New titles that hit Thai cinemas for your viewing pleasure.
Love Reset
Directed by Da-Jung Nam.
Who’s in it?
Kang Ha-neul, Jung So-min and Hwang Se In.
What’s it about?
Despite heavy opposition from family, Jeong-yeol and Na-ra succeed in getting married through the sheer power of love. But fast forward two years, and the two are leaving a courthouse after receiving a 30-day divorce settlement period, when a car accident causes them to lose both their memories. The amnesia-stricken couple quickly fall for each other again, and their family members devise an elaborate 30-day plan to recall their memories and complete the divorce.
Why watch it?
The Korean rom-com film 'Love Reset' is set to be remade in China after its success in Korea and other countries.
The New Employee: The Movie
Directed by Jho Kwang-soo Kim.
Who’s in it?
Baek Ji-hye, Hyuk Kwon and Nam Kyu-Hee.
What’s it about?
In his late twenties, Seung Hyun has yet to settle into what most would consider an “adult” life. Something of a late bloomer, Seung Hyun has had about as much experience in his professional career as he has in his personal life. Which is to say, he hasn’t had much experience in either. But everything changes when he finally manages to land the internship of his dreams. Excited to be interning at such a successful advertising company, Seung Hyun’s enthusiasm is curbed almost immediately when he runs into an incredibly handsome, yet unbelievably cold man on his first day of work. Thrown off by his encounter with this frigid adonis, Seung Hyun’s first day is a memorable one, to be sure; but becomes even more so when he realises the man he ran into was none other than his boss, Kim Jong Chan. Unable to shake the feelings that stir inside him as he recalls this first encounter, Seung Hyun tries his best to avoid making the same mistake. But it seems no matter how hard he tries, he can’t escape Jong Chan’s presence. As if drawn together by some unseen force, will either of these men be able to avoid the fate that seems determined to bring them together?
Why watch it?
Adapted from the webtoon of the same name by Moscareto.
Naga Stories From The Villagers (นาค เรื่องเล่าจากชาวบ้าน)
Directed by Supawat Hongsa, Thitthanu Nakasen, Suriyong Chaiwong, Nakin Singchuat, Sopa Thiangdet, Yossapong Pholsap, Kansuda Khammaniwong and Weeraphon Khamsuwan.
Who’s in it?
Sopa Thiangdet, Chanawee Prasongkit, Warintorn Phueakphibun, Wanmanee Phonsavan, and a host of others.
What’s it about?
Manussosi Manussosi means "Are you a human being?" This word is said to be It comes from a Naga who secretly came to be ordained in Buddhism during the Buddha's time. After that, when anyone would become ordained, they had to be asked "Manussosi." This movie picks up that story and reinterprets it in the era when "Being ordained as a monk can no longer confirm that a person is "human."
Why watch it?
A story broken into eight chapters.
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Directed by Francis Lawrence.
Who’s in it?
Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth and Viola Davis.
What’s it about?
The story of Coriolanus Snow, years before he would become the tyrannical President of Panem. He is handsome and charming, and though the Snow family has fallen on hard times, Coriolanus sees a chance for a change in his fortunes when he is chosen to be a mentor for the 10th Hunger Games only to have his elation dashed when he is assigned to mentor a girl tribute named Lucy Gray Baird from the impoverished District 12.
Why watch it?
This movie is a prequel to “The Hunger Games” (2012), being set 64 years prior in-verse.
