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C-netizens Shocked that Wang Yibo Nominated for Best Actor at the 2024 Golden Rooster Awards Over Movie Male Lead Veteran Huang Bo

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 28, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 28, 2024
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There is a social hierarchy in C-ent where the award winning veterans are presumed to be top of the awards pecking order. Earlier this year Wang Yibo fans got upset that his War of Faith costar veteran Wang Yang got a Best Actor nomination over him despite Wang Yang having less screentime, they called it unfair that Wang Yang who … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Films | Tagged Huang Bo, One and Only, Wang Yibo

TW-actor Austin Lin Second to Venture into K-ent Joining K-movie Sad Tropics with Kim Myung Min and Lee Shin Young

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 7, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 7, 2024
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One of the more entertaining movies I watched in 2022 was TW horror-comedy Marry My Dead Body, which I checked out for Greg Hsu (Hsu Guang Han) and the premise but left with a new appreciation for second male lead Austin Lin (Lim Bo Hong). It was a brilliant casting of the two very similar looking actors in straight/gay and … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Austin Lin, Kim Myung Min, Lee Shin Young

Big Budget Sci-fi Action Movie Bureau 749 with Wang Jun Kai Opens to Strong Box Office Despite Abysmal Reviews and Ratings

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 4, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 3, 2024
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This is Golden Week in Mainland China, the whole week off celebrating National Day on October 1 and a great time to release movies second only to the lunar new year holiday break. All eyes are on the box office and the historical and patriotic war film The Volunteers: The Battle of Life and Death came in first to no … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Bureau 749, Wang Jun Kai

First Poster and Preview for Zhao Li Ying and Xin Zhi Lei Movie The Unseen Sister Adapted From Novel that is Also the Basis for Zhao Lu Si’s Next Drama Love’s Ambition

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 15, 2024 by ockoalaSeptember 15, 2024
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So all the vibes I was getting from Zhao Lu Si filming C-drama Love’s Ambition with Willian Chan was that it was a romance drama. So to hear that it’s adapted from the novel The Unseen Sister (大乔小乔 Da Qiao Xiao Qiao) and that the novel is getting a big screen adaptation with Zhao Li Ying and Xin Zhi Lei … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged The Unseen Sister, Xin Zhi Lei, Zhao Li Ying

K-netizens Criticize Production of K-movie Love in the Big City with Kim Go Eun and Noh Sang Hyun as Misleading Advertising of the Movie

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 14, 2024 by ockoalaSeptember 13, 2024
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So advertising a movie is an art because you have short snippets to interest the audience and if there is a twist also keeping it under wraps. The upcoming modern romance movie Love in the Big City is being criticized by K-netizens after the new posters and previews are out for majorly misleading viewers with its promos. From the promos … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Kim Go Eun, Love in the Big City, Noh Sang Hyun

Hyun Bin and Lee Dong Wook Attend the K-movie Harbin Premiere at the 2024 Toronto Interational Film Festival

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 11, 2024 by ockoalaSeptember 10, 2024
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So ever since Goblin in 2016 the two male leads Gong Yoo and Lee Dong Wook have been reunited for casual hangouts and even entertainment activity collaborations showing off their bromance and doubling up the good looking Korean man visuals. Seeing the onscreen and offscreen collab of Hyun Bin with Lee Dong Wook as the two attended the Harbin movie … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Harbin, Hyun Bin, Lee Dong Wook

Thriller Period Spy K-movie Harbin with Hyun Bin Releases Posters, Teaser Preview, and Confirmed December 2024 Release

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 6, 2024 by ockoalaSeptember 6, 2024
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I love seeing so many talented K-stars in one movie and bonus points for this one getting lots of attention thanks to male lead Hyun Bin who keeps on picking interesting and challenging roles. The movie is called Harbin and is of course set in the titular city but in the early 1900’s era when the region was on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Harbin, Hyun Bin, Jeon Yeo Bin, Jo Woo Jin, Lee Dong Wook, Park Hoon, Park Jung Min, Yoo Jae Myung

K-actor Lee Seon Kyun’s Last Two Movies Project Silence and The Land of Happiness Released During Summer of 2024 as Posthumous Works

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 6, 2024 by ockoalaAugust 6, 2024
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Next week the K-movie The Land of Happiness will arrive in South Korean theaters and with it conclude the acting career of top actor Lee Seon Kyun. It is the last project in his oeuvre and the second to last movie Project Silence was released last month in July. It’s been a bad summer in the SK box office and … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Lee Seon Kyun, Project Silence, The Land of Happiness

Jeon Do Yeon, Ji Chang Wook, and Lim Ji Yeon Do Dark Noir Thriller for K-movie Revolver

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 6, 2024 by ockoalaAugust 5, 2024
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he South Korean box office. The movie is called Revolver and reads like a fresh take on Lady Vengeance. Starring Jeon Do Yeon as an innocent woman who goes to jail in exchange for a pay off, she goes on the rampage after she’s released from prison and finds the promised cash not there. Her target is played by Ji … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Jeon Do Yeon, Ji Chang Wook, Lim Ji Yeon

Wang Yibo Lands Coveted Male Lead Role in HK-star Stephen Chow’s Next Movie the Highly Anticipated Female Shaolin Soccer

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 22, 2024 by ockoalaJuly 22, 2024
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HK-star Stephen Chow has stopped acting for the last two decades but has become a successful and noted director with a string of hits under his belt. His Shaolin Soccer was one of the biggest box office Asian movies of all time and now will get a sequel or follow up with an all-female soccer cast. It’s a huge deal … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Female Shaolin Soccer, Wang Yibo

Success of Exhuma Remains Korean Box Office Outlier as 2024 Continues Disappointing Releases with Big Names Kang Dong Won, Ha Jung Woo, and Park Bo Gum All Flopping

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 30, 2024 by ockoalaJune 30, 2024
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A recent article on the state of the South Korean box office reveals that it’s been a terrible first half of 2024 so far heading into the end of June. Other than award winning and box office success Exhuma that kicked off the year with a bang, it’s been one flop after another and even the usual big names that … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Ha Jung Woo, Kang Dong Won, Park Bo Gum

Moon Embraces the Sun and Moonlight Drawn by Clouds Cast Reunite at VIP Premiere and Afterparty of K-movie Wonderland

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 6, 2024 by ockoalaJune 6, 2024
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So it’s a Moon kinda night at the VIP movie premiere and afterparty for the star studded sci-fi movie Wonderland starring Tang Wei, Jung Yumi, Park Bo Gum, Suzy, and Choi Woo Shik. Many cast members from two hit dramas The Moon Embraces the Sun and Moonlight Drawn by Clouds were there together and it made for quite a picture … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Chae Soo Bin, Im Shi Wan, Kim Soo Hyun, Kim Yoo Jung, Kwak Dong Yeon, Moonlight Drawn by Clouds, Park Bo Gum, Suzy, Wonderland

C-movie She’s Got No Name Hit More Bad Press with Movie Leaked Online Leading Fans of Zhao Li Ying and Yang Mi Pointing Finger at Each Other and Female Lead Zhang Zi Yi Not Happy with Her Scenes Being Cut

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 28, 2024 by ockoalaMay 28, 2024
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So the popcorn munching is not done yet with the C-movie She’s Got No Name, which premiered last week at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival and seemed to be off to a smooth start after a lot of filming ups and downs. But days later it’s back in gossip columns with the biggest issue being significant parts of the movie … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged She's Got No Name, Yang Mi, Zhang Zi Yi, Zhao Li Ying

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