My Name Is Kim Sam-soon (aka My Lovely Sam-soon), the super-popular 2005 drama that made Kim Sun-ah and Hyun Bin into household names, is being given the Hollywood treatment and remade...
It's kind of unnerving how all the news right now is either Choi Jin-shil's sudden death or the 13th Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF), and sometimes while looking through the...
When Night Comes, Strongest Chil Woo
This is interesting because I'm actually watching all three Monday-Tuesday dramas right now, and I agree with the general points made, and yet find...
So yeah... not a great drama.
It's too bad since the two leads are entertaining together and they've got that bickering, competitive one-upmanship vibe going strong. But the rest of...
To be brief?
Based on Episode 1, I found When Night Comes (also Every Night or Every Time It's Night) to be part fun, and part corny. Its attempts to be...
Stars of MBC's When Night Comes were on hand on June 17 in Seoul for the press conference introducing their drama. Kim Sun Ah, Lee Dong Gun, Kim Jung Hwa, and...
Su Ae will have the distinction of being director Lee Joon Ik's first female lead actress after he made his name with male leads in The King and the Clown,...
Since May 7, the upcoming drama When Night Falls has been filming in Japan; lead actress Kim Sun Ah wears a kimono (above) while filming on location in the city of...
Kim Sun Ah shows off the movie poster to her long-awaited comeback film (long-awaited comeback, that is, not necessarily long-awaited film) Girl Scouts. Although the movie may not perhaps be...
KBS's new action drama Rivals, aka Kang-jeok-deul or Adversaries, premieres tomorrow. In striving for realism, Chae Rim visited a special attack squad and handled real firearms; Lee Jong Hyuk and...
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U.S. remaking My Name Is Kim Sam-soon
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My Name Is Kim Sam-soon (aka My Lovely Sam-soon), the super-popular 2005 drama that made Kim Sun-ah and Hyun Bin into household names, is being given the Hollywood treatment and remade...
Tags: Hollywood, Hyun Bin, Kim Sun-ah, My Name Is Kim Sam-soon, remakes
Pusan International Film Festival’s opening night
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It's kind of unnerving how all the news right now is either Choi Jin-shil's sudden death or the 13th Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF), and sometimes while looking through the...
Tags: Baek Sung-hyun, Cha Seung-won, Choi Jung-yoon, Choi Kang-hee, Eom Ji-won, Eugene, film festivals, Go Ara, Gong Hyo-jin, Han Eun-jung, Hyun Bin, Jang Dong-gun, Joo Ji-hoon, Jung Ryeo-won, JYP, Kang Hye-jung, Kim Ji-soo, Kim Jung-eun, Kim Rae-won, Kim So-yeon, Kim Sun-ah, Lee Bo-young, Lee Dong-wook, Lee Jin, Lee Jung-jin, Lee Seon-kyun, Lee Wan, Lee Yeon-hee, Oh Ji-ho, Park Eun-hye, Park Hae-il, Park Jin-hee, Shin Hyun-joon, Shin Mina, Song Chang-eui, Yeh Ji-won, Yoon Jin-seo
Monday-Tuesday ratings analysis: One hit, one cult following, one flop
by javabeans
When Night Comes, Strongest Chil Woo This is interesting because I'm actually watching all three Monday-Tuesday dramas right now, and I agree with the general points made, and yet find...
Tags: drama ratings, Eric, Gourmet, Kim Sun-ah, Lee Dong-gun, mania dramas, Strongest Chil Woo, When Night Comes
When Night Comes: Episode 2
by javabeans
So yeah... not a great drama. It's too bad since the two leads are entertaining together and they've got that bickering, competitive one-upmanship vibe going strong. But the rest of...
Tags: Kim Sun-ah, Lee Dong-gun, When Night Comes
When Night Comes: Episode 1
by javabeans
To be brief? Based on Episode 1, I found When Night Comes (also Every Night or Every Time It's Night) to be part fun, and part corny. Its attempts to be...
Tags: first episodes, Kim Jung-hwa, Kim Sun-ah, Lee Dong-gun, When Night Comes
Posing pretty for When Night Comes
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Stars of MBC's When Night Comes were on hand on June 17 in Seoul for the press conference introducing their drama. Kim Sun Ah, Lee Dong Gun, Kim Jung Hwa, and...
Tags: Gourmet, Kim Jung-hwa, Kim Sun-ah, Lee Dong-gun, press conferences, Strongest Chil Woo, When Night Comes
News bites: May 26, 2008
by javabeans
Su Ae will have the distinction of being director Lee Joon Ik's first female lead actress after he made his name with male leads in The King and the Clown,...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Hwang Bo, Iljimae, Jang Dong-gun, Kim Dong-wan, Kim Sun-ah, news bites, Su Ae
Kimonos and national treasures
by javabeans
Since May 7, the upcoming drama When Night Falls has been filming in Japan; lead actress Kim Sun Ah wears a kimono (above) while filming on location in the city of...
Tags: Kim Sun-ah, Lee Dong-gun, When Night Comes
“Ta-da! It’s movie magic”
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Kim Sun Ah shows off the movie poster to her long-awaited comeback film (long-awaited comeback, that is, not necessarily long-awaited film) Girl Scouts. Although the movie may not perhaps be...
Tags: Kim Sun-ah
News bites: April 13, 2008
by javabeans
KBS's new action drama Rivals, aka Kang-jeok-deul or Adversaries, premieres tomorrow. In striving for realism, Chae Rim visited a special attack squad and handled real firearms; Lee Jong Hyuk and...
Tags: Kim Dong-wan, Kim Haneul, Kim Sun-ah, Lee Dong-gun, Lee Hana, music videos, On Air, overworking, Rivals, When Night Comes