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Grand Bell Film Fest Puzzles Movie Fans

Source | 2009/11/08 | 0 comments | Permalink |

By Han Sang-hee
Staff Reporter

Movie fans may have highly anticipated the 46th Grand Bell (Daejong) Film Festival, which took place Friday in southern Seoul, but the outcome of the event was unexpected.

The festival's award ceremony had many shaking their heads, as some of the most successful films took home fewer trophies than expected, while the lack of participating stars left the event feel a bit empty.

This year's Best Picture award went to "The Divine Weapon", pushing aside hit blockbusters "Haeundae" and "Mother - 2009".

"Mother - 2009", which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, managed only to win the Best Supporting Actor award, while "Haeundae", which was nominated in nine categories and was one of the biggest films of the year, won only Best Producer.

"Take Off" was nominated in seven categories but only won Best Director, while "Closer to Heaven" took home Best Actor. "Haeundae" and "Take Off" attracted a total of 12.93 million movies goers, alternating ...| More

[ChanMi's movie news] "Le Grand Chef 2" stars Kim Jeong-eun!

Source | 2009/10/24 | 0 comments | Permalink |

There has been a press meeting for the new upcoming film, "Le Grand Chef2 : Kimchi War".

The cold hearted genius chef Jang-eun is acted by Kim Jeong-eun and traditional chef Seung-chan is acted by Jin Goo. The two characters will be having a Kimchi battle!

Many different types of kimchi and various processes with ingredients in producing the best kimchi will be revealed through this ...| More

46th Annual Daejong Film Awards Nominees

Source | 2009/10/23 | 0 comments | Permalink |

46th Annual Daejong Film Awards Nominees

- Best Movie: "Take Off", "Mother - 2009", "The Divine Weapon", "Sky and Sea", "Haeundae"

- Best Director : Kim Yong-hwa ("Take Off"), Yoon Je-kyoon ("Haeundae"), Jeon Yoon-soo ("Portrait of a Beauty"), Jeong Gi-hoon ("Ae-ja"), Bong Joon-ho ("Mother - 2009")

- Best Actor : Kim Myeong-min ("Closer to Heaven"), Kim Yoon-seok (Running Turtle), Seol Kyeong-gu ("Haeundae"), Jeong Jae-yeong ("The Divine Weapon"), Ha Jeong-woo ("Take Off")

- Best Actress : Kim Min-seon ("Portrait of a Beauty"), Kim Hye-ja ("Mother - 2009"), Soo-ae ("Sunny"), Jang Nara ("Sky and Sea"), Choi Kang-hee ("Ae-ja")

- Best Supporting Actor : Kim In-kwon ("Haeundae"), Jin Goo ("Mother - 2009"), Jeong Kyeong-ho ("Sunny"), Jang Geun-seok ("The Case of Itaewon Homicide"), Kim Nam-gil ("Modern Boy")

- Best Supporting Actress : Kim Bo-yeon ("Living Death"), Kim Hae-sook ("Thirst"), Kim Yeong-ae ("Ae-ja"), Choo Ja-hyeon ("Portrait of a Beauty"), Nam Neung-mi ("Clos...| More

'Mother - 2009' : A Must See

Source | 2009/10/12 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Howard Shumann rates "Mother - 2009" by Bong Joon-ho an A. Editor's Note

After a night of drinking, Do Joon (Won Bin), an intellectually-challenged young man, encouraged by his reckless buddy Jin-tae (Jin Goo), attempts to pick up a young high school girl Ah-jung walking home alone. Shockingly, the next day, Do Joon is arrested for the girl's murder as his mother looks on helplessly. Seen at the Vancouver Film Festival, Bong Joon-ho's Mother is an intelligent, suspenseful, and darkly comic revelation of the lengths to which an overbearing but deeply loving mother will go to pursue justice for her son who, she believes, has been wrongly convicted of murder.

Though there is an evocative score by Lee Byeong-woo, the film's use of ambient sounds such as the slashing of a herb chopper and the rustling of leaves add to an ominous mood, though it often clashes with the absurdist events seen on screen. Set in a small Korean town, the elderly mother, played by Korean TV star Kim Hye-ja in...| More

Promoting the Jecheon Film & Music Fest

Source | 2009/07/15 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Actress Han Chae-young and actor Jin Goo were appointed as goodwill ambassadors for the fifth Jecheon International Music & Film Festival at a press conference in Seoul on Tuesday.

Under the theme "Music, Movie, and Harmony with Nature", the festival features over 90 films from 35 countries and some 30 music performances from Aug. 13 to 18.



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Han Chae-young (left) and Jin Goo pose with their appointment plaques as goodwill ambassadors for the fifth Jecheon International Music & Film Festival in Seoul on Tuesday. Han Chae-young (left) and Jin Goo pose with their appointment plaques as goodwill ambassadors for the fifth Jecheon International Music & Film Festival in Seoul on Tuesday. ...| More