Coin Locker Girl (2015)
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 […]
Tag Archives: korean cinema
LKFF: The Thieves (2012) [Review]
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 […]
Brotherhood: Taegukgi (2004) [Review]
“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 […]
Fantasia Festival: Socialphobia [Review]
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 […]
Fantasia Festival: Haemoo [Review]
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 […]
Tidal Wave / Haeundae (2009) [Review]
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 […]
Kkeut-Kka-Ji-Gan-Da (A Hard Day) (2014) [Review]
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 […]
A Company Man (2012) [Review]
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, […]
A Dirty Carnival (2006) [Review]
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 […]
Revivre (2014)
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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