“Beautiful Boxer” may sound like the alternate title to “Million Dollar Baby,” but the fighter of the title happens to be a man. At least he starts out that way. This polished but not always ...

Beautiful Boxer director Ekachai Uekrongtham has said that if his feature-film debut weren't based on a true story, no one would believe it. He's right, though perhaps not for the reason he believes.

It is coincidence that two movies about Thai fighting are opening on the same day locally. Anybody who mistakes one movie for the other and ends up at the wrong theater will get a shock. “Ong-Bak: The ...

Beautiful Boxer: Drama-action. Starring Asanee Suwan. Directed by Ekachai Uekrongtham. Written by Uekrongtham and Desmond Sim Kim Jin. (Not rated. 118 minutes. In Thai and English with English ...

BANGKOK — First-time actor Asanee Suwon, wrestling champ Kyoko Inoue and former Miss Thailand-turned-thesp Orn-a-nong Panyawong have come on board the biopic “Beautiful Boxer.” Suwon, 22, will play ...

As “Beautiful Boxer” opens, director Ekachai Uekrongtham cuts back and forth between images of a well-muscled young boxer preparing for a match and a graceful young woman putting on a glamorous ...

Telling the real-life story of Thailand’s transgender boxingsensation, Nong Toom, “Beautiful Boxer” is a gorgeously shot,balletic depiction of martial arts and one amazing character. “Beautiful Boxer” ...

In what looks like an effort by Thailand to corner the market in gay-themed sports movies, director Ekachai Uekrongtham rings in with entertaining but bland biopic about a pre-op, transsexual champion ...

“Beautiful Boxer” is certainly bizarre: a major Thai box-office hit and prize-winner based on the true story of transgendered boxing legend Parinya Charoenphol, a young monk who became a champion kick ...

COMPUTERS, CLOTHING AND rice are among Thailand’s main exports. With Beautiful Boxer following on the heels of Iron Ladies and its sequel, films about successful transgender athletes should be added ...