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Singapore:PG certified movies
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The biopic depicts the life of Johnny Cash (Joaquin Phoenix), a legendary country and rock-and-roll singer-songwriter. The early years of his life were saddened by his elder brother's tragic death and his father's scornful attitude towards him (his dad considered Cash to be a bad son). The soon-to-be musician served in the United States Air Force in Germany. After his discharge Cash married his sweetheart, Vivian Liberto (Ginnifer Goodwin), who gave birth to four daughters. But their marriage was not without shadows as he neglected his family duties and devoted all his time and energy mainly to playing the guitar and singing along with his two close friends. At the age of 23, he released his first hit "Cry Cry Cry" and soon went on a tour of the USA, along with Jerry Lee Lewis (Waylon Payne), Elvis Presley (Tyler Hilton) and June Carter (Reese Witherspoon). He adored June and her songs since he was a kid. When their paths crossed, he came to realize that June was a woman of his dreams. He had been trying to win her hand for several years. The critical moments in his life were accompanied by his addiction to amphetamine and alcohol. In 1968, Cash and Carter got married and lived together long and happily till death did them part. |
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Sylvia Broome (Nicole Kidman) is an interpreter. She is an expert in the obscure language of Ku, a dialect of the African Matobo, her homeland. Unintentionally she overhears a talk on Ku, where the deadly plot against the country ruler was mentioned. The life of Zuwanie (Earl Cameron), Matobo's controversial ruler, is under the treat, so as Sylvia's life. Realizing she's become a target of the assassins as well, Silvia is desperate to thwart the plot... if only she can survive long enough to get someone to believe her. Secret Service agent Tobin Keller (Sean Penn) is brought in to investigate Broome's story, and it isn't long before he's convinced that she knows more than she's willing to tell. Keller has his doubts. Is Silvia a witness or is she somehow connected to the threat against the African head of state? "The Interpreter" is a cat and mouse game with a few of the involved parties appearing to change sides throughout the process. Sometimes you should pay close attention in order to keep up with the plot (you can miss a key detail being away for a tea watching this film). |
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In New York City, Dahlia (Jennifer Connelly) has just divorced from her husband and is disputing the custody of their daughter Cecilia (Ariel Gade). She has a very restricted budget, so she moves with Cecilia to an old small apartment in an island near Manhattan. She does not pay attention to a stain of water on the ceiling of the bedroom, but once living in the place, she realizes that there is a drip of dark water in the bedroom and she asks the landlord to repair the leakage. Meanwhile, Cecilia finds a red Hello Kitty bag on the terrace, and Dahlia returns it to the administrator. In school, the teacher tells Dahlia that Cecilia has an imaginary friend called Natasha. Along the days, Dahlia has severe migraines and nightmares, while disputing her daughter in the justice and having troubles in the apartment. Dahlia decides to investigate further, and she faces a tragic accident. |
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Nick, a playboy bachelor, gets into intrigue with an attractive divorcee, Suzanne. She has two kids - seven-year-old Kevin and eleven-year-old Lindsey. When Suzanne's work keeps her in Vancouver for the holiday, Nick offers to bring her kids from Portland, Oregon to reunite with their mom. But Kevin and Lindsey never liked mom's admirers... Ice Cube appears as both star and producer for this movie. |
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Arthur Dent is a British everyman. When he finally meets his perfect woman he balks at her request to go some place and she is then stolen away from him by a man claiming to have his own spaceship arrives at the party. Arthur next finds that his home is to be demolished for a bypass. He thinks it is only his house, but later realizes, with the help of Ford Prefect, that his galactic home, Earth, is going to be destroyed as well. Ford and Arthur then catch a ride on a spaceship and are Arthur finds himself on the adventure of a lifetime. He also finds the woman stolen away from him and the man who pilfered her. If Earth can be restored will Arthur want to ease back into his boring life? |
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Hours after a ruinous product debut, suicidal industrial designer Drew Baylor (Orlando Bloom) learns of his father's sudden death. As the only son, Drew must travel to their small hometown of Elizabethtown, Kentucky to attend to his father's memorial. On the flight to Kentucky, Drew meets Claire (Kristen Dunst), a quick-witted flight attendant, who helps him navigate the rough waters ahead and proves that amazing things happen when you least expect them. |
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Helena, a 15-year-old girl in a family of circus entertainers, often wishes she could run off and join real life. After a fight with her parents about her future plans, her mother falls quite ill and Helena is convinced that it is all her fault. On the eve of her mother's major surgery, she dreams that she is in a strange world with two opposing queens, bizarre creatures, and masked inhabitants. All is not well in this new world - the white queen has fallen ill and can only be restored by the MirrorMask, and it's up to Helena to find it. But as her adventures continue, she begins to wonder whether she's in a dream, or something far more sinister. |
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Emma Thompson portrays a governess who uses magic to alter the behavior of a gaggle of previously irredeemable kids. She enters the household of the recently widowed Mr. Brown (Colin Firth) and attempts to tame his seven exceedingly ill-behaved children. She almost does, but there is a menace looming over the family – aunt Adelaide (Angela Lansbury) is going to take away one of the kids. |
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Late at night Victor returns to his home going to marry his fiancee Victoria. He has a trouble remembering the upcoming marriage' vows and trying to have a practice at a forest glade. He puts the ring on the twig which turns out to be a finger of the Corpse Bride, a girl, killed by her groom some time ago. Her name is Emily, from this very time she insists on being Victor's legal wife despite the fact he already has the bride. Victor soon finds himself surrounded by the Land of the Dead, the place which is quite easy to bear if only you got used to see skeletons, eyeballs and the lost heads far and wide. Characters of this animated story bear strong resemblance to personas of Tim Burton's "Nightmare before Christmas" at some points. Animated Victor van Dort is voiced by inimitable Johnny Depp and his dead wife wannabe speaks with the voice of Helena Bonham Carter. |
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At his fourth summer at the Hogwarts Harry has grown into a strapping teen, his legendary scar aches more and more. Everybody in the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry gets ready for the soon to be held Triwizard Tournament. The Goblet of Fire judges who will participate in the Tournament and who will not, three competitors should be selected. Suddenly the Goblet points at the fourth contestant – Harry Potter. Four magicians should stand three trials: the battle with the dragon, rescue a friend from the lake depths, and, finally, find the Goblet of fire hidden inside the labyrinth to win it. Meanwhile, Voldemort’s followers are preparing the reappear of the dark lord. |
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Danny is an underground fighter having no education and treated by his owner like a dog. The only one thing he knows is how to fight in an illegal fight-clubs to earn money for his wicked boss. Accidentally his master gets into the car crash and Danny breaks loose. His path crosses with an old piano tuner who had lost his sight; he turns out to be the only human who treats Danny not like an animal. His kindness and his music teach Danny to be human, meanwhile the sinister boss is in search for his former slave. |
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"Sahara" stars Matthew McConaughey as adventurer Dirk Pitt, who must try to prevent a deadly microbe from causing an epidemic in the oceans after he discovered that thousands of people in Africa are being driven mad by something polluting the water. Along the way Matthew make the acquaintance of Dr. Eva Rojas (Penélope Cruz), a scientist and physician who is trying to determine the source of a strange and deadly disease sweeping the nation. Based on the one of Clive Cusslers' best-selling novels. |
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Steve Barker (Johnny Knoxville), an office drone, must raise a large sum of money to pay for his gardener’s surgery, while his hapless uncle Gary (Brian Cox) owes $40,000 in gambling debts. Desperate to find the cash, they come up with a nefarious yet effective scheme. Steve and Gary decide to rig the Special Olympics Championship by having the former posing as a mentally challenged athlete so that the latter can bet on him to defeat the six-time medalist Jimmy Washington (Leonard Flowers). Thus they hope to earn enough money to solve both of their financial problems.
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When Tim was eight, some unknown entity has sucked his dad away into the closet. For a constant time, he was obsessed by the nightmares and the phobia of dark corners. If the terrifying "It" has been able to take his father and dozens of other people, it can take Tim himself as well. Life has returned back to normal, Tim is a twenty-something guy having a good job and a nice girl. Everything seems to be alright, but suddenly his mother dies and he is to return to the house of his nightmares, the house his father disappeared. Run-down Victorian gothic building seems to draw all mysterious and terrific. Once again Tim is being experienced how difficult is to fight with something you don't know is real or imagined. |
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One of the greatest Hollywood adventure stories gets the Peter Jackson's newest interpretation in this high-budget block-buster. A group of documentary filmmakers headed by Carl Denham (Jack Black) explores mysterious relict jungle somewhere upon the lost island near Sumatra in 1930s to examine how truthful the legends of the great ape Kong are. Soon they found themselves in this forest surrounded by dangerous and huge prehistoric fauna which was hidden there for millions of years. Explorers had found that King Kong is really exists in form of the 25 feet tall gorilla which can outfight any creature on Earth, even the dinosaurs inhabiting the mysterious Skull Island. Meanwhile, an actress Ann Darrow (Naomi Watts) strikes up a romance with Jack Driscoll (Adrian Brody), a respected playwright hired by Denham to write the script for his latest epic. Adventurers manage creature capture, and bringing him to New York City for display, where Kong escapes and runs amok, finally climbing the Empire State Building. Andy Sirkis (Gollum in the Lord of The Rings) was brought in to provide the body movements and mimic for King Kong digital animation. |
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The "Star Wars" saga concludes with this chapter, written and directed by series' creator George Lucas. After three long years of relentless fighting, the Clone Wars are nearly at an end. The noble Jedi Knights have been leading a massive clone army into a galaxy-wide battle against the Separatists. When the sinister Sith unveil a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy, the Republic crumbles and from its ashes rises the evil Galactic Empire. Anakin and his secret wife, Padme Amidala, have been separated for months, and he finally reunites with her to learn that she is pregnant. He is plagued by visions of her dying in childbirth, haunting images of a possible future. His fear to loose her leads Anakin down a dark side of the Force to become the Emperor's new apprentice – Darth Vader. The Jedi are ruined, as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jedi Master Yoda are forced into hiding. Great political intrigue, tremendous drama and superb visuals are intertwined in the ending part of the Lucas's saga. |
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This movie presents Jennifer Garner as Elektra, a deadly and gracious female ninja. She is forced to make a responsible decision when she is sent to kill Mark Miller and his 13-year old daughter Abby. She rejects her mission and begins to fight against the hand, a powerful ninja syndicate whose members practice the dark martial art of ninjiutsu. Her fantastic abilities help her to struggle: she has a gift to see the future and her fighting skills also is not a trifle! |
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Venetian Giacomo Casanova (Heath Ledger) was a man of many parts: a famous traveler, talented writer, smart spy, good amateur doctor and even inventor of the lottery, just to name a few. However, his image as the world's greatest seducer lingers in the minds of people of different generations. Casanova was notorious for his promiscuity with women. Thousands of lovely ladies all over Europe – from servants to aristocrats – gave their argent love to the gallant, charismatic adventurer but none of them could win his heart. But one day Giacomo met smart and alluring Francesca Bruni (Sienna Miller), the only woman able to resist his amorous charms. Intrigued by the haughty beauty, Casanova decided to win her over by hook or crook before he knew that his own heart had been stolen forever.
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When Kyle Williams (Matthew Le Nevez) takes up a position as sheriff in the sleepy town of Bywater, he hopes of having a quiet life. Contrary to all expectations Kyle has to roll up his sleeves and get down to work. A string of mysterious murders makes him believe that there is a weird force in the nearby swamps which has been claiming the lives of people. A tribe of Seminole Indians warns Kyle about a sinister ancient spirit which has been reawakened in their sacred place but the local oil tycoon, Frederic Schist (Jack Thompson), anxious to lay hands on the vast swampland, doesn’t believe in myths and legends. Nevertheless, eerie groans and screams are heard from the swamps by night. The sheriff makes up a decision to set out on a mission to discover the truth. There, in the very heart of the baleful deep swamp, he will have to face the Man-Thing (Conan Stevens), a monster that grows more ferocious as your fear grows.
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The evil wizard Damodar (Bruce Payne) is bent on world domination. Having turned into a black whirlwind, Damodar steals a mysterious black orb, the power source, and assembles a huge army of giant dragons, flying harpies and other gruesome creatures in order to ruin the kingdom of Ismir. Berek (Mark Dymond), once a captain of the king's guard and a valorous warrior, and his wife Melora (Clemency Burton-Hill), a sorceress, join four intrepid heroes, Lux (Ellie Chidzey), Nim (Tim Stern), Dorian (Steven Elder), and Ormaline (Lucy Gaskell), to cross the path of the forces of evil. Together, they must bereave Damodar of the orb to thwart his sinister plans and eliminate the threat of the sleeping black dragon reawakening. |
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