Boonchoo 9Director Bhandit Rittakol returns to direct a sequel to his late 1980s-early '90s teen comedy series, featuring a new generation of stars, with Boonchoke (Thanachat Tulyachat), son of Boonchu and Mo (Santisuk Phromsiri and Jintara Sukapat) following in his father’s footsteps by coming from Isaan to Bangkok to attend university.Other new-face actors include Apinya "Saipan" Sakuljar....
Unless the anti-government protesters blockade the Pathumwan Intersection, the 12th Thai Short Film & Video Festival -- the biggest yet -- opens on Friday as the first film event for the new Bangkok Art & Culture Centre. Admission is free, though you'll need a ticket. They'll be made available at the auditorium on the fifth floor an hour before the show.The opening program starts at 6.30pm. T....
The Coffin (Lhong Tor Tai)The new film by Beautiful Boxer director Ekachai Uekrongtham delves into an actual Thai ritual of lying in a coffin in order to cheat death or evade bad karma.Two people that try it are a Hong Kong woman, played by Karen Mok, who is facing a cancer diagnosis, and a Thai man, played by Ananda Everingham, who wants to mend the fragile health of his Japanese artist girlfriend.T....
Hanuman: The White Monkey WarriorMovies have all opened two days earlier this week in Thailand, in celebration of Her Majesty the Queen's Birthday and Mother's Day today.The big Thai release this week is Hanuman: The White Monkey Warrior (Hanuman Klook Foon) from Pranakorn Film.Sakchai Sriboonnak directs this supernatural adventure about magic tattoos that imbue modern-day warriors with the spirits....
Nueng Jai … Diaw Kan (Where the Miracle Happens)Princess Ubolratana stars as a real-estate tycoon who attempts to atone for her daughter’s accidental death by continuing the young woman’s work at a school in an impoverished village.Directed by Sirip-pakorn Wongjariyawat, the Princess is surrounded by a fine supporting cast that includes Sukolawat Kanaros, Siraphan Wattanajinda, Nisarat Apiradee and S....
Be Kind RewindFast losing customers to big-chain competition and DVDs, a faltering video-rental store is further imperiled when the wild antics of a neighborhood weirdo (Jack Black, who else?) erase the images from the store's entire stock.In order to keep the few loyal customers they have, the store's clerk (Mos Def) decides to remake all the movies, using just an obsolete video camera and homemade ....
Journey to the Center of the EarthThe first of back-to-back Brendan Fraser movies, Journey to the Center of the Earth is loosely adapted from the Jules Verne novel. Fraser portrays a volcanologist who is left in care of his nephew (Josh Hutcherson), the son of his missing brother. The two then find clues to the missing brother's whereabouts and head off to Iceland where they meet a mountaineer (Anita....
Woh Mah Ba Maha SanookFunnyman Mum Jokmok puts on his Bang Fai Productions producer's hat for the latest Thai comedy, Woh Mah Ba Maha Sanook, which is about a clever canine getting the best of a bunch of scared villagers. With the usual crew of Thai comedians present, it's another Thai horror comedy. The director is Bunjong Sinthanamongkolkul, who served as an assistant on Mum's 2005 directorial effo....
Red CliffDirector John Woo returns to Chinese cinema in a big way after a long sojourn in Hollywood with Red Cliff, the first of his two-part epic based on “The Three Kingdoms”. With a budget of $80 million, it is the most expensive Asian film yet. The movie has taken years to make and has been beset by many problems, not the least of which is that a stuntman was killed on the second-unit set last mo....
Sad news ahead of this week's opening of Love of Siam actor Mario Maurer's new movie Friendship: His father has died.Roland Maurer, a 70-year-old German exporter, had been battling diabetes for some time. He died on Friday morning in a hospital in Nakhon Nayok Province. He is survived by Mario, 19, Mario's older brother Marco, 24, and Chinese-Thai wife Warunya.Bangkok of the Mind and Lyn’s Lakorn Blo....