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Thursday , March 25 , 2010

Bangkok Cinema Scene: Movies opening March 25-31, 2010

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 2432 , 10:49:44 | Category : cinema scene Thai film

Bang Rajan 2Director Thanit Jitnukul returns to the ancient village of his 2000 historical battle epic where a new crop of warriors rise up to defend Ayutthaya against the Burmese hordes.Bang Rajan 2 (บางระจัน ๒), appears to be just as blood-soaked, violent and full of sword-clanging rage as the first film.Similar to the Alamo of Texas, the story is based on a legend of a tiny farming village that fo....

Bang Rajan 2Director Thanit Jitnukul returns to the ancient village of his 2000 historical battle epic where a new crop of warriors rise up to defend Ayutthaya against the Burmese hordes.Bang Rajan 2 (บางระจัน ๒), appears to be just as blood-soaked, violent and full of sword-clanging rage as the first film.Similar to the Alamo of Texas, the story is based on a legend of a tiny farming village that fo....

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Thursday , March 18 , 2010

Bangkok Cinema Scene: Movies opening March 18-24, 2010

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 1768 , 12:33:23 | Category : cinema scene Thai film Censorship and ratings

Nak Prok (Shadow of the Naga)Three thieves, Singha (Ray MacDonald), Parn (Somchai Khemklad) and Por (Pitisak Yaowananon), hide their loot in the grounds of a temple but when they return to collect the money, they find it’s been buried under a new chapel. Their solution is to force head monk Luangta Chuen (Sa-ad Piampongsan) to conduct an ordination ceremony for them so that they can stay in the monas....

Nak Prok (Shadow of the Naga)Three thieves, Singha (Ray MacDonald), Parn (Somchai Khemklad) and Por (Pitisak Yaowananon), hide their loot in the grounds of a temple but when they return to collect the money, they find it’s been buried under a new chapel. Their solution is to force head monk Luangta Chuen (Sa-ad Piampongsan) to conduct an ordination ceremony for them so that they can stay in the monas....

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Thursday , March 11 , 2010

Bangkok Cinema Scene: Movies opening March 11-17, 2010

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 1762 , 11:43:52 | Category : culture cinema scene Thai film politics

Baan Chan ... Talok Wai Gon (Por Son Wai)Directed by Fan Chan alumnus Witthaya Thongyooyong, who last offered the time-traveling rock band tale The Possible (Kao ... Kao), Baan Chan ... Talok Wai Gon (Por Son Wai) (บ้าน ฉัน ..ตลก ไว้ ก่อน ( พ่อ สอน ไว้ ), The Little Comedian) is about a family comedy troupe with a black sheep -- a son who isn't funny. It's based on a short film Witthaya did when he w....

Baan Chan ... Talok Wai Gon (Por Son Wai)Directed by Fan Chan alumnus Witthaya Thongyooyong, who last offered the time-traveling rock band tale The Possible (Kao ... Kao), Baan Chan ... Talok Wai Gon (Por Son Wai) (บ้าน ฉัน ..ตลก ไว้ ก่อน ( พ่อ สอน ไว้ ), The Little Comedian) is about a family comedy troupe with a black sheep -- a son who isn't funny. It's based on a short film Witthaya did when he w....

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Thursday , March 4 , 2010

Bangkok Cinema Scene: Movies opening March 4-10, 2010

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 1841 , 12:07:43 | Category : cinema scene Thai film Festivals and awards

A Serious ManJoel and Ethan Coen throw another wild curveball with this dark psychological comedy-satire. While their western No Country for Old Men dealt with physical punishment, their latest effort, A Serious Man, puts a pneumatic stun gun to the idea of faith.At the center of the story is Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg), a university physics professor who is very much into the proof of the certa....

A Serious ManJoel and Ethan Coen throw another wild curveball with this dark psychological comedy-satire. While their western No Country for Old Men dealt with physical punishment, their latest effort, A Serious Man, puts a pneumatic stun gun to the idea of faith.At the center of the story is Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg), a university physics professor who is very much into the proof of the certa....

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Tuesday , March 2 , 2010

Bangkok Cinema Scene special: Japanese Film Festival 2010

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 8501 , 14:26:01 | Category : culture cinema scene Festivals and awards

Female filmmakers are in the spotlight for this year's Japanese Film Festival in Bangkok, which is showing movies by “Emerging Japanese Female Directors”.Organized by the Japan Foundation Bangkok and the Embassy of Japan, the festival runs from Thursday to Sunday at Paragon Cineplex.Free tickets -- one per person -- will be given out one hour before show time at the festival table in the cinema lobby....

Female filmmakers are in the spotlight for this year's Japanese Film Festival in Bangkok, which is showing movies by “Emerging Japanese Female Directors”.Organized by the Japan Foundation Bangkok and the Embassy of Japan, the festival runs from Thursday to Sunday at Paragon Cineplex.Free tickets -- one per person -- will be given out one hour before show time at the festival table in the cinema lobby....

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Friday , February 26 , 2010

Bangkok Cinema Scene special: Slice tops Subhanahongsa Awards

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 3273 , 04:54:47 | Category : culture cinema scene Thai film Festivals and awards

The bloody serial-killer thriller Slice (Cheun) is the top nominee for the Subhanahongsa Awards, the Thailand National Film Awards, announced yesterday.Released by Five Star Production, Slice is nominated in 14 of the 16 categories, including best picture, director and screenplay for Kongkiat Komesiri, who wrote the script from a story by Wisit Sasanatieng. Best-actor nominee "Pe" Arak Amor....

The bloody serial-killer thriller Slice (Cheun) is the top nominee for the Subhanahongsa Awards, the Thailand National Film Awards, announced yesterday.Released by Five Star Production, Slice is nominated in 14 of the 16 categories, including best picture, director and screenplay for Kongkiat Komesiri, who wrote the script from a story by Wisit Sasanatieng. Best-actor nominee "Pe" Arak Amor....

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Thursday , February 25 , 2010

Bangkok Cinema Scene: Movies opening February 25-March 3, 2010

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 2276 , 13:48:35 | Category : culture cinema scene Thai film Festivals and awards

Who Are You?The psychological condition of hikikomori is the major plot point in the thriller Who Are You? (ใคร ... ในห้อง, Krai … Nai Hong, also ฮู อาร์ ยู, Who R U?). For a Thai film, it as the rare distinction of being advertised for its screenwriter: Eakasit Thairatana, a comic-book author who previously penned the screenplays to 13 Game Sayong and Body #19. The director is Pakphum Wonjinda (VD....

Who Are You?The psychological condition of hikikomori is the major plot point in the thriller Who Are You? (ใคร ... ในห้อง, Krai … Nai Hong, also ฮู อาร์ ยู, Who R U?). For a Thai film, it as the rare distinction of being advertised for its screenwriter: Eakasit Thairatana, a comic-book author who previously penned the screenplays to 13 Game Sayong and Body #19. The director is Pakphum Wonjinda (VD....

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Thursday , February 18 , 2010

Bangkok Cinema Scene: Movies opening February 18-24, 2010

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 2616 , 10:24:00 | Category : culture cinema scene

The Imaginarium of Dr. ParnassusHeath Ledger stars in his last role as the barker of a traveling theater troupe. He changes whenever he steps through a magical mirror.When Ledger died in January 2008, production was stopped, but director Terry Gilliam was able to work cinematic magic to salvage this fantasy by having Ledger's "physically transformed versions" played by Johnny Depp, Jude Law....

The Imaginarium of Dr. ParnassusHeath Ledger stars in his last role as the barker of a traveling theater troupe. He changes whenever he steps through a magical mirror.When Ledger died in January 2008, production was stopped, but director Terry Gilliam was able to work cinematic magic to salvage this fantasy by having Ledger's "physically transformed versions" played by Johnny Depp, Jude Law....

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Thursday , February 11 , 2010

Bangkok Cinema Scene special: The 82nd Academy Awards Best Picture nominees

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 3274 , 12:21:10 | Category : culture cinema scene

During movie-awards season, the Bangkok multiplexes are usually jockeying right about now to bring in the major nominees.In past years, many of the best-picture nominees have not yet hit Thai cinemas, so local movie pundits could make no intelligent guesses on the Oscar prospects. But this year, the field for Best Picture is widened to 10 titles, and quite a few of them have played here.Out of the 10....

During movie-awards season, the Bangkok multiplexes are usually jockeying right about now to bring in the major nominees.In past years, many of the best-picture nominees have not yet hit Thai cinemas, so local movie pundits could make no intelligent guesses on the Oscar prospects. But this year, the field for Best Picture is widened to 10 titles, and quite a few of them have played here.Out of the 10....

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Bangkok Cinema Scene: Movies opening February 11-17, 2010

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 2811 , 12:18:36 | Category : culture cinema scene Thai film

Air DollIn Air Doll (Kûki ningyô), a loner man’s life-size inflatable sex toy comes to life and secretly leaves the apartment to explore the outside world with childlike wonder. As she encounters various Tokyo residents, she discovers they are as empty inside as she is.She eventually finds a boyfriend and works with him in a video store, and she learns more about life by watching movies.D....

Air DollIn Air Doll (Kûki ningyô), a loner man’s life-size inflatable sex toy comes to life and secretly leaves the apartment to explore the outside world with childlike wonder. As she encounters various Tokyo residents, she discovers they are as empty inside as she is.She eventually finds a boyfriend and works with him in a video store, and she learns more about life by watching movies.D....

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