LORD OF WAR             action thriller
Dodging bullets and betrayal, a wily arms dealer schemes his way to the top of his profession only to face an enemy he never expected: his conscience.
But it’s not easy to leave behind a life of girls, guns and glamour, when nobody wants you to stop, not even your enemies.

Cast: Nicolas Cage, Monica Belucci .
Writer: Andrew Niccol (THE TRUMAN SHOW)
Director: Andrew Niccol (GATTACA)
Producer: Philippe Rousselet.

MERCHANT OF VENICE             drama
Shakespeare’s story of lovers who make hasty commitments and come to understand that life is not so simple. It is also a story of vengeance and betrayal, of two
enemies who try to exact horrific punishments from each other, but most of all, a story of two communities who simply do not understand one another.
A modern approach to a timelessly relevant epic, which brings to the screen for the first time one of the world’s most iconic courtroom confrontations. Directed and adapted for the screen by Academy Award Nominee Michael Radford (IL POSTINO).

Cast: Al Pacino, Joseph Fiennes, Jeremy Irons
Director: Michael Radford

THE MATADOR         contemporary thriller
An assassin whose only thrills in life have been sex games, bullfights and drinking transforms the lives of an ordinary couple. When their two worlds collide, the professional hit man tries to redeem himself by executing one last job in a thriller that takes us from Denver to Venice, Mexico, Spain and Manila. A story of assassinations, margaritas and certain bars in Manila you wouldn’t want to venture into.
Cast: Pierce   Brosnan
Director: Richard Shepard (OXYGEN)
Writer: Richard Shepard

COMING OUT         musical comedy
An entertainer returns to his hometown to drum a motley rugby team into shape with his stage skills. For the beer swilling players it’s bad enough that their new coach is a
dancer, but why does he also have to be gay?
Coming back home’s nothing to sing about, especially when it means coming out!
Principal photography begins September 2004.
Cast: Catherine Zeta Jones, Alan Cummings
Writer: Steve Allison & Kevin Allen
Director: Joel Zwick (MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING)

NEW POLICE STORY             action thriller
The police force’s resident supercop and a rebellious rookie reluctantly team up to tackle the infamous Gang of Five.
In the tradition of Lethal Weapon, action superstar Jackie Chan takes on HK’s most notorious cop killers.
Cast: Jackie Chan, Nicholas Tse, Daniel Wu, Charlene Choi,
Director: Benny Chan (WHO AM I?)

BAILEY’S BILLIONS            family/comedy
Bailey’s no ordinary pooch. He’s just been left a fortune by his
billionaire owner and he can talk, at least to his best friend, an
animal behaviour expert.
But with outraged relatives determined to get their paws on
his loot by hook or crook, it isn’t all biscuits and gravy being a
one in a billion dog.
Cast: Dean Cain, Laurie Holden, Tim Curry, Jennifer Tilly and features
.Jon Lovitz as the voice of Bailey.
Director: David Devine, (BEETHOVEN LIVES UPSTAIRS, THE INVENTORS’ SPECIALS)

A DIFFERENT LOYALTY             spy thriller
A spirited woman turns her world upside down to be with the
man she loves. But when she discovers he’s a Russian spy,
her love will be put to tests no-one should have to face.
Based on the amazing true story of the woman who fell in
love with England’s most infamous double agent, Kim Philby.

Cast: Sharon Stone, Rupert Everett
Director: Marek Kanievska (WHERE THE MONEY IS)
US Theatrical Release through LIONS GATE 2004

HEAD IN THE CLOUDS             romance
When 18 year old Guy Malyon takes up a scholarship at
Cambridge University his world is forever changed. A
passionate affair with stunning, aristocratic but hedonistic
fellow student Gilda Besse takes him across Europe from the
killing fields of Spain’s Civil War to occupied France… before
a dangerous secret threatens to tear them apart.

Cast: Academy Award Nominee Charlize Theron, Penelope Cruz, Stuart Townsend,
Director: John Duigan (SIRENS, FLIRTING, THE YEAR MY VOICE BROKE)
US theatrical release 2004 through Sony Classics

LOVE’S BROTHER        romantic comedy
In despair of ever finding love, shy introverted Angelo uses a
photo of his handsome brother to convince a beautiful Italian
girl across the sea to marry him. Gino’s delighted for Angelo
but when he lays eyes on his brother’s betrothed, it’s love at
first sight.
Touching and funny, sentimental and heart-warming, this is a magical, sweetly
nostalgic journey about roots, family, sacrifice and the power of true love.

Cast: Giovanni Ribisi (THE GIFT), Adam Garcia (COYOTE UGLY),
Amelia Warner (QUILLS)
Director: Academy Award Nominee Jan Sardi (SHINE)

FIVE MOONS SQUARE            political thriller
The arrival of a mysterious parcel plunges a guileless magistrate into a perilous web of political intrigue. As skeletons are goaded from closets and ghosts disinterred, a
veil of deceit is uncovered exposing a deadly fraud in which the most unlikely become a threat.
In this slick, urbane thriller, when sleeping dogs are stirred, they bite.
Filmed on location in Rome, Milan and Paris
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Giancarlo Giannini, Stefania Rocca, Academy Award Winner F. Murray Abraham.
Director: Renzo Martinelli (VALDJON)

DARCLIGHT LINEUP

PERFECT CREATURE            horror/sci-fi
In a world where humans and vampires co-exist separately but equally°±, a human cop and vampire cop team up to stop a rogue vampire intent on starting a war between the two races.
An innovative, stylish, genre blending re-telling of the vampire myth set in an alternate reality.

Cast: Dougray Scott, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Saffron Burrows
Writer/Director: Glenn Standring (IRREFUTABLE TRUTH ABOUT DEMONS)

ENTER THE PHOENIX             comedy action
A veteran Chinese gangster sends his henchmen on a mission to toughen up his gay son…but they get stuck with the wrong youngster, leading to a hilarious comedy of errors!
Cast: Eason Chan, Daniel Wu, Stephen Fung and Jackie Chan.
Director: Stephen Fung

SILVERHAWK         futuristic action thriller
Armed with ancient Shaolin monastery fighting techniques and high tech hardware, a beautiful masked millionaire crimefighter battles an evil entrepreneur intent on enslaving the world. A rollicking, high-octane comic book style, action
adventure romp.

Cast: Michelle Yeoh (CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON, TOMORROW NEVER DIES)
Director: Jingle Ma (RUMBLE IN THE BRONX)

THE LAST SIGN             supernatural thriller
Tormented by the ghost of her abusive husband, a widow must face the very thing she’s trying to forget if she is to find peace and put the ghost to rest.
If GHOST showed us that love continues after death,
THE LAST SIGN shows us that so does hate. Sometimes the only way overcome your demons is to forgive them.

Cast: Andie McDowell, Tim Roth
Director: Douglas Law

DECK DOGZ                 action adventure
With cops, school and parents hot on their tail, three suburban
skate punks hit the road to compete in a prestigious
competition and pursue their dream of going pro.
A deck grinding, wickedly funny coming of age about
friendship and growing up.

Writer/Director: Steve Pasvolsky (Academy Award Nominee INJA)

FAT PIZZA                 teen comedy
Hot cars and hot chicks may be on their minds, but a psychotic boss, drug crazed co-workers and unscrupulous fast food chain rivals make twenty-four hours in these pizza delivery boy’s lives a day in the hot seat.
This gross-out, politically incorrect comedy shows how pizza delivery guys handle fast cars, fast chicks and fast food.
Cast: Paul Fenech
Writer/Director: Paul Fenech

HEROIC DUO             police thriller
A theft by an unlikely suspect at the opening of International
Diamond Expo sees the most elite member of the Hong Kong Police Force teamed up with an ex-police hypnotherapist, but are they the heroic duo, or has one fallen into the other’s trap?

Cast: Ekin Cheng, Leon Lai
Director: Benny Chan (GEN-X COPS)

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