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'The Outlaws' actors shine in crime action film

The action crime genre has always guaranteed box office appeal to Korean moviegoers. Local moviegoers have never failed to love a story depicting a serious crime squad going after a gang, with a few funny moments in between. “Veteran” (2015), the third highest-grossing film in the Korean movie scene, and “The Thieves” (2012), the fifth most-watched film, have proved the genre...

Movies | 2017-10-01 18:43

Veteran actor touts 'The Fortress' as quality epic

Before the forthcoming movie “The Fortress,” actor Kim Yoon-seok had never appeared in an epic film. If he was to do this, he insisted it should be a classic. Today, he believes his dream has come true. “The Fortress,” directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk and based on the book of the same name, deals with the Qing Dynasty invading the Manchu region of Korea in 1636. King Injo and his ...

Movies | 2017-10-01 10:52

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Movies | 2017-09-28 17:03

Kingsman: The Golden Circle; 20th Century Women; The Invisible Guest; American Made; I Can Speak

Movies | 2017-09-28 16:58

'Kingsman' stars befit 'manner maketh man'

Colin Firth, Taron Egerton and Mark Strong, the lead actors of the action-comedy film “Kingsman: the Golden Circle,” greeted Korean fans in a manner that befits an English gentleman spy. On their first day in Seoul, Wednesday, the actors appeared in front of 4,000 fans at Lotte Cinema World Tower in Jamsil. Like Firth’s famous saying in the first and second episodes of the “K...

Movies | 2017-09-21 17:27

Gosling shows humanity with K in new 'Blade Runner'

Actor Ryan Gosling stars in the neo-noir science fiction film sequel “Blade Runner 2049,” playing LAPD Officer “K.” Gosling said he tried to bring out a more human side compared to Rick Deckard, the protagonist in the 1982 movie. K is the new blade runner after Deckard, played by Harrison Ford, who returns after going missing for 30 years. “The former blade runners were much ...

Movies | 2017-09-19 18:17

Booking war starts for Chuseok holiday movies

Moviegoers are rushing to book tickets for long-awaited movies during Chuseok, the harvest festival, as the 10-day holiday period is approaching. The government has designated Oct. 2 as a temporary holiday, practically making the first week of October a “Golden Week” of Chuseok. Chuseok is the time when the biggest numbers of moviegoers gather to watch movies, along with the ...

Movies | 2017-09-18 19:48

Free entrance, discount events to spice up Chuseok holidays

Baby Driver; Wind River; A Monster Calls; A Monster Calls; It

Movies | 2017-09-14 17:12

'Star Next Door' offers fun on Chuseok

Actress Han Chae-young returns to the big screen for comedy film “The Star Next Door,” targeting audiences during the Chuseok long holidays from Sept. 30 to Oct. 9. “The Star Next Door” is about star actress Hye-mi, played by Han, living next door to her daughter So-eun, played by Jin Ji-hee. So-eun has to keep it secret that Hye-mi is her mother and they are neighbors. But t...

Movies | 2017-09-13 17:16

Terrific year for Jeonju Cinema Projects

The release of “The Poet and the Boy” on September 14 coinciding with its international premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, which is currently taking place underscores the success of Jeonju Cinema Projects this year. Since 2014, each year the Jeonju International Film Festival supports three features, which then premiere at the festival that takes place annually at the end of April or the beginning of May. Prior to 2014, the festival produced a set of three shorts and combined them into an omnibus film, but the decision to finance features has paid dividends. In 2014, all three features G...

Movies | 2017-09-13 17:06

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