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Wise Kwai's Bangkok Cinema Scene
What's playing in Bangkok cinemas?
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Thursday , October 11 , 2007
Bangkok cinema scene special: Helvetica
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 506 , 19:50:17   | Category : cinema scene   World Film Festival of Bangkok  
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Not a historical epic about ancient Switzerland, Helvetica is a new documentary film about the ubiquitous typeface that can be spotted just about everywhere. For example, some common brands in Thailand, Toyota and Nestlé, just to name a couple, use the Helvetica font for their brandnames.Helvetica is being used for this blog posting, when normally I would just use the default font, Georgia.The....


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Bangkok cinema scene - October 11-17
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 502 , 02:12:11   | Category : cinema scene   Thai film  
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To commemorate His Majesty the King’s 80th birthday, the Office of Contemporary Art and Culture of the Ministry of Culture will present free screenings of nine short films by Thai directors from Friday until Wednesday at Paragon Cineplex and at Major Cineplex Pinklao.The program comprises:Luminous Sound by Pen-Ek RatanaruengMeteorites by Apichatpong WeerasethakulNorasingha by Wisit SasanatiengMy Firs....


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Review: Body
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 483 , 01:18:15   | Category : Thai film   film reviews  
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Directed Paween PurijitpanyaStarring Arak Amornsupasiri, Ornjira Lamwilai, Kritteera Inpornwijit, Patharawarin TimkulWide release in Thailand cinemas on October 4, 2007On the surface, GTH studio’s new horror film, Body, looks beautiful. There are some convincing computer-graphic effects and the performances are excellent. The story, which has some parallels to a recent Thai true-crime case, is delibe....


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