Yesterday we had the opening red carpet for the Busan International Film Festival, one of the biggest (the biggest?) events of the year for the film industry. On the second...
Is it red carpet season already? The various year-end awards ceremonies for films and dramas will start rolling in this month and go through the end of the year, but...
The story of Crown Prince Sado never fails to get a visceral reaction out of me, no matter how many times it's told and retold in film and television. Granted,...
Hyun Woo, Do Ji-han, Park Yoo-hwan
Hyun Woo (Gap-dong) is positively considering a reunion with director Kim Seok-yoon and the writing duo behind the upcoming webtoon adaptation of Awl (he...
Director Kim Jee-woon (I Saw the Devil, The Good, the Bad, the Weird) is back with a new action movie, a period piece set during the Japanese occupation called Secret...
As one of the biggest awards ceremonies in the industry, the 35th Blue Dragon Awards turned out a number of stars and covered a pretty good spread of titles in...
I know, another red carpet event, which brings us to three in three days. This one, the Buil Film Awards, is actually in conjunction with the Busan International Film Festival,...
When Joint Security Area (2000) came out in theaters, it quickly became the most successful Korean film until that point, surpassing Shiri’s immense success the past year. And like...
Spread the love around must've been this year's mantra at the 50th annual Baeksang Awards, where the (somewhat) best of both film and television come to pick up shiny trophies....
This lineup has me sold, already. Yoo Ah-in (Secret Love Affair) and Moon Geun-young (Goddess of Fire Jung-yi) have joined the period film Sado, which will be helmed by sageuk...
2015 Buil Film Awards
by javabeans
Yesterday we had the opening red carpet for the Busan International Film Festival, one of the biggest (the biggest?) events of the year for the film industry. On the second...
Tags: awards, Byun Yo-han, Jeon Do-yeon, Kim Nam-gil, Lee Jung-jae, Moon Jung-hee, Ryu Hyun-kyung, Shim Eun-kyung, Song Kang-ho
2015 Busan International Film Festival’s opening red carpet
by girlfriday
Is it red carpet season already? The various year-end awards ceremonies for films and dramas will start rolling in this month and go through the end of the year, but...
Tags: Ahn Sung-ki, awards, Chae Jung-ahn, Choi Woo-shik, Go Ah-sung, Ha Ji-won, Hwang Bora, Hwang Jung-min, Jeon Do-yeon, Ji-soo, Joo Ji-hoon, Jung Woo-sung, Kang Haneul, Kim Gyu-ri, Kim Jae-wook, Kim Nam-gil, Kim Yoo-jung, Lee Chun-hee, Lee Jung-jae, Lee Kwang-soo, Lee Soo-hyuk, Lee Tae-ran, Moon Sori, Park Bo-young, Park Sung-woong, Ryu Hyun-kyung, Seo Ye-ji, Seo Young-hee, Shin Hyun-bin, Sohn Eun-seo, Sohn Ho-joon, Sohn Ye-jin, Song Kang-ho, Sung Dong-il
Yoo Ah-in and Song Kang-ho’s tragic paternal strife in Sado
by girlfriday
The story of Crown Prince Sado never fails to get a visceral reaction out of me, no matter how many times it's told and retold in film and television. Granted,...
Tags: Song Kang-ho, Yoo Ah-in
News bites: July 5, 2015
by awcoconuts
Hyun Woo, Do Ji-han, Park Yoo-hwan Hyun Woo (Gap-dong) is positively considering a reunion with director Kim Seok-yoon and the writing duo behind the upcoming webtoon adaptation of Awl (he...
Tags: Choi Min-shik, Go Hyun-jung, Jo Yoon-hee, news bites, Park Yoo-hwan, Song Kang-ho
Gong Yoo, Song Kang-ho headline occupation-era thriller
by girlfriday
Director Kim Jee-woon (I Saw the Devil, The Good, the Bad, the Weird) is back with a new action movie, a period piece set during the Japanese occupation called Secret...
Tags: Gong Yoo, Song Kang-ho
2014 Blue Dragon Awards
by javabeans
As one of the biggest awards ceremonies in the industry, the 35th Blue Dragon Awards turned out a number of stars and covered a pretty good spread of titles in...
Tags: awards, Choi Jin-hyuk, Choi Min-shik, Choi Siwon, Chun Woo-hee, Esom, Go Soo, Han Ye-ri, Honey Lee, Im Ji-yeon, Im Shi-wan, Jo Jin-woong, Jo Yeo-jung, Jung Woo-sung, Kim Hee-ae, Kim Hye-soo, Kim Sae-ron, Kim Sung-kyun, Kim Woo-bin, Kim Yoo-jung, Kim Yun-jin, Lee Jung-jae, Lee Seon-kyun, Lee Sung-min, Micky Yoochun, Moon Jung-hee, Park Ji-soo, Shim Eun-kyung, Shin Se-kyung, Sohn Ye-jin, Song Kang-ho, Song Seung-heon, Soo-hyun, Yeo Jin-gu, Yeom Jung-ah, Yoo Hae-jin
2014 Buil Film Awards
by javabeans
I know, another red carpet event, which brings us to three in three days. This one, the Buil Film Awards, is actually in conjunction with the Busan International Film Festival,...
Tags: awards, Hwang Jung-min, Jang Young-nam, Jo Min-soo, Jo Yeo-jung, Jung Eun-chae, Ryu Hyun-kyung, Shim Eun-kyung, Song Kang-ho
Movie Review: Joint Security Area (2000)
by refresh_daemon
When Joint Security Area (2000) came out in theaters, it quickly became the most successful Korean film until that point, surpassing Shiri’s immense success the past year. And like...
Tags: featured, Kim Tae-woo, Lee Byung-heon, Lee Young-ae, Park Chan-wook, Shin Ha-kyun, Song Kang-ho
50th Baeksang Arts Awards
by girlfriday
Spread the love around must've been this year's mantra at the 50th annual Baeksang Awards, where the (somewhat) best of both film and television come to pick up shiny trophies....
Tags: awards, Baek Jin-hee, Baro, Choi Jin-hyuk, Do-hee, Go Ara, Han Groo, Han Ye-ri, Im Shi-wan, Jeon Ji-hyun, Jo Eun-ji, Jo Jae-hyun, Jung Eun-ji, Jung Woo, Kim Ah-joong, Kim Hee-ae, Kim Hyang-gi, Kim Ji-soo, Kim Soo-hyun, Kim Sung-kyun, Lee Bo-young, Lee Byung-heon, Lee Chun-hee, Lee Jung-jae, Moon Jung-hee, Park Jung-ah, Park Seo-joon, Shim Eun-kyung, Shin Dong-yup, Shin Sung-rok, Sohn Hyun-joo, Sohn Tae-young, Sol Kyung-gu, Song Kang-ho, Taecyeon, Yeo Jin-gu, Yuri
Yoo Ah-in, Moon Geun-young join Joseon-era film Sado
by awcoconuts
This lineup has me sold, already. Yoo Ah-in (Secret Love Affair) and Moon Geun-young (Goddess of Fire Jung-yi) have joined the period film Sado, which will be helmed by sageuk...
Tags: Moon Geun-young, Song Kang-ho, Yoo Ah-in