| Erotic `Portrait' Fails to Capture Subject |
2008/11/20 |
By Joon Soh
Contributing Writer
Shin Yun-bok, the famed folk painter of the late Joseon Kingdom (1392-1910), has received much attention in recent months. It all started last year when a best-selling novel described the male artist as secretly being a woman.
In truth, there is little historic... |More |
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| SO Ji-sub, Zhang Ziyi, and Fan Bingbing in a love triangle |
2008/11/14 |
| SO Ji-sub has been cast alongside major Chinese stars Zhang Ziyi and Fan Bingbing. In the Chinese film Sophie's Revenge, Zhang's character will fall head over heels in love from the first time she meets a doctor, played by SO, only to find him stolen away by a famous actress (Fan). Zhang's character... |More |
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| CJ Presales "Thirst" and "Mother - 2009" at AFM |
2008/11/12 |
CJ Entertainment made two major deals at the American Film Market (AFM), signing presales on upcoming films by Korea's top directors PARK Chan-wook and BONG Joon-ho. AFM was held in Santa Monica, California, November 5 -12 and is one of the world's largest film trade events.
CJ Ent. sold PARK's... |More |
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| The parlous state of the movie industry |
2008/10/09 |
'Investment has been too hasty in the past and that has caused problems. But the problem now is a lack of creativity'.
BUSAN - Dark clouds overshadowed the opening of this year's Pusan International Film Festival. The suicide of one of Korea's most beloved actresses, a perceived crisis in the nat... |More |
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| Two SONG Kang-ho films in U.S. cinemas |
2008/10/01 |
2008 Festival de Cannes' out-of-competition talk of the festival and Korean box office treasure hunter "The Good, the Bad, the Weird" (KIM Ji-woon) will be released in U.S. cinemas next year.
Unfinished PARK Chan-wook vampire film "Thirst" will be backed by Korean CJ Entertainment and major U.S.... |More |
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| 'Modern Boy': Reinterpretation of Japanese Colonialism? |
2008/09/30 |
By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter
Following the footsteps of "Radio Dayz", "Once Upon a Time" and "The Good, the Bad, the Weird" comes "Modern Boy", another purely entertainment-driven movie set during the Japanese colonial era (1910-45). Gyeongseong, the name of Seoul at the time, is home to flamb... |More |
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| [DVD Review] 'Roommates': Study Hard, Then You Die |
2008/09/28 |
 The true horror is the win-at-all-cost mentality
Kyu H... |More |
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| Universal / Focus Features Slake CJ's Thirst |
2008/09/17 |
Universal Pictures (UPI) and London-based Focus Features will invest in and co-produce director PARK Chan-wook's latest film, "Thirst", currently in production. They will join chief investor CJ Entertainment, which has so far driven the project.
The deal, announced Sept. 11th by UPI president C... |More |
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| Historical films dominate the fall |
2008/09/11 |
| Last weekend Korean Historical action drama "The Divine Weapon" took the lead at the box office. And the fall looks set to be dominated by historical films. The historical drama Miindo (English translation: "Portrait of a beauty") came out on top as 'the most anticipated film of the fall' according ... |More |
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| Box Office Weapon Launches Sept. 4 |
2008/09/04 |
| Although its official release date is Sept. 4, Korea's latest blockbuster, "The Divine Weapon", took second place on last weekend's box office charts, after 2 days of paid-preview screenings organized by distributor CJ Entertainment. The Chosun-set epic targeted 405 screens, capturing US$ 1.4 milli... |More |
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| Actor Noh Joo-hyeon in 'Fiddler on the Roof' |
2008/09/01 |
By Chung Ah-young
Staff Reporter
Veteran actor Noh Joo-hyeon will star in the Korean version of Broadway musical "Fiddler on the Roof", marking his first musical performance in his 40-year acting career.
Noh will play the leading role of Tevye in the musical whose music was composed by Jerry ... |More |
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| 'Modern Boy' Opens in October |
2008/08/28 |
By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter
After six years in the making and a release date postponed by months, Jeong Ji-woo's ambitious period drama "Modern Boy", starring hot actors Park Hae-il and Kim Hye-soo, will open in theaters in October. The press gathered to catch the film's first promotional eve... |More |
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| CHOI Dong-hoon's Comic Fantasy: "Jeon Woo Chi" |
2008/08/27 |
| Director CHOI Dong-hoon, who made a splash in the local film industry with his high stakes thrillers, "The Big Swindle" (2004) and "Tazza: The High Rollers" ("The War of Flower", 2006), is currently in pre-production on his latest project, tentatively titled "Jeon Woo Chi". The big budget US$12 mi... |More |
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| 'Divine Weapon' Targets Chuseok |
2008/08/21 |
By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter
In time for the nation's biggest holiday comes "The Divine Weapon", a highly anticipated epic dramatization of the world's first multi-launch rocket system invented during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). Historical fiction is risky business, particularly in a count... |More |
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| Korean Movies' Popularity Rebounds This Summer |
2008/08/06 |
The number of movie-goers in July jumped more than 21 percent compared to the previous month to 17-and-a-half million.
Korean movies in particular accounted for half of total screenings nationwide last weekend.
That's a rebound from their record low of 7 percent in May.
Korean-style Western movie... |More |
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