Old Miss Diary - Movie (2006) - 올드 미스 다이어리 - 극장판 (Ol-deu Mi-seu Da-i-eo-ri - Geuk-jang-pan)

2007/06/05 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

One of South Korea's top two annual film awards ceremonies will take place June 8th in the city of Daejeon. The 44th Grand Bell Awards, which is televised nationally, will be accompanied by the week long Daejeon Film Festival which will showcase 66 domestic films including last year's sensational "The Host" and international film festival familiar "Family Ties" ("The Birth of a Family").

Last year, LEE Joon-ik's breakthrough commercial success "The King and the Clown" swept the awards. Popularity is an important factor in the Grand Bell Awards, and this year's nominations for Best Film are "Radio Star", "A Dirty Carnival", "200 Pounds Beauty", "The Host", and "Family Ties" ("The Birth of a Family"). The latter three also received Best Director nominations for KIM Yong-hwa, BONG Joon-ho, and KIM Tae-yong respectively, along with RYOO Seung-wan for "The City of Violence" and CHOI Dong-hoon for Tazza: The High Rollers" ("The War of Flower").

In the Best New Director category wer...

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2007/04/11 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Leading actress MOON So-ri joined the cast of the upcoming film Woori Saengae Chwegoui Soongan, the title translates as: "the best moment of our life". The sports drama will be directed by LIM Soon-rye. The true story is based on the Korean women's handball team at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

The cast's strong line-up also includes the actresses KIM Jeong-eun, KIM Ji-young and JO Eun-ji. The drama will be complemented with humorous lighter moments. The portrayal of these women's greatest game will rely on the athletic abilities of the actresses to achieve realistic and dynamic action scenes; therefore, the actresses will undergo handball training during three months. The film is scheduled for a cinematic release in the second part of 2007.

MOON will tackle the role of the headstrong top player. The other protagonist is the leader of the Olympic team who fulfilled her dream by becoming a professional player; she captains a team in the Japanese pro-league until national and Olympic...

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2007/03/29 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Amid the growing interest in musicals based on hit movies, several musical versions of movies and TV dramas will be staged this year. Smash-hit Korean movies including "Singles", "Love So Divine", "My Little Bride" and "Old Miss Diary - movie" will revisit audiences on stages in the coming months.

The musical "Innocent Steps" began its three-month run yesterday at the Baekam Art Hall in Samsung-dong, southern Seoul. It runs through July 1.

It has received much media attention because it features Eugene (Yoo Jin), a former member of popular girl group S.E.S and now a TV actress.

Eugene (Yoo Jin) debuted in 1997 as a member of S.E.S, and has more recently become a successful TV actress. She has also tried film acting, with a leading role in upcoming film "Unstoppable Marriage", which is scheduled to be released in April.

"I always wanted to do musicals. But I was hesitant because I wasn't sure I had what it took. Now I will do my best with this musical", said Eugene (Yoo Jin)...

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OMG!!!! I love both Eugene and Innocent Steps. Unfortunately, I'm not living in Korea so I haven't have a chance to see her on the stage. I really love when Moon Geun Yeong dance it's such a perfect so I guess Engene will make a great move nnou 2007-04-01 01:55:51

2007/03/21 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Old Miss Diary - Movie

I always find it interesting that most films that have a single thirty-something woman as the heroine are either romantic comedies or thrillers. This is an alarming sign. It seems that women can no longer survive in films by being the star's trophy wife, but we still have a slight chance if we are willing to acknowledge the fact that we are ludicrous underdogs.
Why can't we tell our stories without ridiculing ourselves?
Women have to act fast. By the time an actress is in her 40s she will be lucky to star in a horror film as a virgin ghost staggering out of a television monitor. (See the Japanese film "Ringul".)
"Old Miss Diary - Movie" is a film adaptation of a television sitcom about a 32-year old bachelorette with lovable flaws. She has a vision of chopping off a man's foot after he accidentally hits her knee on a cramped subway. When a handsome young male colleague offers her a drink after work, she worries that she's about to be fired. She has other is...

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2007/01/01 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Women are enjoying remarkable success on the silver screen thanks to comedy. The movie "200 Pounds Beauty", which stars the actress Kim Ah-joong as an obese pop singer, has drawn more than 2.5 million people since its release on Dec. 14. This is the best box-office performance by a single movie since the release of "The War of Flower" in September.
Although it does not measure up to "200 Pounds Beauty", the movie "Old Miss Diary - Movie", which opened on Dec. 1, has been enjoying support from a steady stream of moviegoers. The movie is a comedy centered on single women in their 20s and 30s. "Go Go Sister", which stars the famous actress Ko So-young, is scheduled to be released in a couple of days, and it is also a comedy.
Movie critic Shim Young-seop says "200 Pounds Beauty" was successful because it resonated with a Korean female audience that is obsessed with being thin. The movie is about a young woman who, as the film opens, is extremely obese. She is then transformed into a perf...

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