MOVIES
- Bong Joon-Ho’s new film Mother comes out May 28th. The film stars Kim Hye-Ja (Goong, Mom’s Dead Upset) as a mother trying to clear her intellectually disabled son (Won Bin, Taegukgi) of murder charges.
- Hit trendy drama Coffee Prince is being made into a movie (!).
DRAMAS
Speedy Scandal (previously) will be turned into a TV drama.
- Story of a Man looks amazing.
- Yoo Eun Hye will make her small screen return with the drama Lady Castle (broken link).
MANGA/MANHWA
- Manga reviewer Katherine Dacey, formerly at Manga Recon & Precocious Curmudgeon, has a new blog.
- Kurutta posted creepy/lovely images from seventies shojo manga Kaze to Ki no Uta (excerpt at right).
- Finally, here’s the Pluto/Astro Boy comparison everyone’s talking about (from Xavier Guilbert’s essay/review).
OTHER
- Mecha Mecha Media examined SMAP member Tsuyoshi Kusanagi’s scandal, the possible causes & potential fallout (Kusanagi was found naked in a public park).
