Showing posts with label the taste of money. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the taste of money. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

KCN: The Thieves Cracks 10 Million and JIFF Gets a New Director (08/16-08/22, 2012)

The Thieves made history this week by becoming only the 6th Korean film to cross the 10 million admissions mark and is now bearing down on the all-time record. In other news, some important castings and appointments, not to mention some festival news, posters and box office.


KOREAN CINEMA NEWS


Samuel L. Jackson Steps Aboard Spike Lee's Oldboy
Veteran actor Samuel L. Jackson is the latest star to join the remake of Park Chan-wook's classic Oldboy (2003), which is being helmed by Spike Lee with Josh Brolin in the lead. Bruce Horsnby has also recently joined the cast. (Modern Korean Cinema, August 22, 2012)

The Thieves to Screen in Hong Kong from September
The summer blockbuster The Thieves will begin screening across Asia from next month. On Sept. 6, the movie will premiere in Hong Kong and Indonesia before opening in Singapore on the 13th, and Malaysia and Thailand in October and November. (Joong Ang Daily, August 22, 2012)

Friday, June 15, 2012

Weekly Review Round-up (06/09-06/15, 2012)

Lots of reviews for new releases this week, including As One and Arirang which are currently screening in various English-language territories.  Sector 7 was also just released in the US on Blu-ray.


CURRENT FILMS


All About My Wife

As One

(The Korea Blog, June 8, 2012)

(Seongyong's Private Place, June 14, 2012)

(Reuters, June 13, 2012)

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Korean Box Office Update (06/01-06/03, 2012)

Men in Black Stays Up Top While Domestic Releases Nibble at Its Heels



Title Release Date Market Share Weekend Total Screens
1 Men in Black 3 (us) 5/24/12 26.20% 533,557 2,455,318 540
2 All About My Wife 5/17/12 22.30% 474,494 2,784,894 474
3 Runway Cop 5/30/12 15.30% 334,254 453,570 431
4 Don't Click 5/30/12 12.40% 295,733 353,034 360
5 Snow White and the Huntsmen (us) 5/30/12 11.80% 261,558 452,589 443
6 The Avengers (us) 4/26/12 4.60% 96,753 6,996,984 281
7 The Taste of Money 5/17/12 2.40% 50,357 1,131,158 248
8 Madagascar 3 (us) 6/6/12 2.60% 39,738 40,912 186
9 As One 5/3/12 0.80% 19,625 1,856,843 139
10 Inazuma Eleven Go (jp) 5/24/12 0.40% 10,872 81,756 96


Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Korean Cinema News (05/24-05/30, 2012)

Aside from a new trailer, poster and the Box Office recap, all of this week's news in Cannes-related.  The big films were sold to the major markets but left high and dry at the awards ceremony, though a short did pick up a prize for Korea!

The big news with MKC this week is that the site and I are relocating to Seoul this Sunday, a very exciting devlopment!  Below is yesterday's post about the move:


IFC Midnight to Give US Viewers a Taste of Money With Im Sang-soo's Latest
Im Sang-soo's new film The Taste of Money, which competed in Cannes last week, has been picked up by IFC Midnight for US distribution.  Im's previous film The Housemaid (2010), which also vied in competition at Cannes, was also distributed in North America by IFC Midnight and benefited from a decent amount of exposure.  I recall being surprised when I noticed its availability on Time Warner's On Demand service when I lived in LA.  I'm not sure if a theatrical release will follow and it must be said that it has not received glowing reviews from the Mediterranean fest but this is not always a good indicator for the greater public.

The Taste of Money, which stars Kim Kang-woo (A Better Tomorrow, 2009), Yoon Yuh-jung (Actresses, 2009), Baek Yoon-shik (Save the Green Planet, 2003) and Kim Hyo-jin (Woochi, 2009), brings us inside the lives of one of the richest families in Korea and their tale of greed, lust and violence.  (Modern Korean Cinema, May 30, 2012/Twitch, May 29, 2012)