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Set to a wonderfully colourful, culturally rich backdrop of Korean heritage sites, “Collectors” should have the tools to be a uniquely interesting, original adventure film. It will certainly be a hit with festival goers, but despite boasting a flashy, showy script and charismatic cast, Park Jung-bae’s directorial debut fails in standing out from a clustered crowd of similar genre flicks, and veers too close to western counterparts such as “Raiders of the Lost Ark” in how it is packaged.
“Collectors” is screening at Fantasia Film Festival
At the heart of the movie is Kang Dong-gu (Lee Je-hoon), an expert in tomb raiding and money hungry individual. Harbouring the surprising skill of being able to track an artefact’s location through tasting soil, he finds himself a wanted man by both the authorities and shady businessmen after stealing a rare golden Buddha statue. Mainly, though, he finds himself the target...
“Collectors” is screening at Fantasia Film Festival
At the heart of the movie is Kang Dong-gu (Lee Je-hoon), an expert in tomb raiding and money hungry individual. Harbouring the surprising skill of being able to track an artefact’s location through tasting soil, he finds himself a wanted man by both the authorities and shady businessmen after stealing a rare golden Buddha statue. Mainly, though, he finds himself the target...
- 8/18/2021
- by Nathan Sartain
- AsianMoviePulse
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Fantasia 2021 will run from August 5th to the 25th. A great number of films will be available to watch on-demand on the Festival’s virtual streaming platform (powered by Festival Scope and Shift72). Some virtual screenings will be scheduled at a specific date and time, check out the website to know when to tune in! Several films will be shown in person at Montreal’s Cinéma Impérial, Cinéma du Musée, or outdoors at Place de la Paix. Click here to see which ones! All panels, talks, masterclasses and special events will once again be completely free and accessible worldwide on Zoom or YouTube.
You can buy a Festival Passport Here. Please check the Official Website for more info.
Here are, in alphabetical order, all the Asian Films:
The 12 Day Tale Of The Monster That Died In 8 | Japan Dir: Shunji Iwai
North American Premiere
Shunji Iwai’s latest is a delightfully...
You can buy a Festival Passport Here. Please check the Official Website for more info.
Here are, in alphabetical order, all the Asian Films:
The 12 Day Tale Of The Monster That Died In 8 | Japan Dir: Shunji Iwai
North American Premiere
Shunji Iwai’s latest is a delightfully...
- 7/22/2021
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
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Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival got an early 25th birthday present in the form of James Gunn’s “Suicide Squad,” which will receive a special screening on Aug. 4, the day before Fantasia officially kicks off with the world premiere of Julien Knafo’s zombie thriller “Brain Freeze.” Gunn is a long-time friend of the fest, having first attended in 1997 before later returning for the Canadian premiere of his Marvel blockbuster “Guardians of the Galaxy.”
Fantasia also unveiled its second wave of features participating at this year’s festival, joining a raft of titles announced in May, and will announce the rest of its slate in late July along with details on several virtual events and this year’s juries.
New world premieres, joining the a six-pack announced last month, include Ruth Platt’s “Martyrs Lane,” Anna Zaytseva’s feature debut “#Blue_Whale,” Jonathan Rhys Meyers-starrer “Yakuza Princes” from filmmaker Vicente Amorim,...
Fantasia also unveiled its second wave of features participating at this year’s festival, joining a raft of titles announced in May, and will announce the rest of its slate in late July along with details on several virtual events and this year’s juries.
New world premieres, joining the a six-pack announced last month, include Ruth Platt’s “Martyrs Lane,” Anna Zaytseva’s feature debut “#Blue_Whale,” Jonathan Rhys Meyers-starrer “Yakuza Princes” from filmmaker Vicente Amorim,...
- 6/23/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
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Monday Update, writethru after Sunday 10:49Am post: With cinemas in the bulk of the European majors now dealing with a second wave of closures amid the Covid-19 crisis, international box office is again led by Asia this weekend — and should continue to be so for the foreseeable future.
Japan’s runaway smash Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train is still racing along at No. 1 with a cume approaching $200M in Japan after 24 days. The total through Sunday is 20.48B yen ($197.9M).
The Toho/Aniplex anime adaptation has become the No. 5 highest grossing film ever in Japan, where Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away remains the top all-time pic with 30.8B yen. Demon Slayer is also the No. 5 biggest title at the international box office for 2020, as well as the No. 8 biggest worldwide for the year so far based solely on Japan. Funimation releases domestically in early 2021.
In IMAX, Demon Slayer dropped just 23% in Japan, adding another $1.44M for a $12M total to date. The movie is closing the gap with all-time IMAX Japan record holder, Bohemian Rhapsody ($13.4M). IMAX also debuted Demon Slayer in Taiwan this weekend, which was the film’s second overall frame locally. The IMAX opening yielded $343K from only 9 screens, a per-screen average of $38K — the format’s best opening of the year in the market (15.5% ahead of Tenet), despite beginning rollout during the sophomore session.
In China, The Sacrifice is still leading play after its third weekend, grossing another estimated $14.4M this session and taking Rmb 888.2M to date ($134.4M). Maoyan is predicting a finish of Rmb 1.08B ($163M). IMAX’s portion is now $7.1M.
Millennium’s 2019 Hellboy releases in China via Jl Vision on Monday after a few days of previews. On deck in the coming Middle Kingdom weeks are Amazon’s The Aeronauts (specially formatted for IMAX screens) on November 13, followed by DreamWorks Animaion/Universal’s The Croods: A New Age on November 27 and Zhang Yimou’s One Second that same day. That’s before an onslaught of local titles timed to the holidays.
Elsewhere, Korea saw a new local title top the charts as Collectors grossed $4.7M from Wednesday-Sunday. Director Park Jung-bae’s crime pic centers on a hunt for an ancient royal treasure in the heart of Seoul.
On the studio front, there’s not much happening, particularly given the lack of European majors. In all, European markets now shuttered for the next weeks include France, Germany, Italy, UK, Austria, Belgium, Poland, Czech Republic, Greece, Netherlands, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia. There are also renewed regional closures in Spain and Denmark.
Warner Bros’ The Witches conjured $3.5M in 26 offshore markets this weekend, bringing the international cume to $10.1M. Russia continues to be the lead play at $3.3M after two frames while Taiwan opened at No. 2 with $491K and behind Demon Slayer. Thailand was a new launch, landing No. 1 with $273K. The next major market to open will be Brazil on November 19.
Also from WB, and after its late-August release, Christopher Nolan’s Tenet is approaching $300M internationally ($295.6M estimated through Sunday). Solid market drops were seen in Brazil (-27% in the sophomore session), Russia (-20%), Netherlands (-28%) and Japan (-33%). A further 16 markets have yet to go, including Argentina, India, Indonesia and the Philippines. The worldwide total is now $350.8M ($40.3M from IMAX).
Focus/Amblin’s PG-13 horror movie Come Play, which debuted last weekend, scared up an estimated $609K from nine markets, including openings in the Middle East The international cume now stands at $1.36M, from 15 markets. Come Play will resume its run begun in markets last session that have subsequently re-closed when safety restrictions are lifted.
Japan’s runaway smash Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train is still racing along at No. 1 with a cume approaching $200M in Japan after 24 days. The total through Sunday is 20.48B yen ($197.9M).
The Toho/Aniplex anime adaptation has become the No. 5 highest grossing film ever in Japan, where Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away remains the top all-time pic with 30.8B yen. Demon Slayer is also the No. 5 biggest title at the international box office for 2020, as well as the No. 8 biggest worldwide for the year so far based solely on Japan. Funimation releases domestically in early 2021.
In IMAX, Demon Slayer dropped just 23% in Japan, adding another $1.44M for a $12M total to date. The movie is closing the gap with all-time IMAX Japan record holder, Bohemian Rhapsody ($13.4M). IMAX also debuted Demon Slayer in Taiwan this weekend, which was the film’s second overall frame locally. The IMAX opening yielded $343K from only 9 screens, a per-screen average of $38K — the format’s best opening of the year in the market (15.5% ahead of Tenet), despite beginning rollout during the sophomore session.
In China, The Sacrifice is still leading play after its third weekend, grossing another estimated $14.4M this session and taking Rmb 888.2M to date ($134.4M). Maoyan is predicting a finish of Rmb 1.08B ($163M). IMAX’s portion is now $7.1M.
Millennium’s 2019 Hellboy releases in China via Jl Vision on Monday after a few days of previews. On deck in the coming Middle Kingdom weeks are Amazon’s The Aeronauts (specially formatted for IMAX screens) on November 13, followed by DreamWorks Animaion/Universal’s The Croods: A New Age on November 27 and Zhang Yimou’s One Second that same day. That’s before an onslaught of local titles timed to the holidays.
Elsewhere, Korea saw a new local title top the charts as Collectors grossed $4.7M from Wednesday-Sunday. Director Park Jung-bae’s crime pic centers on a hunt for an ancient royal treasure in the heart of Seoul.
On the studio front, there’s not much happening, particularly given the lack of European majors. In all, European markets now shuttered for the next weeks include France, Germany, Italy, UK, Austria, Belgium, Poland, Czech Republic, Greece, Netherlands, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia. There are also renewed regional closures in Spain and Denmark.
Warner Bros’ The Witches conjured $3.5M in 26 offshore markets this weekend, bringing the international cume to $10.1M. Russia continues to be the lead play at $3.3M after two frames while Taiwan opened at No. 2 with $491K and behind Demon Slayer. Thailand was a new launch, landing No. 1 with $273K. The next major market to open will be Brazil on November 19.
Also from WB, and after its late-August release, Christopher Nolan’s Tenet is approaching $300M internationally ($295.6M estimated through Sunday). Solid market drops were seen in Brazil (-27% in the sophomore session), Russia (-20%), Netherlands (-28%) and Japan (-33%). A further 16 markets have yet to go, including Argentina, India, Indonesia and the Philippines. The worldwide total is now $350.8M ($40.3M from IMAX).
Focus/Amblin’s PG-13 horror movie Come Play, which debuted last weekend, scared up an estimated $609K from nine markets, including openings in the Middle East The international cume now stands at $1.36M, from 15 markets. Come Play will resume its run begun in markets last session that have subsequently re-closed when safety restrictions are lifted.
- 11/9/2020
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
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