Archive for November, 2008
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Zhang Ziyi teams with So Ji-sub
(By the way, this photo cracks me up. It is universally unflattering, isn’t it?) Another Korea-China production! This time it’s a film, called Sophie’s Revenge and starring two A-list actors: So Ji-sub and Zhang Ziyi. Zhang’s casting has been confirmed, while So is still in the last stages of talks. According to So’s management, he... More »
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“First Love” to be remade in China
Choi Su-jong, Lee Seung-yeon, and a young Bae Yong-joon Another remake of an old kdrama is in the works, this time the 1996 series that brought Bae Yong-joon to fame, First Love. The new drama will be a joint Korea-China production, and adapt the story for Chinese audiences. This is the first time a project... More »
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Kim Hyun-joo added to Boys Before Flowers
Add one more big name to the cast of Boys Before Flowers (Hana Yori Dango): the lovely Kim Hyun-joo, last seen in last year’s drama Insoon is Pretty, has been cast in the Tsubaki role, older sister to main character Doumyouji Tsukasa. Kim Hyun-joo’s character is named Gu Jun-hee in the series and is the... More »
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Making a splash with Disturbance in Her Barroom
It’s been a while since I’ve seen Lee Jung-jae in a comic role — much of his recent stuff (Typhoon, Air City) has him playing strong, in-command characters — so it’s welcome to see him embracing his goofball side in Disturbance in Her Barroom. The cast gathered on November 6 for the production press conference,... More »
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Boy Meets Boy in theaters soon
I’ve been talking about the short queer film Boy Meets Boy for a while now, and it’s finally being released. The nearly wordless short film, starring Kim Hye-sung (Unstoppable High Kick) and Lee Hyun-jin (Kimchi Cheese Smile) as 18-year-old high school students, is billed as a queer romance about first love, and bears the tag... More »
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U.S. remaking My Name Is Kim Sam-soon
My Name Is Kim Sam-soon (aka My Lovely Sam-soon), the super-popular 2005 drama that made Kim Sun-ah and Hyun Bin into household names, is being given the Hollywood treatment and remade as a U.S. television series. Hopefully Sam-soon will meet with better success as a remake than other Hollywoodified versions like My Sassy Girl and... More »
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28th Critics Choice Awards names its top honors
The 28th Critics Choice Awards, presented by the Association of Korean Film Critics, awarded its top honors on November 5. The film A Movie Is a Movie (or Rough Cut), starring So Ji-sub and Kang Ji-hwan (above), was the big winner of the night, pulling in three awards total, two for its lead actors and... More »
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Open Thread, election style
All right, I wasn’t exactly planning to do this, but since there have been a few scattered election comments in various threads, I figured, why not just have a place for us to all play, spazz, and rejoice (hopefully???) together? Have at it. I’ll start. I may just be THISCLOSE to feeling honest-to-goodness genuine hope... More »
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The World They Live In: Episode 3
I will be useless for rest of today. Am glued to CNN. Free Starbucks voter coffee brings me up, wine calms me down. I feel like Judy Garland. SONG OF THE DAY IU – “Feel So Good,” by a new young (15-year-old) singer. [ Download ] [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Tags: Hyun... More »
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Drama Concert showcases three stars, three performances
As part of the Korea Drama Festival, three actors gathered to show off their musical talents at the Drama Concert special boasting “three men, three different shades.” The three drama leading men were picked from the dramas on the three different stations, with Jang Geun-seok from MBC’s Beethoven Virus, Jang Hyuk from SBS’s Tazza, and... More »
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