Category Archives: Films

Demon Slayer Anime Movie Becomes Japan’s #1 All Time Box Office Hit as Talk Goes to Live Action Adaptation with Casting News Spoilers

A Koala's Playground Posted on by

Over Christmas 2020 the anime movie Demon Slayer: Infinity Train (Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Train) surpassed Spirited Away to become the #1 box office hit in Japan. Along the way it passed Your Name and Titanic as well, and honestly even I am surprised despite being a Demon Slayer mega fan. Spirited Away is my favorite Miyazaki movie and honestly … Continue reading →

Space Sweepers with Song Joong Ki and Kim Tae Ri Confirm February 5th Premiere on Netflix and Drops New Trailer

A Koala's Playground Posted on by

I’m glad Netflix isn’t hoarding finished projects and appears to have a deft hand in releasing new titles quickly. The sci-fi action flick Space Sweepers (Spaceship Victory) was stymied twice in attempted movie release in South Korea during the multiple COVID-19 spikes last year so the production practically went and sold the movie rights to streaming giant Netflix with hopefully … Continue reading →

Mark Chao and Deng Lun’s New C-movie Yin Yang Master Criticized for Visual Effects Plagiarism of Dr. Strange and Naruto, May be Pulled From Theaters

A Koala's Playground Posted on by

The hits keep on coming for Chinese director and screenwriter Guo Jingming, best known for his Tiny Times novels and movie adaptations. Recently he published a formal apology to writer Zhuang Yu for plagiarizing her novel 17 years ago, which he was sued and lost but never formally apologized back then. His new movie the fantasy wuxia Yin Yang Master … Continue reading →

Kim Da Mi Headlines K-movie The Witch: Part 2 with Returning Jo Min Su and New Faces Joining Cast Jin Goo, Park Eun Bin and Special Appearance by Lee Jong Seok

A Koala's Playground Posted on by

With a movie titled The Witch Part 1: The Subversion, it’s already primed for a sequel so thankfully the movie was good and a sequel is coming. The Witch herself Kim Da Mi has seen her career since the first movie hit a new high this year with Itaewon Class so this movie now seems like an even bigger sure … Continue reading →

Award-winning Korean Film Director Kim Ki Duk Passes Away in Latvia at 59 Years Old From COVID-19 Complications

A Koala's Playground Posted on by

Man, talk about yet another life taken by COVID-19 that adds to the count of people who should have never passed yet. Korean director Kim Ki Duk has passed away at the age of 59 in a hospital in Latvia. He was in the country since late November to buy a beach home and spend more time there. He apparently … Continue reading →

Tiffany Hsu is All of Us Precariously Balancing or Falling With No Net in New Striking Pictorial

A Koala's Playground Posted on by

I came across this recent fashion pictorial with TW-actress Tiffany Ann Hsu and was really taken. She’s an incredibly beautiful woman and I have really enjoyed her vastly improved acting over the years, but what I love about this pictorial is that is really captures the emotional anxiety people have been feeling in 2020. At times balancing so much change … Continue reading →

Nam Joo Hyuk and Han Ji Min Promoting K-movie Josee Bring Back All the Feels From The Light in Your Eyes

A Koala's Playground Posted on by

The feels remain so strong with the receding waves from jTBC drama The Light in Your Eyes (Dazzling), even now two years later and I still immediately think of Hye Ja and Joon Ha when I see Han Ji Min and Nam Joo Hyuk together. The two have been hitting the promo circuit this month for their movie Josee, the … Continue reading →

Lee Jong Seok to Make Special Appearance in K-movie The Witch 2 After Military Discharge in January 2021

A Koala's Playground Posted on by

I’m not surprised that K-actor Lee Jong Seok is already lining up acting roles prior to his military discharge but I am more interested in what drama he will pick first. He has selected his first movie and it will be a special appearance in The Witch 2 which is currently in pre-production. It’s the direct sequel to The Witch: … Continue reading →

First Movie of Hugely Popular Manga Demon Slayer Shatters Records, Surpasses Your Name and Chases Spirited Away’s Record of Number 1 Movie in Japanese Box Office History

A Koala's Playground Posted on by

I never thought there would be ANY possibility of records being set this year in the box office, any box office around the world, with COVID-19 either closing theaters, delaying movies, and keeping audiences at home. Japan has been doing a steady and solid job of keeping COVID-19 from hitting another wave and so has been rewarded with relative return … Continue reading →

Park Shin Hye and Jeon Jong Seo’s Delayed Thriller Movie Call Premieres on Netflix

A Koala's Playground Posted on by

Consider it a Black Friday gift to the world from Netflix, if you’re either not out shopping and also not still passed out from too much turkey and wine last night on Thanksgiving. The thriller K-movie Call, originally with a February 2020 premiere date, has been released exclusively on Netflix streaming worldwide. If you have an account, and either love … Continue reading →

Gong Yoo and Park Bo Gum Team Up for Cine21 Pictorial Promoting Sci-fi Thriller Movie Seobok

A Koala's Playground Posted on by

Two for the price of one should be the marketing slogan for upcoming sci-fi thriller movie Seobok. Audiences get Gong Yoo and Park Bo Gum like polar opposite flavors of ice-cream as one plays a retired intelligence agent with a medical date with death and the other is the first human clone that gives rise to the possibility of living … Continue reading →

Song Joong Ki and Kim Tae Ri’s Sci-fi Movie Space Sweepers Confirmed for Netflix Global Premiere

A Koala's Playground Posted on by

It’s been a week of streaming platform news coupled with some long awaited movie release dates. On the Hollywood front, Wonder Woman 1984 is finally getting released on Christmas Day with simultaneous broadcast on HBO Max. Wish it was on Netflix lol because I pared away HBO a few years ago. On the Korean cinema side, big budget sci-fi movie … Continue reading →

Quietly Stirring Official Posters for Upcoming K-movie Josee with Han Ji Min and Nam Joo Hyuk Remaking Award Winning J-movie

A Koala's Playground Posted on by

The first posters are out for the K-remake of the Japanese movie Josee, the Tiger and the Fish now simply titled Josee. Reuniting Han Ji Min and Nam Joo Hyuk for the second time in two years after they did The Light in Your Eyes (Dazzling) together, the story is about a physically disabled young man and the dependent and … Continue reading →