Actress Kim Min-hee of “The Handmaiden” and Cannes award-winning film director Hong Sang-soo, who is married with one daughter, are having an affair, local media reported Tuesday.According to reports, the two apparently met last year while filming “Right Now, Wrong Then,” which was directed by Hong and starred Kim as the female lead, and they have since been involved in an affair. The film opened in theaters last September.Since then, Hong and Kim have worked together on two yet to be released w

Unforgettable. That’s how fans felt about Disney’s 2003 hit “Finding Nemo,” and about the film’s breakout supporting character, the infectiously energetic and forgetful blue tang Dory, voiced by Ellen DeGeneres. So unforgettable that anticipation is at a fever pitch for the sequel 13 years in the making, “Finding Dory.” It’s safe to say that fans will be delighted to be reunited with these characters in this charming and heartwarming voyage under (and above) the sea.“Finding Nemo” writer/directo

Proof of Innocence(Korea)Opened June 16Crime, Drama. Directed by Kwon Jong-kwanOnce a model cop, Pil-jae (Kim Myung-min) now brokers cases to lawyers. One day, he and his lawyer partner (Sung Dong-il) receive a mysterious letter from a criminal on death row claiming his innocence. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows(U.S.)Opened June 16Action, Fantasy. Directed by David GreenThe Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are living in secret, when a villain, Shredder, joins forces with mad scienti

NEW YORK (AP) -- On their first day shooting “Central Intelligence,” their new spy-themed action comedy, Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart were given an extremely difficult scene.Difficult, meaning it was impossible not to break up laughing and ruin the shot. They were playing doctor and patient in a therapist’s office, and they were staring at each other, real close, trying not to blink or speak. For Hart especially, this was very hard to do.“Kevin could just not keep a straight face,” says directo

BEVERLY HILLS, California (AP) -- "Finding Dory" isn't just about a little blue fish looking for a home. The long-awaited sequel to "Finding Nemo" also reflects the journey of the woman behind the gills, Ellen DeGeneres. Like Dory, DeGeneres had been feeling a little lost 13 years ago, when she first voiced the happy little fish with short-term memory issues. DeGeneres had publicly come out as gay a few years earlier, and had the title character on her namesake sitcom do the same. It was a cultu

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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- "Bridesmaids" was supposed to change the game for the female-driven comedy. But each new movie is still treated like a beta test for the genre and the next unwitting subjects are "Ghostbusters," out July 15, and "Bad Moms," out July 29. Isn't it supposed to be summer?"Let’s wait and see how Ghostbusters does" has become a common phrase in the press and the industry -- as if the future of female-led comedic blockbusters depends on Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones,

LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- Filmmaker Duncan Jones spoke emotionally Monday about how his rock legend father David Bowie would have been proud of his new movie “Warcraft” at its worldwide premiere in Los Angeles. The 45-year-old Londoner was among a host of stars at the TCL Chinese Theatre for the screening as hundreds of fans, many dressed in costumes from the film, lined Hollywood Boulevard, clapping and cheering.“I think he’d be incredibly happy that I followed my passion which he always told me to

NEW YORK (AP) -- Sure things in Hollywood are beginning to look like an endangered species. Sequels, for years the industry’s most “can’t miss” assets, are struggling at the box office this year. The downturn, which continued over the weekend with the low turnout for “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows,” calls into question one of the industry’s bedrocks of bankability.  A still from “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows” (Paramount Pictures)Roughly two decades ago, the

Sydney Film Festival, which kicks off Wednesday, will this year host a new program spotlighting “off-mainstream” contemporary Korean cinema, the festival organizers announced Monday.　Titled “Korea on the Verge: Social Faultlines in Korean Cinema,” the program will screen five films by Korean directors. 　“Alice in Earnestland,” director Ahn Gooc-jin’s first feature and winner of the best Korean feature prize at last year’s Jeonju International Film Festival, is a political satire portraying a wom

Award-winning director Park Chan-wook’s new film “The Handmaiden” has topped the box office, attracting over 550,000 moviegoers within the first two days of its release.　The film, which opened in local theaters on Wednesday, attracted 558,930 audiences from then to Thursday, according to the Korean Film Council on Friday. 　Though viewers under 19 are not allowed, the film attracted about 300,000 audiences on its release day.  Ha Jung-woo (left) and Kim Tae-ri star in “The Handmaiden.” (CJ E&M)　“