Posts Tagged ‘Kim Soo-hyun’

Chungmuro/Film Reviews
Movie Review: The Thieves
by | June 8, 2013 | 105 Comments
Some directors have made careers on the backs of making certain kinds of movies and Choi Dong-hoon is one such director. In many ways, his filmography kind of resembles that of English director Guy Ritchie as both started with crime caper films and largely built their careers on similar films with a deviation or two.... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
Poster and stills for Covertly, Grandly
by | April 23, 2013 | 50 Comments
Guess it’s just a Kim Soo-hyun kinda week. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Here’s the next peek at undercover spy movie Covertly, Grandly, where he plays an elite North Korean spy whose cover in the South is the village idiot. The poster looks just like the original webtoon that the film is based... More »


Celebrity News
Kim Soo-hyun’s Paris shoot for Marie Claire
by | April 22, 2013 | 58 Comments
Kim Soo-hyun sure looks relaxed for his latest magazine spread, which is probably a good thing since he’s about to become very busy promoting his upcoming film, the comic action-thriller movie Covertly, Grandly, wherein he plays a hotshot spy from North Korea whose cover identity is a clumsy, bumbling fool. The spread was shot last... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
Kim Soo-hyun plays the fool for Covertly, Grandly’s first teaser
by | April 17, 2013 | 79 Comments
Thank goodness Covertly, Grandly looks hilarious, which is a relief since there are two ways this kind of wacky, outrageous premise can go: awesome, or cringeworthy. The movie is a spy-action-comedy starring Kim Soo-hyun (The Moon That Embraces the Sun) as an elite, even legendary North Korean spy sent on a mission to South Korea…... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
Covertly Grandly’s award-winning cast
by | January 3, 2013 | 70 Comments
Well don’t they make one shiny cast. There’s one movie that’s reaping the direct benefits of the KBS/MBC/SBS Drama Awards this year — Kim Soo-hyun’s new pretty-boy spy flick Covertly Grandly now gets to boast that between its four leading men, they’ve pocketed acting awards from all three broadcasters. I’d say the cast is pretty... More »


Drama Casting & News
2012 MBC Drama Awards
by | December 30, 2012 | 301 Comments
Well, we’ve given out our awards for 2012; now it’s time to see how MBC distributed its honors. And if past years are any indication, there are bound to be some head-scratchers and some obvious political choices. Then again, that’s sort of the name of the game all across the board, isn’t it? The thing... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
2012 Blue Dragon Film Awards
by | November 30, 2012 | 120 Comments
The 2012 Blue Dragon Film Awards were held last night, and now it feels like we’ve entered awards season in earnest, following up on last month’s Grand Bell Awards. There were a few of the same names and titles, but on the whole, I’d say the Blue Dragons were much more in line with what... More »


Celebrity News
Kim Soo-hyun gets army physical, not going to army (yet)
by | November 19, 2012 | 67 Comments
javabeans: So Kim Soo-hyun went in for a physical at the military admin office, apparently, and set off a wave of panicked speculation: Is he going to army already?!?! girlfriday: Well when you see the words “Kim Soo-hyun” and “army” in a headline, your heart tends to lurch into your throat. But! It’s not time... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
Kim Soo-hyun piggybacks The Thieves’ 10 millionth moviegoer
by | August 20, 2012 | 46 Comments
Ha, this is what you get when you make a public wager, your film blows up into a huge box office success, and then you have to do as you jokingly promised you would. In Kim Soo-hyun’s case, he’d made a declaration last month at the film’s red carpet event that if The Thieves broke... More »


Drama Casting & News
News bites: June 13, 2012
by | June 13, 2012 | 93 Comments
R2B: Return to Base Yet another name change for Rain’s last pre-army project, pictured above: The movie formerly titled Red Scarf, then Flight: Near the Sun, is now R2B: Return To Base. It will eventually be called BRB: 2Legit2Quit. It’s also got a newly released poster and an August release date. [Source: E Daily] Tags:... More »