| Characteristic kiss scenes in dramas, "Calmi Cuori Appassionati" (Source) |
2008/01/24 |
The kiss scenes are essential in a drama in describing the romantic relationships between the characters. Recently, the Wed-Thu dramas, "New Heart", "Robber" and "Hong Gil Dong" have shown interesting kiss scenes which doubled the shows' enjoyment. These kiss scenes are uniquely different in everyway as these dramas are, however the one common ground exists throughout is that they are all "Calmi Cuori Appassionati".
On 10th, in 9th episode of MBC "New Heart", the icy princess Hye-seok (Kim Min-jeong) and warm-hearted Eun-sung (Ji Seong) share a kiss. Hye-seok was in danger of being infected by an AIDS positive patient during a surgery. She became dispirited in fear of losing everything she have worked for and showed her tender mind to Eun-sung saying, "If I knew this was going happen (being infected by AIDS virus) I would have kissed a lot". Hereupon, Eun-sung boldly drew her to his arms and kissed her. The 'sweet bitter kiss' between the two people who represent "coldness" and "pa... |More
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| KWON Chil-in returns with modern day relation drama (Source) |
2008/01/09 |
Director KWON Chil-in previously helmed "A Good Day to Fall in Love" and "Singles". His latest film "Hellcats" also deals with romantic relationships and features three modern women who struggle when it comes to dating men. AHN So-hee of the popular girls band Wonder Girls makes her film debut as a high school girl. Her single mother is played by LEE Mi-sook and KIM Min-hee portrays the mother's younger sister.
KIM's character is a struggling film scenario writer, who has to choose between her poor boyfriend and a rich Korean-American suitor who wants to marry her and take her to the U.S., and has a hard time quitting smoking.
LEE is décor designer of a theatre group. She starts an affair with a younger man, an actor from the theatre group. Despite the actor's serious intentions, she keeps her distance, while she obsessively exercises to stay in shape.
AHN's high school character is pursuing her first kiss from a boy she fancies, but is suddenly faced by the fact that she is ... |More
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| [MOVIE REVIEW] 'Hellcats' rejects men, holds girl-only party (Source) |
2008/01/07 |
Killing wimpy men in a chick film is lots of fun. "Hellcats" (Ddeugeoun geotsi joa), a girls-only initiation drama, follows the feminist formula faithfully, but does not go the full nine yards; no guys ends up shot. Instead, the gals toy with the emasculated Korean men -- in and outside of bed.
The movie, to be released on Jan. 17, is chiefly concerned with the three representative women (or girls, if you like). The narrator is A-mi (Kim Min-hee), a twenty-something screenwriter who has yet to create her debut feature, and struggles with a deadbeat boyfriend whose prospect as a professional rocker seems slim, at best.
And in the bit-mature, quasi-womanly stage is her big sister Young-mi (Lee Mi-sook), a middle-aged, almost workaholic interior designer who gets entangled with a far younger boyfriend.
Making up the three-way girly scheme is Young-mi's daughter Kang-ae (Ahn So-hee), a sexually confused high school girl who wants her boyfriend to act more manly -- for instance, by... |More
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| Leading Actors Keep 'Two Faces' Afloat (Source) |
2007/09/13 |
By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter
Romantic comedies come in all forms, starring out-of-ordinary heroines like Drew Barrymore in "50 First Dates" (2004), who suffers from short-term memory loss; and Uma Thurman, an estranged super-powered woman in "My Super Ex-Girlfriend" (2006). Likewise, "2 Faces of My Girlfriend" takes the classic genre to a whole new level featuring a character with a severe case of multiple personality disorder.
Gu-chang (Bong Tae-gyu) leads a tragic existence. The seventh-year college student constantly fails job interviews and lives off of an allowance from his divorced sister while taking money from his little nephew. To make matters worse, the almost 30-year-old virgin has never had a girlfriend, let alone experienced his first kiss. In Korean, Gu-chang is a homonym for the word meaning "a sore in the mouth".
But springtime finally seems to have arrived for Gu-chang, defrosting the stark winters of his barren love life, when he meets the sweet and innocen... |More
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| Surfing the Korean wave in Seoul (Source) |
2007/08/03 |
A new map and bus tour highlight hallyu's best loved locations
In a way the idea of visiting the sets of famous soap operas seems as childish as sticking a hand in the handprints of celebrities on the walls of Planet Hollywood.
But in the minds of urban slackers, the idea of mimicking characters from their favorite shows creates the guilty pleasure of living an actor's lifestyle for nothing.
And let's face it. It happens everywhere.
Look at "Sex and the City" and the impact it had on the Manolo Blahnik shoe company when Carrie, the main character, obsessed over their 500-dollar heels.
The Louis K. Meisel Gallery, where Charlotte worked and hundreds of restaurants, bars and shops that were featured in the show all became must-see destinations for the show's audiences, many of whom who had never been to the Big Apple before.
Officials of the Seoul government have picked up on this idea and have produced a map in English, Japanese and Chinese that marks all the locations of soaps ... |More
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