All posts tagged "justin chon"

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    Justin Chon’s ‘Man Up’ released on Vimeo

    “Man Up,” the first directorial attempt by Korean American actor Justin Chon, will make its global debut today via Vimeo On Demand. The indie film pairs Chon and YouTube star Kevin Wu (“KevJumba”) in a teenage buddy...

    • Posted May 28, 2015
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  • Justin Chon, middle, in Benson Lee's "Seoul Searching." (Brewery Hills Entertainment)
    ‘Seoul Searching’ with Justin Chon

    By Tae Hong If there’s one thing Justin Chon loves, it’s movies. For a second-generation Korean American kid growing up in a predominantly white Orange County neighborhood, movies — movies about cartoon rabbits, about Spanish treasure maps,...

    • Posted February 13, 2015
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  • Filmmaker Benson Lee stands on the set of "Seoul Searching," at a nightclub in Dongdaemun, eastern Seoul in August 2014. (Korea Times photos by Shim Hyun-chul)
    Q&A with ‘Seoul Searching’ director Benson Lee

    “Seoul Searching” recently premiered at Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 23 By Kim Young-jin Growing up outside of Philadelphia in the 1980s, filmmaker Benson Lee felt removed from the people around him, as if he were “living...

    • Posted January 26, 2015
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  • From left, actors Teo Yoo, Justin Chon and Esteban Ahn are part of the ensemble cast of "Seoul Searching." (Courtesy of Seoul Searching)
    Korean American teen comedy ‘Seoul Searching’ to screen at Sundance

    By Kim Young-jin “Seoul Searching,” a teen romantic comedy set in Korea in the 1980s, will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival next month, festival organizers announced Monday. Directed by Benson Lee, the film focuses on a...

    • Posted December 9, 2014
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