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  [HanCinema's Film Review] "The Thieves": Sunglasses, Suits, and Smokescreens
  2013/01/05,
  Film: "The Thieves" 도둑들 (Do-dook-deul) Director: Choi Dong-hoon Stars: Kim Yoon-seok, Kim Hye-soo, Lee Jeong-jae, Jeon Ji-hyeon, Simon Yam, Kim Hae-sook, Oh Dal-soo, and Kim Soo-hyeon-I Review Score: 3.5 / 5 Choi Dong-hoon's colossal hit "The Thieves" laid siege to the Korean box office last July, snatching 2 million admissions in the first weekend of its nine-week presence in the top ten. This record-smashing flick earned almost 13 million admissions during that time and its profitability will surely continue as the film is set to open in China on the 15th of this month on over 3,000 screens. Its rise to fame was relentless and it was honoured by the film industry as it was nominated for its excellence across most categories from Korea's top award ceremonies. "The Thieves", much to the distress of perhaps a few of its paying audience members, has been likened to Steven Soderbergh's 2001 film "Ocean's Eleven", but the film deviates enough from the ' heist ' formula to ward off most critics knee-jerk comparison. It's definitely one to hunt down or watch when you can but have we all been guilty of the Halo effect?,...More

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  "The Thieves" ranks first place in the box office
  2012/07/25, Source,
  Movie "The Thieves" beat Hollywood blockbuster "The Dark Night Rises" and took over the box office on its first day of release. According to the Films Commission, "The Thieves" gathered a number of 435,891 audiences and took over first place on the 25th. The accumulated number is 451,740,...More

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  'Actor and director are like husband and wife'
  2012/07/23, Source,
  Director Choi Dong-hoon poses at an interview in this July 18 photo. He returns to the box office Thursday with crime drama "The Thieves", starring some of the most bankable actors in Korean and Hong Kong Cinema, including Kim Yoon-seok, Kim Hye-soo,Jeon Ji-hyeon, Simon Yam,Lee Jeong-jae and Kim Soo-hyeon-I, among others. / Yonhap Choi Dong-hoon on making 10 stars shine in 'The Thieves', opening Thursday By Kwaak Je-yup Unlike in Hollywood, there are few full-time screenwriters left in Korean cinema. Successful ones have moved to more lucrative TV dramas and soap operas, and movies are now written and brought to life by the hands of the director,...More

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  Star-studded 'Thieves' takes different route from 'Ocean'
  2012/07/11, Source,
  A scene from "The Thieves" shows, from left, the characters Johnny (Derek Tsang), Popeye (Lee Jeong-jae), Zampano (Kim Soo-hyeon-I), Yenicall (Jeon Ji-hyeon), Pepsi (Kim Hye-soo), Macau Park (Kim Yoon-seok), Julie (Angelica Lee Sin-Jie), Chewed Gum (Kim Hae-sook), Andrew (Oh Dal-soo) and Chen (Simon Yam). The $12-million burglary-themed blockbuster by director Choi Dong-hoon is slated to open on July 25 in theaters nationwide. Courtesy of Showbox/Mediaplex A bunch of thieves collaborating to steal a rare diamond from the gambling capital of the world? Sounds suspiciously like Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's series. The similarity does not stop there: Choi Dong-hoon's latest film "The Thieves", which opens on July 25, also has an all-star cast packed with some of the most bankable actors in Korean cinema, comparable to George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Julia Robert in "Ocean's Eleven",...More