Posts Tagged ‘Oh Man-seok’

Chungmuro/Film
More PIFF red carpet at APAN’s Star Road
by | October 3, 2008 | 14 Comments
I foresee this may start getting repetitive, but here’s another red carpet from the Pusan International Film Festival (we saw opening night’s red carpet yesterday). This time, the event was the Asian Pacific Actors Network (APAN) Star Road. It seemed some of the stars who were at opening night were noticeably absent at this event,... More »


Chungmuro/Film
VIPs come to see E.T.
by | August 28, 2008 | 10 Comments
August 28 saw the VIP preview of the comedy Our School E.T., which opens in wide release on September 11. The title’s “E.T.” is both a cheeky reference to Spielberg’s extraterrestrial and to the lead character played by funnyman Kim Su-ro, who takes on the role of a not-so-bright physical education teacher. As a result... More »


Drama Recaps
Strongest Chil Woo: Episodes 1 & 2
by | June 18, 2008 | 39 Comments
As I briefly mentioned, when I saw the premiere of Strongest Chil Woo, I thought it was pretty bad. Not mediocre or a little uneven, but god-awful. Episode 1 was a mess of bad direction, bad pacing, weird transitions, sloppy storytelling, and laughably similar plotlines to some recent other dramas. (The first twenty minutes, wherein... More »


Chungmuro/Film
The grass is always greener…
by | December 10, 2007 | 17 Comments
Star or Serious Actor? Go So Young and Song Kang Ho   Just as a sidebar, this article is horribly written but interesting in content if not execution. I tried to preserve the wording (which often smacks of juvenile rhetoric) but I did gloss over some redundant word repetition, and such as, for readability’s sake.... More »


Drama Casting & News
The Sex and the City Effect
by | August 22, 2007 | 51 Comments
I’ve been meaning to write this post for a while but it coincides with recent topics, so here goes. I think there’s a prevalent (mistaken) perception — particularly if kdramas are a primary source of information — that Koreans are puritanical about sex. In my opinion, they really aren’t. There are traditional elements in the... More »