While I wasn't fully satisfied with the direction or the production aspects of the film My Girlfriend Is an Agent (a.k.a. Level 7 Civil Servant), I can't argue that...
I picked up a copy of YMCA Baseball Team because it had all the ingredients for success in the credits. The cast boasts big stars like Song Kang-ho, Kim Hye-soo,...
Plastic surgery is a thing in Korea in a way that would surprise the denizens of most countries. Only since I started living in Los Angeles, spending time in the...
2003 turned out to be banner year for Korean film, boasting a number of successful high profile films in Korea, some of which, like Memories of Murder, A Tale of Two...
Hanji is the name for Korea’s traditional paper, made from the bark of dak, a tree that grows in some mountainous areas of Korea. It is also the international...
Sopyonje is a masterwork of Korean cinema and a pinnacle to director Im Kwon-taek's career that he has yet to match again. It also marks Im's fascination with traditional Korean...
Director Im Kwon-taek's Chunhyang is a notable film for many reasons. Principally, it is perhaps the most formalistically adventurous works from the director, nearing his hundredth film. It is also...
Continuing with his exploration of Korean history and culture, director Im Kwon-taek's ninety-fifth film, Festival, adapts the writing of Lee Chung-joon and takes a look at family relationships through the...
Although North and South Korea eventually ended up divided mostly along ideological lines, after Korea was freed from Japanese control at the end of the Second World War, leftists and...
Movie Review: Brainwave
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While I wasn't fully satisfied with the direction or the production aspects of the film My Girlfriend Is an Agent (a.k.a. Level 7 Civil Servant), I can't argue that...
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Movie Review: YMCA Baseball Team
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I picked up a copy of YMCA Baseball Team because it had all the ingredients for success in the credits. The cast boasts big stars like Song Kang-ho, Kim Hye-soo,...
Tags: featured, Hwang Jung-min, Kim Hye-soo, Kim Joo-hyuk, Song Kang-ho
Movie Review: 200 Pound Beauty
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Plastic surgery is a thing in Korea in a way that would surprise the denizens of most countries. Only since I started living in Los Angeles, spending time in the...
Tags: featured, Joo Jin-mo, Kim Ah-joong
Movie Review: Oh! Brothers
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2003 turned out to be banner year for Korean film, boasting a number of successful high profile films in Korea, some of which, like Memories of Murder, A Tale of Two...
Tags: featured, Lee Beom-soo, Lee Jung-jae
Movie Review: Hanji
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Hanji is the name for Korea’s traditional paper, made from the bark of dak, a tree that grows in some mountainous areas of Korea. It is also the international...
Tags: featured, Park Joong-hoon, Yeh Ji-won
Movie Review: Beyond the Years
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Sopyonje is a masterwork of Korean cinema and a pinnacle to director Im Kwon-taek's career that he has yet to match again. It also marks Im's fascination with traditional Korean...
Tags: featured, Jo Jae-hyun, Ryu Seung-ryong
Movie Review: Chunhyang
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Director Im Kwon-taek's Chunhyang is a notable film for many reasons. Principally, it is perhaps the most formalistically adventurous works from the director, nearing his hundredth film. It is also...
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Movie Review: Festival
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Continuing with his exploration of Korean history and culture, director Im Kwon-taek's ninety-fifth film, Festival, adapts the writing of Lee Chung-joon and takes a look at family relationships through the...
Tags: Ahn Sung-ki, featured
Movie Review: Tazza: The High Rollers
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Although it would fail to reach the lofty numbers set by The Host in the summer, Tazza: The High Rollers would turn out to be the big film of the...
Tags: Baek Yoon-shik, featured, Jo Seung-woo, Kim Hye-soo, Kim Yoon-seok, Yoo Hae-jin
Movie Review: The Taebaek Mountains
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Although North and South Korea eventually ended up divided mostly along ideological lines, after Korea was freed from Japanese control at the end of the Second World War, leftists and...
Tags: Ahn Sung-ki, featured, Kim Gab-soo, Shin Hyun-joon