Stomping around 'Pacific Rim'

The only way to fight the monsters is with our own monsters, so giant robots called jaegers are created. They are piloted by two mind-linked soldiers. To get a sense of the scale of these creatures, one of the jaegers grabs a ship from the harbour and uses it like a baseball bat to pummel a kaiju. (weekend pick)

 

Also opening

_ “Byzantium” – Neil Jordan, director of “The Crying Game” returns with his first feature in three years. It isn’t a spoiler to say this is a vampire movie. Gemma Arterton and Saoirse Ronan star as mother-and-daughter vamps who end up in a run-down English coastal resort

 

_ “Arthur Newman” – Colin Firth is a guy who changes his name and becomes a golf pro. He attracts the attention of a young kleptomaniac (Emily Blunt) who sees through his scam. Together they embark on a cross-country crime spree. Becky Johnston (“The Prince of Tides”, “Seven Years in Tibet”) penned the screenplay with Dante Ariola as director of this indie feature.

 

Also showing

_ “Boundary” – Director Nontwat Numbenchapol brings his Thai-Cambodian border doc to the Major Cineplex Udon Thani tomorrow and Sunday before returning to Bangkok next Thursday. For details, visit www.facebook.com/boundarymovie.

 

_ “Estomago” – A homeless man falls into a career as a restaurant cook and starts using strange ingredients in this award-winning 2007 black comedy by Marcos Jorge. It screens at 8pm on Monday at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand, courtesy of the Embassy of  Brazil, which will lay on caipirinha and snacks. Entry for non-members is Bt150. For more details, visit www.fccthai.com.

 

_ “Le voyage du directeur des ressources humaines” – A human resources director at a Jerusalem bakery sets out to protect his company’s reputation. At 7.30pm Wednesday at the Alliance Francaise Bangkok.