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House Rama : 3 Sep 2009 - Now Showing - New movie!!

2009-09-06T04:56:00.000-07:00

3 Sep 2009 - Now Showing

Young @ Heart

(Soundtrack with Thai Subtitle)

11.45 / 13.45 / 15.45 / 20.00 / 22.00

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Genre: Documentary

Language: English

Subtitle: Thai

Runtime: 107 min

Director: Stephen Walker , Sally George

Over the last 25 years, there has existed a group of senior citizens living in Northampton, Massachusetts, who refuse to let age and ill health get them down. Young@Heart is a documentary based on the lives of the current singing group of 24 senior citizens, brought to the big screen by British filmmaker, Stephen Walker, who saw their performance in London. Young@Heart is not your ordinary singing chorus, because they sing rock, punk, disco, and the average age is 81 with the oldest being 92 year old Eileen Hall. The documentary follows the group over a six-week rigorous rehearsal schedule, plus practicing at home for an upcoming sold-out concert in their home town. The group has many songs in their repertoire, but Bob Cilman, the stern but sympathetic chorus director, has added several songs for the new concert. These are not easy for the group to learn such as "Yes We Can", "Schizophrenia" and "I Got You or (I Feel Good)". After several weeks of practice, the group is on their way to the local jail to give a performance, when they learn that one of their members passed away the night before. It is devastating for them, but they have learned that the show must go on. They all pull together and practice even harder to get ready for their evening performance. That night, their concert is a rousing success, and ends with a standing ovation. Douglas Young (the-movie-guy)

SIAM : Showtime 3 Sep - Now showing

2009-08-31T05:47:00.000-07:00

3 Sep - Now showing

SIAM

PONYO

10.15, 12.15, 14.15, 16.15, 18.30, 20.30

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Japanese name : 崖の上のポニョ

English name : Ponyo On the Cliff by the Sea

Genre: Cartoon Animation Fantasy

Language: Japanese

Runtime: 1 hr. 45 min.

Directer : Hayao Miyazaki

Producer : Toshio Suzuki

Writter : Hayao Miyazaki

The plot is centered on a fish girl who lives in an aquarium in her father's underwater castle with numerous smaller sisters. When her father takes her and her siblings on an outing in his four-flippered submarine, she is driven by a desire to see even more of the world and swims away. She ends up stranded on the shore of a small fishing town, and is rescued by Sōsuke, a five year old boy who lives on a cliff by the sea. After taking a great liking to her, Sōsuke names her Ponyo and promises to protect her forever...

SCALA : Showtime 3 Sep - Now showing

2009-08-31T05:39:00.000-07:00

3 Sep - Now showing

SCALA

CoCo Avant Chanel

10.15, 12.15, 14.15, 16.30, 18.30, 20.30

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CoCo Avant Chanel

Genre: Biography | Drama

Language: France

Subtitle: Thai and French

Runtime: 1 hr. 50 min.

Director: Anne Fontaine

Several years after leaving the orphanage to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar both. She's both a seamstress for the performers and a singer, earning the nickname Coco from the song she sings nightly with her sister. A liaison with Baron Balsan gives her an entree into French society and a chance to develop her gift for designing increasingly popular hats. When she falls in love with English businessman Arthur Capel further opportunities open up, though life becomes ever more complicated.

LIDO : Showtime 3 Sep - Now showing

2009-08-31T05:22:00.000-07:00

3 Sep - Now showing

LIDO 3

DEPARTURES

10.00, 12.30, 15.00, 20.00

PUBLIC ENEMIES

17.30

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DEPARTURES

Genre: Drama

Language: Japan

Subtitle: Thai and English

Runtime: 137 min

Director: Yojiro Takita

Daigo Kobayashi (Masahiro Motoki) is a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved and now finds himself without a job. Daigo decides to move back to his old hometown with his wife to look for work and start over. He answers a classified ad entitled "Departures" thinking it is an advertisement for a travel agency only to discover that the job is actually for a "Nokanshi" or "encoffineer," a funeral professional who prepares deceased bodies for burial and entry into the next life. While his wife and others despise the job, Daigo takes a certain pride in his work and begins to perfect the art of "Nokanshi," acting as a gentle gatekeeper between life and death, between the departed and the family of the departed. The film follows his profound and sometimes comical journey with death as he uncovers the wonder, joy and meaning of life and living.

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PUBLIC ENEMIES

Genre: Crime | Drama | History | Thriller

Language: USA

Runtime: 140 min

Director: Michael Mann

This is the story of the last few years of the notorious bank robber John Dillinger. He loved what he did and could imagine little else that would make him happier. Living openly in 1930s Chicago, he had the run of the city with little fear of reprisals from the authorities. It's there that he meets Billie Frechette with whom he falls deeply in love. In parallel we meet Melvin Purvis, the FBI agent who would eventually track Dillinger down. The FBI was is in its early days and Director J. Edgar Hoover was keen to promote the clean cut image that so dominated the organization through his lifetime. Purvis realizes that if he is going to get Dillinger, he will have to use street tactics and imports appropriate men with police training. Dillinger is eventually betrayed by an acquaintance who tells the authorities just where to find him on a given night.

House Rama : Showtime 3 Sep - Now showing

2009-08-24T22:51:00.000-07:00

3 Sep - Now showing
Ricky
(Soundtrack with Thai and English Subtitle)
12.15 / 14.00 / 15.45 / 20.00 / 21.45
Departures
(Soundtrack with Thai and English Subtitle)
17.30
Bruno
(Soundtrack with Thai Subtitle)
11.45 / 13.30 / 15.10 / 16.45 / 22.30
Citizen Juling พลเมืองจูหลิง
(Soundtrack with English Subtitle)
18.30
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Ricky (France)
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
Language: Franch
Subtitle: Thai and English
Runtime: 90 min
Director: Francois Ozon

When Katie, an ordinary woman, meets Paco, and ordinary man, something magical happens: a love story. From this union an extraordinary child is born: Ricky.

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Citizen Juling พลเมืองจูหลิง(Thailand)
Genre: Documentary
Language: Thai
Subtitle: English
Runtime: 222 min
Director: Kraisak Choonhavan , Ing K. , Manit Sriwanichpoom

Examines the issue of Islamic insurgency in Thailand within the context of the country's unstable democracy. This complex political situation is seen through the viewpoint of Kraisak Choonhavan, Thailand's outspoken human-rights activist. As he ventures into the south, we also see a different side of the Muslim community. Many do not understand how, after generations of living peacefully with the Buddhists, times have suddenly turned so violent. And the response of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's government to those separatist attacks has intensified the mutual mistrust and atrocities on both sides.

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Bruno (USA)
Genre: Comedy
Language: English
Subtitle: Thai
Runtime: 81 min
Director: Larry Charles

Borat trickster Sacha Baron Cohen returns to the big screen to offer yet another stinging dose of sociopolitical satire in this comedy that finds him assuming the persona of gay fashionmonger Bruno, the self-proclaimed "voice of Austrian youth TV." Originally conceived as part of Cohen's cult television series Da Ali G Show, the character of Bruno offered a cleverly costumed Cohen the opportunity to highlight the absurdities of the fashion industry by interviewing unsuspecting fashion icons and other haute couture hangers-on.

Comedy lightning strikes twice for mickey-take meister Sacha Baron Cohen when his gay Austrian fashionista runs amok in America. In this bargain-basement narcissus' never-ending quest for "celebrity", Bruno attempts to seduce a onetime presidential hopeful, adopts a black African baby and provokes a near riot at a caged boxing bout in Texas. Essential exposure of redneck prejudice skips hand in hand with elaborate candid camera-style con tricks. Borat buffs will know exactly what to expect.

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DEPARTURES (Japan)
Genre: Drama
Language: Japan
Subtitle: Thai and English
Runtime: 137 min
Director: Yojiro Takita

Daigo Kobayashi (Masahiro Motoki) is a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved and now finds himself without a job. Daigo decides to move back to his old hometown with his wife to look for work and start over. He answers a classified ad entitled "Departures" thinking it is an advertisement for a travel agency only to discover that the job is actually for a "Nokanshi" or "encoffineer," a funeral professional who prepares deceased bodies for burial and entry into the next life. While his wife and others despise the job, Daigo takes a certain pride in his work and begins to perfect the art of "Nokanshi," acting as a gentle gatekeeper between life and death, between the departed and the family of the departed. The film follows his profound and sometimes comical journey with death as he uncovers the wonder, joy and meaning of life and living.
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