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Starring: Lau Ching-Wan, Louis Koo Tin-Lok, Daniel Wu, Alex Fong Chung-Sun, Zhang Jingchu
Plot: A solid, entertaining and mostly well-cast thriller from some of those Infernal Affairs guys, Overheard manages tension and some surprise – even if it was approved by China. A massive improvement over Alan Mak and Felix Chong’s last film, Lady Cop and Papa Crook. Featuring one of the worst and also funniest performances of the year from Michael Wong.

Starring: Takahiro Nishijima, Hikari Mitsushima, Sakura Ando
Original Title: Ai no mukidashi

Starring: Judith Davis, Isild Le Besco, Johan Libéreau
Original Title: Je te mangerais

Starring: Haruka Ayase, Shido Nakamura, Yôsuke Kubozuka
Plot: Ichi is a blind woman who roams about town with her shamisen (a three-stringed Japanese guitar), but she has exceptional sword skills with which she fights off yakuza and other villains.

Starring: Shaina Magdayao, Jake Cuenca, Geoff Eigenmann
Plot: How come people who go there are never seen again? Does the villa “eat” people alive? The movie tells…

Starring: Trine Dyrholm, Lorna Brown, Finn Nielsen
Also Known As: Little Soldier
Plot: A soldier returning from war is hired by her own father to drive his prostitutes around town. She calls upon herself to help one of them.

Starring: Lau Ching-Wan, Kelly Lin, Mia Yam, Zeng Qi Qi, Ching Ying-Kit, Yeung Shuk-Man, Bonnie Wong Man-Wai, Jo Koo
Plot: Wai Ka-Fai’s fantasy-drama is a winning Hong Kong film that pushes emotions and ideas over artifice and complete coherence. The resulting film won’t win over all, but those who roll with it may be particularly charmed. Having Lau Ching-Wan as your lead doesn’t hurt, either. One of the more special films this year.

Starring: Michael Caine, Bill Milner, Anne-Marie Duff, David Morrissey, Rosemary Harris
Plot: Set in 1980s seaside England, ten-year-old Edward’s parents have turned their house into a retirement home. While his mother struggles to keep the family business afloat and his father copes with the onset of a mid-life crisis, Edward becomes increasingly obsessed with the ghosts and afterlives of the residents when they die. Edward’s is a lonely existence until he meets Clarence, the latest arrival…

Starring: Jennifer Tilly, Hao Lei, Aaron Kwok
Plot: About a family of banking merchants who went through the Boxer Rebellion and 1911 Revolution, reflecting on the once prosperous trading business in Shanxi province during the 19th century.

Starring: Penelope Cruz, Lluís Homar, Blanca Portillo, Jose Luis Gomez, Ruben Ochandiano
Plot: A man writes, lives and loves in darkness. Fourteen years before, he was in a brutal car crash on the island of Lanzarote. In the accident, he not only lost his sight, he also lost Lena, the love of his life. This man uses two names: Harry Caine, a playful pseudonym with which he signs his literary works, stories and scripts, and Mateo Blanco, his real name, with which he lives and signs the film he…