Friday 29 August 2008

Films in Dajeon:27th August - 2nd September 2008

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Among the films currently showing in Daejeon at the moment are below. Click on the films title to read more about the film and view a trailer.
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To get an idea of screening times, click on the program links for individual cinemas below. The Links for thre Mainstream Cinemas are for Friday the 29th of August.
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MCV Academy



Films in Daejeoon:Mama Mia! [UK]

20 year old Sophie (Seyfried) is preparing to marry her boyfriend Sky (Cooper) at her mother's hotel on an island in Greece. She seemingly has it all -- a carefree life, a loving fiance, and happy friends -- but one thing has been missing all her life: a father.Her only wish now is to be given away by her dad at her wedding. By reading her mother's diary she discovers that she has three possible fathers. Sophie then secretly invites all three men to the wedding in a desperate bid to discover which of them is her father before the wedding bells start to chime!But not all goes according to plan: old loves are re-kindled, new loves are formed, and Sophie risks everything to discover the true identity of her father.

Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Country: UK
Runtime: 108 mins
Trailer: Mama Mia!

[p.s. as far as I know for the first week Mamma Mia is only showing in MCV Academy. Check the timetables for other cinemas to see if it pops up on their time tables during the week]

Films in Daejeon:The Divine Weapon [Korea]

The Joseon Dynasty ( 15th Century Korea ) secretly plans a development of the world’s first explosive arrow launcher to hold off the Ming Dynasty’s territorial expansion plan. Ming spies discover the plan and attempt to disrupt development. They set off a chain reaction of violence between the two states.

Director: Yu-jin Kim
Country: Korea

Films in Daejeon:Spare [Korea]

Gwang-tae decides to sell his organ to pay off a private loan and asks Gil-do to do so. But Gwang-tae, owing to Gildo’s trickery, finds a way out with the yakuza, Sato. Source: http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr
Country: Korea
Runtime: 98 mins
Trailer: Spare

Wednesday 27 August 2008

Films in Daejeon:A Gentle Breeze in the Village [Japan]

Soyo lives in a small town in Shimane prefecture. A new student from Tokyo comes to the school and the their relationship starts.


Country: Japan
Year: 2007
Runtime: 121 mins
Cinema: Daejeon Art Cinema [1st - 15th September]

Films in Daejeon:Broken English [USA]

Nora Wilder is freaking out. Everyone around her is in a relationship, is married, or has children. Nora is in her thirties, alone with job she's outgrown and a mother who constantly reminds her of it all. Not to mention her best friend Audrey's "perfect marriage". But after a series of disastrous dates, Nora unexpectedly meets Julien, a quirky Frenchman who opens her eyes to a lot more than love.


Director: Zoe R. Cassavetes
Country: USA
Year: 2007
Runtime: 97 mins
Cinema: Daejeon Art Cinema [1st - 15th September]
Trailer: Broken English

Films in Daejeon:The U.S. VS. John Lennon [USA]

The U.S. VS. John Lennon focuses on a part of the music icon's life that is often overlooked: his politicisation both during and after the Vietnam War. Towards the end of the Beatles' career, Lennon began taking the band in a new direction, using their popularity to circulate a message of peace in songs such as ‘Revolution’. He became even more involved after the band broke up, and the film traces his growing awareness and dissent through both archival footage--much of which had lain forgotten in vaults for decades--and interviews with those close to him. This leads to the titular case, in which the U.S. government, which had already been monitoring his actions for some time, attempted to deport the star for fear of the threat he posed to the nation. The film also portrays Lennon's close relationship with Yoko Ono and the effect she had on his art, including an interview with the Japanese performance artist and muse that sheds much light on the couple's intimate history.

Country: USA
Year: 2006
Runtime: 96 mins
Cinema: Daejeon Art Cinema [1st - 15th September]

Films in Daejeon:Action Boys [Korea]

This documentary follows five young stuntmen from their audition tapes (in which we see them mocked by their teachers) all the way through stunt school (where they take quick breaks to spit up their own teeth in the sink during classroom work) we then follow them out into the world and onto the sets of some of Korea’s most famous movies. And that’s when things get really bad.


Director: Jeong Byeong-gil
Country: Korea
Year: 2008
Runtime: 110 mins
Cinema: Daejeon Art Cinema [1st - 15th September]
Trailer:
Action Boys

Films in Daejeon:Nowhere to Turn [Korea]

Before deciding to register entering the university abroad, Soo-yeon who wants to be a musician faces the objection of her family who ignores her dream. She tries to find a way to make her dream come true, but the chance is not on her side. Finally, she challenges to a musician contest with her old friend, Dong-ho who is the only one trusts in her.

Director: Lee Seung-yeong
Country:
Korea
Runtime: 106 mins
Year: 2007
Cinema: Daejeon Art Cinema
Trailer: Nowhere to Turn

Films in Daejeon:Solstice [USA]

A young girl, Megan (Elisabeth Harnois) , heads away with her friends for the weekend after the suicide of her twin sister. However, Megan begins to receive disturbances which she believes to be caused by her deceased twin and sets out to uncover the truth.

Director: Daniel Myrick
Country: USA
Runtime: 87 mins
Trailer: Solstice

Friday 22 August 2008

Films in Daejeon:20th to 26th August 2008

Among the films currently showing in Daejeon at the moment are below. Click on the films title to read more about the film and view a trailer.

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The Midnight Meat Train [USA]
2. Superhero Movie [USA]
3. CJ7 [Hong Kong]
4. The Counterfeiters [Austria]
5. The Edge of Heaven [Germany / Turkey]
6. Just About Love?
7. Import / Export [Austria]
8. You, the Living [Sweden]
9. Romance of Astrea and Celadon [France]
10. Dachimawa Lee [Korea]
11. The X-Files : I Want to Believe [USA]
12. Baby and I [Korea]
13. What Happened Last Night? [Korea]
14. Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 3: Keroro vs. Keroro Great Sky Duel de arimasu! [Japan]
15. The Dark Knight: Batman Begins 2
16. WALL-E [USA]
17. Eye For An Eye [Korea
18.
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor [USA]
19.
The Good, the Bad, the Weird [Korea]


To get an idea of screening times, click on the program links for individual cinemas below. I am been unable to translate the program this week [I am on the move in Vietnam] but if you hunt around the linked sites you should be able to find out the times and places the films are showing [although please forgive me this week if the links don't work].


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Films in Daejeon:The Midnight Meat Train [USA]

Photographer Leon (Bradley Cooper), wants to capture on film the "true" New York City. He has to sell photos of crimes and accidents to tabloids for money, though. He is given a meeting with a legendary art dealer (Brooke Shields), and accepts her advice to explore individual places more closely, in hopes of finding the image that impresses her and gets him a break in the art world. He ends up encountering strange doings during late-night subway rides, and becomes obsessed with a silent, severe butcher (Vinnie Jones) who bludgeons passengers to death on a regular basis.

Director: Ryuhei Kitamura
Country: USA
Runtime: 100 mins
Trailer:
The Midnight Meat Train

Films in Daejeon:Superhero Movie


After being bitten by a genetically altered dragonfly, high school loser Rick Riker develops superhuman abilities like incredible strength and armored skin. Rick decides to use his new powers for good and becomes a costumed crime fighter known as "The Dragonfly." However, standing in the way of his destiny is the villainous Lou Landers. After an experiment gone wrong, Lou develops the power to steal a person's life force and in a dastardly quest for immortality becomes the supervillain, "The Hourglass." With unimaginable strength, unbelievable speed and deeply uncomfortable tights, will the Dragonfly be able to stop the sands of The Hourglass and save the world?

Director: Craig Mazin
Country: USA
Runtime: 85 mins
Trailer: Superhero Movie

Films in Daejeon:CJ7 [Hong Kong]

Ti, a really poor construction worker that struggles to keep his son, Dicky, in private school, mistakes an orb he finds in a junkjard for a toy his son heavily requested from him, since all of the classmates had it. This object turns out to be an alien creature with regenerative powers that will end up teaching important lessons to both father and son, amidst a dramatic turn of events in which Dicky is confronted to the harsh realities of life.

Director:
Stephen Chow
Country:
Hong Kong / China
Runtime:
86 mins
Trailer:
CJ7

Tuesday 19 August 2008

Films in Daejeon:The Counterfeiters [Austria]

Adapted from the memoirs and research of Adolf Burger, "The Counterfeiters" ("Die Fälscher") reveals a new side to the Holocaust: the Nazis as petty crooks. Throughout the Second World War, the Nazis schemed to flood other nations' economies with counterfeit cash, and they turned to career criminals and talented prisoners to do their dirty work for them. These Jews, working out of concentration camps, falsified millions of British pound notes and would later turn their attention to the American hundred dollar bill. (Stalling tactics and bad timing left this portion of the scheme a failure.) "Operation Bernhard," as it was called, produced what are considered the finest counterfeits to ever find their way into circulation; the prisoners would also falsify passports, documents, stamps, and whatever else the SS demanded.

Director:
Stefan Ruzowitzky
Country: Austria
Year: 2007
Runtime: 98 mins
Cinema: Daejeon Art Cinema [23rd to 31st August]
Trailer: The Counterfeiters

Films in Daejeon:The Edge of Heaven [Germany / Turkey]

Retired widower Ali (Tuncel Kurtiz)sees a solution to his loneliness when hemeets prostitute Yeter (Nursel Köse), andhe proposes that his fellow Turkish nativelive with him in exchange for a low rent.At first Ali’s German Professor son Nejat(Baki Davrak) seems disapproving abouthis father’s choice, but the young profes-sor quickly grows fond of kind Yeter, es-pecially upon discovering most of herhard-earned money is sent home toTurkey for her daughter’s universitystudies.
The accidental death of Yeter further distances father and son, both emotionally and physically.Nejat then decides to travel to Istanbul to begin an organized search for Yeter’s daughter Ayten(Nurgül Yes¸Ilçay). He decides to stay in Turkey and trades places with the owner of a Germanbookstore who goes home to Germany. What Nejat doesn’t know is that 20-something politicalactivist Ayten is already in Germany, having fled the Turkish police.Alone and penniless, Ayten is befriended by German student Lotte (Patrycia Ziolkowska), who isimmediately seduced by the young Turkish woman’s charms and political situation. Lotte invitesrebellious Ayten to stay in her home, a gesture not particularly pleasing to her conservative mo-ther Susanne. However Ayten ends up arrested and confined for months while awaiting politicalasylum. When her plea is denied, Ayten is deported and imprisoned in Turkey.Passionate Lotte decides to abandon everything to help Ayten and as the story develops shemeets Nejat.


Director: Fatih Akın
Country: Germany / Turkey
Year: 2007
Runtime: 122 mins
Cinema: Daejeon Art Cinema [23rd to 31st of August]
Trailer:
The Edge of Heaven

Monday 18 August 2008

Films in Daejeon:Just About Love?



Fifteen-year-old best buddies Julie (Christa Theret) and and intellectually earnest Elodie (Lucie Desclozeaux) make a pact to lose their virginity before summer vacation commences. As their French rural school breaks up for vocational training days, they examine their prospects from among their high school colleagues. Mission is rapidly accomplished, but tangled consequences severely test the friendship of the distaff duo.

Director: Lola Dollion
Country: France
Runtime: 87 mins
Cinema: Daejeon Art Cinema [23rd to 31st of August]
Trailer: not available

Films in Daejeon:Import / Export [Austria]



Import / Export consists of two stroies. The "Import" storyline, following Ukrainian nurse Olga (Ekateryna Rak) to Austria, where she hopes for a better life. Parallel intersections chart the "Export" of Paul (Paul Hoffmann), an unemployed Viennese security guard, to the Ukraine.

Director: Ulrich Seidl
Country: Austria
Year: 2007
Runtime: 135 mins
Cinema: Daejeon Art Cinema [23rd to 31st of August]
Trailer:
Import / Export

Films in Daejeon:You, the Living [Sweden]

You, the Living (Swedish: Du levande) is a 2007 film by Swedish director Roy Andersson. It premiered at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, as part of the Un Certain Regard selection. The film is an exploration on the "grandeur of existence", centered around the lives of an overweight woman, a disgruntled psychiatrist, a heart broken groupie, a carpenter, a business consultant, an elementary school teacher with emotional issues and her rug selling husband, among others. Shot in an unconventional manner, it consists of a fluent succession of exactly 50 short sketches, each filmed in one take. Most of them have a tragicomic undertone. It utilizes a combination of alienating techniques such as presenting the characters in grim make-up and having them talk to the camera, turning them into vessels for the message of the movie.

Director: Roy Andersson
Country: Sweeden
Year: 2007
Runtime: 95 mins
Cinema: Daejeon Art Cinema [23rd to 31st of August]
Extract: You, The Living

Films in Daejeon:Romance of Astrea and Celadon [France]

In an enchanted forest, back in the time of the Druids, the shepherd Céladon and the shepherdess Astrée share a pure and chaste love. Fooled by a suitor, Astrée dismisses Céladon, who throws himself into a river out of despair. She thinks he's dead, but he's been secretly rescued by some nymphs. Faithful to the promise he made to Astrée to never appear before her again, Céladon must overcome many obstacles to break the curse. Mad with love and despair, coveted by the nymphs, surrounded by rivals, and obliged to disguise himself as a woman to be near the one he loves, will he manage to make himself known without breaking his oath? A romance filled with doubt, hazards, and delicious temptations.

Director: Eric Rohmer
Country: France
Year: 2008
RunTime: 1:49 mins
Cinema: Daejeon Art Cinema [23rd to 31st of August]
Trailer: not available

Thursday 14 August 2008

Films in Daejeon:13th - 19th August 2008

Among the films currently showing in Daejeon at the moment are below. Click on the films title to read more about the film and view a trailer.

1.
Dachimawa Lee [Korea]
2. The X-Files : I Want to Believe [USA]
3. Baby and I [Korea]
4. What Happened Last Night? [Korea]
6. Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 3: Keroro vs. Keroro Great Sky Duel de arimasu! [Japan]
7. The Dark Knight: Batman Begins 2
8. WALL-E [USA]
9. Eye For An Eye [Korea
10.
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor [USA]
11.
The Good, the Bad, the Weird [Korea]
12.
Citizen Toxie [USA]
13. Tromeo and Juliet [USA]
14. Terror Firmer [USA]
15. Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead [USA]
16. Cannibal! The Musical [USA]
17. Toxic Avenger [USA]

To get an idea of screening times, click on the program links for individual cinemas below. The program link for the Daejeon Art Cinema has information about the films showing from the 13th to the 19 th of August. The links to other programs show the times for Thursday the 14th of August. Movies change on Wednesdays. To get information about the cinemas click on the name of the cinema..

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Films in daejeon:Citizen Toxie [USA]

After 10 years of peace in Tromaville, terror rears it's head again as The Toxic Avenger's evil double, Noxie, kills innocent citizens. It's up to Toxie, Sgt. Kabukiman, NYPD, Master Bator, and Dolphin Man to save the day. Written by Spencer
Director: Lloyd Kaufman
Country: USA
Year: 1999
Runtime: 109 mins
Cinema: Daejeon Art Cinema
Trailer: Citizen Toxie

Films in Daejeon:Tromeo and Juliet [USA]

Set in New York City, the tale centers on the Ques and the Capulets. The bitter feud begins when father Capulet steals father Que's Silky Films production company. As enemies, the two warring clans are always doing horrible things to each other. Tromeo Que is a computer nerd who spends much time in front of his favorite sexy CD-ROMs until he falls in love with lovely Juliet and proposes to her while she sits upon a toilet.

Director: Lloyd Kaufman
Country: USA
Year: 1996
Runtime: 107 mins
Cinema: Daejeon Art Cinema

Films in Daejeon:Terror Firmer [USA]

Production assistant Jennifer (Alyce LaTourelle) struggles to succeed on set and to decide between the two men in her life - straitlaced Casey (Will Keenan) and over the edge Jerry (Trent Haaga). This threesome heats up as the killer draws even nearer. As the insanity increases and the bodies amass, the crew bands together (both physically and sexually) against the threat in their midst. Written by Sujit R. Varma


Director: Lloyd Kaufman
Country: USA
Year: 1999
Runtime: 114 mins
Cinema: Daejeon Art Cinema
Trailer: Terror Firmer

Wednesday 13 August 2008

Films in Daejeon:Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead [USA]

When the American Chicken Bunker, a military-themed fried-chicken chain, builds a restaurant on the site of an ancient Indian burial ground, local protesters aren't the only ones crying fowl! The previous tenants, fueled by a supernatural force, take "possession" of the food and those who eat it, and the survivors discover that they must band together before they themselves become the other white meat! Written by Troma Entertainment


Director: Lloyd Kaufman
Country: USA
Year: 2006
Runtime: 106 mins
Cinema: Daejeon Art Cinema
Trailer: Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead

Films in Daejeon:Cannibal! The Musical [USA]

Cannibal! The Musical is a student film directed by future creator of South Park, Trey Parker, while studying at the University of Colorado at Boulder. A black comedy, it is loosely based on the true story of Alferd Packer and the sordid details of the trip from Utah to Colorado that left his five fellow travellers dead and partially eaten. Trey Parker stars as Alferd Packer, with Parker's frequent collaborators Matt Stone and Dian Bachar and others playing the supporting roles.Trey Parker stars as Alferd Packer, with Parker's frequent collaborators Matt Stone and Dian Bachar and others playing the supporting roles.

Director: Trey Parker
Country: USA
Year: 1996
Runtime: 95 mins
Cinema: Daejeon Art Cinema
Trailer: Canibal! The Musical

Films in Daejeon:Toxic Avenger [USA]

Melvin is a social misfit who works in the Tromaville Health Club. He is always suffering the abuse of two bullies and their respective girlfriends and the four are also murderers. But all the abuse is going to end when Melvin accidentally falls into some barrels with toxic material. Now he is "The Toxic Avenger" and soon he will be the hero of Tromaville and a menace to the corrupt mayor. Written by eric from Mexico City

Director: Michael Herz & Lloyd Kaufman
Country:
USA
Year: 1985
Runtime: 87 mins
Cinema: Daejeon Art House
Trailer: The Toxic Avenger


Films in daejeon:Dachimawa Lee [Korea]

Under Japanese imperialism, Korean national treasure Golden Buddha is stolen. Legendary Korean spy Lee [Im Won-hee (임원희)] is assigned to recover the fabled statue and reveal the dark plot. His recovery operation fails miserably, loosing both the statue and his sexy partner Yeon-ja [Kong Hyo-jin (공효진) . Lee discovers that the failure was an inside job and fueled by rage of revenge, he must face off with the dangerous shadowy figure behind the plot. Source: http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr

Country: Korea
Runtime: 99 mins

Films in Daejeon:The X-Files : I Want to Believe [USA]

When a group of women are abducted in the wintry hills of rural Virginia, the only clues to their disappearance are the grotesque human remains that begin to turn up in snow banks along the highway. With officials desperate for any lead, a disgraced priest's questionable visions send local police on a wild goose chase and straight to a bizarre secret medical experiment that may or may not be connected to the women's disappearance. Its a case right out of The X-Files. But the FBI closed down its investigations into the paranormal years ago. And the best team for the job is ex-agents Fox Mulder and Dr. Dana Scully, who have no desire to revisit their dark past. Still, the truth of these horrific crimes is out there somewhere...and it will take Mulder and Scully to find it!

Director: Chris Carter
Country: USA
Runtime: 104 mins
Trailer:
The X-Files : I Want to Believe

Films in DaejeonBaby and I [Korea]


"Baby and I" is a comedy about a 19-year-old child Joon-su Jang Geun-seok (장근석) who meets a baby and begins to live with him. It is a totally different story from the Japanese comic with the same name.

Country: Korea
Runtime: 96 mins
Trailer:
Baby and I

Films in DaejeonWhat Happened Last Night? [Korea]


Yoo-jin [Ye Ji-won (예지원) ] is a single girl with lots of boyfriends. One morning she wakes up and finds herself in a hotel room with a faint memory of having slept with a man in the previous night. She had a wild party and got drunk to the point where she couldn’t tell whom she was with, so she makes a list of several potential suspects. Cheol-jin [Tak Jae-hoon (탁재훈] was among them, who has been one of her best friends since college, but she’s convinced that it couldn’t be him because he’s too shy for anything like that. So then who else could it be? Still up in the air, she’s lost on the incident and then happens to meet her first love, Seok-kyu [Kyeong-joon (경준)] to be appalled to find out…Source http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr


Director: Kim Jeong-min (김정민)
Country: Korean
Runtime: 98 mins
Trailer: What Happened Last Night?

Thursday 7 August 2008

Films in Daejeon:Death Bell [Korea]


"Death Bell", by debut Director Chang. The HD feature is set in a high school where the brightest 20 students are struggling to survive as classmates disappear one by one in the lead up to a big exam.

Director: Director Chang
Country: Korea
Runtime: 88 mins
Trailer: Death Bell

Wednesday 6 August 2008

Films in DaejeonKeroro Gunso the Super Movie 3: Keroro vs. Keroro Great Sky Duel de arimasu! [Japan]


Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 3: Keroro vs. Keroro Great Sky Duel de arimasu! !, Chou Gekijouban Keroro Gunsou 3(Surī)- Keroro Tai Keroro Tenkuu Dai Kessen de arimasu!) is the third anime movie based on the series Keroro Gunso produced by Sunrise. The series follow the attempts of a platoon of frog-like alien invaders to conquer Earth. Sergeant Keroro, the titular character, is the leader of the platoon, but is at the mercy of a human family of three.
Director: Junichi Sato
Country: Japan

Films in Daejeon:The Dark Knight: Batman Begins 2


Batman [Christian Bale] raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent [Aaron Eckhart], Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as The Joker [Heath Ledger]. [Peteagassi]

Country: USA
Runtime: 152 mins
Trailer: The Dark Knight

Films in Daejeon:WALL-E [USA]

In a distant, but not so unrealistic future, where mankind has abandoned earth because it has become covered with trash from products sold by the powerful multi-national Buy N Large corporation, WALL-E, a garbage collecting robot has been left to clean up the mess. Mesmerized with trinkets of earth's history and show tunes, WALL-E is alone on Earth except for a sprightly pet cockroach. One day, Eve, a sleek (and dangerous) reconnaissance robot, is sent to earth to find proof that life is once again sustainable.

Director: Andrew Stanton
Runtime:
98 mins
Country: USA
Trailer:
WALL-E