi Hua, Chan Kwok Kwan, Lam Chi Chung, Leung Siu Lung, Yuen Qiu, Tin Kai Man, Jia Kang Xi, Fung Hak On, Huang Sheng Yi, Lam Suet, Yuen Cheung Yan, Chiu Chi Ling
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Ratings: PG
Description: It is 1940's China, and gangs rule the city. The most notorious of them all is the axe gang, lead by the insane Brother Sum. A slum called Pig Sty Alley is the only area safe from the Axes because the people there are so poor. Soon, wannabe gangster Sing and his pal Bone attempt to extort money out of a barber and fail, drawing the real Axe Gang to Pig Sty. However, it turns out that there are several kung fu masters living in the slum, and soon the two sides are enemies. As the plot thickens, Sing must decide- should he become a mobster, or save the day?

Spider-Man 2 (VCD)

Price: S$6
Plot Synopsis: In Spider-Man 2, the latest installment in the blockbuster Spider-Man series, Toby Maguire returns as the mild-mannered Peter Parker, who is juggling the delicate balance of his duel life as college student and a superhuman crime fighter. Peter's life becomes even more complicated when he confronts a new nemesis, the brilliant Otto Octavius (Alfred Molina), who has been reincarnated as the maniacal and multi-tentacled "Doc Ock." When Doc Ock kidnaps MJ (Kirsten Dunst), Spider-Man must swing back into action as the adventure reaches new heights of unprecedented excitement.
Cast: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Alfred Molina, Rosemary Harris
Language: English
Ratings: PG
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller