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Wednesday , July 1 , 2009

Bangkok Cinema Scene: Movies opening July 1-8, 2009

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 350 , 22:27:30 | Category : culture cinema scene Thai film film reviews

Nang Mai (Nymph)The more I think about Nymph, the more I like it. And I'm glad that I liked it after early reviews from the Cannes Film Festival tended to be pretty negative.After seeing it, I was sniffing my clothes to see if they smelled like decomposing leaves. I turned up the bottom of my shoe and expected to find mud. It's like going on a hike in the woods.It's the story of a young couple (Wan....

Nang Mai (Nymph)The more I think about Nymph, the more I like it. And I'm glad that I liked it after early reviews from the Cannes Film Festival tended to be pretty negative.After seeing it, I was sniffing my clothes to see if they smelled like decomposing leaves. I turned up the bottom of my shoe and expected to find mud. It's like going on a hike in the woods.It's the story of a young couple (Wan....

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Thursday , June 25 , 2009

Bangkok Cinema Scene: Movies opening June 25-June 30, 2009

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 245 , 18:40:27 | Category : culture cinema scene Thai film film reviews Festivals and awards

Largo WinchThe opening film of the French Film Festival has opened for a limited general release with daily showtimes at SF World Cinema at CentralWorld.Based on a Belgian comic series, by Philippe Francq and Jean Van Hamme, Largo Winch is about a young adventurous man, who's the globetrotting head of a global business empire. Tomer Sisley stars.The action breezily skips around, from Brazil to Croati....

Largo WinchThe opening film of the French Film Festival has opened for a limited general release with daily showtimes at SF World Cinema at CentralWorld.Based on a Belgian comic series, by Philippe Francq and Jean Van Hamme, Largo Winch is about a young adventurous man, who's the globetrotting head of a global business empire. Tomer Sisley stars.The action breezily skips around, from Brazil to Croati....

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Tuesday , June 23 , 2009

Bangkok Cinema Scene special: Week of Siam - Make Em Laugh

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 266 , 19:02:32 | Category : culture cinema scene Thai film

"Make 'Em Laugh" is the theme of the fourth Week of Siam classic Thai film series at House cinema on RCA in Bangkok.Starting this Thursday, June 25 until Wednesday, July 1, the six comedy films are 1978's Rak Talen (Preppy Love) and 1979's Prinya Kreung Bai and Mor Song starring Ampha Phoosit, Ai Paet Niw by Dokdin Kanyamarn, 1978's Seub Yud Sai and 1987's Ee Sib Won Lok Ja Taek (10....

"Make 'Em Laugh" is the theme of the fourth Week of Siam classic Thai film series at House cinema on RCA in Bangkok.Starting this Thursday, June 25 until Wednesday, July 1, the six comedy films are 1978's Rak Talen (Preppy Love) and 1979's Prinya Kreung Bai and Mor Song starring Ampha Phoosit, Ai Paet Niw by Dokdin Kanyamarn, 1978's Seub Yud Sai and 1987's Ee Sib Won Lok Ja Taek (10....

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Thursday , June 18 , 2009

Bangkok Cinema Scene: Movies opening June 18-24, 2009

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 305 , 16:16:54 | Category : culture cinema scene Thai film film reviews Festivals and awards

Departures (Okuribito)Winner of this year's Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Departures (Okuribito) is the story of a man who finds a new calling in what he euphemistically calls the "ceremonial occasions industry”.Masahiro Motoki stars as Daigo, a cellist who loses his job after his orchestra shuts down. He decides to sell his cello and move back to his hometown with his wife (Ryok....

Departures (Okuribito)Winner of this year's Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Departures (Okuribito) is the story of a man who finds a new calling in what he euphemistically calls the "ceremonial occasions industry”.Masahiro Motoki stars as Daigo, a cellist who loses his job after his orchestra shuts down. He decides to sell his cello and move back to his hometown with his wife (Ryok....

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Tuesday , June 16 , 2009

Bangkok Cinema Scene special: French Film Festival, June 19-July 1, 2009

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 1017 , 23:34:54 | Category : culture cinema scene Festivals and awards

Part of the annual French cultural festival La Fête, the sixth annual French Film Festival at SFW CentralWorld offers Thailand premieres of the best of contemporary French cinema.The films are the hits from France's cinema halls, prize winners at the festivals and the Cesar awards, the "French Oscars". The variety includes action (Largo Winch), adventure (Captain Ahab), family drama,....

Part of the annual French cultural festival La Fête, the sixth annual French Film Festival at SFW CentralWorld offers Thailand premieres of the best of contemporary French cinema.The films are the hits from France's cinema halls, prize winners at the festivals and the Cesar awards, the "French Oscars". The variety includes action (Largo Winch), adventure (Captain Ahab), family drama,....

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Thursday , June 11 , 2009

Bangkok Cinema Scene: Movies opening June 11-17, 2009

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 239 , 18:09:43 | Category : culture cinema scene Thai film Festivals and awards

UpEven the most hardened of film critics have shed tears over Pixar's latest animated feature Up, a sentimental tale of an elderly widower who embarks on an adventure to South America by attaching helium balloons to his house.The old guy, voiced by Ed Asner -- perhaps best known for his role as the curmudgeonly newsman Lou Grant on the Mary Tyler Moore Show and his own spin-off series (he's also been....

UpEven the most hardened of film critics have shed tears over Pixar's latest animated feature Up, a sentimental tale of an elderly widower who embarks on an adventure to South America by attaching helium balloons to his house.The old guy, voiced by Ed Asner -- perhaps best known for his role as the curmudgeonly newsman Lou Grant on the Mary Tyler Moore Show and his own spin-off series (he's also been....

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Tuesday , June 9 , 2009

Bangkok Cinema Scene special: Chronology of Thai Humor at the World Comedy Film Festival

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 190 , 22:04:32 | Category : culture cinema scene Thai film Festivals and awards

The World Comedy Film Festival starts tomorrow night, June 10, at Paragon Cineplex, with the gala opening film, The Wedding Game, directed by Ekachai Uekrongtham and starring Singaporean celebrity couple Fann Wong and Christopher Lee.The program for the festival has been slowly emerging, and now the festival website has about everything listed, including a master schedule of screenings.Among the spec....

The World Comedy Film Festival starts tomorrow night, June 10, at Paragon Cineplex, with the gala opening film, The Wedding Game, directed by Ekachai Uekrongtham and starring Singaporean celebrity couple Fann Wong and Christopher Lee.The program for the festival has been slowly emerging, and now the festival website has about everything listed, including a master schedule of screenings.Among the spec....

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Sunday , June 7 , 2009

Bangkok Cinema Scene special: World Comedy Festival, June 10-16, 2009

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 225 , 01:09:16 | Category : culture cinema scene Thai film Festivals and awards

Finally, the website for the World Comedy Film Festival has listed the films it will be showing. So in addition to stand-up comics, gala ceremonies and junkets around Thailand by celebrities to boost tourism, they are actually going to show films at this film festival.There are four main sections: International Competition, Short Film Competition, World Comedy and Asian Comedy. Plus there's Special P....

Finally, the website for the World Comedy Film Festival has listed the films it will be showing. So in addition to stand-up comics, gala ceremonies and junkets around Thailand by celebrities to boost tourism, they are actually going to show films at this film festival.There are four main sections: International Competition, Short Film Competition, World Comedy and Asian Comedy. Plus there's Special P....

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Friday , June 5 , 2009

Bangkok Cinema Scene: Movies opening June 4-10, 2009

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 240 , 00:07:15 | Category : culture cinema scene horror

Drag Me to HellAfter detouring down the path of the blockbuster superhero movies with Spider-Man, and stumbling with the most recent installment Spider-Man 3, Sam Raimi has come back to his horror-comedy roots with Drag Me to Hell.It's already being critically hailed as a return to form for the director of the Evil Dead series.The story, about a bank clerk (Alison Lohman) who opts for career advancem....

Drag Me to HellAfter detouring down the path of the blockbuster superhero movies with Spider-Man, and stumbling with the most recent installment Spider-Man 3, Sam Raimi has come back to his horror-comedy roots with Drag Me to Hell.It's already being critically hailed as a return to form for the director of the Evil Dead series.The story, about a bank clerk (Alison Lohman) who opts for career advancem....

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Wednesday , June 3 , 2009

Bangkok Cinema Scene special: Italian Film Festival 2009

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 520 , 23:51:58 | Category : culture cinema scene Festivals and awards

The Italian Film Festival, part of the eighth Italian Festival Thailand, starts this weekend and runs until Wednesday, June 10, screening 19 films by contemporary Italian directors.Among the highlights is Il Divo (The Diva) by Paolo Sorrentino, winner of a Jury Prize at last year's Cannes Film Festival. It's the story of Giulio Andreotti, who's served as Italian prime minister seven times, made senat....

The Italian Film Festival, part of the eighth Italian Festival Thailand, starts this weekend and runs until Wednesday, June 10, screening 19 films by contemporary Italian directors.Among the highlights is Il Divo (The Diva) by Paolo Sorrentino, winner of a Jury Prize at last year's Cannes Film Festival. It's the story of Giulio Andreotti, who's served as Italian prime minister seven times, made senat....

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