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Famed Director Park Chan Wook’s New Movie Decision to Leave with Park Hae Il and Tang Wei Receive Rapturous Standing Ovation at Cannes and Contender for Top Prize

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Who says awarding winning top K-director Park Chan Wook can’t keep surprising this long into his exceptional career. His first movie in 6 years since The Handmaiden debuted at the Cannes Film Festival this week to thunderous reception, with a 5-minute long standing ovation by the audience after the screening of Decision to Leave. While this movie has thriller elements … Continue reading →

Rising Young Actress Shin Si Ah is The Other One in The Witch: Part 2 with Big Shoes to Fill Behind Kim Da Mi’s Hitmaking First Movie Performance

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The production of upcoming thriller movie The Witch: Part 2: The Other One has gone out of its way to keep “the other one” hidden until now. The first stills are out of new female lead Shin Si Ah, who plays a different character than the titular witch in the first movie which starred Kim Da Mi. There was always … Continue reading →

First Look at Song Joong Ki in Upcoming 1990’s Set Movie Bogota: City of the Lost with Lee Hee Joon and Kwon Hae Hyo

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I still remember when COVID-19 first broke out in the early months of 2020 worldwide the for K-ent it involved a lot of movie premieres getting shuffled, moving to streaming, and filming getting adjusted. One of which involved the period and location movie Bogota: City of the Lost, which as the name suggests is set in the Colombian city and … Continue reading →

Highly Anticipated The Witch Part 2: The Other One Releases Movie Trailer and Posters with Rookie Lead Shin Si Ah and Cameo Appearances by Part 1 Leads Kim Da Mi and Choi Woo Shik

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K-actress Kim Da Mi debuted in 2017 with small roles in two movies before landing her break as the relative unknown female lead in horror supernatural thriller The Witch: Part 1: The Subversion. So it make sense that the upcoming sequel The Witch: Part 2: The Other One will also feature a total unknown as the female lead, her name … Continue reading →

Song Hye Kyo Beautifully Showcases Chaumet Jewelry in New CF Pictorial

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There are top tier A-list actresses in South Korea that I feel will stay at that level forever regardless of occasional low rated dramas or low box office movies. Song Hye Kyo is one of that elite group and she’s so teflon with her image, I just see a very steady measured pace with her when she does stuff and … Continue reading →

First Preview for K-movie Alien with Ryu Jun Yeol, Kim Tae Ri, Kim Woo Bin, So Ji Sub, and Yeom Jung Ah Brings the Batshit Crazy Joseon Era Crossed with Modern Day Aliens

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A new movie is headed to the theaters that has been in production for over two years and will come as a two part big name and big bucket action flick. Alien (part 1 and part 2) will be released this year and stars Ryu Jun Yeol and Kim Tae Ri as Joseon era Taoists battling Kim Woo Bin and … Continue reading →

Park Seo Joon and IU Wrap Filming for Soccer Themed K-movie Dream by the Director of Hit Movies Extreme Job and Twenty

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Sports is a popular entertainment theme this year in K-ent, what with the Winter Olympics bringing forth lots of sports interest and recent hit drama Twenty One, Twenty Five making both fencing and sports news an interesting topic. It will be a good time to release Dream, the soccer themed movie that has been in production for what seems like … Continue reading →

First Poster for K-film Broker with Song Kang Ho, Kang Dong Won, IU, and Bae Doo Na

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The dichotomy from the front seat to the backseat is too funny here. The first poster is out for the South Korean flick Broker, releasing this June 2022 with a star studded cast of Song Kang Ho, Kang Dong Won, Bae Doo Na, and IU. It’s a story around baby boxes with South Korea has to allow drop off of … Continue reading →

Yeo Jin Gu, Kim Hye Yoon, Na In Woo, and Choi Yi Hyun Cast Together in Romance Movie Similar

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Talk about a current IT level casting on all four leads. K-ent has assembled a romance quartet for the upcoming movie Similar (also called Agreement) which will star Yeo Jin Gu and Kim Hye Yoon, earlier confirmed, and this week added Na In Woo and Choi Yi Hyun. That’s all released on the movie so far but with this level … Continue reading →

Jeon Yeo Bin and Park Jung Min in Talks to Join Hyun Bin in the Period Spy Thriller Harbin by the Director of The Man Standing Next

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Well that’s a lot of bins in one film haha. K-ent is reporting that Jeon Yeo Bin will be joining Hyun Bin in the upcoming period spy thriller Harbin, with also Park Jung Min in talks as the second male lead. It’s from the director of Inside Men and The Man Standing Next, both of which were highly acclaimed box … Continue reading →

Shin Hye Sun and Lee Jun Young Finish Filming K-movie Brave Citizen Scheduled for Later 2022 Release

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A feel good and educator focused K-movie is coming later in 2022 called Brave Citizen and this weekend filming wrapped. Starring Shin Hye Sun and Lee Jun Young, the movie is based on a webtoon and tells the story of a female boxer turned contract high school teacher and dreams about getting tenure. She avoids problems at the school until … Continue reading →

Netflix K-movie Love and Leashes Releases New Super Romantic Stills Showing Strong Chemistry Between Leads Lee Jun Young and Seohyun

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Man, if this K-movie was released a decade ago when K-pop fans still held strong to their stans not dating it would cause a riot because the onscreen chemistry from the stills alone of upcoming Netflix movie Love and Leashes (Moral Sense) are smoking hot between idol-actors Seohyun and Lee Jun Young. I would have loved a SNSD and U-KISS … Continue reading →

Kim Jung Hyun to Make Acting Return in 2022 with Indie Movie Secret

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If Seo Ye Ji can make an acting return no reason for Kim Jung Hyun not to try. They both can still stumble if the K-netizens aren’t ready for it but might as well bull head your way through if an acting career remains the end goal. Kim Jung Hyun has changed agencies finally after last year when he tried … Continue reading →