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Tag Archives: korean cinema

Coin Locker Girl (2015)

08/03/2018by Movieblort Leave a comment

Coin Locker Girl (2015) A new born girl is placed in a coin operated locker in the subway station. The girl is raised by a mother who is the boss […]

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8/10, World Cinema

LKFF: The Thieves (2012) [Review]

10/11/2015by Movieblort Leave a comment

Choi Dong-hoon is a director I had not come across in South Korean cinema, until being given tickets to attend the London Korean Film Festival and a screening of his […]

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7/10, World Cinema

Brotherhood: Taegukgi (2004) [Review]

19/09/2015by Movieblort 7 Comments

“Brotherhood: Taegukgi” shows the horrendous events that took place on the front line during the Korean War. Spawned out of Cold War tensions, divisions created post-World War 2 and included […]

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9/10, World Cinema

Fantasia Festival: Socialphobia [Review]

04/08/2015by Movieblort Leave a comment

Socialphobia is the debut feature from Hong Seok-jae who tackles the increasingly disturbing knock-on effects of social media abuse and cyberbullying in South Korea. In the early hours of the morning, the news for the day […]

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8/10, Horror, World Cinema

Fantasia Festival: Haemoo [Review]

27/07/2015by Movieblort Leave a comment

This bleak box office smash from South Korea lives up to hype surrounding it, tossing the viewer about as if you were on the boat itself leaving you nauseated and chilled […]

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9/10, World Cinema

Tidal Wave / Haeundae (2009) [Review]

15/05/2015by Movieblort 1 Comment

Professor Kim, a marine geologist, recognizes the impending danger of a mega tsunami headed straight for Haeundae, a popular vacation spot on the south coast of Korea. He desperately attempts […]

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5/10, Netflix, World Cinema

Kkeut-Kka-Ji-Gan-Da (A Hard Day) (2014) [Review]

03/03/2015by Movieblort Leave a comment

Detective Gun-Soo skips out on his mother-in-law’s funeral to attend to a crisis at the police station. While driving to the station a man appears out of nowhere and Detective Gun-Soo […]

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8/10, World Cinema

A Company Man (2012) [Review]

03/02/2015by Movieblort Leave a comment

A faded pop star (Lee Mi-youn) gives a contract killer (So Ji-sub) a reason to want to quit the assassination business. Another Korean film to throw into the ‘action/thriller’ pile, […]

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5/10, Netflix, World Cinema

A Dirty Carnival (2006) [Review]

11/01/2015by Movieblort Leave a comment

Byung-du is a 29-year-old career criminal, working for the middle-rank enforcer Sang-chul. Burdened with a terminally ill mother and taking care of younger siblings, Byung-du is feeling financial pressure as […]

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9/10, World Cinema

Revivre (2014)

16/11/2014by Movieblort Leave a comment

241) Revivre (2014) [hwa-jang] “Revivre” is about a middle aged man who is stuck between his dying wife and a younger woman he loves. It is based on a novel written […]

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8/10, World Cinema

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