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‘Adjustment Bureau’ aims to be latest hit based on stories of Philip K. Dick

Mar 4, 2011

Philip K. Dick had a flair for spinning science fiction scenarios that were well within the orbit of paranoia. In his novels and short stories, he addressed the tricks of memory and the quirks of rea...
Listen to King George VI’s real speech

Feb 28, 2011

At the Oscars, the night undoubtedly belonged to “The King’s Speech,” which won four Academy Awards, in best picture, director, actor and original screen play. Accepting the award for best original ...
Ashton Kutcher, Sarah Jessica Parker awarded worst actor and actress

Feb 28, 2011

Ashton Kutcher and Sarah Jessica Parker were awarded the worst actor and actress at the Golden Raspberry Awards on Feb. 26, the night before the Oscars, the Telegraph reported Sunday. Ashton Kutch...
'King's Speech' crowned Oscars monarch

Feb 28, 2011

HOLLYWOOD, (AFP) - British royal drama "The King's Speech" was crowned Oscars winner on Sunday, taking three of the top Academy Award prizes at the climax of Hollywood's annual awards season. The mo...
No Oscar love for casting directors

Feb 25, 2011

Some of Hollywood’s most fabled directors, Elia Kazan and Robert Altman among them, have said that casting accounts for roughly 90 percent of a movie’s ultimate success or failure. Yet at Sunday’s A...
The best (and worst) supporting Oscars hosts

Feb 25, 2011

Will James Franco pull a poem out of his tux, or read an excerpt from one of his short stories? Will Anne Hathaway break into song? Will the two of them, virgin co-hosts of the 83rd Academy Awards,...
Box-office rankings

Feb 25, 2011

Feb. 18 - Feb. 20 1. Aideul (Children) Opened Feb. 17 Directed by Lee Gyu-man Starring Park Yong-woo, Ryu Seung-ryong 2. Late Autumn Opened Feb. 17 Directed by Kim Tae-yong Starring Hyun Bin...
Box office

Feb 25, 2011

Shotgun Love (Korea) Opening March 10 Comedy. Directed by Jeong Woo-cheol. Home shopping model Sang-yeol (Im Chang-jeong) has a huge crush on his colleague So-yeon (Kim Gyu-ri). Unlike Sang-yeol, w...
Italian seeks kung-fu stardom in Shanghai

Feb 21, 2011

SHANGHAI (AFP) ― At a Shanghai building site, a man in a black Stetson looks over his shoulder at two approaching thugs. Four others appear, fists raised. They lock eyes and the cowboy springs up in ...
Director tells more than her family story in ‘Goodbye Pyeongyang’

Feb 21, 2011

Personal documentary recounts tale of Korean-Japanese who resettled in N. Korea Movie director Yang Yong-hi has a one-of-a-kind family. She lives in Tokyo, her mother in Osaka and her brothers in P...
S. Korean actress Lee Young-ae gives birth to twins

Feb 21, 2011

South Korean actress Lee Young-ae, widely popular across Asia, has given birth to twins, her agent here said Monday. Lee, 40, became a mother of fraternal twins, a boy and a girl, at 10:30 a.m. Sund...
Downbeat S. Korean drama booed in Berlin

Feb 21, 2011

Korean actor Bin Hyun and South Korean actress Soo-jung Lim arrive for a press conference for the film "Come Rain, Come Shine" on February 17, in Berlin. The sole Asian contender for the Berlin film ...
‘Night Fishing’ brings home Golden Bear

Feb 20, 2011

Park brothers’ iPhone-shot short film wins award at Berlinale South Korea’s highly acclaimed director Park Chan-wook and his younger brother, media artist Park Chan-kyong , captured a Golden Bear ...
Adam Sandler: Is he the new Woody Allen? No, and yes

Feb 18, 2011

We humans divide ourselves into camps. Liberals and conservatives. Cat people and dog people. Woody Allen fans and Adam Sandler fans. Sandler, whose “Just Go With It” opens Friday, occupies a pla...
Director Lee defends pace of Berlin’s sole Asian entry

Feb 18, 2011

BERLIN (AFP) ― The sole Asian contender for the Berlin film festival’s Golden Bear top prize, minimalist South Korean breakup drama “Come Rain, Come Shine,” met with jeers from critics Thursday. It ...