The Korea Herald

Why the world is ready for two ‘Snow Whites’

Aug 15, 2011

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Moviegoers may want to take two bites of the same apple next year: A pair of live-action adventure flicks based on the Snow White fairy tale will come out in theaters just months a...
Bollywood film on caste stirs controversy in India

Aug 14, 2011

NEW DELHI (AP) ― A star-filled Bollywood film on India’s caste system churned up passionate debate as it opened Friday, with angry lower caste groups trying to torpedo its release, saying it reinforc...
Keb Mo, personal on ‘The Reflection’

Aug 12, 2011

Keb Mo “The Reflection” Yolabelle International/Ryko/Warner Music Group With bluesy guitars, groovy Hammond organs, and Keb Mo’s rich, smoky voice, “The Reflection” is a warm, mellow ride from sta...
Another gem from John Hiatt

Aug 12, 2011

John Hiatt “Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns” New West Records A charming photo in the CD booklet for “Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns” shows John Hiatt in profile wearing a toothy grin, and why not?...
Adkins returns to heartfelt topics

Aug 12, 2011

Trace Adkins “Proud To Be Here” Show Dog-Universal On his previous album, Trace Adkins came out stomping and snarling like a riled-up snake, creating the hardest-rocking album of his career. But t...
BOX OFFICE

Aug 12, 2011

Helen, the Baby Fox (Japan) Opening Aug. 18. Drama. Directed by Keita Kono. Taichi, a little boy who does not have many friends at school, lives with his mother alone. Soon, his working camerawoman...
Actors, and maybe audiences, have issues with ‘The Help’

Aug 12, 2011

Viola Davis didn’t want to wear the uniform. The Oscar-nominated actress was thrilled at the chance to star in “The Help,” the film based on the best-selling novel by Kathryn Stockett. But it was a m...
EIDF celebrates non-fiction films

Aug 10, 2011

EBS event to screen 51 documentaries on TV and in theaters A total of 51 documentary films from 29 countries will be screened on TV and in theaters in Seoul this month, along with educational worksh...
Report: Suicides in movies tripled

Aug 10, 2011

PHILADELPHIA (AP) ― A movie analysis shows depictions of explicit and graphic suicides tripled from 1950 to 2006. An analysis by Pennsylvania’s Annenberg Public Policy Center of 855 top box office f...
Students explore Korea through lenses

Aug 8, 2011

For the past six years, Korean and American university students have gathered at Ewha Womens University to participate in the Harvard Summer School in Seoul program. This summer, the program offered...
Alleged sex film of young Monroe gets no buyers

Aug 8, 2011

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) ― There were no buyers Sunday at the auction of a 1940s stag film that an events promoter claims shows a young Marilyn Monroe having sex before she became a movie star. ...
Blind (Korea), Opening Aug. 11

Aug 5, 2011

Blind (Korea) Opening Aug. 11 Thriller. Directed by Ahn Sang-hoon. A female university student goes missing one day and later is discovered as a victim of a hit-and-run. Assuming the kidnapper and ...
Arrow, the Ultimate Weapon (Korea), Opening Aug. 11

Aug 5, 2011

Arrow, the Ultimate Weapon (Korea) Opening Aug. 11 Action. Directed by Kim Han-min. When the second Manchu invasion of Korea occurs in 1636, a young man named Na-mi (Park Hae-il) loses her sister ...
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (U.S.), Opening Aug. 17

Aug 5, 2011

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (U.S.) Opening Aug. 17 Action. Directed by Rupert Wyatt. Will Rodman (James Franco), a San Francisco-based scientist whose father (John Lithgow) suffers from Alzheim...
Larry Crowne (U.S.), Opening Aug. 18

Aug 5, 2011

Larry Crowne (U.S.) Opening Aug. 18 Romance. Directed by Tom Hanks. Larry (Tom Hanks), a mid-aged man who just got fired from his work for lacking a college education, decides to attend a local com...