In AFRAID, Curtis (John Cho) and his family are selected to test a revolutionary new home device: a digital family assistant called AIA. Taking smart home to the next level, once the unit and all its sensors and cameras are installed in their home, AIA seems able to do it all. She learns the family’s behaviours and begins to anticipate their needs. And she can make sure nothing – and no one – gets in her family’s way.

Starring John Cho, Katherine Waterston, Havana Rose Liu, Lukita Maxwell with David Dastmalchian and Keith Carradine, AFRAID will be released in Aussie cinemas August 29!
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Taking smart home to the next level, once the unit and all its sensors and cameras are installed in their home, AIA seems able to do it all.

She learns the family’s behaviours and begins to anticipate their needs. And she can make sure nothing – and no one – gets in her family’s way.

Starring John Cho, Katherine Waterston, Havana Rose Liu, Lukita Maxwell with David Dastmalchian and Keith Carradine
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The film shares a storyline with the Japanese horror film Ju-On: The Grudge and the 2004 America remake of the same name. At its most basic, it’s based on a house that becomes attached to and haunts all those that enter it. This time there are individuals whose connection only become apparent as things progress.

Not short of star power, Demián Bichir, John Cho, Betty Gilpin and Jacki Weaver are just a few of the actors involved. Andrea Riseborough plays the lead character Detective Muldoon and she tries hard to hit most of the right notes to build the terror. The movie’s structure limits what she can do.

Building a scary experience on things jumping out of the darkness at you and drilling your ears with crescendo after crescendo of eerie sound design only takes you so far. After that there is a need for the story telling to buttress those feeling of unease. The Grudge succeeds at establishing an unsettling feeling but falls short of delivering the big scare.

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Producer Sam Raimi brings us a twisted new take of the horror classic.

Directed by Nicolas Pesce, The Grudge stars Andrea Riseborough, Demián Bichir, John Cho, Betty Gilpin with Lin Shaye and Jacki Weaver. With a screenplay by Nicolas Pesce and a story by Nicolas Pesce and Jeff Buhler, The Grudge is based on the film “Ju-On: The Grudge” written & directed by Takashi Shimizu.

The Grudge will be released in Australian cinemas January 30!
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Directed by Nicolas Pesce, The Grudge stars Andrea Riseborough, Demián Bichir, John Cho, Betty Gilpin with Lin Shaye and Jacki Weaver. With a screenplay by Nicolas Pesce and a story by Nicolas Pesce and Jeff Buhler, The Grudge is based on the film “Ju-On: The Grudge” written & directed by Takashi Shimizu.

After a young mother murders her family in her own house, a single mother and young detective tries to investigate and solve the case. Later, she discovers the house is cursed by a vengeful ghost that dooms those who enter it with a violent death. Now, she runs to save herself and her son from demonic spirits from the cursed house in her neighborhood.

The Grudge will be released in Australian cinemas January 30!
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It also tells the story of a parent’s worst nightmare, the disappearance of their child. John Cho (Harold and Kumar & Star Trek) is perfectly cast as a father with a rigid adherence to order, one that is truly tested when his daughter goes missing. He is aided in his search by a female detective played by Debra Messing (Will & Grace)

Messing’s performance is outstanding and fearless. She sidestep the glamour and is often shown sans makeup and bleary eyed from lack of sleep. Her intensity is very engaging. The film is shot in a unique way with the big screen often becoming filled with a multitude on computer apps open at the same time. Even though this provides an abundance of information, it does little to help in the search.

This overload almost fells claustrophobic but through the density, a small clue appears and provides forward direction. The film builds to a conclusion that few will see coming and actual ends on a more positive note than expected. Its social commentary is razor sharp and its ‘who done it’ ethos is extremely entertaining.

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But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter’s laptop.

In a hyper-modern thriller told via the technology devices we use every day to communicate, David must trace his daughter’s digital footprints before she disappears forever.

Starring John Cho, Debra Messing, Joseph Lee and Michelle La, Searching is in cinemas September 13!
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