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Review: Tell Me Something (Chang Yoon-hyung / 1999)

Posted on February 5, 2010 | No Comments
Detective Cho is on the case of a particularly horrific serial killer – victims are found chopped into pieces which are mixed up with other victims and then left to be found by members of the public. As the limbs are collected they seem to...
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Review: To Sir, With Love (Im Dae-woong / 2006)

Posted on January 30, 2010 | No Comments
Retired teacher Ms Park is suffering from a debilitating illness. She is cared for by one of her former students who decides that as a gift for her old teacher she will arrange a reunion of some of her now adult students. As the guests...
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Review: The Quiet Family (Kim Ji-woon / 1998)

Posted on January 30, 2010 | No Comments
The Kang family have moved from the city to the countryside to start a family business by opening their own lodge. When the very first guest at the house seems to commit suicide, the family panic over what to do. Fearing that the death of...
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Review: I’m A Cyborg, But That’s OK (Park Chan-wook / 2006)

Posted on November 27, 2009 | 1 Comment
Cha 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...
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Review: The Guard Post (Kong Su-chang / 2008)

Posted on November 1, 2009 | No Comments
Sergeant Major Noh Seong-gyu has just one evening to investigate and uncover the story behind the bloody events events that have occurred at a Guard Post on the Demilitarised Zone – a job that he finds constantly hindered, not the least because the son of...
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Review: The Host (Bong Joon-ho / 2006)

Posted on November 1, 2009 | No Comments
Hardworking Hee-bong owns a food stall next to the Han River, and he works everyday alongside his slightly simple son, Gang-du. On a sunny day the river is packed with people enjoying the weather and the food stall is busy. When some of the people...
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Review: The Art of Fighting (Shin Han-sol / 2006)

Posted on November 1, 2009 | No Comments
Sick of being bullied and beaten up at school, Byeung-tae one day witnesses an old man who has incredible fighting skills. Seeing him as a way out of his torment, Byeung-tae tries to convicne the man to become his self-defence teacher. Initially refusing, Byeung-tae manages...
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Review: Say Yes (Kim Sung-hong / 2001)

Posted on October 30, 2009 | No Comments
Celebrating a publishing deal and their first wedding anniversary, young couple Jeong-hyun and Yun-hie decide to take a few days away to spend some time together. Their journey is interupted by an incident with a drfiter who asks to them to give him a lift...
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Review: Cinderella (Bong Man-dae / 2006)

Posted on October 18, 2009 | No Comments
Hyunsu has a close relationship with her mother Yoon Hee, who’s job is a plastic surgeon. Yoon Hee has performed surgery on some of her daughters friends, and everyone is shocked when one of these young girls dies in mysterious circumstances. Although the incidence is...
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Review: The Isle (Kim Ki-duk / 2000)

Posted on October 15, 2009 | No Comments
Hee-Jin is a mute boat-keeper who runs and supplies bait on a fishing lake by day, and then sells her body to the same fishermen at night time. Hyun-Shik arrives, apparently to fish, but he is actually on the run and contemplating suicide. Hee-Jin becomes...
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