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This week’s new releases include “The Garden of Evening Mists” starring Abe Hiroshi and Angelica Lee, which earned 9 nominations at the 56th Golden Horse Awards; also, “Motherless Brooklyn” featuring a stellar cast including Edward Norton and Bruce Willis—time to catch a movie after work or on the weekend!
The Garden of Evening Mists
Based on the novel of the same name by renowned Malaysian author Tan Twan Eng, the film tells the story of two sisters trapped in a WWII prisoner-of-war camp in Malaysia. The elder sister, Yunlin (played by Angelica Lee), who escapes alone, is consumed by guilt over the death of her younger sister, Yunhong. Years later, she decides to learn gardening from the enigmatic yet gifted Japanese gardener Nakamura Aritomo (played by Abe Hiroshi) in hopes of building the garden the sisters once dreamed of to honor her sister. Though Aritomo’s Japanese identity often reminds her of past nightmares, she gradually falls for him, setting the stage for a poignant and forbidden love story...
Release Date: 2019-11-29
Duration: 2 hours
Distributor: Alpha Media
Director: Tom Lin
Cast: Abe Hiroshi, Angelica Lee, Sylvia Chang, Julian Sands, David Oakes
Motherless Brooklyn
Lionel Essrog (played by Edward Norton), a lonely private detective with Tourette's syndrome, sets out to solve the murder of his mentor and only friend, Frank Minna (played by Bruce Willis), risking his own life. With only a few meager clues, he dives headfirst into uncovering a massive conspiracy that could determine the fate of New York City’s harmony. Through a series of mysterious events, he journeys from the jazz clubs of Harlem to the marginalized slums of Brooklyn, and finally to the power brokers of New York. Lionel must confront gangsters, corruption, and the city’s most dangerous figures—all to honor his friend and perhaps save the woman who could bring him redemption.
Release Date: 2019-11-29
Duration: 2 hours 24 minutes
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Director: Edward Norton
Cast: Bruce Willis, Willem Dafoe, Leslie Mann, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Alec Baldwin, Edward Norton
Ford v Ferrari
Oscar-winning actor Matt Damon and Golden Globe winner Christian Bale star together in “Ford v Ferrari,” a film based on true events. It follows American car designer Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and fearless British race car driver Ken Miles (Christian Bale) as they take on corporate interference, defy the laws of physics, and confront their personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford. Their efforts culminate in a stunning victory against the racing world’s dominant force, Ferrari, at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans in France.
Release Date: 2019-11-28
Duration: 2 hours 32 minutes
Distributor: Disney
Director: James Mangold
Cast: Christian Bale, Matt Damon, Jon Bernthal, Josh Lucas, Noah Jupe, Tracy Letts
The Team Investigation Files: The Bottle Message
A bottle containing an old piece of paper drifts across long distances before washing ashore on the Jutland Peninsula. Its message is indecipherable until an investigator notices the Danish words “Help me” at the top. Once the plea is sent back to Denmark, the cold case unit takes over—but time and seawater have blurred much of the blood-written text. A investigation unfolds like a word puzzle, drawing two detectives into a chilling case involving a psychotic killer, religious fanaticism, and a sibling abduction—yet the parents never reported the crime. Carl and Assad begin to suspect—is it parental cruelty or something far more sinister?
Release Date: 2019-11-29
Duration: 1 hour 51 minutes
Distributor: Junlong International Company
Director: Hans Petter Moland
Cast: Aksel Hennie, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen
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