Ordinary Days (Korea) Opening Sept. 29 Drama. Directed by Lee Nan. Han-cheol (Song Sae-byeok), who hates his job as an insurance salesman, is sick of his mundane and uneventful life. He even tries to commit suicide several times but those attempts fail. He decides to continue living his boring life until he receives an unexpected call from a woman he barely remembers from his past. Meanwhile, ...

Brad Pitt knows the parallels are obvious: baseball and the movie biz ― two industries where the complex algorithms of stats and star power, home runs and box-office hits, are endlessly worked on and worried over. Old ways of doing business, based on gut instinct and high-priced players, give way to leaner, meaner, formula-driven concepts ― on the playing field, and on the screen. “Especially in...

LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Disney and filmmaker James Cameron announced plans Tuesday to bring the world of the Oscar-winning movie “Avatar” to the entertainment giant’s theme parks. The first “Avatar” land will open at the Walt Disney World in Florida, with construction due to begin by 2013, said Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Worldwide, Cameron and Fox Filmed Entertainment. “James Cameron is a ground...

GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) -- The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday that it has agreed on an exclusive deal to build attractions based on James Cameron's "Avatar" at its theme parks, starting with Animal Kingdom in Orlando, Fla. The first "Avatar" land, which begins construction in 2013 and is expected to open about three years later, is to be an immersive experience in a land spanning several acres. It w...

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― “Two and a Half Men” star Jon Cryer on Monday received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and thanked former co-star Charlie Sheen and the show’s co-creators for intervening during last season when troubles arose. Cryer, 46, was honored with the 2,449th star on the famed walkway. Among those who attended were “Two and a Half” creator Chuck Lorre and co-stars Ashton Kutcher a...

British actress Kate Winslet won the best actress in a mini-series Emmy, for her role in period drama "Mildred Pierce." The Oscar-winning star plays a divorcee single mother who opens a restaurant to survive in the Great Depression in the drama, for which her English-born co-star Guy Pearce won best supporting actor Emmy moments earlier. Kate Winslet accepts the award for outstanding lead actre...

Countdown (Korea) Opening Sept. 29 Action. Drama. Directed by Heo Jong-ho. Debt collector Tae Geon-ho (Jeong Jae-young), who lost his son five years ago, one day finds out he has liver cancer. The only way for him to survive is to get a liver transplant in the next 10 days, from a woman named Cha Ha-yeon (Jeon Do-yeon), who apparently has the matching organ. Cha turns out to be a seductive swin...

Rod Lurie, director of the politically charged dramas “Deterrence,” “The Contender” and “Nothing but the Truth,” has spent plenty of time in the hot seat. But the controversies over those movies are nothing compared to the tempest that is certain to accompany his latest film: a remake of Sam Peckinpah’s polarizing 1971 classic, “Straw Dogs.” “One of these days I want to make a romantic comedy wh...

The FBI is probing allegations that a number of Hollywood celebrities have been hacked, after semi-naked pictures of Scarlett Johansson leaked onto the Internet, the agency said Wednesday. The photos, apparently taken by the actress herself, were published on gossip websites, while there were reports also of a hacked picture of Justin Timberlake, taken by actress Mila Kunis. Scarlett Johansson ...

Busan International Film Festival to kick off with new vision for future; annual event to run Oct. 6-14 It is now BIFF, not PIFF. Previously known as Pusan International Film Festival, Korea’s first and largest international film bash is getting a new acronym for its name, along with a new, exclusive screening venue in Haeundae. Starting this year, the festival will be officially renamed as Bu...