Ji Jin-hee shows his funny side
2010-03-16
Perhaps Ji Jin-hee figured he'd try his hand at a comedic role for a change after his most recent thriller, "Parallel life," tanked at the box office.
The 39-year-old TV and movie star unveiled his latest project - a road trip comedy - at the CGV Apgujeong in southern Seoul yesterday.
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| 'Avatar' sets new milestone |
| 2010-1-25 |
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Just a little over a month since its release in Korea, James Cameron's 'Avatar' has become the first-ever foreign movie here to top the 10 million mark in ticket sales, joining the exclusive ranks of a handful of domestic films in a country known for its loyalty to homegrown cinema, according to Yonhap News.
On Saturday the film became the sixth-ever movie released in Korea to draw in over 10 million viewers, its distributor 20th Century Fox Korea said. The epic sci-fi fantasy, which tells the story of a disabled U.S. marine who infiltrates a tribe of giant blue aliens inhabiting a faraway planet, is also set to become the first film ever in the Korean movie market to reach the 100 billion won ($87.3 million) mark in sales.
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'Avatar' sweeps New Year box office in S. Korea
2010-01-04
Hollywood blockbusters, led by James Cameron's 3-D epic "Avatar," dominated South Korea's box office for the first weekend of the New Year, with a single homegrown film listed among the top 10, data showed Monday, according to Yonhap News.
Avatar drew 1.25 million people from Friday through Sunday, taking in 43 percent of the nationwide audience during the period and breaking the 6 million mark just two weeks after its release, according to the Korean Film Council, which collects box office data across the country through an online movie ticket network...
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Sul, Ryu ignite screen in new thriller
2009-12-24
What do you do when a serial killer has enough power over you to compromise your role as a forensics pathologist? That is the moral quandary that puts forensics investigator Kang Min-ho walking a tightrope in director Kim Hyung-joon's latest thriller, "No Mercy."
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For whom the Grand Bell tolls?
2009-12-27
How many award ceremonies does Korea need to bolster its film industry?
For many disillusioned movie fans, the answer might be "the fewer, the better," particularly when a major award is embroiled in a dispute over fairness and a not-so-major one has been cancelled abruptly...
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