Babylon A.D. (2008)

Hong Kong action icon Michelle Yeoh stars alongside American muscle Vin Diesel in this science fiction thriller concerning a nun who is charged with the task of caring for a young girl who may be the carrier of a deadly virus. Based on author Maurice Dantec's Babylon Babies, this tale of genetic manipulation comes to the screen courtesy of director Mathieu Kassovitz.

Overview

Director : Mathieu Kassovitz

Writers : Eric Besnard (writer), Maurice G. Dantec (novel)

Release Date : 3 September 2008 (Indonesia)

Genre : Action / Adventure Sci-Fi / Thriller

The House Bunny (2008)

Shelley Darlington (Anna Faris) is a Playboy Bunny who teaches an awkward sorority about the opposite sex -- only to learn that what boys really like is what's on the inside.

Shelley is living a carefree life until a rival gets her tossed out of the Playboy Mansion. With nowhere to go, fate delivers her to the sorority girls from Zeta Alpha Zeta. Unless they can sign a new pledge class, the seven socially clueless women will lose their house to the scheming girls of Phi Iota Mu. In order to accomplish their goal, they need Shelley to teach them the ways of makeup and men; at the same time, Shelley needs some of what the Zetas have -- a sense of individuality. The combination leads all the girls to learn how to stop pretending and start being themselves.

Overview

Director: Fred Wolf

Writers (WGA) : Karen McCullah Lutz (written by) & Kirsten Smith (written by)

Release Date : 22 August 2008 (USA)

Genre : Comedy

Star Wars : The Clone (2008)

George Lucas continues his most popular franchise's legacy with Star Wars: The Clone Wars, a computer-animated 3-D film that takes place between Star Wars: Episode II and III. The first-ever animated feature from Lucasfilm Animation, this action-packed space adventure follows the heroic Jedi Knights as they attempt to maintain order and restore peace during a time of monumental galactic strife. The Clone Wars have engulfed the galaxy in chaos, and as the dreaded droid army of the Separatists wipes out everything in its path, the future of the Galactic Republic becomes increasingly uncertain. Meanwhile, Anakin Skywalker and his Padawan learner Ahsoka Tano embark on a pivotal mission that pits them directly against the dreaded Jabba the Hutt and his criminal minions while Count Dooku enlists the aid of Asajj Ventress and the rest of his sinister agents in ensuring that the young Jedi fails in his noble mission. Back on the front lines of the Clone Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Master Yoda attempt to fend off the forces of the dark side with the assistance of a massive clone army.

Overview

Director : Dave Filoni

Writers : Henry Gilroy (screenplay), George Lucas (characters and universe)

Release Date : 15 August 2008 (USA)

Genre : Animation / Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi

Tropic Thunder (2008)

Pampered action superstar Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller) is cast in the biggest, most expensive war movie ever produced. He sets out to Southeast Asia with a "Who's Who" of celebrity co-stars. They include Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.), an intense, three-time Oscar®-winning actor; Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black), star of the popular gross-out comedy franchise "The Fatties"; multi-platinum hip-hop-star-turned-entrepreneur-turned-actor Alpa Chino (Brandon T. Jackson); and first-timer Kevin Sandusky (Jay Baruchel).

Soon after the production begins the actors are thrown into a real-life situation and are forced to become the fighting unit they're portraying, in order to find a way out of the jungle in one piece.

Overview

Director : Ben Stiller

Writers (WGA) : Ben Stiller (screenplay) & Justin Theroux (screenplay)

Release Date : 13 August 2008 (USA)

Genre : Action / Comedy

Tagline:

The movie they think they're making... isn't a movie anymore.

Pineapple Express (2008)

Next summer, the guys who brought you Superbad reunite for the action-comedy Pineapple Express. Lazy stoner Dale Denton (Seth Rogen) has only one reason to visit his equally lazy dealer Saul Silver (James Franco): to purchase weed, specifically, a rare new strain called Pineapple Express. But when Dale becomes the only witness to a murder by a crooked cop (Rosie Perez) and the city's most dangerous drug lord (Gary Cole), he panics and dumps his roach of Pineapple Express at the scene. Dale now has another reason to visit Saul: to find out if the weed is so rare that it can be traced back to him. And it is. As Dale and Saul run for their lives, they quickly discover that they’re not suffering from weed-fueled paranoia; incredibly, the bad guys really are hot on their trail and trying to figure out the fastest way to kill them both. All aboard the Pineapple Express.

Overview

Director : David Gordon Green

Writers (WGA) : Seth Rogen (screenplay) & Evan Goldberg (screenplay)

Release Date : 6 August 2008 (USA)

Genre : Comedy / Crime / Thriller

Tagline:

Put this in your pipe and smoke it.

The Children Of HuangShi (2008)

As China is ravaged by war in the late '30s, a young English journalist named George Hogg (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) leads 60 orphans over the Liu Pan Shan mountains and into the safety of the Mongolian desert. Joining the journalist and the children on their arduous journey are an American nurse (Radha Mitchell) and the fearless leader of a Chinese partisan group (Chow Yun-Fat). The journey won't be easy, but as they boldly forge forward through snow-covered mountains and unforgiving desert, they learn the true meaning of responsibility, courage, and love. Jane Hawksley pens a drama based on actual events and directed by renowned filmmaker Roger Spottiswoode.

Overview

Director : Roger Spottiswoode

Writers : Jane Hawksley (writer), James MacManus (writer)

Release Date : 2 July 2008 (Indonesia)

Genre : Drama / War

The X Files : I Want To Believe (2008)

"The X-Files: I Want to Believe" takes the always-complicated relationship between Fox Mulder and Dana Scully in unexpected directions. Mulder continues his unshakable quest for the truth, and Scully, the passionate, ferociously intelligent physician, remains inextricably tied to Mulder's pursuits.

Overview

Director : Chris Carter

Writers (WGA) : Frank Spotnitz (written by) and Chris Carter (written by)

Release Date : 25 July 2008 (Indonesia)

Genre : Mystery / Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Believe Again.

The Mummy : Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor (2008)

The blockbuster global Mummy franchise takes a spellbinding turn as the action shifts to Asia for the next chapter in the adventure series, 'The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.' Brendan Fraser returns as explorer Rick O'Connell to combat the resurrected Han Emperor (Jet Li) in an epic that races from the catacombs of ancient China high into the frigid Himalayas. Rick is joined in this all-new adventure by son Alex (newcomer Luke Ford), wife Evelyn (Maria Bello) and her brother, Jonathan (John Hannah). And this time, the O'Connells must stop a mummy awoken from a 2,000-year-old curse who threatens to plunge the world into his merciless, unending service.

Doomed by a double-crossing sorceress (Michelle Yeoh) to spend eternity in suspended animation, China's ruthless Dragon Emperor and his 10,000 warriors have laid forgotten for eons, entombed in clay as a vast, silent terra cotta army. But when dashing adventurer Alex O'Connell is tricked into awakening the ruler from eternal slumber, the reckless young archaeologist must seek the help of the only people who know more than he does about taking down the undead: his parents.

As the monarch roars back to life, our heroes find his quest for world domination has only intensified over the millennia. Striding the Far East with unimaginable supernatural powers, the Emperor Mummy will rouse his legion as an unstoppable, otherworldly force...unless the O'Connells can stop him first. Now, in 'The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor,' the trademark thrills and visually spectacular action of the Mummy series will be redefined for a new generation.

'The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor' is helmed by director Rob Cohen ('The Fast and the Furious,' 'xXx') and written by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar ('Spider-Man 2,' television's Smallville). Reprising their roles as producers in the series are Bob Ducsay, Sean Daniel, Stephen Sommers and James Jacks.

Overview

Director : Rob Cohen

Writers (WGA) : Alfred Gough (written by) & Miles Millar (written by)

Release Date : 6 August 2008 (Indonesia)

Genre : Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Thriller

Tagline:

A New Evil Awakens.