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Batman clings to top of box office in North America

Jul 30, 2012

LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Batman flick “The Dark Knight Rises” held on to the top spot at North American box offices this weekend despite last week’s mass shooting in Colorado, according to figures released Sunday. Twelve people were killed and 58 wounded when a gunman sprayed bullets into a midnight premiere of the final installment of the Batman trilogy in Aurora, Colorado on July 20. The film fini...
Russia courts Hollywood with vast new studios

Jul 30, 2012

MOSCOW (AFP) ― A Russian company has spent $89 million building eastern Europe’s largest production facilities in a field outside Moscow and hopes to lure Hollywood majors to shoot and produce movies. The idea is to create a modern flagship studio that will make Russia a competitively priced destination for film projects and in turn modernise the local industry. “It is one of the targets for us...
Hollywood trying to avoid villain role in film violence after shooting

Jul 29, 2012

LOS ANGELES ― The mass shooting at a “Dark Knight Rises” screening last week has Hollywood quietly squirming. Despite the entertainment industry’s famously liberal leanings, violent content has long been its stock in trade ― leading creators of movies, TV shows and video games to contemplate what role if any their work may have played in the violence. The fact that the Aurora, Colorado, massacre...
‘I’m more motivated than ever’

Jul 29, 2012

Actor Lee Jung-jae talks about his acting career, being single Actor Lee Jung-jae was not used to playing “unattractive” characters, until he was given the role of a jealous thief in his latest film “The Thieves.” “Director Choi Dong-hun asked me to be as unattractive and foolish as possible for the role,” Lee told the Korea Herald in an interview on Thursday. “So I asked him: if you want this...
Box Office

Jul 27, 2012

The Thieves (Korea) Opened July 25 Crime. Action. Directed by Choi Dong-hun. Anycall (Gianna Jun), Popeye (Lee Jung-jae), Chewing Gum (Kim Hae-sook) and Zampano (Kim Soo-hyun) are professional thieves who work together. After their success in a gallery heist, the group hears that Popeye’s old partner, robbery mastermind Macao Park, is back for another job after having gone missing for many year...
Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis rally the troops in Fort Worth

Jul 27, 2012

FORT WORTH, Texas ― Frank the Tank! Frank the Tank! Frank the Tank! The chant rose up inside the stifling gymnasium at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth on Wednesday afternoon, a nod to Will Ferrell’s character in the movie “Old School.” The crowd of uniformed men and women were stoked, because Ferrell and his funnyman cohort Zach Galifianakis were in the house. Fort Worth ...
Kim Ki-duk’s ‘Pieta’ goes to Venice

Jul 27, 2012

Director Kim Ki-duk’s latest film “Pieta” is to make its world premiere at the 69th Venice International Film Festival in the competition line-up. A total of 18 films, including Kim’s, have been selected to compete for the coveted Golden Lion during the festival, including Brian De Palma’s thriller “Passion” and Terrence Malick’s romance “To the Wonder.” Three of Kim’s films have been featured ...
Kristen Stewart sorry for cheating on Robert Pattinson

Jul 26, 2012

’트와일라잇’ 벨라, 남친 에드워드 몰래 불륜 할리우드 여배우 크리스틴 스튜어트(22)가 불륜 사실을 인정하고 공식 사과했다. 크리스틴 스튜어트는 ’트와일라잇‘ 시리즈로 일약 스타덤에 올랐다. 뿐만 아니라 이 영화를 통해 뱀파이어 연인 역을 맡았던 톱스타 로버트 패틴슨(26)과 사귀게 되었고, 3년 간 공식적인 연인 관계를 유지해왔다. 그러나 한 타블로이드지의 보도에서 그녀와 최근작 ’스노우 화이트 앤 더 헌츠맨‘의 감독 루퍼트 샌더스(41)와 불륜 관계를 폭로했다. AP통신 등 외신의 보도에 따르면 스튜어트는 25일(현지시간) 불륜를 인정하고 남자친구인 패틴슨에게 공식적으로 사과했다. 스튜어트는 피플지와의 인터뷰에서 “내가 저지른 당황스러운 일로 많은 사람에게 상처를 준 것에 대해 깊이 사과한다”...
Korean film invited to Venice’s independent section

Jul 25, 2012

Director Jeon Kyu-hwan’s feature-length film “The Weight” has been included in the line-up of the Venice Film Festival’s autonomous sidebar section, the movie’s distributor Fine Cut said. Jeon, whose previous works include Berlinale-featured “Varanasi” and “Dance Town,” has become the first Korean director to be invited to the “Venice Days” competition program. The sidebar is widely considered t...
Time-bending mob story to open Toronto film fest

Jul 25, 2012

OTTAWA (AFP) ― The Toronto film festival will open this year with Rian Johnson’s sci-fi mob thriller “Looper” and see new works by Ben Affleck, Dustin Hoffman and Joss Whedon, organizers said Tuesday. “I saw Rian’s debut feature ‘Brick’ (2005) at the Sundance festival and was impressed by his ability to engage both the mind and the heart,” said Toronto film festival director Cameron Bailey. “We...
Acclaimed actresses began as models

Jul 25, 2012

Did you ever wonder what happens to the superstar model once she’s glittered for her last close-up? Well some of them, like Carman Dell’Orefice, just keep on posing. The white-haired Dell’Orefice has been modeling since 1947 and is still slouching with the best of them. HBO is offering an intimate view of some of the world’s most famous faces when it premieres the documentary, “About Face: Super...
Korean film invited to Venice film fest

Jul 25, 2012

“The Weight,” a new South Korean film starring veteran actor Jo Jae-hyun, has been invited to a non-competitive section of this year‘s Venice International Film Festival, its local distributor said Wednesday. The movie will be presented in the “Venice Days” section of the 69th film festival set to open on Aug. 29, New said. The drama portrays joys and sorrows of human life through a man (played...
Christian Bale visits victims of Aurora shooting

Jul 25, 2012

He didn‘t come in the Batsuit, but perhaps that’s for the best. Actor Christian Bale, star of “The Dark Knight Rises,” dropped by the Aurora, Colo., hospital where many of the victims from Friday‘s horrific movie theater shooting spree are recovering from their wounds. One of the victims, Carey Rottman, posted the above photo of himself with Bale to his Facebook page. “Mr. Bale is there as him...
Despite a few U.S. jitters, Batman fans pack theaters

Jul 24, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) ― The three 18-year-olds, friends since middle school, are about to go off separately to college this fall. But on Sunday, these avid fans of the Batman film franchise had no doubt where they wanted to be: together, at the movies, watching “The Dark Knight Rises.’’ “What happened in Colorado was horrible, but that guy was just a psycho,’’ said Sahil Agrawal, of Queens in New York C...
EBS festival to combine education, documentary movies

Jul 24, 2012

EBS’ documentary festival EIDF opens with controversial bully documentary Korea’s Educational Broadcasting System is showcasing a number of socially conscious and educational non-fiction films in its upcoming EBS International Documentary Festival. The annual event is one of the very few documentary events in the world where the films are screened both in movie theaters and on TV. The festival ...