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Kim So Hyun Trendy in All Black with a Winter White Teddy Jacket at Movie Premiere for The Man Standing Next

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 21, 2020 by ockoalaJanuary 21, 2020
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K-actress Kim So Hyun is naturally beautiful and with the advantages of youth can pull off any hairstyle and still look fantastic. Clothes are less unanimous as there are still outfits that no one would look good in, but her choice of attire this week attending the VIP movie premiere for political thriller film The Man Standing Next (Chiefs of … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion, Films | Tagged Kim So Hyun, The Man Standing Next

Cast of K-movie Parasite Wins Best Performance by a Cast at 2020 Screen Actor’s Guild Awards

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 20, 2020 by ockoalaJanuary 19, 2020
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All of South Korea must be and should rejoice at the latest earned honor bestowed on award winning 2019 movie Parasite. The cast just won the Best Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture award at the 2020 Screen Actor’s Guild Awards, which is equivalent to Best Picture because SAG is about the actors so that award is the … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Parasite

Park Seo Joon and IU Cast as Leads in Extreme Jobs Director’s Next Film Dream

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 5, 2020 by ockoalaJanuary 5, 2020
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This is a really big casting win for young actor Park Seo Joon and IU. He was cast earlier and now she’s also confirmed for the upcoming movie Dream by the hit making director of 2019’s highest grossing South Korean film Extreme Jobs which is also the second highest grossing Korean movie of all time. I watched that movie on … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Dream, IU, Park Seo Joon

Rain’s Cycling Movie Uhm Bok Dong Wins the Korean Golden Raspberry for Worst Movie of 2019

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 24, 2019 by ockoalaDecember 24, 2019
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You win some and you lose some so overall K-actor Rain had a good 2019 despite this latest egg on face. The Korean Razzies are out, the K-version of the US film awards that crowns the worst in cinema for the year. This is the third year for the Korean Golden Raspberry Awards and the winner for worst movie by … Continue reading →

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Jung Yumi and Yoona Win Acting Awards at the 2019 Women in Film Festival

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 18, 2019 by ockoalaDecember 18, 2019
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2019 was a good year for the Korean box office, with a new movie sitting pretty at the number 2 spot for highest box office of all time list with Extreme Job. We also had two other movies crack the top 25 in Parasite and Exit, and all three movies had strong female roles. The disaster escape movie Exit gave … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged 1982 Born Kim Ji Young, Exit, Jung Yumi, Yoona

Ha Jung Woo, Lee Byung Hun, Suzy Promote Disaster Action Movie Ashfall Coming Out December 19th

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 18, 2019 by ockoalaDecember 18, 2019
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This has been a busy week for the cast of upcoming disaster K-movie Ashfall (Mount Baekdu). It’s the first time Ha Jung Woo and Lee Byung Hun, top movie stars usually headlining their own movies, are working together and they are joined by actresses Suzy and Jeon Hye Jin as well as Ma Dong Seok in a supporting role. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Ashfall, Ha Jung Woo, Lee Byung Hun, Suzy

Kim Woo Bin in Talks for 2020 Sci-fi Movie with Ryu Jun Yeol and Kim Tae Ri

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 18, 2019 by ockoalaNovember 17, 2019
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K-actor Kim Woo Bin‘s hiatus from his entertainment career is heading into its third year as he had to seek treatment for throat cancer back in March of 2017. There have been rumors earlier this year of his comeback but nothing materialized, though he reportedly has recovered from the serious medical condition. This latest casting news does have legs and … Continue reading →

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Song Joong Ki Gets Food Truck Support on Final Day of Filming for Sci-fi Movie The Victory

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 25, 2019 by ockoalaOctober 24, 2019
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Work is a great activity when one has personal life down periods and Song Joong Ki dove right into filming for upcoming mega budget K-movie The Victory(Spaceship Victory)at the start of his divorce proceedings earlier this summer. The divorce was a quickie pre-negotiated one that took about a month to be rubber stamped and since then he’s still filming the … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Song Joong Ki, The Victory

Gong Yoo Promotes New Movie After 2-Year Acting Break Since Goblin, Content to Play Supporting Role to Jung Yumi

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 20, 2019 by ockoalaOctober 20, 2019
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The K-movie adaptation of hit feminist novel 1982 Born Kim Ji Young opens next week in Korea and all eyes are on whether mainstream audiences will embrace it and whether the fringe right will successfully stifle a story that highlights all the minor and micro injustices Korean women have faced culturally. The movie is 100% about Jung Yumi‘s Kim Ji … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged 1982 Born Kim Ji Young, Gong Yoo

Top K-movie Stars Attend Hammer Museum Gala as Bong Joon Ho’s Movie Parasite Premieres in US to Rave Reviews and High Box Office

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 14, 2019 by ockoalaOctober 14, 2019
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I see a movie in the making, or at least a tableau that typically only happens in the backstage and after party of the Baeksang Awards. K-actress Im Soo Jung posted a picture on her SNS attending a party with famous film stars Ha Jung Woo and Jo Jin Woong, along with rising young actors Park So Dam and Jang … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Bong Joon Ho, Ha Jung Woo, Im Soo Jung, Jang Ki Yong, Jo Jin Woong, Park So Dam, Song Kang Ho

Park Seo Joon Goes Extreme Hair Crop and Signs on for New Movie with Director of Mega Hit Extreme Job

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 12, 2019 by ockoalaOctober 11, 2019
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I am so mesmerized by Park Seo Joon‘s head thanks to his new hair cut it’s hard to look away. I can’t tell if it’s because it makes his head look too tiny for his body or how extreme egg shaped it it, but this is a total no bueno no mas look for him to avoid ever again. Luckily … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Park Seo Joon

Gong Yoo and Jung Yumi Proudly Attend Press Conference for K-movie 1982 Born Kim Ji Young

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 8, 2019 by ockoalaOctober 7, 2019
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Stories don’t need to be emotionally safe to be told, and some are going to rile folks up. Popular Korean novel 1982 Born Kim Ji Young is a best seller but reviled by certain segments of the male population for being a feminist novel whatever that means. Even when a female star posts that she’s read it or reading it … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Gong Yoo, Kim Ji Young

Roy Qiu Accepts Face of Asia Award and Hangs with Yoona and Ryu Seung Ryung at the Busan International Film Festival

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 7, 2019 by ockoalaOctober 7, 2019
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The cross-over of Taiwanese and Korean stars is happening so much lately, and this week we have Jung Hae In over in Taiwan attending the Golden Bell Awards while Roy Qiu was in Korean at the Busan International Film Festival. Roy has been more prominent in movies the last three years, his hit movie Dear Ex last year got him … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Roy Qiu

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