A hard working ajumma (housewife) always giving 100% at home, even going as far as forgiving her husband when he cheats on her. A sexy twentysomething flight attendant who is having an affair, but can’t seem to convince her lover to abandon his wife and come live with her. A cheating husband, torn between the [...]

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“When you’re playing cards, there are no friends nor eternal enemies.” Be it poker (Hollywood) or mahjong (Hong Kong), the world of gambling always walked hand in hand with cinema, and it was only a matter of time before Korea would join the game. The blockbuster War of Flowers brings some distinctive cultural touches to [...]

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Youth is always the best and worst of times, disarmingly confusing yet beautifully meaningful. Kim Young Nam, assistant director on Hong Sang Soo’s Woman is the Future of Man, presents three stories about young adults reaching turnings point in their lives in his creative debut film, Don’t Look Back. Along with Kim himself, the acclaimed [...]

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The story seems familiar. The average salaryman loses money and resorts to borrowing from loan sharks; then the crazy interest and threats to his life push him to crime, in this case kidnapping. The twist? There are two kidnappers, Dong Cheol (Kim Su Ro of Vampire Cop Ricky) and Min Ho (Lee Seon Gyun of [...]

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I logged-in recently into the Adsense website, but the website told me that the “service is still not available” as shown on the screenshot below: However, I am also wondering if it is true that the service is still unavailable or I am already banned from the program. I wish the previous is true and [...]

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I was really amused by the Yahoo!’s Liam. I called him the Yahoo! Mail entertainer because he’s the one who entertained me while waiting for the Yahoo! Mail to open. When Manny Pacquiao won the fight against Eric Morales on their final fight, Yahoo! Liam amibitioned to be a boxer. Then he’s practicing to become [...]

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Last December 2006, I tried to shift the delivery option of my Adsense Check to secured one. Google Ireland sent it to me last December 20, 2006 and DHL-Tacloban City delivered it to me last January 4, 2007. Below is the photo of my Adsense Check (actually inside the DHL envelope) and the check from [...]

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Filmmaker Lim Tae Yong makes his feature film directorial debut with the touching family drama, Hello, Goodbye Little Brother! The film centers on nine-year old Han Yi (played by Park Ji Bin from A Family) who takes sibling rivalry to a new extreme by picking on his timid older brother Han Byeol (Seo Dae Han). [...]

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Newcomer Lee Gye Byeok makes his feature film directorial debut with this contemporary update on the classic tale of Beauty and the Beast! In the inversely titled The Beast And The Beauty, Shin Min A (Sad Movie, A Bittersweet Life, and Volcano High) plays Hae Ju, an attractive young woman who remains upbeat about life [...]

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Impending death is often the impetus for romance in Korean films, but Maundy Thursday is a bit different from the rest. Based on Kong Ji Young’s famous novel, Maundy Thursday is both a tender love story and a sensitive look at the capital punishment system. The title refers to Holy Thursday, or the feast day [...]

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