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Review: Passerby #3 (Rainbow) (Shin Su-won, 2009)
Posted on September 19, 2011 | No CommentsThe trials and tribulations of being a film director, an oft-told tale in movies, gets a unique and lightly surreal spin in Shin Su-won’s Passerby #3 (Rainbow), which can be best described as the slightly milder cousin of Barton Fink. Passerby #3 features an increasingly unhinged protagonist whose attempts at... -
Review: Woochi – The Demon Slayer (Choi Dong-hun, 2009)
Posted on April 23, 2011 | No CommentsAKA Jeon Woo Chi: The Taoist Wizard The world comes close to being thrown into complete chaos when the ‘Pipe of the Prophecy’ is lost by a group of Taoist monks who manage to accidentally free a group of demons who can only be restrained by the instrument. Trickster, schemer... -
Review: Thirst (Park Chan-wook, 2009)
Posted on March 3, 2011 | No CommentsSang-hyeon, a priest who is questioning his faith, volunteers to help in the search for a vaccine for deadly virus by being injected himself. Almost dying, he suddenly makes a miraculous recovery. As he recovers he develops characteristics of vampirism and as he develops a relationship with a young girl... -
Review: Missing (Kim Sung-hong, 2009)
Posted on January 12, 2011 | 2 CommentsHyun-ah travels with a film director into the countryside to discuss a potential film role. Taking a break at a farm for some fresh chicken soup, the strange owner of the farm suddenly attacks the director and knocks Hyun-ah unconscious – when she awakes to find herself held hostage she... -
Review: Kiss Me, Kill Me (Yang Jong-hyun, 2009)
Posted on October 31, 2010 | 1 CommentHitman Hyun Jun senses something is not quite right while on a job, only to find that his target is a young woman by the name of Jin young who has paid for her own murder. Sparing her life, but angering and frustrating her in the process, Hyun Jun walks... -
Review: The Sword With No Name (Kim Yong-gyun 2009)
Posted on August 31, 2010 | No CommentsJa Yeong takes a trip to the coast to see the sea before leaving to be married. She meets Moo Myeong, a rough, low class bodyguard who immediately falls in love with her. When Moo Myeong finds out that the person Ja Yeong is to marry is the King himself... -
Review: Breathless (Yang Ik-joon, 2009)
Posted on June 1, 2010 | 1 CommentSang-hoon is a debt collector with an uncontrollable temper and a foul mouth whose daily routine involves beating up anyone who can’t repay the money they owe. A chance incident with a young schoolgirl results in a violent confrontation, but Sang-hoon also finds himself making an unexpected friend… Review An... -
Book Review: New Korean Cinema: Breaking The Waves (Darcy Paquet, 2009)
Posted on June 1, 2010 | No CommentsThe ‘Short Cuts’ series of books are introductory texts to different aspects, genres, histories and critical ideas of cinema. In volume 46 of this long running series the South Korean film industry falls under the spotlight as the democratization of the country, the political and the commercial forces which led... -
Review: Chaw (Shin Jung-won, 2009)
Posted on February 7, 2010 | No CommentsA peaceful rural village becomes terrorised when the remains of several missing people are found. The local investigators – who are joined by two city policemen in the investigation – think that there is a wild animal on the lose and try to work out how to stop it, something... -
Review: Haeundae (Yun Je-gyun, 2009)
Posted on January 7, 2010 | 3 CommentsScientist Kim Hwi believes that a recent spate of earthquakes are signposts towards an impending disaster. As he puts together evidence for his theory, he tells everyone who should listen that there is crisis ahead. Do they listen? Of course they don’t! This is a disaster flick after all… Some...