I believe South Korean movie theaters are open and still following the every other seat blocked out method of social distancing. The summer movie season is over and school is back so we’re going to see more serious and feel good movies now and the first up premiering next week is Pawn (Korean title Collateral). Starring Sung Dong Il, Ha … Continue reading →
Well this is unexpected but a nice action movie now to look forward to. 2017 box office hit Confidential Assignment is getting a sequel four years later, with a scheduled 2021 release but who knows with COVID filming delays these days. The main duo will return with North Korean officer Hyun Bin paired with South Korean detective Yoo Hae Jin, … Continue reading →
Earlier this summer the Korean box office was semi-revived thanks to loosening social gathering restrictions, movie theaters could open but just block off every other seat. A handful of summer movies then premiered and did well enough in these circumstances, such as Alive, Peninsula, and Steel Rain 2. Sci-fi movie Space Sweepers (Spaceship Victory) was supposed to premiere but pushed … Continue reading →
A trio of big names are joining the world of what-if when a disaster fells South Korea and there are tons of such movies but each a different enough to be interesting still if done well. Lee Byung Hun, Park Seo Joon, and Park Bo Young are joining forces to stay alive and safe in Concrete Utopia, a disaster movie … Continue reading →
With COVID-19 ending nowhere in sight, I wonder if upcoming sci-fi action movie Space Sweepers (Spaceship Victory) should have kept its summer time slot rather than delaying to October 1. Train to Busan sequel Peninsula is cleaning up at the box office albeit with half the haul it could have done due to movie theaters blocking off every other seat. … Continue reading →
First off, the South Korean movie theaters have been re-opened since June but there is always going to be asterisk on tickets sold for movies during this COVID-19 period. The theaters are blocking every other seat so each showing can only sell half the tickets as before so it will never be apples to apples to compare a movie that … Continue reading →
Movie making is adapting to the reality of COVID-19, still a disruption and danger to the world 8 months into the pandemic. Song Joong Ki‘s movie Bogota cut short its location shoot in Colombia in March and will not resume filming until 2021. The production team for upcoming thriller movie Negotiation with Hyun Bin and Hwang Jung Min will be … Continue reading →
The comparatively smaller scale zombie movie #Alive did well in the box office last month when it premiered thanks to a dearth of new movies and movie going in the preceding few months. Plus a zombie thriller feels just like the escapist entertainment moviegoers would be keen on, staying home due to COVID-19 doesn’t look so bad compared to a … Continue reading →
Time and world circumstances really change so much. My first thoughts are: dayum Kai Ko grew up and got like a million times better looking and Ariel Lin looks exactly the same 6 years later like she’s frozen in time. The boxing friendship and romance movie Achoo (the sound of sneezing) which was scheduled for release in 2014 is finally … Continue reading →
I’ll consider this a great step for both and a long overdue expansion for K-actors and actresses. There have been Korean stars who have transitioned to Hollywood in some capacity like Bae Doo Na and Lee Byung Hun but by and large it’s few and far between. Time to restart that train and none better for the current buzz meter … Continue reading →
Okay, this is so not fair to one female lead and tips the romance pre-release in favor of the other just by casting alone, lol. K-actor Park Jin Young is considering the male lead role in the female-centric best friends for live K-movie remake of the hit C-movie Soulmate (Qi Yue Yu An Sheng). The female leads are Kim Da … Continue reading →
It’s been a slow and rather uncertain return for the cinematic world the entire globe over. COVID_19 shut theaters in March and it’s only starting to re-open up in parts of the world. South Korean movie theaters have been open for a few weeks but this week’s premiere of zombie thriller #Alive feels like the first time the industry came … Continue reading →
Awwww, long live friendships in K-ent and I feel like Yoo Ah In has really nestled himself in tight with so many top stars and maintained that friendship through the years. Both Song Hye Kyo and Gong Hyo Jin are good friends with Yoo Ah In, separately I believe as I don’t think both actresses run in the same friend … Continue reading →
