Archive for January, 2011
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Dream High: Episode 8
Awww, yeah! I love when the tables turn in a drama, when the rules change and there’s constant motion in a plot. I’m really liking the pace of this drama — things move briskly enough that we’re never in danger of plodding along, but not so speedily that they don’t have time to resonate, either.... More »
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49 Days begins filming
The upcoming SBS fantasy-romance drama 49 Days began filming last week and held its first outdoor shoots on January 31, about six weeks in advance of its premiere when it takes over Sign’s Wednesday-Thursday timeslot. Lee Yo-won (Queen Seon-deok) stars as a woman who gets possessed by the spirit of another woman whose body has... More »
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A Korean Ocean’s Eleven in the works
A Korean Ocean’s Eleven? Starring Lee Jung-jae? SIGN ME UP. Choi Dong-hoon, the director of the hit fusion action comedy Jeon Woo Chi, is back with a new movie titled Thieves, and Lee Jung-jae is currently in final talks to star. The film unfolds as a gang of thieves joins forces with the master thief... More »
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Jang Geun-seok, the outdoor háikər
girlfriday: Oh, Jang Geun-seok. Sigh. javabeans: Wait, first, can we talk about this weird-ass campaign? It’s for a clothing brand called… wait for it… Codes Combine Háikər. As in, one who hikes. I mean, haikes. girlfriday: As in, writes haikus? javabeans: Yes. While glaring like Rocky. Tags: conversation post, Jang Geun-seok, Kim Ok-bin... More »
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Gu Hye-sun directs festival trailer
Actress and budding director Gu Hye-sun is back behind the camera as she takes on the directing of the official trailer for the International Women’s Film Festival in Seoul. She’s done a trailer of this kind before, for 2009′s 7th Asiana International Short Film Festival, so she’s got some experience, even if the trailers are... More »
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It’s Okay, Daddy’s Girl: An overview
It’s been a while since I wrote about It’s Okay, Daddy’s Girl, but, as noted in this prior thread, despite the many obvious flaws, the drama has had an inexplicable hold on me — and some of you, too. The drama ended a week and a half ago quietly (its finale ratings were in the... More »
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Kim Jae-wook’s band releases single
Actor Kim Jae-wook, who’s recently come off his stint on the disappointing drama Mary Stayed Out All Night, has turned his attention back to music, with his band WALRUS (formerly I Am Walrus). They’re releasing their first single album with music videos (below). From faux indie rock to real indie rock? I say the real... More »
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Novel version of My Princess published
With the success of the drama My Princess these days, MBC Productions has hastened to adapt the story for another format with a novelization. The novel features a plot that, like the drama, focuses on the development of love amidst the quarreling and clashes of its two leads. However, it purports to differ substantially in... More »
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Yoon Shi-yoon scores first leading role in film
Last year’s king of baking and king of ratings Yoon Shi-yoon (Baker King Kim Tak-gu) lands his first leading role in the movie One Hundred Percent, about…golf. Really? What’s with the golf stories lately? Didn’t they notice what happened to Birdie Buddy? I get that it’s a big sport, but it’s the dramatic appeal that’s... More »
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Meet the cops of KBS’s Crime Squad
Following teen idol drama Dream High, we have the more serious crime drama titled, appropriately enough, Crime Squad. Below are shots from the drama’s poster shoot earlier this week, featuring its cast of cops. The drama stars Kim Seung-woo (IRIS) and Song Il-kook (A Man Called God), each of whom embody two very differing working... More »
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