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Wise Kwai's Bangkok Cinema Scene
What's playing in Bangkok cinemas?
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Thursday , January 31 , 2008
Bangkok Cinema Scene special: Atonement in sneak previews
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 382 , 16:54:20   | Category : culture   cinema scene   Censorship and ratings  
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Atonement, a lavish period drama set 1930s in the days leading up to World War II in Europe, is in sneak previews at the Lido cinemas in Siam Square.It opens in a wider release in Bangkok cinemas on February 7.The story is set on an English estate, where a young groundskeeper and ward of the family (James McAvoy), has captured the eye of the family's two sisters, the young, precocious Briony and the ....


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Bangkok Cinema Scene: January 31-February 5, 2008
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 548 , 00:56:23   | Category : culture   Thai film   film reviews   music   horror   Censorship and ratings  
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Two Thai films are opening this week: The historical drama First Flight and the supernatural historical fantasy, Siyama: Village of Warriors. Both are effects-heavy films that have been in production for a long time.From RS Film's Avant production house, First Flight has been in the works for five years. Starring Sornram Teppitak, this is a tale of daring young Thai men and their flying machines. It ....


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Wednesday , January 30 , 2008
Bangkok Cinema Scene special: Sweeney Todd censored
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 439 , 22:55:17   | Category : culture   cinema scene   Thai film   Censorship and ratings  
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Amidst the washed-out, black and grey Gothic production design of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, there is a lot of red - blood red that is.And it has proven to be too much blood for the Thai censors, who have asked distributor Warner Bros to tone it down for the film's release in Thailand.In this adaptation of a stage musical by Tim Burton, Johnny Depp portrays a murderous barber who....


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Review: American Gangster
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You’ve seen American Gangster before. It’s the combination of many great gangster films – think The Godfather (parts I and II), Goodfellas, Scarface and Casino – and some great crime dramas, namely The French Connection, which is directly referenced, and Serpico.The “true story” in Ridley Scott’s film takes massive liberties, though, with the central idea that the gangster Frank Lucas (Denzel Washing....


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Review: Busaba Bold & Beautiful (Suay Sing Krating Sab)
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 379 , 15:27:01   | Category : culture   cinema scene   Thai film   film reviews  
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Directed by Pisuth Praesaeng-iamStarring Suvanant Kongying, Weeraphap Suphappaibul, Supakorn Kitsuwan, Charutpong Surasawadee, Kirk Schiller, Achita SikamanaReleased in Thailand cinemas on January 24, 2008Two guys, a girl, and a large, stolen sapphire could make for a decent screwball comedy or crime thriller.But in Busaba Bold & Beautiful (Suay Sing Krating Sab), amidst jokes about explosive dia....


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Two Thai films win jury prizes at 2nd Bangkok International Children's Film Festival
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 405 , 15:24:03   | Category : culture   cinema scene   Thai film   Festivals and awards  
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A 17-minute documentary about HIV-positive teens and a 3D animated short were the Thai winners in the short-films competition at the 2nd Bangkok International Children's Film Festival, which ran over the past two weekends at Major Cineplex Pinklao, and at TK Park at CentralWorld in Bangkok.The winners, as chosen by the seven-member, teenaged jury, were named on Saturday. They are:Best live action: Th....


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