Ode to My Father (or Gukje Market, 국제시장) really lives up to its English title, being a kind of summary of chunks of Korean history from the Korean War into the 1980...
The food created by Chinese immigrants to Korea is a major part of Korean culture, like how American Chinese food has become embedded in American cuisine. A lot of Koreans...
In 2009, eleven years since the release of the genre-defining Whispering Corridors, and four since since the fourth entry into the series, Voice, the fifth Whispering Corridors film was released. Entitled...
Director Park Jin-pyo is best known for unconventional melodramas like Too Young to Die and You Are My Sunshine, but when I heard about the basic premise of Closer to...
Forever the Moment (우리 생애 최고의 순간, aka The Greatest Moment of Our Lives) is an underdog film about underdogs. Despite the high productivity of the Korean film industry, sports films are relatively uncommon...
It seems to me that as the Whispering Corridors series goes on, the degree of commentary the films make about high school lessens in each installment. The original Whispering Corridors...
In 2001, the National Human Rights Commission of Korea was formed. A government body tasked with promoting human rights in Korea in accordance with the principles set forth by the UN...
The third film in the Whispering Corridors series, Wishing Stairs (여고괴담 세 번째 이야기: 여우계단), was released four years after the second, Memento Mori. While the original Whispering Corridors and its immediate follow-up were in...
Im Soon-rye (surname sometimes romanized Lim or Yim) is quite possibly the most prominent female director in Korean cinema. Since her critically acclaimed first film, Three Friends in 1996, she's directed...
Movie Review: Ode to My Father (2014)
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Ode to My Father (or Gukje Market, 국제시장) really lives up to its English title, being a kind of summary of chunks of Korean history from the Korean War into the 1980...
Tags: featured, Hwang Jung-min, Jang Young-nam, Jung Jin-young, Kim Yun-jin, Oh Dal-soo
Movie Review: Harmonium in My Memory (1999)
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I think one of the best topics for nostalgia films is the first crush. The crushes of our youths seem to be the kind of topic that always comes up...
Tags: featured, Jeon Do-yeon, Lee Byung-heon, Lee Mi-yeon
Movie Review: Peking Restaurant (1999)
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The food created by Chinese immigrants to Korea is a major part of Korean culture, like how American Chinese food has become embedded in American cuisine. A lot of Koreans...
Tags: featured, Kim Seok-hoon, Myung Se-bin, Shin Gu
Movie Review: A Blood Pledge (Whispering Corridors 5, 2009)
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In 2009, eleven years since the release of the genre-defining Whispering Corridors, and four since since the fourth entry into the series, Voice, the fifth Whispering Corridors film was released. Entitled...
Tags: featured, Oh Yeon-seo, Sohn Eun-seo
Movie Review: Closer to Heaven (2009)
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Director Park Jin-pyo is best known for unconventional melodramas like Too Young to Die and You Are My Sunshine, but when I heard about the basic premise of Closer to...
Tags: featured, Ha Ji-won, Kim Myung-min
Movie Review: Forever the Moment (2008)
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Forever the Moment (우리 생애 최고의 순간, aka The Greatest Moment of Our Lives) is an underdog film about underdogs. Despite the high productivity of the Korean film industry, sports films are relatively uncommon...
Tags: featured, Jo Eun-ji, Kim Jung-eun, Moon Sori, Uhm Tae-woong
Movie Review: Voice (Whispering Corridors 4, 2005)
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It seems to me that as the Whispering Corridors series goes on, the degree of commentary the films make about high school lessens in each installment. The original Whispering Corridors...
Tags: Cha Ye-ryun, featured, Kim Ok-bin, Kim Seo-hyung, Seo Ji-hye
Movie Review: If You Were Me (2003)
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In 2001, the National Human Rights Commission of Korea was formed. A government body tasked with promoting human rights in Korea in accordance with the principles set forth by the UN...
Tags: featured
Movie Review: Wishing Stairs (2003)
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The third film in the Whispering Corridors series, Wishing Stairs (여고괴담 세 번째 이야기: 여우계단), was released four years after the second, Memento Mori. While the original Whispering Corridors and its immediate follow-up were in...
Tags: featured, Jo Ahn, Park Han-byul, Song Ji-hyo
Movie Review: Waikiki Brothers (2001)
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Im Soon-rye (surname sometimes romanized Lim or Yim) is quite possibly the most prominent female director in Korean cinema. Since her critically acclaimed first film, Three Friends in 1996, she's directed...
Tags: featured, Hwang Jung-min, Ryu Seung-beom