Archive for June, 2007

Eastern Promises
Eastern Promises is a thriller movie from director David Cronenberg who brought you A History of Violence. The leading role from A History of Violence, Viggo Mortensen also stars in this movie. The story is about an innocent ordinary midwife named Anna (Naomi Watts), who accidentally uncovers potential evidence against a London’s most notorious organized crime families. A mysterious and ruthless killer named Nikolai (Viggo Mortensen) who tied to the families is terrorizing her to protect his mafia family. [...] »

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All The Boys Love Mandy Lane
All the Boys Love Mandy Lane is a horror movie about a girl named Mandy Lane (Amber Heard). She is beautiful, gorgeous and all the boys love her. On a weekend a group of high schoolers include Mandy go to a party on a secluded ranch. It’s seem a nice weekend, but there is someone who wants to get Mandy Lane alone and the terror begins when the number of revelers begins to drop quite mysteriously. [...] »

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The Last Empress
The Last Empress is the classic Korean Drama series which is one of the highest rated Korean TV series of 2002. The story is revolving around the life of Korea’s last empress, Myeongseong. She is remembered in Korean history as a national heroine. Lee Mi Yeon plays as the empress and Lee Jin Woo as Emperor Gojong. Moon Geun Young plays as the empress when she was a young child. The story opens in 1863 with the ascension of child emperor Gojong, amidst a flurry of court intrigue and political power play. Gojong (Lee Jin Woo) comes of age under the guidance of his father and regent Daewongun (Yoo Dong Geun), whose fair rule wins widespread support in the court. A commoner by birth, Min Ja Yeong (Lee Mi Yeon) enters the palace to become Gojong’s concubine. She should have been nothing more than another powerless piece in the puzzle, but the beautiful and quick-witted Ja Yeong attracts Emperor Gojong’s favor and rises above the conspiracies and obstacles to become Empress Myeongseong.

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Feast of Love
Directed by Oscar winner Robert Benton (”Kramer vs. Kramer”), the story is based on a Charles Baxter novel and revolves around a community of friends in Oregon who navigate the sometimes painful incarnations of love. Morgan Freeman plays as a professor in a local Oregon neighborhood named Harry Stevenson. [...] »

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The Daring Sisters
The Daring Sisters, also known as Rude Women is Korean drama series from MBC. Watching this series reminds me of Desperate Housewives. The story is revolving around eroding relationships and marital infidelity of marital women a successful dentist named Mi Joo, has to raise her kid alone after her divorce. After marrying her first love, she discovered he was having an affair with a dentist. Her answer? She moves to America and after years of struggling, comes home with a new life and newfound strength and independence. Then a new man knocks at the door, and the game starts once again for her. The series is starring Jung Woong In, Yu Ho Jung and Lee Ki Woo.

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Meet Mr.Daddy
Meet Mr. Daddy is a Korean drama movie directed by Park Kwang Su, director of Chilsoo and Mansoo and Black Republic. The story is about Jong Dae (Park Shin Yang), a small-time gangster who lives in a trailer and makes a living by doing petty crimes. He is a swindler who talks rough and accomplishes little, he thinks only of himself and is annoyingly particular, being a health food freak who only eats organic vegetables. One day he lands in prison because of crimes he did. His former lover bail him out but with condition that he has to take care of sickly seven-year-old daughter (Seo Shin Ae) for a month.

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She's on Duty
This Korean action comedy movie titled She’s on Duty is remind me of Stephen Chow’s Fight Back To School. The story is about detective Chun Jae In (Kim Seon A, from S Diary and Wet Dreams) who going undercover as a high school student. Her mission is to make friends with Seung Hee (Nam Sang Mi, from (Too Beautiful to Lie), the daughter of Cha Young Jae (Kim Kap Soo), a reformed crook who holds the key to prosecuting a notorious mob boss, but who is impossible to track down. With constant exams, school bullies, and a budding crush on a handsome, but mysterious high schooler (Gong Yoo, from My Tutor Friend), to deal with, can Jae-In find Mr. Cha before the mob does?

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Gangster High
Gangster High is a brutal violence gangster movie from the director Park Ki Hyung, the same director who usually directs horror movies. After done with Whispering Corridors, Secret Tears and Acacia, which are the trendsetter of Korean horror movie, Park continues with new genre, violence. Gangster High tells story about two high school gangs. First gang is called Tigers where Sang Ho (Jung Kyung Ho of Sorry, I Love You) is in and the rival is East High. Sang Ho likes young and attractive Su Hee (Jang Hee Jin of APT), but she is East High leader Jong Seok’s ex-girlfriend, or so he says. Bloody and extremely violent (wait for the finale), Gangster High is a return to form for Park Ki Kyung in a market that is more than doing its job when it comes to demystifying violence amongst teens.
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Ghost Theater
For the longest while, the closest Korean cinema has come to “musical” has been the obligatory karaoke scene in every romantic comedy. But things have been looking up lately, with the prominent place given to song and dance in films like The Fox Family, Dasepo Naughty Girls, and Highway Star. Theater producer and critic Jeon Gye Soo jumped into the genre in 2006 with his debut film The Ghost Theater, a fantasy musical about, appropriately enough, ghosts in a theater. Fun, eccentric, and just a bit kitschy, the film is deliberately styled as a midnight movie in the vein of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. With a theatrical set, surreal lighting, and ghostly atmosphere, the film takes on a gothic veneer to complement its slightly campy, strangely philosophical designs. The opening film at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival, The Ghost Theater integrates dark comedy, social parody, experimental visual elements, and some good old gender bending into its musical repertoire. Cinema fans will also appreciate the film’s musing exploration into the changing culture and significance of the movie theater.

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Sex is Zero
Sex is Zero is not only a comedy about sex but also teach a deeper meaning about sex. The story is about Eun Sik, a 28 years old student at the university. With his friends, the form together a group called Cha Ryu group and practices daily through painful endurance training. One day he meets Eun Hyo who is much younger and gorgeous, but it is only one-sided attraction. Eun Sik’s amazingly unlucky, and a host of embarrassing situations happen to him, Trough all of this, him and his insanely horny group of friends help make one of the most memorable sex comedies, complete with both hilarious and somewhat dramatic moments.

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Kidnap
Kidnap is a psychological thriller movie starring Rene Liu and Karena Lim. The story is about Yang whose brother was kidnapped and killed three years ago. The case was handled by Inspector Ho, who is known for her intelligence. Still couldn’t forget about her brother, Yang has to deal with her dying husband. Yang’s husband is lying on the hospital because of cancer. Caught in a dilemma over how to get the money to pay for his medical expenses abroad, Yang remembers the police procedures in her brother’s case and decides to stage a kidnap. She’s targeting a tycoon’s son named Wong Sam, but the plan went wrong and she accidentally captures Ho’s son. Strangely to Ho, the kidnappers seem to be able to read the police’s mind, turning the negotiation process into a psychological battlefield. [...] »

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Hooked on You
Miriam Yeung stars as a fishmonger at the Prosperity Market in her new movie titled Hooked on You. Because of her father’s debt Miu (Miriam Yeung) gives herself three years to work at the Wet market. She promises to herself she’s going to leave the wet market and find a man worthy of her. At the market she’s always quarrel with her neighbor stall Mr. Fish (Eason Chan). But when a new supermarket threatens their business at the Prosperity Market they work together to fight against it [...] »

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Diva
Diva is a Malaysian drama musical movie starring Ning Baizura as Kartika, a famous Malaysian Diva. She is very success in the West and also at her home. But the only person she wants her to reach out is her mother. Kartika returns to Malaysia and trains the students from her father’s music school, to win her mother hearts. Under Kartika’s training the students become great performers under the group, JIWA. However, things turn awry when the students revolt against her for personal reasons. Now, Kartika has a secret that will save her name and reputation… but what is it? [...] »

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