I wrote this morning that the Asean summit is due to be held in Phuket on June 13 and 14. What I had forgotten is that the Phuket Film Fest is slated for June 4 to 11. What with the possibility of the army pretty much running the security show during the Asean summit in Phuket, there's a wave of …
May 11, 2009
Aug 6, 2008
Tony Jaa goes AWOL
Tony Jaa, star of action movies Tom Yum Goong and Ong Bak, mysteriously disappeared for two months during the filming of the hotly anticipated sequel to Ong Bak. Tony, a notorious perfectionist, apparently became disgruntled over problems with the budget and working conditions for the movie. As filming neared competition, Tony vanished, leading to Sahamongkol, the film company behind the …
Jul 18, 2008
The new Terminator movie
Christian Bale is John Connor. I love that they are focussing on the John Connor character rather than the machines. This will be fantastic. Terminator 4 Teaser Trailerby teaser-trailer
Jul 14, 2008
Thailand's Big Brother UK hopeful
There is one Thai overseas who is single-handedly flying her country’s flag for her brothers and sisters. She is a 1.5-meter tall bundle of platform-boot-wearing character. She is currently the 13/8 favourite, according to Ladbrokes, to win the UK’s ninth series of Big Brother. I don’t want to say that Kathreya “Kat” Kasisopa is weird or anything, but she is …
Jun 8, 2008
Sex and the City
After the fuss that has been made about the Sex and the City movie, I made a decision that I would not watch it. I stood corrected when I had a ticket bought for me, which led to a cinema outing with about 10 girls, all of whom were very excited. I disliked Sex and the City very much. It …
