“The Amazing Spider-Man” topped the Korean box office with some 1.69 million tickets sold at the weekend.This puts it ahead of “The Avengers,” which sold 1.60 million tickets on its release in April. “The Amazing Spider-Man” made up 71.4 percent of ticket sales, showing at more than 1,100 theaters.“The Concubine,” which has sold 2.45 million tickets since June 6, was second. It recorded 122,703 tickets over the weekend.“Madagascar3: Europe’s Most Wanted” ranked third with 120,476 tickets, and “A

July 2, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) ― Alec Baldwin and his yoga instructor fiancee tied the knot Saturday in a New York City church, with a guest list that included family and famous Hollywood pals.Baldwin, 54, and Hilaria Thomas, 28, married at St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral in a Catholic ceremony performed by the Rev. George Deas. His “30 Rock” co-star Tina Fey, as well as director Woody Allen and Baldwin’s actor-brother, Stephen, were in attendance.Thomas wore a silk magnolia Amsale gown with cap sleeves and a keyhol

July 1, 2012

The Amazing Spider-Man (U.S.)Opened June 28Action. Thriller. Directed by Marc Webb. Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) lives with his uncle and aunt after his parents disappeared when he was little. One day, Peter discovers a mysterious suitcase his father used to carry. He decides to find the secret behind his parents’ disappearance. Peter encounters his father’s former partner Dr. Curt Connors (Rhys Ifans) and acquires special powers by accident. With Peter’s help, Dr. Connors completes his resear

June 29, 2012

“People Like Us” is a well-acted weeper that walks an unsteady line between the emotional and the darkly comical.It’s about a guy who realizes he has a half sister, and who injects himself into her life without explaining who he is. He befriends her kid, encourages her through substance abuse recovery and sets up to help her financially.Since he’s the handsome and charming Chris Pine and she’s the fetching and approachable Elizabeth Banks, somebody is sure to get the wrong idea. Which is the “da

June 29, 2012

  Jessica Chastain                                                                          Woody HarrelsonHollywood stars Woody Harrelson and Jessica Chastain have been named People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrities for 2012.Chastain, whose film credits include "The Tree of Life" and "Take Shelter," has been a vegetarian for 15 years and a vegan for five, and ev

June 29, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) ― On a weekend in January of 2010, Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios pivoted faster than even Spider-Man would dare.A fourth installment of the hugely popular Spider-man franchise was planned, with director Sam Raimi and star Tobey Maguire returning to their trilogy of films that had earned more than $2.5 billion at the global box office and generally been hailed as a standard-bearer in big-screen comic book adaptations.But by that Monday, Raimi’s dissatisfaction with the script and

June 28, 2012

PARIS (AFP) ― Approaching 80 with a handful of Oscars under his belt, American film veteran Woody Allen says what drives him still is the desire to make a great movie.“I’m 76 now so I don’t think that’s going to happen, but I keep trying,” he told journalists on Monday in Paris in his typical self-deprecating fashion.“I would like to make a movie that I could ... show unashamedly at a film festival” alongside the likes of “Rashomon,” “The Seventh Seal,” or “8 1/2” ― movies he considers masterpie

June 26, 2012

Newly revealed childhood photos of actress Angelina Jolie are causing a stir among fans around the world.The pictures of the star show similar features at age 14, with her characteristic pouty lips and deep-set eyes.Angelina, then known as Angie Voight, flashes a wide smile in a photo with her friend at her eighth grade graduation.The daughter of actor Jon Voight, Angie started out her modeling career at a young age. She had a wild and rebellious youth, at one point dropping out of acting classe

June 26, 2012

Korean actors Lee Byung-hun and Ahn Sung-ki became the first Korean actors to leave handprints and footprints in the forecourt of an iconic Hollywood theater.The two stars left imprints of their hands and feet outside Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California, on Saturday as part of events held during the “Looking East 2012 Korean Movie Festival” from Saturday to Sunday. Ten Korean films including “Unbowed,” “Poetry,” and “Thirst,” were screened during the two-day festival. “I can’t bel

June 25, 2012

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― For modern movie princesses, looking pretty and marrying a prince isn’t enough.Take “Mirror Mirror,’’ where Snow White rescues her prince from an evil spell, or “Snow White and the Huntsman,’’ where she becomes the hunter who avenges her father, marries none of her suitors and confidently runs her kingdom alone.  Further upending the Cinderella syndrome at a theater near you is Pixar’s first ever female protagonist, the feisty Scottish Princess Merida of “Brave,’’ who demands

June 24, 2012

I AM (Korea)Opened June 21Documentary. Directed by Choi Jin-seong. K-pop and talent agency S.M. Entertainment has created a documentary film to once again glorify their New York concert at Madison Square Garden. The movie is a cinematically edited version of SM’s 16 years of archived video footage -- from its 32 idols’ younger days as aspiring stars and SM-trainees to the day of the Madison Garden triumph last year. Featured stars include the legendary boy band H.O.T member Kang Ta, pop singer B

June 22, 2012

Hollywood has a long, rich tradition of historical abominations, but never has there been a history done more abominably than “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.”If only they’d made this insane conceit more fun. If only they’d taken it all a bit less seriously. But this film, adapted by the same fellow who wrote the inexplicably popular novel of the same title, isn’t even bad enough to be camp.Seth Grahame-Smith’s silly script re-imagines the Rail Splitter as a vampire vanquisher, a man seeking ve

June 22, 2012

KOFIC’s new book explores Korea’s foray into Chinese movie marketWhile K-pop and Korean TV shows have been exerting a significant influence in Asia’s entertainment industry in the last decade, Korean cinema has been often excluded from the so-called “hallyu glory.”One of the major reasons behind the phenomenon is the ever-booming movie industry of neighboring country China. In 2010, China became the world’s third-largest maker of movies after the U.S. and India. It rolled out 558 feature-length

June 20, 2012

 ‘Architecture 101’ and ‘Fashion King’ actor shares his thoughts on movies, and taking on different challengesNo one on Korea’s film scene has been busier than actor Lee Je-hoon in the last few months.The 28-year-old actor has been involved with two movies and one drama since last year. One of the movies, “Architecture 101,” in which Lee played a shy university student who suffers heartbreak over

June 19, 2012