MOVIE MANIA: July 24, 2014

The Fault In Our Stars 

A film adaptation of John Green’s highly popular novel, this romantic comedy-drama will leave you in a bucket of tears (unless you’re on a date and trying really hard to seem a manly man).

Hazel is a 16-year-old cancer patient whose lifelong companion is an oxygen tank. Upon attending a support group after being forced by her mom, she meets and falls in love with Augustus, an amputee.

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Hercules

From tooth fairy to brunette Greek demigod, there doesn’t seem to be a shortage of roles Dwayne Johnson can play.

Watch him in all his muscled glory as he plays Hercules, wielding his sword against giant lions, gazillion-headed water monsters, and elephant-tusked bulls. 

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The Rover

Once again, Robert Pattinson shows that he can be much, much more than an albino vampire leaping across forests and climbing trees.

Set against an economic collapse, this Australian drama opens with a group of good-for-nothing youths stealing a car, which was the prize (and sole) possession of a loner named Eric.

Rey (played by Pattinson), was part of the gang, but his mates abandoned him during the robbery after he suffers an injury. Eric eventually finds him and the two form an unlikely bond.

The film was selected for this year’s Cannes Festival. 

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No Tears For The Dead

A once cold-blooded hit man, Gon, finally learns to feel remorse and think twice about killing once he is sent on his last assignment to kill Mogyeong, the mother of an innocent girl he accidentally killed. In the midst of all his guilt, he develops feelings for her. Can she love the man who murdered her child?

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From Vegas to Macau

It’s a flurry of cards and poker faces in this Hong Kong-Chinese crime comedy film, the fourth in the God of Gamblers series.

With a film featuring characters named “Cool,” an amateur conman, “Ngau Ngau,” who works in the same gang as Cool, and “Magic Hands Ken,” a former gambling legend ‒ what’s to stop you from watching this movie? 

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Kwan Rub Nang Maan Rai

As if we weren’t already tired of the girl-meets-boy-at-party-which-blossoms-into-volatile-relationship storyline – here’s one more.

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