There is a new number one movie in town this week. Choin soundly beat Unjust, its nearest competitor, for the first rank place, ending the latter’s stay at the top of the box office charts. I find the naming of Choin a little strange. The romanized form of the Korean titles is ChoNeungRyeokJa. Instead of calling the film something like ‘The Telepath’ (which is what it is about), the Korean Film Council is listing the international title as Choin, which I think is unfortunate.  It is going to wind up being called as a single syllable word (like ‘loin’ or ‘groin’ rather than how it is meant to be pronounced as a two-syllable word (Cho-in). Maybe that will change at a later date.

1. Beck (jp)– d. Yukihiko Tsutsumi, starring Hiro Mizushima, Takeru Satu

2. Brotherhood (us)– d. Will Canon, starring Trevor Morgan, Jon Foster

3. Festival (kr)– d. Lee Hae-yeong, starring Shin Ha-gyun, Uhm Ji-won www.festival2010.co.kr

4. Hero (kr)– d. Kim Hong-ik, starring Kim Hyeong-gyu, Lee Da-in

5. Let Me In (us)– d. Matt Reeves, starring Chloe Moretz, Kodi Smit-McPhee www.letmein.co.kr

6. Passerby #3 (kr)– d. Shin Soo-won, starring Park Han-yeong, Baek So-myeong

7. Saw 3D (us)– d. Kevin Greutert, starring Tobin Bell, Cary Elwes www.saw3d.co.kr

8. Social Network (us)– d. David Fincher, starring Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield www.socialnetwork.co.kr

9. Two Women (kr)– d. Jeong Yoon-soo, starring Shin Eun-kyeong, Jeong Joon-ho www.twowomen2010.co.kr