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[Weekend Theater] Min-a Shin’s “Eye Pupils” vs. “Toy Story 5” as the Weekend Box Office No. 1 Duel Heats Up

[Weekend Theater] Min-a Shin’s “Eye Pupils” vs. “Toy Story 5” as the Weekend Box Office No. 1 Duel Heats Up

With the thriller starring Min-a Shin taking the No. 1 spot at the box office, “Toy Story 5,” which leads in advance ticket sales, is set for a fierce weekend showdown.
The weekend theater scene is buzzing with a clash between chilly K-mystery and warm Hollywood-style kid-at-heart wonder. Shin Min-a’s well-made thriller, Eye Pupils, knocked Disney and Pixar’s hit juggernaut, Toy Story 5, taking a commanding run to the top of the box office.
| James choi
[BIFAN 2026] How to Enjoy Bucheon 30 Years, 100 Times Over ① Bucheon Is a Genre! 99 Asian Genre Films, 11 Genre Films Directed by Women

[BIFAN 2026] How to Enjoy Bucheon 30 Years, 100 Times Over ① Bucheon Is a Genre! 99 Asian Genre Films, 11 Genre Films Directed by Women

On the occasion of its 30th edition, the festival announced the start of its three-year project, “Asian Genre Films 99” (Asian Genre Films 99).
Above all, it’s a genre festival. For its 30th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Chairman Shin Chul, hereafter BIFAN), the festival screens 321 films from 50 countries (170 feature films, 85 short films, 38 AI titles, and 28 XR titles), and of these 93 are world premieres.
| Joo Seong-cheol
[Box Office] 'Toy Story 5' Returns After 7 Years, Takes No. 1 With 710,000 Over the Weekend

[Box Office] 'Toy Story 5' Returns After 7 Years, Takes No. 1 With 710,000 Over the Weekend

Ages 〉The toy adventures taking on smart devices drive 'Toy Story 5,' which draws more than 710,000 viewers over its opening weekend to reclaim the No. 1 spot with overwhelming box-office results
A rousing counterpunch from 'Analog Toys' flips the theater-going box-office landscape Disney and Pixar's masterpiece, 'Toy Story 5,' reclaimed the top spot at home by displaying overwhelming audience-drawing power during its opening weekend.
| James choi
Cannes Film Festival Two Wins: “Secret Agent” Brings the Stench of Authoritarianism Into 1970s Brazil’s Everyday Life

Cannes Film Festival Two Wins: “Secret Agent” Brings the Stench of Authoritarianism Into 1970s Brazil’s Everyday Life

A political thriller that swept 102 festival awards worldwide. It exposes the absurdity of military dictatorship through an ordinary citizen’s attempt to flee.
When brutality reigns, being ordinary becomes a crime Brazil under the hard-edged blade of a military dictatorship in 1977. The reality facing ‘Marcelo’ (played by Wagner Moura) is pure, surreal terror. A rotting corpse sprawled on a gas station floor, and the ugly face of state power—geared more...
| James choi
Overwhelms With 8 Times the Views… Netflix’s “Chamgyoyuk” Seizes Global No. 1 for a Second Straight Week

Overwhelms With 8 Times the Views… Netflix’s “Chamgyoyuk” Seizes Global No. 1 for a Second Straight Week

Starring Kim Mu-yeol, “Chamgyoyuk” hits viewers across 91 countries and holds the top spot for the second consecutive week, as a surge in K-content hits hard, including the AI film “Mid-dle-world.”
An Extrajudicial Bludgeon Against a Tyrannical Classroom, and the Sociology of the Catharsis Taking the World by Storm The collapse of public education in modern society is not a problem unique to South Korea. The decline of teacher authority and classrooms that are out of control have become signs...
| James choi
First Reactions: Cineplay Editor Rates 〈THE EYES〉

First Reactions: Cineplay Editor Rates 〈THE EYES〉

[First reactions] Shin Min-a takes on two roles in the suspense thriller 〈THE EYES〉, which opens June 24. 〈THE EYES〉 follows Seo-jin (Shin Min-a), who is gradually losing her sight to a hereditary disease, as she probes the suspicions surrounding the death of her younger twin sibling and comes face...
| Joo Seong-cheol
A 30th Anniversary Return for “Before Sunrise,” 4K “The Piano,” and the Essence of Horror “Pulse”—A Dazzling Reappearance of Masterpiece Films

A 30th Anniversary Return for “Before Sunrise,” 4K “The Piano,” and the Essence of Horror “Pulse”—A Dazzling Reappearance of Masterpiece Films

From Richard Linklater’s romance to the horror of Kiyoshi Kurosawa, the signature works of major auteurs hang back on screens.
Masterpieces by titans that span the ages once again overwhelm the screen. Three films widely regarded as the pinnacle of romance, thriller, and drama return to theaters, rattling cinephiles’ hearts. Eternity in an Instant, the Bible of a Romantic Encounter “Before Sunrise” Richard Linklater’s...
| James choi
MBC Sets Season 1 of Disney+’s “A Shop for Killers” as Follow-Up to “Fifty Percent”

MBC Sets Season 1 of Disney+’s “A Shop for Killers” as Follow-Up to “Fifty Percent”

The eight-episode action thriller starring Lee Dong-wook and Kim Hye-jun, which set Disney+’s global most-watched record in 2024 “Moving” and “Casino” mark the latest example of strategic terrestrial content curation…An outstanding OTT hit moves into the living room The follow-up to “Fifty Percent,” which is set to end on June 27, will premiere Friday, July 3, at 9:50 p.m.
MBC will air Season 1 of 〈A Shop for Killers〉 as its Friday-and-Saturday drama follow-up to 〈Fifty Percent〉. According to reports by each media outlet on the 1st, MBC has finalized 〈A Shop for Killers〉 Season 1, a Disney+ original series, as the follow-up to the Friday-and-Saturday drama 〈Fifty...
| Seongchan Eol
Cineplay Critics Weigh the Pluses and Minuses of ‘Colony’

Cineplay Critics Weigh the Pluses and Minuses of ‘Colony’

Surpassing 3 million viewers within 10 days of its release, Colony is indisputably the most popular film in theaters right now. Yet despite that box-office success, reactions to Colony are sharply divided — a split that was evident even among Cineplay reporters at a press screening.
| Kim Ji-yeon
[Interview] How model-student actor Park Eun-bin became the 'official troublemaker' of 《The WONDERfools》①

[Interview] How model-student actor Park Eun-bin became the 'official troublemaker' of 《The WONDERfools》①

Park Eun-bin arrived for the interview dressed like Chaeni, the fiery heroine she plays in 〈The WONDERfools〉. In a yellow knit hood and an oversized shirt that summoned late-1990s style, she said she had worn the same outfit to the show's first script reading to recapture that initial resolve.
| Kim Ji-yeon