Minari
The eight-year-old stole the show at the Critics Choice Awards when he burst into tears as he accepted the Best Young Performer for his portrayal of David Yin in the Korean-language drama
Minari, but Oscar voters weren’t moved enough to include him in the Supporting Actor race.
Rosmund Pike I Care a Lot
Pike, who recently won her first Golden Globe, buries her awards in her back garden, but she won’t have to worry about including an Oscar for future treasure hunters to find. Her lauded role as a soulless scammer in the black comedy was overlooked.
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The film, which Chung directed as a sort of swan song before leaving filmmaking for a more stable career, makes history with these nominations for a couple of reasons: first, because lead
Steven Yeun (“The Walking Dead”) is nominated for Best Actor alongside Riz Ahmed (“Sound of Metal”), making 2021 the first year for two actors of Asian heritage to be nominated for the category. It’s been two decades since the category contained an actor of Asian heritage, and only two actors of Asian descent have been nominated in the category: Yul Brynner, who was born in Russia, for “The King and I,” and Ben Kingsley, whose father is of Gujarati Indian descent, for “Gandhi,” and “House of Sand and Fog.” For many, this year’s nominations mark a departure from the Academy’s history of ignoring excellence outside of a white American male paradigm, a dearth of diversity that spurred the #OscarsSoWhite outcry in 2015.
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Alan Kim on winning Critics Choice Award: I still feel like it s a dream . Young actor Alan Kim appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Monday and discussed recently winning a Critics Choice Award for his role in Minari.
Minari soars at local box offices for six consecutive days
Posted : 2021-03-09 19:39
Updated : 2021-03-09 19:40
The film, Minari, topped South Korean box office charts since it hit the theaters on March 3. Courtesy of Pan Cinema
By Lee Gyu-lee
The film, Minari, is soaring in local box offices, topping charts for six consecutive days since its release.
The family drama movie, about a South Korean immigrant family, surpassed a total of 300,000 tickets sold on Monday, adding over 24,000 tickets on that day alone.
It has accumulated about 2.7 billion won ($2.4 million) in gross sales after opening, with about 41,000 tickets sold, grossing 348 million won ($305,000) on its opening day of March 3.