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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 ...
Kim Hye-soo ‘steals’ her scenes

Jul 23, 2012

‘The Thieves’ actress talks about her new movie, her love for people Among the many living actresses in Korea, Kim Hye-soo is an icon like no other. She is the type of actress who is remembered for her image first, film roles second. Many are well aware of and charmed by her risqué and daring fashion choices on red carpets, her gift of gab on TV talk shows, and her dominating, charismatic prese...
Shooting heightens concern at cinemas

Jul 23, 2012

ST. LOUIS (AP) ― The mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater rattled the nerves of some other moviegoers with opening weekend tickets for the new Batman film and led some cinema chains to add more guards. Experts say it’s unlikely, though, that venues will implement even stricter security measures because it would significantly alter the experience of going to a film, concert or game. The earl...
Jeon Ji-hyeon satisfied with her role in new movie

Jul 23, 2012

Jeon also said that from having to worry about cooking and washing dishes every day since getting married in April, she finally learned how to behave as a grown-up. ( khnews@heraldm.com ) 화끈한 女도둑 연기 "대리만족 느꼈죠" ‘도둑들’은 당대 최고의 도둑들이 모여 마카오 카지노에 숨겨진 수백억원짜리 다이아몬드를 훔치기 위해 나선다는 이야기를 담았다. 김윤석, 김혜수, 이정재, 김수현, 오달수 등과 함께 출연한 전지현은 섹시한 줄타기 전문 도둑 ‘예니콜’역을 맡았다. 엉뚱하고 톡톡 튀고 거침없는 여도둑이다. 데뷔 이후 늘 사람들의 시선에 둘러싸여 살...
Warner Bros. cancels more world Batman premieres

Jul 22, 2012

Warner Bros. Pictures says it has canceled appearances by the cast and filmmakers of the movie ``The Dark Knight Rises'' in Mexico and Japan after a shooter killed 12 people and injured at least 50 Friday in a Colorado theater during a midnight premiere of the newest Batman movie. The studio says actors Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway and Joseph Gordon Levitt will no longer hold press or red carpe...
Summer screenings to beat the heat

Jul 20, 2012

24-hour theaters, special summer showings fun and cheap ways to stay cool The summer is here and the mercury is rising. While many go overseas or to the countryside for their vacation, there’s another place close by to escape the heat ― the movie theater. From 24-hour theaters to old horror movies, it’s easy to cool down without spending a lot of money. 24-hour movie theaters For Seoulites s...
Box Office

Jul 20, 2012

Two Doors (Korea) Opened June 21 Documentary. Directed by Kim Il-ran and Hong Ji-you. On Jan. 20, 2009, residents of a redevelopment area in Yongsan, Seoul, had been occupying the top floor of a four-story building named “Namildang” since the previous day to protest the city project. A police SWAT team was sent in to arrest the protesters. A fire erupted during the violent pre-dawn raid, killin...
Christopher Nolan says goodbye to Gotham

Jul 20, 2012

From a distance, Christopher Nolan’s Gotham City sure doesn’t look like much. The “skyline” begins to emerge over the horizon in the rolling green farmlands about 50 miles north of London, but there are no gothic spires or granite citadels, just the slanted, pocked roofs of two boxy metal buildings. But nearing the complex on a winding two-lane road, the immensity of the make-believe metropolis ...
Kim Ki-duk back with new film ‘Pieta’

Jul 20, 2012

Kim Ki-duk, one of the best known Korean directors overseas, said on Thursday he has realized that filmmaking makes him happy, in his first appearance before local media in four years. “It will be my first feature film to be shown in four years,” Kim said during a news conference in Seoul to promote his new film “Pieta.” “I haven’t worked on any movie for many reasons so far. This time, I surel...
PiFan’s grand opening ceremony is held in Bucheon

Jul 20, 2012

During the 11-day global event, 231 movies from 47 countries will be screened and various academic events will also be held. For tickets and this year’s full line-up, visit www.pifan.com. By Sung-won Yoon Intern Reporter (swyoon@heraldm.com) 박하선, PiFan 개막식서 반전 드레스 뽐내 회 부천국제판타스틱영화제(PiFan)가 19일 오후 7시 부천 실내체육관에서 화려하게 개막했다. 경기도 부천시와 부천영화제집행위원회의 주최로 열린 개막식은 김만수 부천시장, 곽영진 문화체육관광부 제1차관, 원혜영 민주통합당 ...
Kim Ki-duk back with new film 'Pieta'

Jul 19, 2012

Kim Ki-duk, one of the best known Korean directors overseas, said on Thursday he has realized that filmmaking makes him happy, in his first appearance before local media in four years. "It will be my first feature film to be shown in four years," Kim said during a news conference in Seoul to promote his new film "Pieta." "I haven't worked on any movie for many reasons so far. This time, I sure...
Rajesh Khanna, Bollywood’s first superstar, dies

Jul 19, 2012

NEW DELHI (AP) ― Rajesh Khanna, whose success as a romantic lead in scores of Indian movies made him Bollywood’s first superstar, died Wednesday after a brief illness. He was 69. His wife, actress Dimple Kapadia, and two daughters were at his bedside when he died at his home in Mumbai, said his son-in-law, actor Akshay Kumar. Khanna began his career in the mid-1960s in romantic films that were ...
‘Forget Manhattan! Try Jerusalem,’ Israel tells Woody Allen

Jul 18, 2012

JERUSALEM (AFP) ― He’s had “Manhattan,” “Midnight in Paris” and “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” and now Israeli officials are trying to convince legendary U.S. film-maker Woody Allen to set a movie in the Holy City of Jerusalem. Both President Shimon Peres and Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat are part of the effort, their offices said, with Barkat even holding a pow-wow with Allen and his one-time muse Di...
Shooting begins for joint Korea-Japan production

Jul 18, 2012

A Korea-Japan joint production film started shooting in Japan last month, according to its local producer and distributor Lotte Entertainment. Titled “Mumyeongin,” literally translated as a “nameless person,” the movie is a film adaptation of Japanese writer Tsukasaki Siro’s novel “Genome Hazard.” The mystery thriller tells the story of a Japanese man who one day realizes all of his memories ar...