VietNamNet Bridge - "Into the Woods", "Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere " and "Taken 3" are just a few of the great films lined up for January.

1. Paddington

Release date: 9/1

Genre: Comedy, Family

Cast: Nicole Kidman, Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters, Ben Whishaw

Director: Paul King

Language: English with Vietnamese Subtitles  

A baby bear from Peru with passion for everything in England decides to find his house in London. Lost at Paddington station, the bear is frustrated with himself until he meets the Brown family. The bear then becomes known as Paddington and begins to see more deeply about life in the city through the continuous disturbances that occur.

2. Tell

Release date: 9/1

Director: J.M.R. Luna

Stars: Milo Ventimiglia, Katee Sackhoff, Jason Lee

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Running time: 89 minutes

Language: English with Vietnamese subtitle

Ethan Tell is a small time crook who makes a big-time score when he steals 1 million dollars. Ironically, his life radically changes for the worse when he discovers that stealing the money was the easy part and now he must keep his partner, his wife, his parole officer, and two corrupt detectives from stealing it from him.

3. Rock Angels

Release date: 9/1

Duration: 118 minutes

Director: Puttipong Pormsaka Na-Sakonnakor

Stars: Esther Supreeleela, Natthawat Chainarongsophon, Thawat Pornratthaprasert, Arnon Saisangchan...

Language: Thailand - Vietnamese and English Subtitle

Country: Thailand

Genres: Romance, Music

Tik – A high school student tries to be a ladyboy to prevent himself from applying to the Military Academy as his father’s wish. He participates in all activities of “ladyboy” group, called “Rock Angels”. One day, Nan, Nonny’s twin, member of the group, returns from overseas, Tik  unexpectedly falls in love with her from the very first sight. What can he do to be with Nan without revealing the truth?

4. Sex, Love & Therapy

Release date: 9/1

Duration: 88 min

MPAA Rating: R

Director: Tonie Marshall

Cast: Sophie Marceau - Patrick Bruel - André Wilms

Sex, Love & Therapy follows two sex addicts (Sophie Marceau and Patrick Bruel) who attempt to form a somewhat healthy and co-supportive relationship.

5. Taken 3: It Ends Here

Release date: 9/1

Genre: Action, Criminal

Stars: Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace, Liam Neeson, William John Neeson, Forest Whitaker

Director: Olivier Megaton

Version: English with Vietnamese subtitles

Agent Bryan Mills has reconciled with his ex-wife and start happy days, but he cannot enjoy pleasure time when his wife is brutally murdered at home.

Bryan Mills is immediately convicted of murder. Knowing he had been ensnared, Bryan lost in anger, tries to escape the rigorous pursuit of the CIA, FBI and police. Things do not stop there.

Bryan continues to receive threats that the people he loves will soon be dead. Former government agents forced to use special skills to protect his daughter find out who stands behind everything and demand justice for themselves.

6. Into the Woods

Release date: 16/1

Director: Rob Marshall

Cast: Anna Kendrick, Meryl Streep, Chris Pine

Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Running time: 124 minutes

Language: English with Vietnamese subtitle

“Into the Woods” is a modern twist on the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tales, intertwining the plots of a few choice stories and exploring the consequences of the characters’ wishes and quests.

This humorous and heartfelt musical follows the classic tales of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Rapunzel—all tied together by an original story involving a baker and his wife, their wish to begin a family and their interaction with the witch who has put a curse on them.

7. Tracers

Release date: 16/1

Director: Daniel Benmayor

Cast: Marie Avgeropoulos, Taylor Lautner, Adam Rayner

Genre: Action

Running time: 95 minutes

Language: English with Vietnamese subtitle

Wanted by the mafia, a New York City bike messenger escapes into the world of parkour after meeting a beautiful stranger.

8. Blackhat

Release date: 16/1

Director: Michael Mann

Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, Wei Tang

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Running time: 134 minutes

Language: English with Vietnamese subtitle

Set within the world of global cybercrime, Legendary’s Blackhat follows a furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners as they hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta.

9. Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere

Release date: 21/1

Director: Nguyen Hoang Diep

Stars: Nguyen Thuy Anh, Hoang Ha, Thanh Duy

Genre: Drama

Running time: 99 minutes

Language: Vietnamese with English subtitles

When young Hanoi couple, Tung and Huyen, discover they are going to have a baby, it inspires two desperate quests to raise money for an abortion. While Tung looks to illegal cockfighting, Huyen resorts to prostitution with a client that results in some surprising personal realizations.

10. Seventh Son

Release date: 23/1

Director: Sergey Bodrov

Cast: Ben Barnes, Julianne Moore, Jeff Bridges

Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Running time: 102 minutes

Language: English with Vietnamese subtitle

In a time of enchantment when legends and magic collide, the sole remaining warrior of a mystical order (Oscar winner Jeff Bridges) travels to find a prophesied hero born with incredible powers, the last Seventh Son (Ben Barnes). Torn from his quiet life as a farmhand, the unlikely young hero embarks on a daring adventure with his battle-hardened mentor to vanquish a dark queen (Julianne Moore) and the army of supernatural assassins she has dispatched against their kingdom.

11. I Fine Thank You Love You

Release date: 23/1

Director: Mez Tharatorn

Cast: Ice – Preechaya Pongthananikorn, Sunny Suwanmethanont

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Running time: 112 minutes

Language: Thai with Vietnamese subtitle

The movie is about “Pleng”, charming and beautiful English tutor, and Gym, her student who has just been dumped by his girlfriend when she moves to America. When Gym realizes that he is being dumped, he pins blame on Pleng for his girlfriend leaving him, being that Pleng taught his girlfriend English to pass her US job interview. It is at that moment Gym persuades Pleng to teach him English too, hoping to go to the US to reconcile with his girlfriend. Pleng has reservations but agrees.

12. Mortdecai

Release date: 23/1

Director: David Koepp

Stars: Johnny Depp, Olivia Munn, Ewan McGregor

Genre: Action, Comedy

Running time: 106 minutes

Language; English with Vietnamese subtitle

Juggling some angry Russians, the British Mi5, his impossibly leggy wife and an international terrorist, debonair art dealer and part time rogue Charlie Mortdecai (Johnny Depp) must traverse the globe armed only with his good looks and special charm in a race to recover a stolen painting rumored to contain the code to a lost bank account filled with Nazi gold.

13. Wolves

Release date: 28/1

Genre: Action, Horror

Stars: Jason Momoa, Merritt Patterson, Lucas Till

Director: David Hayter

Duration: 90 mins

The coming-of-age story of Cayden Richards. Forced to hit the road after the murder of his parents, Cayden wanders, lost, without purpose... Until he meets a certifiable lunatic named Wild Joe, who sets him on a path to the ominous town of Lupine Ridge, to hunt down the truths of his history. But in the end, who's really hunting whom?

14. The Boy Next Door

Release date: 30/1

Director: Rob Cohen

Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Kristin Chenoweth, Ryan Guzman

Genre: Thriller

Running time: 92 minutes

Language: English with Vietnamese subtitle

A divorced woman falls in love with the young man who moves in on the street, and finds he has a dark secret.

15. Love Forecast

Release date: 30/1

Country: South Korea

Director: Park Jin-Pyo

Stars: Lee Seung-gi, Moon Chae-won

Whenever elementary school teacher Kang Joon-soo (Lee Seung-gi) falls in love, he always gives too much of himself to the relationship. Yet despite that, he ends up being the one getting dumped by his girlfriends. Joon-soo has been friends for 18 years with Kim Hyun-woo (Moon Chae-won), a weather forecaster whose beauty belies her witty tongue and aggressive manner.

T. Van