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Seasonal Films

2005/12/01

King Kong

While filming at the mysterious Skull Island (near Sumatra), a group of filmmakers discovers a giant gorilla named Kong, living in a massive jungle where creatures from prehistoric times have been protected and hidden for millions of years. As they search for the great ape, their quest puts them up against both Kong and his dinosaur enemies. Ultimately, it is the attention of a beautiful human woman (Naomi Watts) that soothes Kong long enough for him to be subdued and shipped back to New York, where his bleak future involves being put on display in front of humans...but how long can even the mightiest shackles of man hold back an ape 25 feet tall?

Genres: Action/Adventure, Romance and Thriller 

Release Date: December 14, 2005 (wide) 

MPAA Rating: Not Rated 

Starring: Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody, Jack Black, Andy Serkis, Jamie Bell 

Directed by: Peter Jackson 

 

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles

Set in the 1920s, Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles has told the story of a Japanese man (Takakura Ken) who accompanies his dying son to learn a local opera in China's Yunnan. There, they meet a local girl. The girl is played by Jiang Wen, a graduate student of the Beijing Film Academy.

Release Date: December 22, 2005

Rated: PG

Starring: Ken Takakura, Kiichi Nakai, Jiang Wen

Director: Zhang Yimou

Running Time: 108 minutes

 

The Promise

The story mainly surrounds the most beautiful Queen (Qingcheng–Cecilia Cheung). The Slave, The General, the Ghost and "No happiness" Wuhuan will have entanglements both emotionally as they tie their destinies to the Queen's.

Someone destroys a whole castle for a woman; someone sacrifices himself because of a promise; someone changes his whole life because of a memory. They all have their own unique skills and each has their own weakness. They keep on fighting killing and searching because of love, because of freedom. But finally they can't escape their strange circle of fate.

Genres: Romance 

Release Date: December 15, 2005 

MPAA Rating: Not Rated 

Distributor: The Weinstein Company



 
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