Hollywood movie star Brad Pitt landed in Gimpo Airport in Seoul on Tuesday morning to promote his latest movie “World War Z” together with his son Pax.The 49-year-old actor is planning to meet South Korean fans at Cheonggye Plaza located in the center of Seoul during a red carpet event scheduled for Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.“World War Z” is a blockbuster zombie thriller based on a novel about a former United Nations employee saving the Earth from a zombie pandemic. The movie hits local theaters in Ko

World-renowned director Kim Ki-duk has asked Korea’s movie rating’s agency to reconsider its decision to give a highly restricted rating to his latest film. Kim’s new film “Moebius” got a “restricted screening” rating from the Korea Media Rating Board on June 1. Given that Korea does not have a single theater dedicated to screening films with a restricted rating, the agency’s decision means audiences cannot watch Kim’s new film in his home country. The board’s decision was prompted by the film’s

Hollywood actor Brad Pitt is scheduled to attend Tuesday’s Seoul premiere of his latest film “World War Z,” according to the movie’s local distributor Lotte Entertainment.Pitt, whose last visit to Korea was in 2011 upon the local release of his baseball flick “Moneyball,” is to attend a red carpet event on Tuesday evening at Cheonggye Plaza in central Seoul. It is not certain if his partner, actress Angelina Jolie, who accompanied Pitt during the European promotional tour of the film last week,

World War ZOpening June 20Drama. Thriller. Sci-fi. Action. Horror. Directed by Marc Forster.In this apocalyptic horror film based on the million-selling novel of the same title published in 2007 by Max Brooks, former United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) travels the world in an attempt to find a way to stop the zombie pandemic that is defeating the armies, collapsing governments, and threatening to decimate the human race.Man of SteelOpening June 13Sci-fi. Action. Adventure. Directed by

If you’re a movie studio with money to burn, summer is bonfire time.Almost every week there’s a new $200-million-plus production ― Warner Bros.’ “Man of Steel” and Paramount’s “World War Z” are the next budget-busters ― and it costs almost $100 million more to market such films. All of which makes Universal Pictures’ “The Purge,” a dystopian thriller costing a little more than $3 million ― with an ad campaign just above $20 million ― look like Jonah among so many whales.Art-house studios typical

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Some of the film industry’s most illustrious talents got early confirmation they were on the right track when they won Student Academy Awards.Spike Lee, Robert Zemeckis, Pixar founder John Lasseter and “South Park’’ creator Trey Parker are just a few of the famous filmmakers who won honors from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences when they were college students.The latest crop of winners will be feted on Saturday, when the 40th annual Student Academy Awards are pre

Swansea City soccer star Ki Sung-yueng and actress Han Hye-jin are going all-out for the couple’s upcoming wedding ceremony next month. The two will hold a private ceremony at the Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas, where they reportedly shelled out around 79 million won ($70,000) for the venue. Ki first met Han, who is eight years his senior, at a charity soccer event hosted in Vietnam two years ago. The couple met once again on a local talk show a year later and made their relationship public

Korean-born actress Kim Yun-jin will be featured in U.S. fashion magazine InStyle’s upcoming issue, according to her local agency Zion Entertainment. The actress, who is best known in the U.S. for her role as Sun on the American TV series “Lost,” is currently starring in ABC drama series “Mistresses,” which premiered on Monday. Based on the 2008-10 British series of the same title, the series features the lives of four female friends who are all having extramarital affairs. According to her agen

Nine Chinese films, including Korea-China joint production film ‘A Wedding Invitation,’ will have their first Korean screenings at 2013 Chinese Film Festival

Yoo Ji-tae talks about his feature directing debut ‘Mai Ratima,’ a tale of an abused migrant woman’s search for dignity

World War ZOpening June 20Drama. Thriller. Sci-fi. Action. Horror. Directed by Marc Forster.This is an apocalyptic horror film based on the million-seller novel of the same title published in 2007 by Max Brooks. The story revolves around a former United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) who travels around the world in an attempt to find a way to stop the zombie pandemic that is defeating the armies, collapsing governments, and threatening to decimate the human race.Mai RatimaOpening June 6

“Now You See Me” is like seeing a magician pull a rabbit out of a hat and then showing you how the trick is done, only to learn the bunny’s dead. Everything’s going reasonably well until the disappointing end.The big trick of “Now You See Me” is the criminal ways of a group of illusionists ― played by Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher and Dave Franco ― brought together by a mysterious stranger to pull off a series of impossible crimes. Their first trick is to rob a bank in Paris with

A short film co-directed by Park Chan-wook and his brother Park Chan-kyong, “Day Trip (Cheongchul-eoram),” has been invited to the 67th Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF), one of the oldest running film festivals in the world. The movie, showcased in December 2012, will be screened as part of “Focus on Korea,” a special section that offers an opportunity to explore Korean movies. This is Park’s second time to show in Edinburgh after the movie “Oldboy” in 2004.  The 18-minute short feat