Archive for June, 2009
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Plans announced for Friend, the musical
Before the drama Friend, Our Legend even gets off the ground, announcements have been made for a musical version in the works. There’s even a new word to describe the trend of movie-turned-musicals (e.g., 200 Pound Beauty, On Air): the somewhat ungainly term “moviecal.” A representative from Friend‘s production company said, “We haven’t made concrete... More »
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Story of a Man: Episode 20 (Final)
Ohhhhh, what a freaking great way to go out! I was afraid the ending wouldn’t live up to the series, especially with all the snippets of spoilers floating around… but I loved it. I can see why some might have wanted something different, but I thought it was quite fitting. SONG OF THE DAY 8eight... More »
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Accidental Couple: A review
Once again, I’m thrilled to have Dahee Fanel guest-posting her thoughts on a drama — in this case, KBS’s recently ended Wednesday-Thursday drama Accidental Couple, aka Just Looking aka That Fool. It’s always a pleasure, Dahee! –javabeans SONG OF THE DAY Judy Garland – “Over the Rainbow.” [ Download ] [Audio clip: view full... More »
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Kim Jo Gwang-soo’s second queer film Friends
Lee Je-hoon, Seo Ji-hoo Director Kim Jo Gwang-soo added an entry to the small-but-growing category of Korean queer cinema with his short film Boy Meets Boy, starring rising pretty-boy actor Kim Hye-sung. He is following that with his second film, Friends? [친구사이?], which isn’t quite feature-length but clocks in as a mid-length film at 50... More »
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Lee Hana and Ahn Sung-ki pair up in Fair Love
Lee Hana (Le Grand Chef) is currently appearing in the new MBC drama Triple, but also has an upcoming film project as well, in which she stars opposite top veteran actor Ahn Sung-ki (The Divine Weapon). The movie is Fair Love [페어러브] and recently completed filming. In the movie, Ahn plays a lonely single man,... More »
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Kim Jung-eun prepares for a Kimchi Battle
It was announced a while back that the 2007 hit film Le Grand Chef (which spawned the successful drama series Gourmet) would be coming out with a sequel, which has been cast with a new set of actors. The original film starred Kim Kang-woo, Im Won-hee, and Lee Hana; the sequel, Le Grand Chef 2:... More »
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Partner production press conference
With less than a week left till the premiere of new legal drama Partner [파트너], the cast was on hand at the series production press conference on June 19. The drama is KBS’s new Wednesday-Thursday offering and stars Kim Hyun-joo (Insoon is Pretty) and Lee Dong-wook (La Dolce Vita). Partner is described as showing a... More »
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Open Thread #88
It’s Open Thread Friday! You know what to do. SONG OF THE DAY Rogue Wave – “Are You On My Side” [ Download ] [Audio clip: view full post to listen] RELATED POSTS Open Thread #87 Open Thread #86 Open Thread #85 Open Thread #84 No tags for this post.... More »
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Triple: Episode 4
Overall, I am really enjoying this show and appreciate the casting, but I think I’m having a problem with Su-in (or is the issue with Lee Hana?). I haven’t decided whether it’s purely a character thing or an acting thing, but if Su-in were one of the seven dwarves, she’d be Mopey. But at least... More »
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Sung Yuri stalkers fans, take note
When it was announced that the cast of Swallow the Sun was heading to Las Vegas, you wondered where they’d be shooting. Photos have been recently released showing Sung Yuri filming scenes on June 17, in which the actress rides a bicycle along the Strip. Her scenes start at the entrance to the Mirage casino/hotel... More »
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