Now THIS looks cool. The trailer and posters are out for the historical spy movie Coffee, which are totally different from what I was expecting, but in the best way — it’s historical action with a twist. And the character posters have a comic book feel that is totally different from what I thought this movie would be, but I’m digging the stylized look.

The preview is below, and what starts out as simple coffee-break happytime for Emperor Gojong soon takes an intrigue-filled turn when spies start running wild and people start dying. The background is late Joseon Dynasty, but the ambiance is total modernized thriller, with a stylish fusion bent.

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I guess today is just going to be photo-overload day. Take a look at a massive collection of stills from Take Care of Us, Captain, SBS’s new entry in the Wednesday-Thursday race. It’s up against two promising other new entries — The Moon That Embraces The Sun and Wild Romance — so all eyes will be on the ratings numbers once the three have made their simultaneous bows.

I’ll admit to being lukewarm on the concept of Captain, but now that I’ve seen more from the show, I do think it looks very pretty. Plus, Ji Jin-hee looks awesome. I don’t just mean that in the “He’s so hot” way — that doesn’t hurt, though — but that he looks completely into character and charismatic, even in still photographs. Not that we’d expect any less of Ji, who’s so good when he’s got a good script and cast to work with. (Not that he’s ever bad. But he can be wasted, that’s for sure. See: Spotlight.)

But let’s get right to the good stuff:

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Jung Kyeo-woon took a little time off from his own drama schedule (he’s currently filming the series History of the Salaryman) to cameo for a different SBS drama, Take Care of Us, Captain.

Apparently Jung has ties to several of the stars in the drama’s regular cast: He is currently repped by the same agency as leading men Ji Jin-hee (playing a pilot) and Lee Chun-hee (an air traffic controller), and was previously at the same agency as Yoo Sun (a flight attendant).

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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 the enemy with his exceptional prowess with the bow and won awards for most of its leading stars.

A few other films also nabbed multiple awards, with best picture going to the thriller Bad Deal. (which also won for director and screenplay).

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Ji Jin-hee (Dong Yi, The Man Who Can’t Marry) is returning to SBS with a drama titled Take Care of Us, Captain, in which he plays a skilled and perfectionist pilot opposite Gu Hye-sun (The Musical), his co-pilot and love interest.

The drama was formerly called Fly Again, which was a smoother-sounding title but also perhaps more generic-sounding. I think I’m okay with the new title, though it translates somewhat awkwardly into English.

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The baseball film Glove released this week and enjoyed the top spot at the box office, setting itself up for a strong theatrical run. And looking at the trailer and description, I can add yet another film to my growing list of MUST SEE NOWs.

Glove, which is based on a true story, unfolds around the neglected baseball team at a high school for the deaf. Jung Jae-young (Moss, Castaway on the Moon) plays a former pro ball player who comes to the school and takes on the challenge of coaching them to #1.

Glove opened on Thursday and beat out the second-place finisher by nearly double, which was Hollywood animated feature Megamind, last week’s No. 1. In third place was Cha Tae-hyun’s comedy Hello Ghost, while fourth and fifth were Hollywood films Love & Other Drugs and Season of the Witch. Within its first two days, Glove has drawn more than 160,000 admittances.

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Lee Da-hae has been confirmed for a leading role opposite Joo Jin-mo in the big-budget period film 가비, described as a period spy-melodrama. (The title means “coffee” but isn’t the same word for coffee used in Korea today; modern Koreans pronounce coffee as “kuh-pi,” while this title is the older pronunciation of “ka-bi.”)

The movie is about a secret plot by Russian spies to assassinate Joseon’s Emperor Gojong, who was a man who knew how to enjoy his coffee. (He reigned from 1863 to 1907, which puts this movie in the twilight years of the Joseon era. It’s a slice of time I grew interested in when watching the excellent mystery-treasure-hunt drama Mixed-Up Investigative Agency, which is a modern-day comedy whose major plot point involved Emperor Gojong and his year of living in refuge at the Russian diplomatic house in Seoul.)

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More awards!

The Blue Dragon Film Awards took place on November 26, and the many of the same films that have been winning lately were rewarded once again: Some of the big winners were for films such as crime drama Moss, dark thriller I Saw the Devil, romantic comedy Cyrano Dating Agency, stark action movie Ajusshi, and the much-lauded Poetry.

Kang Dong-won and Song Kang-ho’s Secret Reunion prevailed to win best picture over nominees Ajusshi, The Housemaid, Moss, and Jeon Woo Chi.

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Kim Hye-sung (Boy Meets Boy, Unstoppable High Kick has a new project in the works, a movie called G-Love [글러브].

He’ll be working with director Kang Woo-seok (who directed Silmido and Public Enemy Returns and produced Into the White Night and No Mercy), and has been cast alongside actors Jung Jae-young (The Divine Weapon) and Yoo Sun (Bok-shil of Sons of Sol Pharmarcy).

G-Love is described as a “human drama” that takes place amidst a rural high school baseball team, which sees the arrival of an ex-pro baseball player and female teacher. Kim Hye-sung plays a deaf high schooler who has put up a wall against the world and purposely rejects communicating with others. The pro (Jung Jae-young) takes the reins as coach and teaches him how to play, and he starts to dream of the future. What ensues is a story of “heartwarming friendship and love.”

(I groan a little at the explanation of the title; the Korean title is pronounced “glove,” which makes sense given the baseball motif, but an alternate meaning attributes words like “great” and “give” to the “G” of the title, to mean “great love” or “give love.” Barf.).

G-Love will begin filming at the end of June. Kim Hye-sung is currently busy practicing baseball with the other members of the team. (Also: Did you know he has a third-degree black belt in Taekwondo?) His most recent role prior to this is as a student soldier in war movie Into the Fire.

Via OSEN

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Last one!

The 2009 KBS Drama Awards were also held on December 31, and as with the other two station awards ceremonies, there weren’t a lot of surprises, particularly with the Daesang, which went to Lee Byung-heon. (Lee was outstanding in IRIS, but I think he practically had the Daesang in the bag even before the drama aired — no way KBS was going to score a big star like him and not reward him. Refer to: Song Seung-heon’s MBC Daesang last year.)

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