Hayao Miyazaki’s famous TV animation ‘Anne of Green Gables’ to get big screen release

‘Day Trip’ features story of pansori artist and his student

Life of Pi (U.S.)Opening Jan. 1 Drama. Action. Adventure. Directed by Ang Lee. Pi (Suraj Sharma)’s family prepares to move upon hearing that the government’s financial aid for the family’s zoo will be cut off. The family boards a ship to Canada with their zoo animals. But an unexpected storm sinks the ship and only Pi, who gets on a lifeboat, survives the deadly accident. On the lifeboat, an injured zebra, a starved hyena and an orangutan with a handful of bananas increase the tension. However,

“Zero Dark Thirty” begins in our mind’s eye ― our memories of 9/11 play out as a black screen is backed by the sounds of news reports, 911 emergency calls and tearful dying messages left on voice mails.The movie about the long hunt for Osama bin Laden will have plenty to show us. But “Hurt Locker” writer Mark Boal and director Kathryn Bigelow want us to provide the rationale for the next 2 hours. What they’re about to depict is the spy’s-eye-view of this epic search ― the tedium of false leads,

Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet has married her third husband in a secret ceremony -- tying the knot with Richard Branson's nephew Ned RocknRoll, The Sun tabloid reported on Thursday.Winslet, 37, was given away by her "Titanic" co-star Leonardo DiCaprio at an intimate service in New York attended by just a few close friends and family in early December, according to the paper.Although Winslet's spokeswoman confirmed the actress had married, it came as a surprise to her family -- her father Ro

South Korean actor Lee Byung-hun was selected as the best actor of 2012 in an annual poll released Wednesday.Lee received the most support with 37.6 percent of the 1,700 people aged 13 and older who were polled in a Gallup Korea survey conducted last month, the Seoul-based pollster said.Lee also won the best actor honor at the 49th Daejong (Grand Bell) Film Awards for his title role in the Korean costume drama “Gwanghae: the Man Who Became King” that has sold 12 million tickets to become the thi

Starship Entertainment announced that Sistar19, a subunit of the sexy K-pop girl group Sistar, will be making a comeback in January. Sistar19, consisting of members Hyo-rin and Bo-ra, first debuted in 2011 with the release of the single “Ma Boy.” However, the subunit has not been active since then, rather participating as members of the four-member group Sistar, releasing their album “So Cool” in August of the same year and clinching the top spot on the Billboard K-pop Top 100 charts for the fir

The K-pop veteran and music icon BoA will be holding her first solo concert in Korea since her debut in 2000. A second performance was recently added due to high demand. “This will be BoA’s first solo concert since her debut and the local fans’ interest was strong,” said a representative from S.M. Entertainment. The artist released her latest seventh album, “Only One,” in July, writing and composing the title track with the same name. Upon its release, the title track single ranked at the top of

Park Chan-wook’s ‘Stoker,’ O Muel’s ‘Jiseul’ among the line-up

Love 911 (Korea)Opened Dec. 19Romance. Drama. Directed by Jeong Gi-hoon. Kang-il (Go Soo) is an unhappy firefighter who lost his wife to an illness. He suffers from guilt for choosing to stay with a fire victim instead of going to his wife who was desperately calling him for help and died before he arrived. Losing his wife only made him work harder, always putting himself out there to save lives in danger. His nothing-to-lose attitude and strong work ethic intrigues Mi-soo (Han Hyo-joo), a medic