A phenomenon has been sweeping Japan and now the rest of Asia since the summer, one that is poised to set new records and break old ones. All of Japan has been enamored of anime movie Your Name since its premiere three months ago in late August 2016. In just three months the movie has become the highest grossing movie … Continue reading →
This is a new one in terms of the buddy cop movie, but at least it hews to the standard playbook of one straight laced with one goofy. The first movie teaser is out for Cooperation, starring Hyun Bin as a North Korean detective sent down to South Korea to partner with South Korean cop played by Yoo Hae Jin. … Continue reading →
There’s a new Korean movie coming out that may be the lighthearted family tale that folks need to take a break from the real world heaviness. On cast alone this one is triple packed with popularity as all three leads are much loved for recent works. Hyung (Brother) stars Jo Jung Seok and DO (Do Kyung Soo) as estranged brothers forced … Continue reading →
K-actor Ahn Jae Hyun actually came out of the hot mess Cinderella and Four Knights better off than going in, standing out in a decent performance playing a more memorable character than the male lead. That, coupled with his well-received marriage with Gu Hye Sun, seems to be washing away the stain of epically bad Blood. He’s trying to make … Continue reading →
Resident of Funky Town K-actor Kang Dong Won hasn’t moved his abode out of said satorially odd address just yet, as evidenced by his ensemble while promoting his upcoming aging up movie Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned. It’s nowhere as edgy and off kilter as the various outfits his draped over his lithe leggy model frame earlier this year while … Continue reading →
The VIP movie premiere for the Yoo Hae Jin and Lee Joon identity swapping movie Luck-Key is a quite a treat for the adoring fans in attendance as many big names showed up. My favorite squee moment was seeing Kim Sun Ah at the same event as her two most iconic drama male leads, Hyun Bin from My Name is … Continue reading →
I’m getting super excited that K-actor Kang Dong Won has a new movie coming out next month, but for reasons unrelated to being his fan or being interested in said movie. I’m just jonesing to check out what he’s going to wear on the press tour! Earlier this year he was the most entertaining presence promoting A Violent Prosecutor, pushing … Continue reading →
There’s a cute romance exploring anthology movie coming out soon that may be worth a glance or two. Because I Love You stars Cha Tae Hyun and is a collaboration with his producer brother after the two produced The Grand Heist in 2012. His clout and rolodex in the industry has assembled a cast of fantastics including Kim Yoo Jung, Seo Hyun … Continue reading →
It’s hard to keep watching my beloved Hyun Bin pick movie after movie, but maybe my patience will be rewarded next year after he finishes this one and perhaps considers a K-drama then. Binnie and Yoo Ji Tae, the two male leads of upcoming Korean thriller movie Ggoon (Swindler) sat down for script reading along with a sprawling cast of familiar … Continue reading →
The summer blockbuster movie season has wrapped and Korean entertainment found worldwide glory with the hit zombie on trains thriller Train to Busan. Starting off the fall season an old school Western movie The Magnificent Seven which had an early one week premiere in Korea thanks to having Korean movie actor Lee Byung Hun in the cast. The movie brought … Continue reading →
The last month couldn’t have gone any better for K-actor Gong Yoo as he just netted the biggest career success of his already impressively popular achievements. The hit zombie on trains movie Train to Busan just crossed the 10 million viewer mark in South Korea, making it only the 14th movie in the history of South Korean box office to … Continue reading →
The remake of a twenty year old movie that was itself not very good feels like a lesson in pointlessness. Except the trailer for the C-movie version of My Best Friend’s Wedding actually works for me, and it’s solely on the charisma and charm of leading lady Shu Qi much like original lead Julia Roberts sold the half-baked script. The … Continue reading →
The first Korean-Chinese release since the purported Chinese government ban/suspension of Hallyu-related entertainment has arrived and doesn’t appear to be affected in the least. Romance movie Never Said Goodbye (Chinese title Lies in Sicily) starring K-actor Lee Jun Ki, C-actress Zhou Dong Yu, and TW-actor Ethan Ruan held it’s premiere press conference this weekend in Beijing ahead of its August … Continue reading →
