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Black & Blue – Poor 痞子英雄 Movie

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 30, 2010 by ockoalaAugust 30, 2010
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Why Black & White the Movie is DOA in My Eyes One of my favorite dramas of 2009 was the TW-drama Black & White 痞子英雄.

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Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Vic Zhou

Reign of Assassins 劍雨 – Movie Preview

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 26, 2010 by ockoalaAugust 26, 2010
Reign of Assassins poster with stormy battlefield

It is with great reluctance I talk about director John Woo’s upcoming latest mega-movie Reign of Assassins or 劍雨, which marks his first foray into the wuxia genre (Red Cliff was a fantasy cosplay of Takeshi-Tony homoeroticism historical war movie).

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Posted in Films | Tagged Jung Woo Sung

Long Trailer for Playful Kiss

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 26, 2010 by ockoalaAugust 26, 2010
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The cast from the upcoming MBC drama Playful Kiss gave their press conference today. What’s more important is that the production company released a 15 minute long trailer for the drama as well.

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Whiplash – I Am Legend

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 25, 2010 by ockoalaAugust 25, 2010
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I am currently watching I Am Legend (SBS 2010), and this drama has induced actor whiplash in me. What is actor whiplash? It is when there is an actor you previously loved or loathed, and suddenly you see that person in almost a completely different light. Let’s call it a 180 degree transformation in your impression of said actor.

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Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Jung Eun, Kim Seung Soo

Joe Cheng’s Latest Drama Project

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 24, 2010 by ockoalaAugust 24, 2010
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Welcome Love – Joe Cheng’s latest project is an online C-drama. What is Joe Cheng doing with his career? I’m asking this question not in snark, but in genuine puzzlement.

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Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Joe Cheng

Athena OST Full Length MV

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 23, 2010 by ockoalaAugust 23, 2010
Six agents in dark suits and tactical outfits

The full-length MV for Park Hyo Shin’s I Love You just dropped, containing mondo scenes from Athena . It’s official – I am head over heels for this OTP.

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Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Athena, Jung Woo Sung, Su Ae

Jang Hyuk & Chun Jung Myung CF for Eider

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 20, 2010 by ockoalaAugust 20, 2010
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Presenting: the just released CF for PIE and his Hyung’s walking advertisement for Eider sporting goods. Feast on the cute + hot + random doing of shirtless push-ups.

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Posted in My Loves | Tagged Chun Jung Myung, Jang Hyuk

Playful Kiss Teaser Video

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 19, 2010 by ockoalaAugust 19, 2010
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The teaser video is out for Playful Kiss, the upcoming MBC drama manga adaptation.

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Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Playful Kiss

Athena – OST Teaser MV + Sky Vega CFs

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 18, 2010 by ockoalaAugust 18, 2010
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The teaser MV for one of the songs off of the Athena OST just dropped.

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Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Cha Seung Won, Jung Woo Sung

Ariel Lin – An English Pictorial and MV

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 17, 2010 by ockoalaAugust 17, 2010
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Ariel’s pictorial from England Ariel Lin just released an photo pictorial album chronicling her recent trip to England. Most of the scenes are shot in and around London and Cambridge.

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Posted in My Loves, TW & C dramas | Tagged Ariel Lin

KimuTaku in Space

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 16, 2010 by ockoalaAugust 16, 2010
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Upcoming Live-Action Movie of Space Battleship Yamato Before there was Robotech, before there was Gundam, there was Space Battleship Yamato (Uchuu Senkan Yamato 宇宙戦艦ヤマト).

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Posted in J-doramas | Tagged Kimura Takuya, YamaPi

First Athena BTS Footage

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 14, 2010 by ockoalaAugust 14, 2010
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Yeah, I know I promised to would take a step back from the Jang Hyuk or Jung Woo Sung posts, but the drama gods do as they will. Behold: the first meaty (6 minutes worth!) behind-the-scenes footage of the Athena shoot in Italy.

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Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Cha Seung Won, Jung Woo Sung, Su Ae

Jang Hyuk – MV Star Extraordinaire

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 13, 2010 by ockoalaAugust 13, 2010
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Sometimes when you go searching for one thing, you find another. Since no one told me Jang Hyuk dropped a rap album a few millennia ago, no one also saw fit to let me know that Jang Hyuk lent his awesome beastly being to starring in a few MV of Taiwanese pop songstress Elva Hsiao.

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Posted in Oldies but Goodies | Tagged Jang Hyuk

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