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Review: My Sassy Girl (Kwak Jae-young, 2001)
Posted on August 12, 2010 | 3 CommentsOn his way home college student Kyun-woo notices a young girl in the subway station who appears to be too near the edge of the tracks. Almost drunk to the point of unconsciousness, she barely notices Kyun-woo moving her back to safety. On the train journey itself the young girl... -
Review: Dasepo Naughty Girls (Lee Je-yong, 2006)
Posted on June 17, 2010 | No CommentsBoth students and teachers at the No Use High School are quite unconventional when it comes to their sexual habits – which are liberal to say the least – and Dasepo Naughty Girls follows several students struggling with teen-issues within this highly charged environment … Review Based on a popular... -
Review: Marathon (Jeong Yun-cheol, 2005)
Posted on June 10, 2010 | No CommentsAs a young man with autism, Cho-won is encouraged by his mother to focus on his love of running. His mother, Kyong-sook, dreams that one day her son will be able to complete a marathon on his own, so she arranges for an instructor to train him in preparation for... -
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... -
Review: My Teacher, Mr Kim (Jang Gyu-seong, 2003)
Posted on June 1, 2010 | No CommentsKim Bong-du – the ‘Mr Kim’ of the title – is a good teacher but with little sense of responsibility and a complete lack of morals when it comes to money. When his actions embarrass the school he is employed by, he is offered one chance to redeem himself –... -
Review: Vampire Cop Ricky (Lee Si-myung, 2006)
Posted on March 21, 2010 | No CommentsNa-do is a corrupt cop who, after being bitten by a mosquito carrying vampire blood, finds himself quite partial to the taste of the red stuff. He also discovers that he sprouts a pair of fangs and has incredible strength when ever he is sexually aroused. When the gangsters that... -
Review: A Tale of Two Sisters (Kim Jee-woon, 2003)
Posted on January 13, 2010 | No CommentsSisters Su-mi and Su-yeon arrive home after time away for treatment of an illness. The girls have a very close and happy relationship with each other but are united in their dislike of their stepmother, a problem that their father seems content to ignore. Enjoying the comfort of a big... -
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... -
Review: Save The Green Planet (Jang Joon-hwan, 2003)
Posted on December 9, 2009 | 1 CommentByung-gu believes that aliens reside on earth and that they are responsible for all the problems on the planet. He decides that the wealthy and successful businessman Kang Man-shik is a top alien and so, along with his girlfriend Sooni, he kidnaps the man in the hope that he will... -
Review: I’m A Cyborg, But That’s OK (Park Chan-wook, 2006)
Posted on November 27, 2009 | 1 CommentCha Yeong-gun believes she is a robot and one day when working in a factory she decides to plug herself into the electrical mains. The shock doesn’t kill her but it does put her into a mental hospital where she is surrounded by a group of people with their own...