252: Signal of Life (Trailer)

Date: 2009/07

A few weeks after a gigantic earthquake struck Tokyo. Metropolitan Tokyo is slowly beginning to function again. But the temperature of the Pacific Ocean suddenly increases after the earthquake, causing a tremendous typhoon. The largest typhoon ever in Japan heads towards Tokyo with devastating force. The tidal wave generated by the typhoon covers the coastal city area with water. The Tokyo Fire Department dispatches its elite rescue unit, Hyper Rescue, and their sonar picks up a signal from underwater. Beneath the ground, in one devastated subway station, there is someone sending out a code which is known to rescuers only.

“252… 252…” – “We have survivors!”

"252" is the rescue code that means "There are survivors." Somebody who knows the rescue protocol is trapped underground! The rescuers, the survivors and their families all pray for their loved ones' safe return. In the extreme situation, a rescue party tries to save the survivors at the risk of their own lives. In the face of death, a daring rescue operation is to be carried out, intersecting with many dramas of family, love, pride, and human life.
 

Cast: Hideaki Ito as Yuji Shinohara, Masaaki Uchino as Shizuma Shinohara, Takayuki Yamada as Makoto Shigemura, Yu Kashii as Saki Umi   

Director: Nobuo Mizuta

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Trailer)

Date: 2009/07

In the highly-anticipated “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” debuting June 26, 2009, Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) again joins with the Autobots against their sworn enemies, the Decepticons. Michael Bay directs from a screenplay by Ehren Kruger & Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman.
 

Cast: Shia LaBeouf as Sam Witwicky, Rainn Wilson as College Professor, Megan Fox as Mikaela Banes, Josh Duhamel as Sergeant Lennox, Tyrese Gibson as Sergeant Epps, John Turturro as Agent Simmons   

Director: Michael Bay

Coraline (Trailer)

Date: 2009/07

Coraline Jones is a girl of 11 who is feisty, curious, and adventurous beyond her years. She and her parents have just relocated from Michigan to Oregon. Missing her friends and finding her parents to be distracted by their work, Coraline tries to find some excitement in her new environment. She is befriended--or, as she sees it, is annoyed,by a local boy close to her age, Wybie Lovat and visits her older neighbors, eccentric British actresses Miss Spink and Forcible as well as the arguably even more eccentric Russian Mr. Bobinsky. After these encounters, Coraline seriously doubts that her new home can provide anything truly intriguing to her, but it does; she uncovers a secret door in the house. Walking through the door and then venturing through an eerie passageway, she discovers an alternate version of her life and existence. On the surface, this parallel reality is similar to her real life, only much better. The adults, including the solicitous Other Mother, seem much more welcoming to her. Coraline is more the center of attention there, even from the mysterious Cat. She begins to think that this Other World might be where she belongs. But when her wondrously off-kilter, fantastical visit turns dangerous and Other Mother schemes to keep her there, Coraline musters all of her resourcefulness, determination, and bravery to get back home, and save her family.
 

Cast: Keith David Voice of The Cat, Dakota Fanning as Coraline Jones, John Hodgman Voice of Coraline's Father/Counterfeit Father, Teri Hatcher as Coraline's Mother/Other Mother, Robert Bailey Jr Voice of Wybie Lovat, Jennifer Saunders as Miss Spink  

Director: Henry Selick

Handsome Suit (Trailer)

Date: 2009/07

Takuro Oki (Tsukaji Muga) is the chef and owner of a diner "Kokoroya", which is very popular in the neighbourhood. Because he is awkward and ugly in appearance, he has no luck with women. He falls in love with Hiroko (Kitagawa Keiko), a part-time helper in his diner but she rejects him. Heart-broken, Takuro goes shopping and is introduced to the 'Handsome Suit'. This is a magical suit that transforms its wearer to become incredibly good-looking and suave.
Can the new Takuro win the heart of Hiroko now with the help of this magical suit?
 

Cast: Kitagawa Keiko, Tsukaji Muga, Yahara Shosuke, Oshima Miyuki  

Director: Hanabusa Tsutomu

Knowing (Trailer)

Date: 2009/07

In 1958, as part of the dedication ceremony for a new elementary school, a group of students is asked to draw pictures to be stored in a time capsule. But one mysterious girl fills her sheet of paper with rows of apparently random numbers instead. Fifty years later, a new generation of students examines the capsule’s contents and the girl’s cryptic message ends up in the hands of young Caleb Koestler. But it is Caleb’s father, professor John Koestler, who makes the startling discovery that the encoded message predicts with pinpoint accuracy the dates, death tolls and coordinates of every major disaster of the past 50 years. As Ted further unravels the document’s chilling secrets, he realizes the document foretells three additional events--the last of which hints at destruction on a global scale and seems to somehow involve Ted and his son. When Ted’s attempts to alert the authorities fall on deaf ears, he takes it upon himself to try to prevent more destruction from taking place. With the reluctant help of Diana Wayland and Abby Wayland, the daughter and granddaughter of the now-deceased author of the prophecies, Ted’s increasingly desperate efforts take him on a heart-pounding race against time until he finds himself facing the ultimate disaster--and the ultimate sacrifice.
 

Cast: Nicolas Cage as John Koestler, Rose Byrne as Diana Wayland, Chandler Canterbury as Caleb Koestler, Ben Mendelsohn as Phil Bergman,
Adrienne Pickering as Allison  

Director: Alex Proyas

Passengers (Trailer)

Date: 2009/07

After a plane crash, a young therapist, Claire, is assigned by her mentor to counsel the flight's five survivors. When they share their recollections of the incident--which some say include an explosion that the airline claims never happened--Claire is intrigued by Eric, the most secretive of the passengers. Just as Claire's professional relationship with Eric--despite her better judgment--blossoms into a romance, the survivors begin to disappear mysteriously, one by one. Claire suspects that Eric may hold all the answers and becomes determined to uncover the truth, no matter the consequences.
 

Cast: Anne Hathaway as Claire, Patrick Wilson as Eric, Chelah Horsdal as Janice, Ryan Robbins as Dean, Andrew Wheeler as Blonde Man  

Director: Rodrigo Garcia

Gran Torino (Trailer)

Date: 2009/07

Walt Kowalski is a widower, grumpy, tough-minded, borderline-hateful, unhappy old man who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors, a Korean War veteran whose prize possession is a 1973 Gran Torino he keeps in cherry condition. When his neighbor Tao, a young Hmong teenager, tries to steal his Gran Torino, Kowalski sets out to reform the youth. Drawn against his will into the life of Tao's family, Kowalski is soon taking steps to protect them from the gangs that foul their neighborhood.
 

Cast: Clint Eastwood as Walt Kowalski, Brian Haley as Mitch Kowalski, Christopher Carley as Father Janovich, Bee Vang as Thao Lor, Ahney Her as Sue Lor  

Director: Clint Eastwood

He's Just Not That Into You (Trailer)

Date: 2009/07

A group of interconnected, Baltimore-based twenty- and thirtysomethings navigate their various relationships from the shallow end of the dating pool through the deep, murky waters of married life, trying to read the signs of the opposite sex--and hoping to be the exceptions to the "no-exceptions" rule. Gigi just wants a man who says he'll call--and does--while Alex advises her to stop sitting by the phone. Beth wonders if she should call it off after years of committed singlehood with her boyfriend, Neil, but he doesn't think there's a single thing wrong with their unmarried life. Janine's not sure if she can trust her husband, Ben, who can't quite trust himself around Anna. Anna can't decide between the sexy married guy, or her straightforward, no-sparks standby, Conor, who can't get over the fact that he can't have her. And Mary, who's found an entire network of loving, supportive men, just needs to find one who's straight.
 

Cast: Jennifer Aniston as Beth, Scarlett Johansson as Anna, Jennifer Connelly as Janine, Kevin Connolly as Conor, Bradley Cooper as Ben, Justin Long as Alex  

Director: Ken Kwapis

Valkyrie (Trailer)

Date: 2009/07

A proud military man, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg is a loyal officer who loves his country but has been forced to watch with horror as the rise of Hitler has led to the events of World War II. He has continued his military service, all the while hoping someone will find a way to stop Hitler before Europe and Germany are destroyed. Realizing time is running out, Stauffenberg decides he must take action himself, and in 1942, on his own initiative, attempts to persuade senior commanders in the East to confront and overthrow Hitler. Then in 1943, while recovering from injuries suffered in combat, Stauffenberg joins forces with the German Resistance, a long-existing civilian anti-Hitler conspiracy comprised of men hidden inside the highest reaches of power. Armed with a cunning strategy to use Hitler’s own emergency plan to stabilize the government in the event of his demise--Operation Valkyrie--and turn that plan on its head to remove those in power and cripple Hitler’s regime, these men plot to assassinate the dictator and overthrow his Nazi government. With everything in place, and with the future of the world, the fate of millions, and the lives of his wife and children hanging in the balance, Stauffenberg is thrust from being one of many who oppose Hitler to being the one who must kill Hitler himself.
 

Cast: Tom Cruise as Col. Claus von Stauffenberg, Bill Nighy as General Friedrich Olbricht, Tom Wilkinson as General Friedrich Fromm , Carice Van Houten as Nina von Stauffenberg, Eddie Izzard as General Erich Fellgiebel  

Director: Bryan Singer