Cinema-goers in Thailand have a packed slate to choose from between November 5 and 11, with 12 new releases spanning Hollywood animation, Thai comedy, a big-budget Indian epic and a strong run of Japanese concert films and documentaries.
The headline animated release is The Cat In The Hat, directed by Alessandro Carloni and Erica Rivinoja, with Bill Hader, Xochitl Gomez and Tiago Martinez voicing the mischief. Hader fans may note he has played the hat-wearing feline before, in a 2014 sketch. On the local side, Katoey Thai Baan: Viral Apocalypse (also known as Tootsie Doomsday) offers a high-concept rural comedy set in Isan: a fictional "Tootsie Virus" sweeps the globe, men everywhere fall in love with each other, and a shortage of straight men triggers three chaotic storylines. Horror fans get The Mage from the Pang brothers (Danny and Oxide), a Hong Kong thriller starring Josie Ho and Carlos Chan about a garbage-collecting woman who can gather souls of accidental deaths — and a string of murders tied to a cult ritual.
The biggest international draw is likely Ramayana: Rise Of A Legend, directed by Nitesh Tiwari and starring Ranbir Kapoor, Yash and Sai Pallavi. It retells the ancient epic through a young prince and princess whose marriage and exile set a legendary story in motion. A neat hook for film buffs: it's the first project to bring composers A.R. Rahman and Hans Zimmer together. Anime lovers can catch Star Detective Precure!: The Mysterious Garden And The Pair's Secret, Hanako Ueda's directorial debut, in which Anna and her friends investigate an "X Mark Incident" that renders anything marked with an X useless.
J-pop and K-pop dominate the live-event screenings. From November 7, cinemas screen Stray Kids' World Tour 'Run It' live from Tokyo Dome, alongside three music-centric films: Yoasobi's 5th Anniversary Dome Live 2024 Surrealism, a complete Tokyo Dome recording the duo says reflects on their five years together; Yorushika Live Plagiarism, a conceptual concert film built around spoken-word readings by n-buna and vocals by suis; and two Mrs. Green Apple titles marking the band's 10th anniversary — a concert film with artificial mountain peaks, a drone show and fireworks, plus The Origin, a feature documentary covering 300 days of the band's history. There's also Perfume "Cold Sleep" 25 Years Document, which follows the trio as they mark 25 years together and confront their announcement of an indefinite hiatus — their "cold sleep" — at the end of 2025. K-pop closes things out on November 8 with Exo Planet #6 — Exhorizon [Dot], the encore finale of the group's sixth concert tour supporting the album Reverxe.
For travellers in Bangkok or elsewhere in Thailand this week, it's a rare chance to see international concert films and a major Indian epic on the big screen alongside local releases — useful for a rainy evening or a jet-lag-friendly indoor plan. Music fans in particular get a one-off window to catch Tokyo Dome-scale productions without the airfare.
