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Mint
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Mint
What to watch this week: ‘Eileen', ‘Karate Kid: Legends'
Eileen (Thomasin McKenzie) is a shy secretary at a corrections facility in the early 1960s, starved of excitement in a small town, having to take care of her alcoholic father. Her life changes when she comes under the spell of a mysterious and glamorous psychologist, Rebecca (Anne Hathaway). Hathaway radiates old-movie star charisma, Shea Whigham is wonderful as Eileen's father, and the atmosphere is straight out of Patricia Highsmith novel. Directed by William Oldroyd. (Netflix) A still from 'Our Unwritten Seoul'. Mi-ji and Mi-rae (played by Park Bo-young) are identical twins but differ in temperament. While Mi-ji lives with her mother, Mi-rae works in Seoul but is going through a rough patch, facing harassment from her boss. The sisters decide to switch places. The K-drama also stars Jinyoung. (Netflix) A still from 'Fountain of Youth'. An archaeologist teams up with his sister, a museum curator, to look for the fabled fountain of youth. This globe-trotting adventure stars Natalie Portman and John Krasinki, with a supporting cast of Eiza González, Arian Moayed and Stanley Tucci. While it doesn't exactly promise a deep philosophical experience, this sort of material is custom-made for director Guy Ritchie. (Apple TV+) A still from 'Karate Kid: Legends'. A potentially awkward merging of the universes of The Karate Kid, a 2010 film with Jackie Chan, and Cobra Kai, a spinoff series from the original trilogy that had its sixth and final season this year. Chan and Ralph Macchio star in Jonathan Entwistle's film along with Ben Wang, the latest kid who'll receive an exacting but life-changing training in martial arts. Also starring Joshua Jackson, Sadie Stanley and Ming-Na Wen. (In theatres)
India Today
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- India Today
Our Unwritten Seoul trailer out: Park Bo-young plays dual roles in emotional drama
The trailer of actor Park Bo-young and GOT7's Park Jin-young's drama 'Our Unwritten Seoul' was released on Wednesday. The drama is set to premiere on Netflix on May the first time in her career, Korean actor Park Bo-young will take on dual roles. This role expands further when both the characters she plays take the other's identity, compelling Bo-young to deliver a nuanced performance that captures four separate trailer starts with their childhood memories together with the line 'Doppelganger, Hardheaded. We were together from page one,' and then there is a split screen showing them at a bus station portraying different life choices. While Yu Mi-rae is seen in a crowded station, Yu Mi-ji is seen cycling through an empty road in the countryside. Mi-rae is portrayed as a diligent office worker while Mi-ji works at a supermarket. As shown in the trailer, Mi-ji doesn't like talking about her dreams and is visibly tired of her mother constantly asking how she will face her sister, Mi-rae. The trailer then shifts to snippets of tragic events, accompanied by the question, 'Are you comfortable?' One scene shows Mi-rae attempting suicide, only to be saved by Mi-ji. Jinyoung, who plays the character Lee Ho-soo, is later seen offering to help Mi-rae. The trailer ends on a pistive note, as Mi-rae and Mi-ji ry to find their true selves.'Our Unwritten Seoul' centres on twin sisters, Yu Mi-ji and Yu Mi-rae, who are identical in appearance yet opposite in personality and choose different life paths. After a complicated twist of fate, they swap identities, each sister navigating unfamiliar challenges to discover love and their true selves. Park Bo-young masterfully portrays both Yu Mi-ji, a vivacious former sprinting prodigy whose promising athletic career was tragically cut short, and Yu Mi-rae, her more reserved series is directed by Park Shin-woo, known for dramas like 'It's Okay Not to be Okay', and written by Lee Kang, known for dramas like 'Youth of May'. The series is planned by Studio Dragon and co-produced by Monster Union, Higround, and Next Bo-young was last seen in the drama 'Melo Movie', released in February 2025. Jinyoung was last seen in the drama 'The Witch', which was also released in February Watch advertisement
