Oh you lucky New York readers, how I envy you. This weekend you can make your way to the BAMcinematek for the second round of their Puppets On Film program, co-presented by The Jim Henson Foundation. Experience the wonderfully...

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) released ten more titles for their incredible Masters programme, check out this wonderful list of films from some of the finest filmmakers around the globe. It is sure to excite cinaestes, and induce...

A wonderful round of programming featuring the first or second features from burgeoning voices in cinema plays the Toronto International Film Festival ( TIFF). If you want to see some of tomorrows top shelf directors today, TIFF attendants would...

Summer Blockbuster burnout? Well here's the cure! The Plaza Theatre in Atlanta is showing a pristine 35mm print of the Sergio Leone uber-classic The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly as part of their Coming Soon To A Theatre...

Another week, another excuse to admire the attractive figures of 3D SEX AND ZEN. However, its not Vonnie Lui's curves that are making the news this week, but rather that in the first half of 2011 no other Chinese... More >>

The venerable Fangoria brings what was easily the horror hit of the year, Insidious, to the wonderful Silent Movie Theater in Los Angeles, with director James Wan and screenwriter Leigh Whannel in attendance. The creative team behind this well...

Superstar Rajinikanth's new film Enthiran opens tomorrow all around the world.  The film is being shown in three languages:  the original Tamil, a Telugu dubbed version titled Robo, and a Hindi dubbed version titled Robot.  I have contacted the US...

Burnt by the Sun 2 (Утомлённые Солнцем 2) is a continuation of Oscar-awarded (Best Foreign Language Film in 1994) movie Burnt by the Sun, directed by Nikita Mikhalkov. It's a WW2 epic of the same director with a budget of...

Twitchfilm is very pleased to once again to be a sponsor of the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival running from November 11th through the 15th. Last night the full lineup was released and we are in store for... More >>

It's been a number of months since our last angry Easter Bunny update and now, after seeing releases all over this little globe of ours, 'Hank & Mike' (trailer here) the tale of two pissed off, laid off Easter...

The Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan announced their final box office tally for 2008 today. No prizes for guessing which film topped the list: Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Gake no Ue no Ponyo)...

I don't usually write about box office numbers but given this is news about a film that we have covered quite extensively. It just so happens that this film, Koltchak/Admiral, directed by Andrei Kravchuk, dethroned the current five week... More >>

It's pretty nice hearing expensive films like 놈놈놈 (The Good, The Bad, and The Weird) -- 17 Billion won for production only -- manage to break even while maintaining quality, but the future for Chungmuro and its horrible 2008...

Judd Apatow can apparently do no wrong. Despite a luke warm reception to his latest offering, Pineapple Express has gone in at number 1 in its opening weekend, taking just under £1.4m. Whilst this may not sound that great,... More >>

The kindest thing critic Park Pyeong-Shik could say about it was "going to a deserted island to crack the random number table would be more fun," and just about every name critic in Korea trashed it beyond belief. Yet,...

You don't need any supernatural powers to guess Kim Ji-Woon and company might actually feel a sense of relief now, more than anything else. It was a crazy shoot in the kind of conditions most directors wouldn't even touch...

Did you have any misgivings about how Chinese people would perceive the portrayal of their culture in Dreamworks' Kung Fu Panda? Cause clearly they don't have any. In just ten short days Kung Fu Panda became the highest grossing...

This Week.......Title............................................Weekend Attendance Total Attendance 1.....................Kung Fu Panda.(USA).......................1,148,609..........................1,256,318 2.....................Indiana Jones 4 (USA)..........................556,057..........................3,781,166 3.....................Sex & the City (USA)...........................348,255.............................446,977 4.....................What Happens in Vegas (USA).............158,023.............................585,832 5.....................Girl Scout (Korean)..............................132,688.............................163,123 6.....................Prince Caspian (USA)............................95,103..........................1,454,626 7.....................The Eye (USA)......................................54,448...............................64,223 8.....................88 Minutes (USA)..................................48,651.............................269,165 9....................Iron Man (USA)......................................23,065...........................4,308,344 10..................19th Body (Thailand)...............................12,546.............................107,288... More >>

I've said in these pages before now how incredibly baffled I am that nobody outside of Japan seems to much care about the films of Koki Mitani. The hugely talented writer-director puts out some of the smartest, most distinctive...

Ranking.................Title................................................................Tickets Sold.......................Total Tickets Sold 1...........................Indy 4..(USA)......................................................848,730..............................2,976,884 2...........................What Happens In Vegas (USA)............................252,981.................................306,209 3...........................Prince Caspian (USA).........................................160,280...............................1,326,335 4...........................88 Minutes (USA)...............................................141,840.................................163,022 5...........................Iron Man (USA)...................................................100,370..............................4,255,337 6...........................Body #19 (Thailand).............................................61,845...................................73,564 7...........................We Own The Night (USA)....................................35,068....................................43,904 8...........................Never Back Down (USA)......................................15,497...................................114,390 9...........................Taken (France)...................................................12,477.................................2,366,101. 10.........................Cherry Tomato (Korean).......................................11,280.....................................13,400... More >>

This Week.........Title............................................................................Tickets Sold............................Total Tickets Sold 1............Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull..(USA)............1,396,175................................1,616,470 2............The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.(USA)..............................302,599................................1,085,681 3............Iron Man (USA).............................................................................205,284................................4,077,630 4............Never Back Down (USA).................................................................54,325....................................63,748 5............Taken (France)..............................................................................36,119..................................2,325,772 6............Penelope (USA).............................................................................32,231....................................195,520 7............Speed Racer (USA)........................................................................20,162....................................794,137 8............Nallari Jongbujeon -(Frivolous Wife) (Korean).....................................14,103.....................................16,393 9...........Horton... More >>

Number..................Film Title.....................................Tickets Sold...........Total # Tickets Sold 1...........................Prince Caspian (USA)..................558,497.....................641,289 2...........................Iron Man (USA)............................428,423..................3,732,470 3...........................Sped Racer (USA).......................112,220.....................745,822 4...........................Taken (France)............................102,765...................2,236,801 5...........................Penelope (USA)............................92,755.....................124,818 6...........................Horton Hears A Who (USA)...........28,775.....................624,238 7...........................Moonlight In Seoul (Korean)...........26,075.....................704,725 8...........................Forbidden Kingdom (USA).............25,472....................1,211,268 9...........................Priceless (France)........................17,020......................120,463 10.........................Detective Conan: Phantom of ............................Baker Street (Japan).......................8,526........................118,432... More >>

Position...........Title............................................Tickets Sold........................Total Tickets Sold................. 1.....................Iron Man..(USA).............................753,154..............................2,801,761 2.....................Speed Racer (USA)......................369,829................................424,623 3.....................Taken (France)..............................146,256..............................2,015,212 4.....................Forbidden Kingdom (China).............96,529...............................1,118,454 5.....................Horton Hears A Who (USA).............89,437.................................528,509 6.....................Moonlight In Seoul (Korean).............87,887.................................614,591 7.....................Priceless (France)..........................53,905...................................62,154 8.....................Tale of the Legendary Libido (Korean).29,296...............................248,344 9.....................Unforgettable (Korean).....................22,799...................................27,033 10...................Detective Conan: Phantom............... .......................Of Baker Street (Japan)...................22,214...................................93,922... More >>

This Week Title............................................# tickets sold......Total # tickets sold 1.....................Iron Man (USA)...........................855,230..............1,237,482 2.....................The Moonlight of Seoul (Korean)...189,300................303,251 3.....................Taken (France)...........................167,868..............1,716,900 4.....................The Forbidden Kingdom(USA)......153,157...............855,238 5.....................Horton Hears a Who (USA)..........150,347...............199,634 6.....................The Legendary Libido (Korean).......81,130...............149,749 7.....................Detective Conan (Japan)...............27,981.................37,223 8.....................The Bucket List (USA).................16,490.................243,421 9.....................The Chaser (Korean).....................5,169.................5,055,137... More >>

This Week...................................... Title...................Tickets Sold............................Total Tickets Sold............................. 1..........The Guard Post (GP 506 - Korean)...................329,037..................................390,051 2..........Forbidden Kingdom (China, HK, Korean)...........308,506..................................368,986 3..........Awake (USA)..................................................89,966..................................417,829 4.........The Chaser (Chugyeokja - Korean).....................81,382...................................4,853,501 5........The Other Boleyn Girl (USA)..............................75,100......................................557,039 6........Do Ray Mi Fa So La Ti Do (Korean)....................72,671......................................82,496 7.......Step... More >>

At the rate CJ7 is going, raking up the dough at the box-office, Stephen Chow could probably take another five years to make his next film. His latest sci-fi comedy made box-office history in both Malaysia and Singapore. Buena...

This Week Title............................................ Tickets sold...................................Total # Tickets Sold 1.....................Once Upon A Time (Korean)..........478,024.........................................1,160,919 2.....................Forever the Moment (Korean).........437,549........................................3,829,774 3.....................Lovers of 6 Years (Korean)............435,277..........................................728,595 4....................The Devils Game (Korean)..............432,791.......................................1,241,049 5....................Last Present (Korean).....................140,734........................................227,931 6....................A Man Who Was Superman (Korean)..138,102....................................526,010 7....................The Warlords (China)......................112,576......................................354,065 8....................Charlie Wilson's... More >>

Purchasers of DVDs have long been grateful that Korean films are provided with English subtitles (even if the supplements rarely are), and it's high time that European distributors did the same. Acknowledging the fact that Korea has been experiencing exponential...

This Week.......Title............................................Weekend Attendance............................Total Attendance 1.....................Forever The Moment (Korean).......626,111.................................................752,830 2.....................Open City (Korean)......................456,714.................................................543,725 3.....................Bee Movie (USA).........................245,615.................................................731,460 4.....................The Myst (USA)..........................201,264.................................................242,577 5.....................Enchanted (USA)........................154,948.................................................193,423 6.....................National Treasure 2 (USA).............60,355...............................................1,723,913 7.....................The Golden Compass (USA).........50,860...............................................2,815,043 8.....................The Jacket (USA)........................47,001...................................................55,551 9.....................30 Days of Night (USA)...............45,656...................................................54,423 10...................The Longest 24 Months (Korea)....30,834..................................................433,245... More >>

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