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The Butler from the White House

The Butler

Magical Adventure King: The Lost Golden Box

Mariah Mundi and the Midas Box

Release Date: 2014-04-18

Runtime: 2 hours 12 minutes

Director: Lee Daniels ("Precious")

Cast: Forest Whitaker ("Last King of Scotland"), Oprah Winfrey ("Precious"), John Cusack ("2012"), Robin Williams ("Good Will Hunting"), Cuba Gooding Jr. ("Jerry Maguire"), Jane Fonda

How a butler to seven U.S. presidents used his ordinary life to achieve the extraordinary

Cecil Gaines (played by Forest Whitaker) served as a White House butler alongside the center of political power for 34 years, spanning seven presidential administrations. During this time, he witnessed the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal, the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and the rise of the civil rights movement. Yet he was just a poor black boy from the cotton fields of Georgia in the 1920s, a nobody at the bottom of a racially segregated and oppressive society. While dedicating himself to his duties, his once-happy family began falling apart; his eldest son became deeply involved in protests and had his life threatened, while his younger son went missing in action during the Vietnam War. His wife Gloria (Oprah Winfrey) drowned her sorrows in alcohol. As he juggled home life and personal conscience, Cecil reached an unimaginable crossroads in his life...

How did he maintain his resolve and carve out a meaningful life amid the tides of history? When faced with conflicting values between his family and himself, how did he overcome this ultimate test that transcended nation and race? Based on a true story, this film was the No. 1 box office hit in the U.S. for three consecutive weeks, and was emotionally endorsed by President Barack Obama.

Release Date: 2014-04-18

Runtime: Not provided

Director: Jonathan Newman

Cast: Michael Sheen ("Twilight"), Lena Headey ("300"), Sam Neill ("Jurassic Park"), Ian McKellen ("Fantastic Four")

Legend has it that a golden box holds mystical powers. Having been lost for ages, only a single map can lead people to it. The magic of the golden box is so powerful that whoever possesses it can rule the world...

After his parents mysteriously disappear, Malia Mundi and his younger brother Felix are left to fend for themselves. The devious and ambitious Otto Luger (played by Sam Neill) kidnaps Felix to find the whereabouts of the golden box. Desperate, Malia meets Captain Will Chase (Michael Sheen), who reveals that Malia’s parents worked for a secret government agency—the Bureau of Antiquities—and were killed trying to stop Luger from seizing the golden box. To thwart Luger’s plan, Chase arranges for Malia to go undercover as a lobby boy at Luger’s luxurious Regent Hotel. Though the hotel appears glamorous, it hides many secrets and dangers. Malia must find the golden box within a limited time to have any chance of rescuing his brother...

Ghost Stories 2

3AM part 2

 Deadly Gamble

Cheap Thrills 

Release Date: 2014-04-18

Runtime: 1 hour 40 minutes

Directors: "Pee Mak" director Paween Purijitpanya, "Ghost Stories – Yin Yang Coffin" director Kartikit Nanthakij, "Ghost Stories – Last Check-In" director Parkpoom Wongpoom

Cast: Sa-Wat from “Love of Siam,” Tina from “Hormones,” Sinjai Plengpanich from “Bangkok Traffic Love Story,” and Ray MacDonald from “Phobia 2”

3 a.m. is the time when yin energy is at its strongest in a day. Stray dogs begin to howl, and it’s also the hour with the highest probability of death in hospitals.

Explained scientifically, ghosts are a type of magnetic field that can become visible by absorbing energy, and 3 a.m. is precisely when human energy is at its weakest—making it the easiest time for hauntings to occur...

 Release Date: 2014-04-18

Runtime: 1 hour 27 minutes

Director: E.L. Katz

Cast: Pat Healy from “The Innkeepers,” Ethan Embry from “Eagle Eye,” Sara Paxton from “Shark Night 3D,” and David Koechner from “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy”

Craig is broke, unemployed, and having the worst luck imaginable. Desperate to provide for his wife and child, he’s willing to do anything. On the unluckiest night of his life, he runs into his equally down-on-his-luck friend Vince at a bar. The two are provoked by a mysterious upscale couple who offer money to challenge them to a series of “would you dare” games. The stakes are soon moved to a mansion where the twisted couple raises the bets higher and higher like playing Russian roulette: defecating, chopping off fingers, sleeping with another man’s wife, eating dog meat raw... One bet more outrageous than the next. What begins as a cozy “friends reunion” quickly turns into a terrifying “survival game.” In the end, who will dare to risk it all?

What starts off looking like a realistic family melodrama suddenly seems on the verge of turning into the dark comedy style of “The Hangover,” only to morph into a brutal, horrifying, and bloody thriller reminiscent of early works by Quentin Tarantino or Peter Jackson. As the feature-length directorial debut of E.L. Katz, “Cheap Thrills” showcases his talent for genre filmmaking. Despite featuring just four characters and simple settings throughout, the rollercoaster-like plot not only reveals the dark and twisted sides of human nature but also challenges the audience’s sensory limits with wild creativity. The film pushes boundaries, so viewer bravery is a must.

Almodóvar Retrospective (Part 2): Women Are Not Guilty

Pedro Almodóvar Collections

Silver Spoon

Silver Spoon

Release Date: 2014-04-18

Runtime: Not provided

Director: Pedro 'Almodóvar

Cast: Not provided

When it comes to love, it’s often women who throw themselves into it without hesitation...

Colorful visual designs, rapid-fire dialogue, and gorgeous, vibrant women

The swirling desires between men and women, men and men, women and women

In Almodóvar’s films, love and hate are always beyond imagination, happening anytime, anywhere.

The love, lust, and drama in Almodóvar’s movies twist in unexpected ways, often revolving around things most people fear or are too ashamed to confront.

Homosexuality, heterosexuality, transgender identities, sadism and masochism, cross-dressing, sexual assault—yet Almodóvar has a way of turning these so-called taboos into something thrilling. His films embrace these unconventional “abnormalities,” and watching his work feels like gulping down a bold sip of red tomato chili juice—intensely pleasurable and warm.

Naturally sensitive and perceptive, Almodóvar skillfully weaves various symbols and metaphors of womanhood into his films. No matter how bizarre the topic, he makes it both accessible and emotionally resonant. He captures the essence of characters swiftly through costumes, appearances, and dialogue, portraying the most vivid personas—whether they are women by biology or by identity. They are Almodóvar’s favorite, most vividly flamboyant blooms.

Four of Almodóvar’s films about women delve deep into female repression, denial, abandonment, and the many twists and turns of love.

Release Date: 2014-04-18

Runtime: 1 hour 51 minutes

Director: Keisuke Yoshida from “Miss Zellweger”

Cast: Kento Nakajima, Alice Hirose from “Rewrite,” Tomohiro Ichikawa from “Suzuri Girl: Shiofuki Gakuen,” Kaito Oki from “Otaku no Seiza,” Ryûhei Ueshima from “The Harimaya Bridge,” Fumiko Ueda from “The Wife of a Yôkai,” Mitsuru Fukikoshi from “Lesson of the Evil,” Sho Aikawa from “Helter Skelter,” Minoru Torihada from “Thermae Romae,” and Shido Nakamura from “Red Cliff”

A fun-filled, sweat-, tear-, and dirt-covered coming-of-age dairy farming story with a powerful message.

Kensuke Hachiken (played by Kento Nakajima), a frail young man with no farming background and no dreams for the future, had been suffocated by intense academic competition and high parental expectations during middle school. This drove him to withdraw from his family. Using “not needing to go home” as an excuse, he chose to enroll in the dormitory-based Ezono Agricultural High School through an entrance exam.

But when he leaves the noisy urban jungle and arrives at this countryside school enveloped in rural charm, everything—from the people to the surroundings—is a delightful surprise. Especially since the students here are all from farming families with clear goals for their lives, Kensuke, who has no idea what he wants to do in the future, begins to explore his own dreams, friendships, and even budding emotions through the daily hard work of dairy farming. And thus begins his laughter- and tears-filled high school life, now in full swing...