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Han Solo to get own ‘Star Wars’ movie

Hollywood‘s Walt Disney Co. is developing spinoff films about “Star Wars” icons Han Solo and Boba Fett, EW.com reported Wednesday. The studio this week confirmed several standalone “Star Wars” movie...

Updated : 2013.02.07 14:14

‘Last’ Soderbergh film, French divas battle at Berlinale

Film buffs line up in front of a ticket counter of the International Film Festival Berlin, Berlinale, at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germany, Monday. (AP-Yonhap News) BERLIN (AFP) ― Steven Soderberg...

Updated : 2013.02.05 20:06

Korean-foreign productions create buzz for 2013

Famed filmmaker Bong Joon-ho’s upcoming Hollywood debut “Snowpiercer” is already creating much buzz in the film industry, and looks to be one of the most anticipated Korean-foreign joint productio...

Updated : 2013.02.05 20:06

‘Architecture 101’ producer heads KFPA

Lee Eun Film producer Lee Eun, whose works include last year’s hit romance “Architecture 101” and 2011 animated film “Leafie, A Hen into the Wild,” has been appointed the new head of the Korean...

Updated : 2013.02.05 20:04

Affleck’s ‘Argo’ wins Directors Guild top honor

Ben Affleck appears backstage after he was named outstanding director for “Argo” at the 65th annual Directors Guild of America Awards held in Los Angeles, Saturday. (UPI-Yonhap News) LOS ANGELES (...

Updated : 2013.02.04 18:44

Box Office

How to Use Guys with Secret Tips To be released Feb. 14 Comedy. Directed by Lee Won-suk. Assistant commercial director Choi Bo-na (Lee Si-young) is hard-working, but she sorely lacks social skills,...

Updated : 2013.02.01 20:27

‘Bullet to the Head’ is director Walter Hill’s first film in a decade

The opening credit “A Walter Hill Film” has not graced movie screens in more than 10 years ― not since the 2002 prison boxing drama “Undisputed” flopped at the box office. That movie’s failure...

Updated : 2013.02.01 20:26

Olleh smartphone film fest set for April 17-20

Olleh International Smartphone Film Festival is hosting its third edition, with celebrated local filmmaker Bong Joon-ho as this year’s jury chief. The festival, which was first established in 2011 ...

Updated : 2013.01.30 20:18

Economic crisis fallout in focus at star-studded Berlin film fest

BERLIN (AFP) ― Next month’s 63rd Berlin film festival will comb through the “collateral damage” of the global economic crisis with Hollywood movies and independent releases vying for prizes, organize...

Updated : 2013.01.29 19:41

‘Mother of George’ wins award for best cinematography at Sundance

A scene from “Mother of George” (Jenny Baptiste/Sundance Institute) A film partially produced by two Koreans won the cinematography award at Sundance Film Festival on Saturday. Titled “Mother of...

Updated : 2013.01.28 19:35

‘Argo’ wins top SAG award, in latest pre-Oscar boost

LOS ANGELES (AFP) ―Iran hostage crisis drama “Argo” won the best film drama prize at the Screen Actors Guild awards Sunday, in yet another boost for its prospects at next month’s all-important Oscars...

Updated : 2013.01.28 19:34

Korea’s oldest silent film goes to Berlinale

Korea’s oldest surviving silent film will be screened accompanied by live narration and a music performance at the upcoming Berlin International Film Festival. The 1934 film, titled “Crossroads of...

Updated : 2013.01.28 19:34

‘Jiseul’ wins Grand Jury Prize at Sundance

A film about the 1948 Jeju Massacre has won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival on Saturday, being the first Korean movie to win the prestigious award. An artistic, black and white work b...

Updated : 2013.01.27 19:11

Box office

Gift from Room 7 Opened Jan. 23 Comedy. Drama. Directed by Lee Hwan-gyeong. Yong-gu (Ryoo Seung-ryong), a mentally challenged man with the mind of a 6-year-old child who is also single-handedly rai...

Updated : 2013.01.25 20:06

Renner, Arterton gear up for witch hunting as Hansel & Gretel

Around the world, ask movie-lovers where they saw their first movie witch and the answer’s the same. “I was, like everyone, frightened by the witch in ‘The Wizard of Oz,’’” says English actres...

Updated : 2013.01.25 20:04