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K-ent Discusses Lack of Hit K-movies in the First Half of 2023 So Far with the Last Hit Being The Night Owl Released at the End of 2022

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 8, 2023 by ockoalaMay 8, 2023
Two men in historical attire, dramatic expressions.

K-actor Ryu Jun Yeol just won the Best Actor Award at the 2023 Baeksang Awards in the film side for sageuk thriller The Night Owl so it’s rather fitting that the movie is being discussed as the last “hit” domestic film in Chungmuro for the last 6 months. The Night Owl sold 3.23M tickets and made a profit so is … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Dream, The Night Owl, The Point Men

Hyun Bin and Hwang Jung Min’s Thriller Rescue Movie The Point Men Surpasses 1 Million Tickets After One Weekend in Theaters

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 26, 2023 by ockoalaJanuary 25, 2023
Three men posing at an event.

The new year 2023 is off to a good start in the Korean box office and also good news for the thriller action movie The Point Men (Bargaining). The movie opened last weekend and has already passed 1 million moviegoers which is a solid showing for a high profile flick. Starring Hyun Bin and Hwang Jung Min in a dramatization … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Bargaining, Hwang Jung Min, Hyun Bin, The Point Men

Hyun Bin Ratchets Up into Zaddy in First Movie The Point Men After Welcoming Baby with Son Ye Jin

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 15, 2022 by ockoalaDecember 15, 2022
Man sitting in a vehicle, deep in thought.

Hahaha, I feel so shallow that my only interest in this movie is to witness firsthand how insanely how and scruffy Hyun Bin looks. It’s his first scruffy looking role since over a decade ago in The Snow Queen but that was tortured soul emo scruffy and for The Point Men he’s reluctant action hero scruffy. The movie fictionizes the … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings | Tagged Hyun Bin, The Point Men

First Look at Hwang Jung Min and Hyun Bin in K-movie The Point Men Based on the 2007 South Korean Hostages Held in Afghanistan

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 7, 2022 by ockoalaDecember 8, 2022
Action movie poster featuring three men.

Well this movie isn’t going to offend anyone, unless one is a member of a small terrorist group in Afghanistan in 2007 that kidnapped over two dozen South Korean missionaries and held them hostage. The first movie posters are out for The Point Men (Korean title Bargaining) starring Hwang Jung Min as a diplomat and Hyun Bin as a South … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Bargaining, Hwang Jung Min, Hyun Bin, The Point Men

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