Sin Min-ah (신민아)

Summer Action Flicks Are Coming

Source | 2009/06/30 | Permalink |

By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

Every summer, big budget Hollywood movies flow in, and many worry about the potential threat to homegrown films. Recent trends, however, suggest that competition is healthy.

"The fact that such a comparison (between national and international franchises) is even possible is unique; there aren't so many countries around the world where domestic films can compete with American ones", Han Seung-hee, researcher at the Korean Film Council, told The Korea Times.

After the turn of the new millennium, the Korean film industry enjoyed rapid growth, with blockbusters rewriting box office history each year. But the market plummeted for the first time last year, and investment and production hit an all time low. Moviegoers even criticized films that fared well at the box office as being formulaic.

So far, 2009 looks better. The success of "A Frozen Flower" and "Scandal Makers" ("Speedy Scandal") opened up a promising new year. Although February and March...| More

[Talk of the town] Get your short film fix

Source | 2009/06/26 | Permalink |

The Eighth Mise-en-Scene Short Film Festival kicked off last Wednesday at CGV Yongsan, central Seoul.

The representative committee chairman this year is Bong Joon-ho, director of the current hit film "Mother".

Other renowned filmmakers in Korea attended the opening ceremony Wednesday evening, including directors Park Chan-wook and Heo Jin-ho. Movie stars including Won Bin, Sin Min-ah, Jeong Jae-yeong, Park Hae-il and Kim Joo-hyeok also came to support the festival.

A total of 120 Korean and international shorts, from comedies and dramas to action and thrillers, will be screened at the annual event. The festival continues until Tuesday. ...| More

Sin Min-ah Transforms into Blockbuster Icons

Source | 2009/06/20 | Permalink |

Celebrating the Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival, the hair product brand of cosmetics company Amore Pacific of the same name shot a catalogue with actress Sin Min-ah. The catalogue features various hairstyles recommended by Mise-en-scène in the manner of characters from five movies.

Sin can be seen as Gwyneth Paltrow's character Estella from "Great Expectations", Carrie-Anne Moss' Trinity from "The Matrix" series, Kirsten Dunst's Claudia from "Interview with the Vampire", Nicole Kidman's Satine from "Moulin Rouge", and Marilyn Monroe's Girl from "The Seven Year Itch". Despite initial concerns that her innocent and fragile image would make it difficult for her to pull off these bombshells, Sin impressed the crew by playing each role perfectly, according to Amore Pacific.

The Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival has grown to become one of the most prestigious short film festivals in Korea. It features 57 films in five genres in the official selection, and a total of 120 films,...| More

Warning: contains cheese, sugar; lacks nudity

Source | 2009/06/04 | Permalink |

"The Naked Kitchen" is confused about what it wants to be. From the cover of the DVD, it looks like a cheesy culinary romantic comedy, complete with simpering stars. But from its synopsis, it sounds like a racy love triangle with a wanton wife at the center.

The identity crisis continues through the duration of the film, most apparently in its female star, Sin Min-ah, as Mo-rae, the aforementioned unfaithful spouse.

Upon receiving a copy of the DVD, a co-worker passing my desk said, "Oh, Sin Min-ah, she's so cute". Therein lies the problem. Sin is utterly unconvincing in her role as a cheater. Are we honestly supposed to believe that the prancing, parasol-peddling Mo-rae would actually cuckold her husband, Sang-in? And rather than making the situation more believable, the film's ensuing character development - that Mo-rae was a virgin before marriage and that Sang-in is her enduring childhood love - makes her actions even more preposterous.

Mo-rae's innocent act just gets anno...| More

[ChanMi's take] Yoon Eun-hye vs Sin Min-ah

Source | 2009/05/25 | Permalink |

The two fashionista stars are wearing the same outfit but different colored animal prince shirts.

Who do you think looks better in this two piece outfit?

Yoon Eun-hye or Sin Min-ah?...| More