Arrow, the Ultimate Weapon (Korea) Opening Aug. 11 Action. Directed by Kim Han-min. When the second Manchu invasion of Korea occurs in 1636, a young man named Na-mi (Park Hae-il) loses her sister Ja-in (Moon Chae-won) and her fianc on their wedding day. The Qing soldiers kidnap the couple after completely demolishing the town. Having a natural talent in archery, Na-mi takes the bow that used t...

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (U.S.) Opening Aug. 17 Action. Directed by Rupert Wyatt. Will Rodman (James Franco), a San Francisco-based scientist whose father (John Lithgow) suffers from Alzheimer’s, develops a cure for the disease and tests it on apes. Rodman takes one of the tested baby chimpanzees, Caesar (Andy Serkis), to his house and starts to live with him. As the time passes by, Caes...

Larry Crowne (U.S.) Opening Aug. 18 Romance. Directed by Tom Hanks. Larry (Tom Hanks), a mid-aged man who just got fired from his work for lacking a college education, decides to attend a local community college to find more career opportunities. As a divorce who lives alone, Larry almost lost his house as he couldn’t find another job right away. Yet as he begins his college life, he soon start...

Hong Gil-dong 2084 (Korea) Opening Aug. 18 Animation. Directed by Lee Jeong-in. In 2084, a young man named Hong Gil-dong lives with a little boy named Cheol alone near a city named Yuldo. Gil-dong was abandoned by his older brother Il-dong as a child, and had to live on his own ever since. One day, Gil-dong happens to save the life of Ha-ryeong, a beautiful female warrior who was in danger in t...

Incubus “If Not Now, When?” Sony Music American rock band Incubus is back with its seventh studio album “If Not Now, When?” five years after the release of “Light Grenades.” Formed in 1991 by vocalist Brandon Boyd, lead guitarist Mike Einziger and drummer Jose Pasillas, the five-member band has been successful in hitting multi-platinum sales of albums and several singles since late 1990s. The...

Chung Myung-whun “Myung-Whun Chung DG Recordings 1991-2010” Universal Music Universal Music has released a collection of recordings by conductor Chung Myung-whun, recorded under the label of Deutsche Grammophon from 1991 to 2010. Since signing the contract with DG in 1990, Chung has released more than 30 albums. The latest collection gathers all Chung’s DG recordings, except for accompaniment...

Richard Smallwood “Promises” Verity Records The death of Richard Smallwood’s mother in 2005 left him so distraught that the Stellar- and Dove Award-winning artist lost the inspiration to write a song for four years. But Smallwood found motivation after watching a news telecast that highlighted many of the world’s problems. As a result, he wanted to show people that there is still hope, and th...

Arrow, the Ultimate Weapon (Korea) Opening Aug. 11 Action. Directed by Kim Han-min. When the second Manchu invasion of Korea occurs in 1636, a young man named Na-mi (Park Hae-il) loses her sister Ja-in (Moon Chae-won) and her fiancé on their wedding day. The Qing soldiers kidnap the couple after completely demolishing the town. Having a natural talent in archery, Na-mi takes the bow that used t...

Western has a dust-up with aliens You see the strangest things in the desert. Last year, for instance, if you followed a ridgeline here you would have discovered a massive alien spaceship and, nearby, James Bond strumming a ukulele beneath a wispy tamarix tree. “Wait around,” he muttered, “and Indiana Jones might show up too.” The man with the four-string uke was actor Daniel Craig, who is best...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) ― The hunt for Alaska’s most infamous serial murderer is about to get the Hollywood treatment. Academy Award-winning actor Nicolas Cage will star in “Frozen Ground,” a movie detailing the police investigation of serial killer Robert Hansen, Variety reported Wednesday. He will play an Alaska State Trooper who investigated the murders. Filming is scheduled to start in Ancho...

Extremely eloquent and calm in nature, Seoul Art Cinema’s program director Kim Seong-uk knows his job and films. Kim has been in charge of organizing both screenings and education programs for anyone who likes movies or learning about films, ever since the venue’s opening in 2002. “To put it simply, Cinematheque is like a film library,” Kim said during an interview with The Korea Herald. “Yet ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Dinosaur fan alert: Steven Spielberg says a fourth "Jurassic Park" film may be only a few years away. Spielberg told an audience at the Comic-Con fan convention Friday that he has a story and a screenwriter for the next installment of his blockbuster franchise about prehistoric reptiles brought into modern times through cloning. The filmmaker directed the first two "Jurassic Pa...