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Wise Kwai's Bangkok Cinema Scene
What's playing in Bangkok cinemas?
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Thursday , June 19 , 2008
Review: Juno
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 106 , 15:43:00   | Category : film reviews  
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I saw Juno weeks ago, but never wrote anything down about it. It bugged me.And I feel bad about it bugging me. Because I'm supposed to like it, this story about a Minnesota teenager who finds herself pregnant, has mother issues of her own, but decides to have the baby and put it up for adoption.It was so insufferably cute. Though, it had its moments, mainly from the game performances by JT Simmons an....


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Monday , June 9 , 2008
Review: Somtum
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 265 , 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 : 220 , 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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Wednesday , May 28 , 2008
Review: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 168 , 00:52:52   | Category : film reviews  
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When I last left Indiana Jones, he was standing on the steps of some government building, fuming because the bureaucrats have stonewalled him on what they plan to do with the Lost Ark he had just snatched out of the hands of the Nazis. Indy was going for a drink with his on-again girlfriend, Marion Ravenwood.Two other movies have come out since Raiders of the Lost Ark, but I don't remember much of th....


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Wednesday , May 14 , 2008
Review: Wonderful Town
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 215 , 17:34:01   | Category : Thai film   film reviews  
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Written and directed by Aditya AssaratStarring Supphasit Kansen, Anchalee Saisoontorn, Dul YaambunyingLimited release in Thailand on May 15, 2008 as the first film in the Directors' Screen series at SF World Cinema at CentralWorld.Waves lap up on a deserted beach, the sound of the surf booms in high fidelity. The effect is mesmerizing, sleep-inducing even. An effort must be made to not drift off, bec....


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Monday , May 12 , 2008
Reviews: The Counterfeiters, Speed Racer
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 226 , 22:17:52   | Category : film reviews  
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The Counterfeiters, winner of this year's Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (the first from Austria) is a dramatized account of Operation Bernhard, in which the Nazis forced a team of Jewish forgers, printers, bankers and other artisans to make counterfeit British bank notes and US dollars, with the aim of shattering the the economies of the Allies.The protagonist is master counterfeiter S....


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Friday , May 2 , 2008
Review: Thewada Tha Ja Theng
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 251 , 01:40:06   | Category : culture   cinema scene   Thai film   film reviews  
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Directed by Wirote ThongsewStory by and produced by Adirek "Uncle" WataleelaStarring Pongsak Pongsuwan (Theng Therdterng), Kotee Aramboy, Bongkot KongmalaiReleased in Thailand cinemas on April 30, 2008Cherubic, child-like comic actor Kotee Aramboy might be clad in white and playing an angel, but the wishes he grants to the hapless Pongsak "Theng" Pongsuwan are postively Faustian. ....


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Review: Iron Man
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 232 , 01:37:58   | Category : film reviews  
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Robert Downey Jr. dominates as Iron Man. When his character Tony Stark, gets back to the US from being kidnapped by guerillas in Afghanistan and making his daring escape, the millionaire playboy holds a press conference and sits down on the floor and says "I never said goodbye to my father," tears welled up in my eyes.Wow. Now that's acting. Breezy and cool, director Jon Favreau imparts a h....


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Friday , April 25 , 2008
Review: See Phrang (4bia)
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 360 , 23:40:43   | Category : culture   cinema scene   Thai film   film reviews   horror  
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Directed by Yongyoot Thongkontoon, Paween Purijitpanya, Banjong Pisanthanakun and Parkpoom WongpoomStarring Maneerat Kham-uan, Apinya Sakuljaroensuk, Nuttapong Chatpong, Chermarn BoonyasakRating: 4/5Iron Ladies yukster Yongyoot Thongkontoon should do more suspense, and Shutter/Alone horror helmer Banjong Pisanthanakun should do more comedy. On his own, Banjong's directing partner Parkpoom Wongpoom ha....


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Tuesday , April 22 , 2008
Jackie and Jet reign at the box office
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 402 , 20:40:59   | Category : culture   cinema scene   Thai film   film reviews  
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That a movie starring Jackie Chan, or Chéng Lóng as he is more widely known in Thailand, would be the No. 1 film in Thailand is hardly surprising. His films regularly top the box offices here. Add in Jet Li, for his first filmed appearance with Jackie Chan, and you've got box-office gold.In Thailand, according to Box Office Mojo, The Forbidden Kingdom earned US$776,004 in its opening we....


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