Hong Kong:IIA certified movies

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)

Friday, March 21st, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Johnny Depp | Orlando Bloom | Keira Knightley | Jack Davenport | Bill Nighy | Jonathan Pryce | Lee Arenberg | Mackenzie Crook | Kevin McNally | David Bailie | Stellan Skarsgård | Tom Hollander | Naomie Harris | Martin Klebba | David Schofield
Directors: Gore Verbinski
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Just before their wedding, Elizabeth Swann and Will Turner are arrested by Lord Cutler Beckett for helping the pirate Captain Jack Sparrow, but Cutler proposes a deal to Will: their freedom per Jack’s compass. Meanwhile, Jack is afraid of the sea, because he owes his soul to the evil Davy Jones, the Captain of the Flying Dutchmen. When Will meets Jack, the pirate proposes to exchange his compass by a key owned by Davy Jones. Will goes to the Flying Dutchman without knowing how dangerous and diabolic Davy Jones and his crew are.

Antitrust (2001)

Friday, March 21st, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Ryan Phillippe | Rachael Leigh Cook | Claire Forlani | Tim Robbins | Douglas McFerran | Richard Roundtree | Tygh Runyan | Yee Jee Tso | Nate Dushku | Ned Bellamy | Tyler Labine | Scott Bellis | David Lovgren | Zahf Paroo | Jonathon Young
Directors: Peter Howitt
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This movie is the fictional story of computer programming genius Milo Hoffman after graduating from Stanford and getting out into the competitive world of computer software. In his contemplation of where to begin his career, he is contacted by Gary Winston whose character is loosely based on Bill Gates. Winston is the CEO of a company called NURV, and they are on the brink of completing the global communication’s system, Synapse. They need Hoffman to help them meet their launch date, so after much thought and with the full support of his girlfriend Alice, he accepts the job. Tragedy soon after strikes and Milo becomes suspicious of the company he has been wrapped up in. He learns that trusting anyone could be a mistake, and that nothing is as it seems.

The Notebook (2004)

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Tim Ivey | Gena Rowlands | Starletta DuPois | James Garner | Anthony-Michael Q. Thomas | Ed Grady | Renée Amber | Jennifer Echols | Geoffrey Knight | Kevin Connolly | Ryan Gosling | Heather Wahlquist | Rachel McAdams | Andrew Schaff | Matt Shelly
Directors: Nick Cassavetes
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An old man in a nursing home reads a story to an old woman each day. The story he reads follows two young lovers named Allie Hamilton and Noah Calhoun. They met one evening at a carnival many years ago. Allie’s parents separate Noah and Allie. They disapprove of Noah’s lack of wealth, and move Allie away. After waiting for Noah to write her for several years, Allie meets and becomes engaged to a handsome young soldier named Lon. In a local newspaper, Noah’s picture catches Allie’s eye. He is standing in front of a fully restored, 200 year old home. The article is filled with praise for his accomplishments. Allie’s heart nearly bursts. The last time she saw this house it was a rotted decaying shamble. She stood enfolded in Noah’s arms in the great entryway and listened to his plans to buy and restore this house. Just the way she wanted it. With her love for Noah still alive, the picture pulls at her heart. She has to go back, see if Noah is okay, and tell him about her marriage. They both think the echo deep in their hearts, the one that has lasted all these years, is not shared by the other. The cry they could not stifle. It wasn’t over for me.

Ocean’s Twelve (2004)

Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Matt Damon | Vincent Cassel | Bernie Mac | Brad Pitt | Catherine Zeta-Jones | George Clooney | Ed Kross | Julia Roberts | Don Tiffany | Anne Jacques | David Sontag | Larry Sontag | Andy Garcia | Casey Affleck | Dina Connolly | Scott Caan | Nelson Peltz | Mini Anden
Directors: Steven Soderbergh
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Set three years after “Ocean’s 11,” this sequel shows us Danny Ocean gathering up his complete gang of con artists and thieves from the first film in New York City before they all jet off to Amsterdam, Rome, and Paris to pull off three seperate heists. All the while, the boys must deal with increasing pressure from a very mad Terry Benedict, a dedicated Europol agent with a link to Rusty’s past, and a mysterious French rival known as the “Night Fox.” Will Ocean’s crew reach their full potential and become the greatest thieves the world has ever known, or will they fall victim to Benedict’s revenge? All bets are off.

Hidalgo (2004)

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Viggo Mortensen | Zuleikha Robinson | Omar Sharif | Louise Lombard | Adam Alexi-Malle | Saïd Taghmaoui | Silas Carson | Harsh Nayyar | J.K. Simmons | Adoni Maropis | Victor Talmadge | Peter Mensah | Joshua Wolf Coleman | Franky Mwangi | Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman
Directors: Joe Johnston
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Frank Hopkins was a rider for the Army, who was at the Wounded Knee Massacre, which would haunt him for life and he copes by turning to the bottle. He joins Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, and is billed as the greatest horseman and his horse, Hidalgo is billed as the greatest horse in the world because of the countless races he has won. But an Arab questions that claim because they have not competed in a race like the Oceans of Fire which is very grueling. Hopkins decides to join it. So he travels to the Middle East to enter and has several rivals and there are those who don’t want him to win. And Frank gets to face some of the demons that plague him.

Down to You (2000)

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Freddie Prinze Jr. | Julia Stiles | Selma Blair | Shawn Hatosy | Zak Orth | Ashton Kutcher | Rosario Dawson | Henry Winkler | Lucie Arnaz | Lauren German | Zay Harding | Chloe Hunter | Amanda Barfield | Granger Green | Joseff Stevenson
Directors: Kris Isacsson
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Imogen and Al meet at college in New York City when she’s a frosh and he’s a sophomore. She’s a talented artist; he wants to be a chef, following in his father’s footsteps. They fall in love, she picks a song for them, they make love. But she fears losing her youth, committing too soon, having a child before she’s ready. He’s worried that this may be an illusion, not true love. She sleeps with someone else; he’s hurt; the relationship ruptures. She leaves for San Francisco; he goes into an alcohol-assisted depression. He even drinks her shampoo, hoping to cure his obsession. Can anything help him recover?

The Host (2006)

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: South Korea
Actors: Kang-ho Song | Hie-bong Byeon | Hae-il Park | Ah-sung Ko | Du-na Bae | David Joseph Anselmo | Philip Hersh | Paul Lazar | Clinton Morgan | Dal-su Oh | No-shik Park | Brian Rhee | Scott Wilson | Pil-Sung Yim
Directors: Joon-ho Bong
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The film revolves around Park Hee-bong, a man in his late 60s. Park runs a small snack bar on the banks of the Han River and lives with his two sons, one daughter, and one granddaughter. The Parks seem to lead a quite ordinary and peaceful life, but maybe a bit poorer than the average Seoulite. Hee-bong’s elder son Gang-du is an immature and incompetent man in his 40s, whose wife left home long ago. Nam-il is the youngest son, an unemployed grumbler, and daughter Nam-joo is an archery medalist and member of the national team. One day, an unidentified monster suddenly appears from the depths of the Han River and spreads panic and death, and Gang-du’s daughter Hyun-seo is carried off by the monster and disappears. All the family members are in a great agony because they lost someone very dear to them. But when they find out she is still alive, they resolve to save her.

Meet Joe Black (1998)

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Brad Pitt | Anthony Hopkins | Claire Forlani | Jake Weber | Marcia Gay Harden | Jeffrey Tambor | David S. Howard | Lois Kelly-Miller | Jahnni St. John | Richard Clarke | Marylouise Burke | Diane Kagan | June Squibb | Gene Canfield | Suzanne Hevner
Directors: Martin Brest
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Bill Parrish, media tycoon, loving father and still a human being, is about to celebrate his 65th birthday. One morning, he is contacted by the Inevitable - by hallucination, as he thinks. Later, Death itself enters his home and his life, personified in a man’s body: Joe Black has arrived. His intention was to take Bill with him, but accidentally, Joe’s former host and Bills beautiful daughter Susan have already met. Joe begins to develop certain interest in life on earth as well as in Susan, who has no clue who she’s flirting with.

As Good as It Gets (1997)

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Jack Nicholson | Helen Hunt | Greg Kinnear | Cuba Gooding Jr. | Skeet Ulrich | Shirley Knight | Yeardley Smith | Lupe Ontiveros | Jill the Dog | Timer the Dog | Billy the Dog | Bibi Osterwald | Ross Bleckner | Bernadette Balagtas | Jaffe Cohen
Directors: James L. Brooks
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New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. In addition, Carol, the only waitress who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.

The Bourne Supremacy (2004)

Sunday, December 9th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Matt Damon | Franka Potente | Brian Cox | Julia Stiles | Karl Urban | Gabriel Mann | Joan Allen | Marton Csokas | Tom Gallop | John Bedford Lloyd | Ethan Sandler | Michelle Monaghan | Karel Roden | Tomas Arana | Oksana Akinshina
Directors: Paul Greengrass
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When a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent—who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne (Damon) and Marie (Potente) have been living under assumed names—the pair collapse their lives and head out. Bourne, who promised retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, is forced to once again take up his life as a trained assassin to survive.