Movies

1. Spies in Disguise (2019)

Release Date: January 3, 2020

Venues: Wanda Cinema, Omnijol Cinema, Changzhou Grand Theatre Poly

Plot Summary: Super spy Lance Sterling (Will Smith) and scientist Walter Beckett (Tom Holland) are almost exact opposites. Lance is smooth, suave and debonair. Walter is not. But when events take an unexpected turn, this unlikely duo are forced to team up for the ultimate mission that will require an almost impossible disguise transforming Lance into the brave, fierce, majestic pigeon. Walter and Lance suddenly have to work as a team, or the whole world is in peril. Spies in Disguise flies into theaters this Christmas.

Cast: Will Smith, Ben Mendelsohn, Karen Gillan, Tom Holland, DJ Khaled, Rashida Jones, Masi Oka

Director: Nick Bruno, Troy Quane

Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi

Production Co: 20th Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Animation, Blue Sky Studios, Chernin Entertainment

Distributors: 20th Century Fox

2. Fighting with My Family (2019)

Release Date: January 10, 2020

Venues: Wanda Cinema, Omnijol Cinema, Changzhou Grand Theatre Poly

Plot Summary: Based on a true story, the movie follows reformed gangster Ricky, wife Julia, daughter Paige and son Zak as they make a living wrestling together in tiny venues. When Paige and Zak get the opportunity to try out for WWE, the family grabs a once-in-a-lifetime chance to turn their wildest dreams into a dazzling future. However, brother and sister quickly discover that to become superstars, both their talent and their relationship will be put to the test.

Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Vince Vaughn, Lena Headey, Nick Frost, Stephen Merchant, Florence Pugh

Director: Stephen Merchant

Genres: Biography, Comedy, Drama

Production Co: Channel Four Films, Film4, Misher Films, Seven Bucks Productions, WWE Studios

Distributors: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

3. 47 Meters Down: Uncaged (2019)

Release Date: January 10, 2020

Venues: Wanda Cinema, Omnijol Cinema, Changzhou Grand Theatre Poly

Plot Summary：It tells the story of four teens diving in a ruined underwater city, who quickly find themselves in a watery hell as their adventure turns to horror when they learn they are not alone in the submerged caves. As they swim deeper into the claustrophobic labyrinth of caves they enter the territory of the deadliest shark species in the ocean.

Cast: Nia Long, John Corbett, Sophie Nélisse, Sistine Rose Stallone, Brec Bassinger, Corinne Foxx

Director: Johannes Roberts

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller

Production Co: thefyzz

Distributors: Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures

4. Richard Jewell (2019)

Release Date: January 10, 2020

Venues: Wanda Cinema, Omnijol Cinema, Changzhou Grand Theatre Poly

Plot Summary: American security guard Richard Jewell heroically saves thousands of lives from an exploding bomb at the 1996 Olympics, but is unjustly vilified by journalists and the press who falsely report that he was a terrorist.

Cast: Olivia Wilde, Jon Hamm, Kathy Bates, Sam Rockwell, Nina Arianda, Paul Walter Hauser

Director: Clint Eastwood

Genres: Drama

Production Co: The Malpaso Company, Appian Way,Misher Films, Warner Bros. Pictures, 75 Year Plan Productions

Distributors: Warner Bros. Pictures

5. Detective Chinatown 3 (2020)

Release Date: January 25, 2020

Venues: Wanda Cinema, Omnijol Cinema, Changzhou Grand Theatre Poly

Plot Summary: Chinatown's investigative duo Tang Ren (Wang Baoqiang) and Qin Feng (Liu Haoran) receive an invitation to visit Tokyo from Yetian Hao (Satoshi Tsumabuki) who has the reputation of Japan's number one detective. On the way, they are intercepted by a Korean detective who is a master of disguise, thus starting them on a new adventure into a mysterious case.

Cast: Tony Jaa, Masami Nagasawa, Baoqiang Wang, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Zifeng Zhang, Haoran Liu, Tomokazu Miura

Director: Sicheng Chen

Genres: Action, Comedy, Mystery

Production Co: WanDa Pictures

Distributors: Cathay Cineplexes, MM2 Entertainment

6. Leap (2020)

Release Date: January 25, 2020

Venues: Wanda Cinema, Omnijol Cinema, Changzhou Grand Theatre Poly

Plot Summary: The film is based on the Chinese women's national volleyball team's stories spread over more than 40 years. Gong Li plays the role of Lang Ping, the current head coach of the team.

Cast: Hong Li, Huang Bo, Wu Gang, Bai Lang, Peng Yuchang, Chen Zhan

Director: Peter Ho-sun Chan

Theatre

Modern Kunqu Opera "Returning Home on a Snowy Night"

Date: January 11, 2020

Venue: Changzhou Grand Theatre Poly

Plot Summary: The four-act opera, adapted from the famous playwright Wu Zuguang’s namesake drama, tells a sad love story between Wei Liansheng, a famous Beijing Opera actor, and Yuchun, a bigwig’s concubine, happening in the Minguo (the Republic of China) era (1912-1949).

Different from traditional operas, this modern Kunqu opera features stage designs using black, white and grey as the main colors, taking the audience back in time with the Minguo-style stage scenes and costumes.