Frankly, this movie doesn't look too interesting -- it looks pretty, but that's about it -- but it's some extra eye candy for those of us watching Who Are You?...
(Image is totally unrelated; taken from a Korean artist whom I've mentioned here.)
I'd have liked more elaborate answers to the question, but at least they acknowledged that they DO...
So Ji Sub makes his acting comeback in writer-director Jang Jin's (Welcome to Dongmakgol, My Son) television debut project, U-Turn.
The four-part "special movie" aired its first episode on the 1...
I admit the first thing that struck me about Kim Hye Sung was his adorable baby face. But although he's part of the newest generation of good-looking, trendy young stars,...
There's a building buzz around the upcoming film Mother, and it's not just because of its lead actor, Won Bin. Naturally, Won Bin taking the lead role is news in...
The movie Sook-myeong ("Destiny," or "Fate") opened this weekend, and with two of Hallyu's prettiest pretty-boys headlining -- Kwon Sang Woo and Song Seung Heon, that is -- it's well...
Korea's oldest film has been discovered.
The Korean Film Archive announced earlier this week that Crossroads of Youth [청춘의 십자로], a black-and-white silent movie made in 1934 and considered a historical asset, has...
Sleeper romantic-comedy hit 200 Pound Beauty is preparing its sequel, because what's more natural after a film unexpectedly hits big than to milk that cash cow for all it's worth? Still,...
Movie star Yoo Ji Tae is probably one of few Hallyu stars who's got some international cachet outside of Korea or Asia due to acting in films like hipster favorites...
Now here's interesting casting. Charismatic actor Uhm Tae Woong has recently been cast in director Shin Jeong-won's latest film (prior work includes Sisily 2km), titled Chaw [차우] -- I'm not sure...
Getting his drink on in Beastie Boys
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Frankly, this movie doesn't look too interesting -- it looks pretty, but that's about it -- but it's some extra eye candy for those of us watching Who Are You?...
Tags: Yoon Kye-sang
How to market boring movies
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(Image is totally unrelated; taken from a Korean artist whom I've mentioned here.) I'd have liked more elaborate answers to the question, but at least they acknowledged that they DO...
So Ji Sub’s U-Turn
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So Ji Sub makes his acting comeback in writer-director Jang Jin's (Welcome to Dongmakgol, My Son) television debut project, U-Turn. The four-part "special movie" aired its first episode on the 1...
Tags: branded entertainment, Lee Yeon-hee, So Ji-sub
When Boy Meets Boy
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I admit the first thing that struck me about Kim Hye Sung was his adorable baby face. But although he's part of the newest generation of good-looking, trendy young stars,...
Tags: Kim Hye-sung, netizens, uljjangs, Unstoppable High Kick
Won Bin and mom
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There's a building buzz around the upcoming film Mother, and it's not just because of its lead actor, Won Bin. Naturally, Won Bin taking the lead role is news in...
Tags: Bong Joon-ho, comebacks, Kim Hye-ja, Won Bin
It’s a metrosexual box office weekend
by javabeans
The movie Sook-myeong ("Destiny," or "Fate") opened this weekend, and with two of Hallyu's prettiest pretty-boys headlining -- Kwon Sang Woo and Song Seung Heon, that is -- it's well...
Tags: box office, Kwon Sang-woo, Song Seung-heon
Korea’s oldest film unearthed
by javabeans
Korea's oldest film has been discovered. The Korean Film Archive announced earlier this week that Crossroads of Youth [청춘의 십자로], a black-and-white silent movie made in 1934 and considered a historical asset, has...
Fat again?
by javabeans
Sleeper romantic-comedy hit 200 Pound Beauty is preparing its sequel, because what's more natural after a film unexpectedly hits big than to milk that cash cow for all it's worth? Still,...
Tags: 200 Pound Beauty, Kim Ah-joong, sequels
Yoo Ji Tae’s directorial release
by javabeans
Movie star Yoo Ji Tae is probably one of few Hallyu stars who's got some international cachet outside of Korea or Asia due to acting in films like hipster favorites...
Tags: directors, short films, Yoo Ji-tae
Another “Host”-inspired creature feature
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Now here's interesting casting. Charismatic actor Uhm Tae Woong has recently been cast in director Shin Jeong-won's latest film (prior work includes Sisily 2km), titled Chaw [차우] -- I'm not sure...
Tags: Jung Yumi, Uhm Tae-woong