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Twin actresses face assault charges
2011/12/27, Source,
On Dec. 26, twin actresses Bi-ryoo and On-jo (real names Lee Eun-joo and Lee Eun-sil) were charged for assaulting a taxi driver during the early morning.
The victim said that the two actresses hailed a cab near Sinchon Station and asked to be taken to Jamsil in southern Seoul. The taxi driver said that during the journey, the two kept acting up in the car in a drunken state, and when the driver asked for them to stop, the two began kicking and punching the driver,...More
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[HanCinema's Film Review] "My Black Mini Dress": Rich Friends and a Recycled Cat.
2011/10/08,
In 2001, Jeong Jae-eun's "Take Care of My Cat" came to be and with it was a touching coming of age story of five 20-something girlfriends. The film became critically acclaimed both locally and abroad, siting its ability to capture the complex dynamics at play between characters as its strong point. "My Black Mini Dress", directed by Heo In-moo, attempts to reinvent that winning formula,...More
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The 5 Most Anticipated Korean Movies in Second Half of 2011
2011/07/01, Source,
by WKB on July 1st, 2011
* This post is written by David Teszar, one of the Korea Blog's Worldwide Korea Bloggers.
"Sector 7" (7광구)
Korea's first 3D feature film has been already pre-sold to 46 different countries and is widely expected to be the ultimate box office hit this summer. It is pretty understandable if you consider that "Sector 7"′s producer is Yoon Je-kyoon (aka. JK Youn) whose latest directorial project ("Haeundae", 2009) surpassed the all-important 10 million viewer mark. Starring domestic superstars like Ha Ji-won, Ahn Seong-gi and Oh Ji-ho, the movie is about a crew of an oil prospecting ship who fight for their lives against a giant underwater creature,...More
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[HanCinema Book Review] "New Korean Cinema" review
2011/04/23,
"New Korean Cinema" is a collection of fascinating essays on contemporary Korean cinema. It contains a variety of different perspectives on the Korean film industry by a number of experienced contributors from around the world. The book examines the growth of Korea's film production industry, theoretical critiques of modern Korean films, as well as how social change has affected filmmaking in Korea.,...More
