Roaring Currents is on its way to breaking every Korean box office record possible. Greatest opening? Check -- 680K people went to see it on opening day. Highest mid-week attendance?...
Blockbuster film Roaring Currents (literal translation: Battle of Myeongryang, Whirlwind Sea) looks ahmaaazing, and I will be so bummed if it doesn’t live up to its hype. In it,...
Director Kim Jee-woon is one of the most successful directors in Korean cinema and is responsible for a range of hit films from the so-called kimchi Western of The Good,...
If dark crime thrillers are your thing (and Chungmuro certainly has a way of churning them out), heads up for another entry in the genre with New World getting ready...
'Tis the season: Awards time is upon us! And beware of the massive photo-dump that awaits you.
Here we are with the red carpet of today's (er, yesterday in Korea) 49...
Choi Min-shik (Oldboy) Hwang Jung-min (The Unjust) AND Lee Jung-jae (The Housemaid) in one movie? I always thought that if you put that many stars together, a movie would spontaneously...
There have been talks of a Hollywood remake of Park Chan-wook's hallmark revenge thriller Old Boy for some time now, but the project was stuck in legal battles over the...
Dark thriller I Saw the Devil was one of the past summer's hit films, and one of five Korean films to screen at the latest Toronto Film Festival. Coincidentally enough,...
The 35th Toronto International Film Festival has invited five Korean films this year, and anticipation is high. Poetry, The Housemaid, I Saw the Devil, Oki's Movie, and Late Autumn (Manchu)...
I Saw the Devil is the new film from The Good, The Bad, The Weird director Kim Ji-woon, starring Lee Byung-heon and Choi Min-shik, and has released its first...
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Roaring Currents continues to smash records
by awcoconuts
Roaring Currents is on its way to breaking every Korean box office record possible. Greatest opening? Check -- 680K people went to see it on opening day. Highest mid-week attendance?...
Tags: Choi Min-shik, Jin Gu, Jo Jin-woong, Ryu Seung-ryong
Choi Min-shik dons Admiral Lee Soon-shin’s armor in Roaring Currents
by awcoconuts
Blockbuster film Roaring Currents (literal translation: Battle of Myeongryang, Whirlwind Sea) looks ahmaaazing, and I will be so bummed if it doesn’t live up to its hype. In it,...
Tags: Choi Min-shik, Jin Gu, Jo Jin-woong, Ryu Seung-ryong
Movie Review: The Quiet Family
by refresh_daemon
Director Kim Jee-woon is one of the most successful directors in Korean cinema and is responsible for a range of hit films from the so-called kimchi Western of The Good,...
Tags: Choi Min-shik, featured, Kim Jee-woon, Song Kang-ho
Teaser builds anticipation for crime thriller New World
by javabeans
If dark crime thrillers are your thing (and Chungmuro certainly has a way of churning them out), heads up for another entry in the genre with New World getting ready...
Tags: Choi Min-shik, Hwang Jung-min, Lee Jung-jae
49th Grand Bell Awards
by javabeans
'Tis the season: Awards time is upon us! And beware of the massive photo-dump that awaits you. Here we are with the red carpet of today's (er, yesterday in Korea) 49...
Tags: Ahn Sung-ki, awards, Byun Jung-soo, Choi Jin-hyuk, Choi Min-shik, Daniel Choi, Go Ara, Han Chae-ah, Hwang Jung-min, Im Jung-eun, Im Soo-jung, Jang Shin-young, Jo Jung-seok, Jo Min-soo, Jo Sung-ha, Jo Yoon-hee, Joo Sang-wook, Julien Kang, Jung Kyeo-woon, Jung Yumi (2), Kim Go-eun, Kim Hae-sook, Kim Jung-eun, Kim Ki-duk, Lee Chun-hee, Moon Jung-hee, Nam Bora, Namgoong Min, Park Bo-young, Park Hae-il, Park Shin-hye, Ryu Seung-ryong, Seo Young-hee, Shin Hyun-joon, Suzy, Uhm Jung-hwa
Noir thriller A New World courts megastar trio
by girlfriday
Choi Min-shik (Oldboy) Hwang Jung-min (The Unjust) AND Lee Jung-jae (The Housemaid) in one movie? I always thought that if you put that many stars together, a movie would spontaneously...
Tags: Choi Min-shik, Hwang Jung-min, Lee Jung-jae
Old Boy Hollywood remake gains traction
by girlfriday
There have been talks of a Hollywood remake of Park Chan-wook's hallmark revenge thriller Old Boy for some time now, but the project was stuck in legal battles over the...
Tags: Choi Min-shik, Hollywood, Park Chan-wook
From I Saw the Devil to Hollywood
by javabeans
Dark thriller I Saw the Devil was one of the past summer's hit films, and one of five Korean films to screen at the latest Toronto Film Festival. Coincidentally enough,...
Tags: Choi Min-shik, Hollywood, Kim Jee-woon, Lee Byung-heon
Toronto invites five Korean films
by girlfriday
The 35th Toronto International Film Festival has invited five Korean films this year, and anticipation is high. Poetry, The Housemaid, I Saw the Devil, Oki's Movie, and Late Autumn (Manchu)...
Tags: Choi Min-shik, Hyun Bin, Jeon Do-yeon, Jung Yumi, Lee Byung-heon, Lee Jung-jae, Lee Seon-kyun, Seo Woo
First stills from Lee Byung-heon’s I Saw the Devil
by javabeans
I Saw the Devil is the new film from The Good, The Bad, The Weird director Kim Ji-woon, starring Lee Byung-heon and Choi Min-shik, and has released its first...
Tags: Choi Min-shik, Lee Byung-heon