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Wise Kwai's Bangkok Cinema Scene
What's playing in Bangkok cinemas?
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Thursday , June 12 , 2008
Bangkok Cinema Scene special: French Film Festival, June 14-24, 2008
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 267 , 16:36:24   | Category : culture   cinema scene   Festivals and awards  
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Part of La Fête 2008, the Bangkok French French Film Festival will be held from June 14 to 24 at SF World Cinema at CentralWorld. Ten new French films are featured, with daily screenings.Tickets are 100 baht (or book five tickets for 400 baht - only 200 packages available).Films will have English subtitles only, except for Female Agents, which has Thai and English subtitles.Here's the line-up:C....


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Wednesday , June 11 , 2008
Bangkok Cinema Scene special: Sarkar Raj
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 236 , 19:50:53   | Category : culture   cinema scene   Festivals and awards  
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The green carpet of the Indian International Film Academy has been rolled up and the steel gates used to separate the Bollywood elite from the Bangkok rabble have been stowed away until the next gala event.But the coverage continues in Daily Xpress, which had two stories in today's paper, a fashion story and a look at the "world premiere" of Sarkar Raj.While the movie also opened the same d....


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Bangkok Cinema Scene: June 12-18, 2008
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 199 , 19:43:33   | Category : cinema scene  
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Three big Hollywood releases this week - the much-hyped and promoted Kung Fu Panda, the buzzworthy Incredible Hulk and the mysterious latest film from M. Night Shyamalan, The Happening.To me, The Incredible Hulk is the most interesting of the three. Though it might appear at first to be a sequel to 2003's Hulk, directed by Ang Lee, it's actually a reboot of the Marvel Comic franchise.Ang Lee's mix of....


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Monday , June 9 , 2008
Review: Somtum
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 384 , 14:32:23   | Category : Thai film   film reviews  
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Directed by Nontakorn TaweesukeStarring Nathan Jones, Nawarat Techarattanaprasert, Sasisa JindamaneeReleased in Thailand cinemas on June 5, 2008Somtum, the food, is a spicy treat. It's best shared with friends. You can all dip into the same plate of spicy, sweet and sour papaya salad with your forks, and daub up the juices with generous helpings of sticky rice.And Somtum, the movie, is a lot of fun, ....


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Review: Sabaidee Luang Prabang
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 338 , 14:26:50   | Category : culture   Thai film   film reviews  
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Directed by Sakchai Deenan and Anousone SirisackdaStarring Ananda Everingham and Khamly PhilavongReleased in Thailand cinemas on June 5, 2008If Laos had cheeks, you'll want to reach out and squeeze them after seeing Sabaidee Luang Prabang, which captures the quaint, mountainous country as an adorable picture postcard.Ananda Everingham stars as Sorn, a Bangkok-based Lao-Australian photographer, who is....


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