Disaster films have been around since at least the 1970s and, although Korea doesn't have a huge history of disaster films, it seems like ever since the Korean film industry...
A long time ago, when I was a film student in college, we had a series of frequently changing classes that were considered "national cinema" classes and as aspiring film...
Some directors have made careers on the backs of making certain kinds of movies and Choi Dong-hoon is one such director. In many ways, his filmography kind of resembles that...
It all started with 1981's Mandala. Up until Mandala, prolific director Im Kwon-taek had mostly made scores of commercial film, but with Mandala's exploration of the lives of two Buddhist...
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Movie Review: The Tower
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Disaster films have been around since at least the 1970s and, although Korea doesn't have a huge history of disaster films, it seems like ever since the Korean film industry...
Tags: featured, Kim Sang-kyung, Sohn Ye-jin, Sol Kyung-gu
Movie Review: Sopyonje
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A long time ago, when I was a film student in college, we had a series of frequently changing classes that were considered "national cinema" classes and as aspiring film...
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Movie Review: The Thieves
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Some directors have made careers on the backs of making certain kinds of movies and Choi Dong-hoon is one such director. In many ways, his filmography kind of resembles that...
Tags: featured, Jeon Ji-hyun, Kim Hae-sook, Kim Hye-soo, Kim Soo-hyun, Kim Yoon-seok, Lee Jung-jae, Oh Dal-soo
Movie Review: Come Come Come Upwards
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It all started with 1981's Mandala. Up until Mandala, prolific director Im Kwon-taek had mostly made scores of commercial film, but with Mandala's exploration of the lives of two Buddhist...
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Movie Review: Jiseul
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[Everybody, please help me in welcoming reader, writer, and movie buff refresh_daemon, who is lending Dramabeans his extensive cinema knowledge and reviewing powers, which we're thrilled to have. He's...
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