Before Shiri, Friend and Oldboy, Korea had another action hero, able to stand toe to toe with Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee and similar greats: it was Seok, played by famous singer-guitarist Jeon Young Rok in the Crazy Boy series. Spanning four sequels and becoming a cult hit, the film was directed by veteran Lee Du [...]

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There are very few people in Chungmuro who have had as adventurous a life as Director Lee Gyu Hyeong. When he was in High School he participated in a famous TV Quiz Show, won it, and thanks to it went on a backpack trip around the world, writing about his experiences on newspapers and magazines, [...]

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Parties with hundreds of guests and foreign press, banner ads all over the Internet even when the film is still in production, bus and magazine ads for weeks, TV appearances and dozens of trailers. Those are normal marketing ploys in today’s Chungmuro, but Kim Tae Kyung’s The Puzzle decided to do things a little differently: [...]

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If dogs are man’s best friends, then, according to Im Soo Jung’s (A Tale of Two Sisters) latest melodrama Lump Sugar, horses are woman’s best friends. The career of director Lee Hwan Kyung (not to be confused with the writer of Yeon Gaesomun and Emperor Wang Gun) certainly defies expectations. After working as assistant for [...]

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Following 2003′s dreamy Last Life in the Universe, acclaimed Thai director Pen-ek Ratanaruang teams up with Asano Tadanobu again for the pan-Asian neo-noir Invisible Waves. Under the artful lens of cinematographer Christopher Doyle (best known for his work with Wong Kar Wai), Invisible Waves drips with atmosphere as the film travels from Hong Kong and [...]

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If there’s anyone who knows something about melodrama, it’s certainly Director Kwak Ji Kyun. Starting his career as assistant director for famous names like Im Kwon Taek and Bae Chang Ho, Kwak made a splash with his debut film The Winter Wanderer in 1986, starring Ahn Sung Ki and Lee Mi Sook. Then for 20 [...]

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I am very much excited to watch the Pacquiao vs Morales 3, The Grand Finale which will be held at Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 18, 2006 at 10 P.M. (November 19, 2006 10:00AM Philippine Time). I am still wondering who will end up the boxing bout with the feet [...]

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After reading Yuga’s post “The Blogging Times Is Looking For Problogger“, I immediately asked my self, “Am I already a ProBlogger?” Well. How can I answer that question when I don’t know what ProBlogger means. Yes of course I know that Problogger stands for Professional Bloggers. But what makes a blogger a Problogger really makes [...]

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Silence now comes with making-of features and photos from the TV series! Silence no doubt is one of the recent dramas to keep an eye out for. It stars a dream cast led by Vic Chou from the renowned Taiwanese group F4 and Korean actress Park Eun Hye who starred in Dae Jang Geum alongside [...]

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Director Feng Xiaogang’s The Banquet, which premiered at the prestigious Venice film festival and screened at many other major festivals, became Hong Kong’s submission to the Oscars this year. This epic features multiple award-winning actor Ge You, Feng’s long-time collaborator, as a cunning emperor. The internationally popular Zhang Ziyi returns to Chinese cinema to portray [...]

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