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'Andy Serkis absolutely deserves to be nominated for Best Actor Award'

Anders Langlands, the visual effect supervisor of the megahit “War For the Planet of the Apes” said actor Andy Serkis should be nominated for best actor at the Academy Awards for his incredible portrayal of the digitally created ape “Caesar.” In the science fiction film series, Serkis played an intelligent chimpanzee, Caesar, who leads a tribe of genetically enhanced apes. Wi...

Movies | 2017-08-08 18:16

'It is too early to discuss truth of my Battleship Island,' says Ryoo

“The Battleship Island,” a movie by popular filmmaker Ryoo Seung-wan, has caused various controversies _ from its alleged distortion of historical facts to the monopolization of screens here _ after record-breaking sales of over 970,000 tickets on its opening day last month. As with many of Ryoo’s previous movies, the war film was one of the most anticipated this year. It is ...

Movies | 2017-08-07 01:58

Paris Can Wait; A Taxi Driver; The Emoji Movie; Despicable Me 3; The Battleship Island

Movies | 2017-08-03 17:38

Box Office Rankings

Domestic; United States

Movies | 2017-08-03 17:23

Filmmaker Kim Ki-duk accused of abusing actress over sex scene

Influential filmmaker Kim Ki-duk is Korean prosecutors’ latest target after an actress accused him of sexually abusing her while filming several years ago. The actress, 41, whose name was withheld, but known to have worked in Kim’s film “Moebius” (2013), recently sued him through the Seoul Central Prosecutors’ Office. Prosecutors then launched an investigation, according to r...

Movies | 2017-08-03 13:38

Predator in the guise of filmmaker?

[INTERVIEW] Actor finds worries increase along with popularity

Actor Park Seo-joon’s popularity is climbing as if there was no limit but he says there are more things to worry about than there are to enjoy. The 28-year old Park is undoubtedly the hottest actor on the current scene with his three consecutive hit dramas on TV, “She Was Pretty,” “Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth” and “Fight for My Way.” Female fans swooned over his chic and ...

Movies | 2017-08-02 13:04

Widow of German reporter Jurgen Hinzpeter to visit Seoul

Edeltraut Brahmstaedt, the widow of German journalist Jurgen Hinzpeter, who exposed the tragedy of the Gwangju Democratization Movement in May 1980 to the world, will be visiting Seoul Aug. 8. Brahmstaedt will watch “A Taxi Driver," a movie based on the true story of her late husband, set for release Wednesday. “A Taxi Driver” is about taxi driver Kim Sa-bok who takes the Ger...

Movies | 2017-07-31 15:08

Male characters' chemistry makes 'Midnight Runners' stronger

Korean action-comedy film “Midnight Runners” can successfully captivate film-lovers in the highly competitive screen market in early August amid worries that it has to compete with much-anticipated movies such as “The Battleship Island” and “Taxi Driver.” “Midnight Runners,” directed by Kim Joo-hwan, is neither a high-budget film nor a story reporting a significant historical...

Movies | 2017-07-28 18:18

Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child; Despicable Me 3; The Battleship Island; Dunkirk; 47 Meters Down

Movies | 2017-07-27 19:30

[INTERVIEW] “Escaping from East Germany helped my acting in Taxi Driver”

German actor Thomas Kretschmann said Tuesday his experience of escaping from East Germany helped him understand the Gwangju Democratization Movement for the movie “Taxi Driver.” Kretschmann appears as German reporter Jurgen Hinzpeter, or by his nickname Peter, in the movie and met with the press at the Intercontinental Hotel in Seoul ahead of the film’s release next week. “My...

Movies | 2017-07-27 10:21

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Inter-Korean Summit in Pyongyang