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Documentary ‘The Last Tundra’ shows culture’s respect for nature

Feb 13, 2011

They follow the stars and the moon when they travel, melt gigantic pieces of ice for drinking water, and use natural moss for baby diapers and dish washing ― all in minus-50 degree weather.SBS documentary “The Last Tundra ― Movie Edition” offers a very rare glimpse into the life of the Nenets, the last reindeer herding nomads living in Siberian tundra. Through a yearly migration of more than a tho
Liz Taylor treated for congestive heart failure

Feb 13, 2011

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Elizabeth Taylor remained in a Los Angeles hospital on Saturday for treatment of congestive heart failure. Oscar-winning actress Elizabeth Taylor remained in a Los Angeles hospital on Saturday for treatment of congestive heart failure. (AP)The Oscar-winning actress' condition was unchanged, her spokeswoman Sally Morrison said early Saturday afternoon. She did not know how long T
Box office

Feb 11, 2011

Late Autumn (Korea)Opening Feb. 17Drama. Directed by Kim Tae-yong. Prisoner Anna (Tang Wei), a Chinese-American woman who murdered her husband seven years ago, is released from jail for three days to attend her mother’s funeral in Seattle. In the bus heading to Seattle, Anna runs into Hoon (Hyun Bin), a Korean gigolo. Spending the next 72 hours together, the two begin to develop genuine feelings f
Elton John takes surprising turn with ‘Gnomeo & Juliet’

Feb 11, 2011

The image of Elton John in bejeweled stacked shoes, garish glasses and colorful costumes will forever be a part of the 1970s. But these days, he presents a very different image ― both professionally and personally.“As I grow older, I’m much more content in my own skin,” says John, who is dressed in black and wearing a pair of John Lennon-style sunglasses. The 63-year-old music icon is doing interv
Box-office rankings

Feb 11, 2011

FEB. 4 ― FEB. 61. Detective K : Secret Of Virtuous WidowOpened Jan. 27Directed by Kim Seok-yoonStarring Kim Myeong-min, Han Ji-min2. Gulliver’s TravelsOpened Jan. 27Directed by Rob LettermanStarring Jack Black3. Battlefield HeroesOpened Jan. 27Directed by Lee Joon-ikStarring Jeong Jin-yeong, Seon Woo-seon 4. GloveOpened Jan. 20Directed by Kang Woo-seokStarring Jeong Jae-young5. ShanghaiOpened Jan.
‘The Roommate’ and more movie odd couples

Feb 11, 2011

Dirty dishes in the sink, wet towels on the bathroom floor, soiled clothes strewn around the apartment and loud music playing at all hours of the day and night. Or maybe obsessive neatness, enforced quiet hours, spying on your comings and goings, and bizarre food habits.Lousy roommate? Check.We’ve all been there. Stuck in a college dorm room with a computer-selected jerk who smokes copious amounts
Story of ‘Late Autumn’ beyond words

Feb 10, 2011

We human beings heavily rely on words. To communicate and interact, to defend and protect, and to love and care. Yet director Kim Tae-yong’s newly released film, “Late Autumn,” tells a love story of two strangers who do not use a lot of words to share their innermost feelings.Co-starring Korean actor Hyun Bin and Chinese actress Tang Wei, “Late Autumn” is a remake of Korean director Lee Man-hee’s
Filmmaker Yang heads to Berlinale with dreams for future

Feb 7, 2011

Sassy and streetwise, this 25-year-old knows what she wants in a film.Film student and director Yang Hyo-joo, whose short film “Broken Night” has been officially invited to Berlin International Film Festival’s (Berlinale) competition section this year, could not hide her obvious talent and artistic nature.“Broken Night” is the third film Yang has ever made. And it was initially a graduation projec
Hot property: built for an Oscar winner

Jan 31, 2011

Actor, singer and tween idol Carlos Pena Jr., 21, has bought a Mediterranean-style home in the San Fernando Valley for close to its $1.5 million asking price.The 560-square-meter villa is set back from the road on a gated lot. The paver-stone courtyard is punctuated by a fountain, and the custom front door, with leaded and beveled glass and side lights, opens to a two-story foyer with limestone fl
Sundance ‘Family’ offers glimpse of Ukraine racism

Jan 30, 2011

PARK CITY, Utah (AFP) ― “Family Portrait in Black and White” has brought the story of a woman raising 16 black orphans in Ukraine, an overwhelmingly white and often racist society, to the Sundance film festival.The searing film by Julia Ivanova, a Russian filmmaker based in Canada, is up for the documentary grand prize at the independent film festival here in the western U.S. mountains of Utah, which closes on Sunday.Set in Sumy, a town of 300,000 inhabitants in northeast Ukraine, the film follo
So you want to be a filmmaker?

Jan 28, 2011

Bill Pryor is living proof that a career in film (as it used to be called) can flourish far away from the coasts.For almost 50 years, Pryor, 68, has specialized in “industrials,” promotional and training films made for corporate clients. The Texas native was studying journalism at the University of Oklahoma when he began to dabble in film.He worked for a few years in St. Louis before joining Kansa
In awards season, movie leakers are ‘Enemy Within’

Jan 28, 2011

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Every year around now, tens of thousands of DVDs of movies still playing in theaters are sent by Hollywood studios to Oscar, Golden Globe and other awards voters.Every year, some of these discs are copied, and the movies end up being shared online, where they can cut into theater-ticket and DVD sales.This time, studios are taking a new approach to prevent this kind of piracy, an
Box-office rankings

Jan 28, 2011

JAN. 21 ― JAN. 231. GloveOpened Jan. 20Directed by Kang Woo-seokStarring Jeong Jae-young2. Megamind Opened Jan. 13Directed by Tom McGrathStarring Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt3. Hello GhostOpened Dec. 22Directed by Kim Yeong-takStarring Cha Tae-hyeon, Kang Ye-won 4. Love and Other DrugsOpened Jan. 13Directed by Edward ZwickStarring Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway5. Season of the WitchOpened Jan. 13Direct
Box office

Jan 28, 2011

Confessions (Japan) Opening Feb. 17Thriller. Directed by Tetsuya Nakashima. Middle school teacher Yoko (Takako Matsu), whose 4-year-old daughter has recently died, tells her class that she believes two of her own students murdered her beloved girl. Though the police have closed the case without pressing charges, Yoko announces that she will punish the two students herself. Yoko’s revenge then begi
Tired eyes of festival gatekeepers watch for next great film

Jan 28, 2011

It sounded like a dream job: plop down on a couch, throw some popcorn in the microwave and spend your days watching movies.That’s what Christine Davila thought, anyway. The 32-year-old Los Angeles resident had spent years toiling as an assistant to a number of Hollywood producers before she finally got a shot at her ideal gig ― working as a programming associate for the Sundance Film Festival, the