Posts Tagged ‘Lee Jung-jin’

Drama Casting & News
Teaser and stills from Hundred Year Inheritance
by | December 26, 2012 | 33 Comments
These stills from MBC’s upcoming weekend drama Hundred Year Inheritance look a bit serious for a show that’s supposed to be light and cheery, but there’s no denying Eugene and Lee Jung-jin make a beautiful couple. The drama recently filmed its title sequence in Namhae-gun, pictured here. We get a glimpse of the scene in... More »


Drama Casting & News
Eugene’s Noodle Shop releases stills and new title
by | December 21, 2012 | 27 Comments
Weekend drama May Queen is on its way out, so it’s time to turn to its follow-up show, which has new stills and a new name: Once called Third Generation Noodle House, it’s now going by the title Hundred Year Inheritance. Hm, it’s gone from literal to figurative, from descriptive to oblique. Noodle House does... More »


Drama Casting & News
Eugene and Lee Jung-jin headline new weekend drama
by | November 22, 2012 | 46 Comments
New drama alert, and just in time, too: MBC’s current weekend drama May Queen ends in five weeks, and they’ve just cast the show that’ll follow it. It’s a family drama called Third Generation Noodle House, starring Eugene (Baker King King Tak-gu) as the noodle-factory-inheriting heroine and Lee Jung-jin (Runaway, Pieta) as her love interest.... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
Lee Jung-jin, Jo Min-soo as Pieta’s twisted mother-son pair
by | August 3, 2012 | 96 Comments
Huh. So my first thought on seeing this movie poster for Pieta was, “Doesn’t that… kind of… border on sacrilegious?” Followed immediately by, “Oh, it’s Kim Ki-duk. The world makes sense again.” At left, the poster bears the copy “Two people who can never receive forgiveness.” At right, another tagline reads, “Lord have mercy.” That’s... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
2011 Blue Dragon Film Awards
by | November 25, 2011 | 65 Comments
Awards, awards, awards! Friday, November 25, was the night of the 2011 Blue Dragon Film Awards, and — no surprise — the winners list was dominated by one of the biggest films of the year, sageuk-action-thriller Bow: The Ultimate Weapon. The film is a David and Goliath story of one man (Park Hae-il) taking down... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
Wonderful Radio pushes back premiere
by | November 10, 2011 | 22 Comments
Looks like we’ll have to wait a little longer to see Wonderful Radio, the romantic comedy starring Lee Min-jung (Midas) and Lee Jung-jin (Runaway). Man, we’ve been on pins and needles to see it since the project was first announced. Boo. It was originally scheduled to be released by the end of the year, but... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
Lee Jung-jin and Lee Min-jung in Wonderful Radio
by | July 8, 2011 | 39 Comments
Here’s our first look at Lee Jung-jin (Runaway Plan B) and Lee Min-jung (Midas) on the set of their upcoming romantic comedy film Wonderful Radio. I don’t know what’s going on with Lee Jung-jin’s hair there, but perhaps it’s a character quirk? If they’re trying to go for unkempt hair as a character statement, they... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
Lee Min-jung and Lee Jung-jin team up in rom-com
by | May 28, 2011 | 73 Comments
I like this pairing, A LOT: Lee Min-jung (Midas) and Lee Jung-jin (Runaway Plan B) have been cast as the leads in a new movie, which’ll feature them in a workplace romance when he’s brought in to save her flagging radio show. Lee Min-jung plays Jin-ah, the DJ of a radio show with low listener... More »


Celebrity News
GQ actor round-up, javabeans version
by | May 27, 2011 | 93 Comments
GQ has a photo spread in its issue this month (as they are wont to do), and it’s like somebody invaded my brain and picked out my favorites, JUST FOR ME! It must be my birthday. Seriously, it’s uncanny: Yoon Kye-sang! Go Soo! Lee Jung-jin! Kim Kang-woo! Tags: Go Soo, Kang Ji-hwan, Kim Kang-woo, Lee... More »


Drama Reactions & Reviews
Bottom of the 9th with 2 Outs: Series review
by | March 3, 2011 | 242 Comments
There’s a fondness that I’ve had my entire life for best friend rom-coms. That is, dramas where the main couple consists of two best friends who circle each other their whole lives, not realizing that they’re destined to be together. It’s the kind of drama where everyone except for the two best friends knows that... More »