I don’t know if the production even tried to make Hyun Bin actually look hate-able as the straight up villain antagonist in upcoming K-movie The Negotiation, or it was simply an impossible task. Plenty of top Korean actors have played against grain and done evil roles and actually gave off the veneer of sinister degeneration, but here all I see … Continue reading →
It’s a double leading man treat in upcoming sageuk movie Feng Shui (Myung Dang also known as Grave Site), the third film in a so-called trilogy of superstition films starting with The Face Reader with the second being Marital Harmony (The Princess and the Matchmaker). Feng Shui ells the tale of a court battle and conspiracy over finding the best … Continue reading →
Dang, looks like the Japanese appetite for the helicopter docs are way higher than expected so a big congrats to the cast and crew of Code Blue. The three season running medical dorama set in a countryside hospital about a crew of ER docs doing helicopter medical assistance duty got a movie treatment this summer and it’s a runaway hit. … Continue reading →
I expected this sequel to be announced earlier but better now than never. The director of the box office hit Korean zombie movie Train to Busan has announced that a sequel is in the works, not called Train to Busan 2 though. The title is tentatively Peninsula, which reveals that the infection has spread through the entire Korean peninsula, which … Continue reading →
The promotional seems to be compacted for the thriller K-movie The Negotiation, the posters came out yesterday and today the movie holds its press conference in preparation for a September 2018 premiere in theaters. The movie is clearly a two-person show, with male lead Hyun Bin playing the ultimate baddie arms dealing hostage taker matching wits with Son Ye Jin‘s … Continue reading →
The official posters and trailer are out for upcoming thriller K-movie The Negotiation, notable for top actor Hyun Bin taking on the lead role which also happens to be the antagonist. It’s the first time he’s playing a legit baddie and his female lead Son Ye Jin isn’t a romantic interest but the hero out to take Binnie down. The … Continue reading →
The height differential between movie costars Kim Young Kwang and Park Bo Young still makes my eyes smile when I see them. The two are headlining the summer rom-com flick On Your Wedding Day which looks standard cute growing pains in love fare and the only unique element is finding the tallest male actor in K-ent second to Kwang Soo … Continue reading →
It’s been a year and a half since Gong Yoo was on any screen big or small and his next potential project has finally been unveiled. He’s been offered the male lead to Korean film Xu Fu, based on the Chinese historical folklore of Emperor Qin Shi Huang sending Xu Fu to look for the fountain of youth. However this … Continue reading →
I can’t say I’m sad about this even though I adore baby boy Wu Lei (Leo Wu) and this is such a high profile project for him. The summer 2018 big budget Chinese fantasy movie Asura was billed as a six-year movie in the making with the biggest cost ever at $113 million USD and when something flies so high … Continue reading →
Lovers of shoujo manga will really get a kick out of seeing Park Bo Young and Kim Young Kwang at the press conference for this upcoming rom-com film On Your Wedding Day. He is easily two feet taller than her and their chemistry is straight out of shouja manga he looks down adoringly and she gazes at him sweetly type. … Continue reading →
All eyes on Hyun Bin lately have been for his filming on upcoming K-drama Memories of Alhambra, but I don’t want to lose sight of the arriving first fall 2018 Joseon thriller action flick Rampant (Outbreak). The movie follows Hyun Bin as a Joseon era prince who also happens to be a kickass martial arts expert, I guess one had … Continue reading →
K-actor Song Joong Ki seems to be on a reunion binge, first with news that he’s doing sageuk drama Asadal working with his Tree With Deep Roots PD again, and now news that he’s been offered and is considering the male lead for upcoming science fiction space K-movie Lightning Ship by the director of A Werewolf Boy. While his last … Continue reading →
It’s a fiver of big and popular K-stars for at the movie press conference for July summer action flick Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade (Korean title Inrang). Starring dual male leads Kang Dong Won and Jung Woo Sung, the supporting cast adds Han Hyo Joo, Kim Moo Yeol, and Minho to up the ante. After Along With the Gods and … Continue reading →
