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Review: The Sword With No Name (Kim Yong-gyun / 2009)

Posted on August 31, 2010 | No Comments
Ja 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...
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Review: Secret Reunion (Jang Hoon / 2010)

Posted on July 18, 2010 | No Comments
An attempt to capture a North Korean spy by the National Intelligence Service (N.I.S.) goes badly and in the aftermath two men are dismissed by their agencies. The N.I.S. expel Agent Lee, an obsessive man happy to ignore protocol in order to do his job....
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Review: No Blood No Tears (Ryoo Seung-wan / 2002)

Posted on July 3, 2010 | No Comments
Su-ji is an ex-criminal who drives a taxi to make a living. When the girlfriend of a local gangster crashes into her car, Su-ji finds herself dragged into dealing with both people from her past life and that the young girlfriend – Kyeong-seon – won’t...
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Review: Dasepo Naughty Girls (Lee Je-yong / 2006)

Posted on June 17, 2010 | No Comments
Both 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 …...
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Review: Someone Behind You (Oh Ki-hwan / 2007)

Posted on January 13, 2010 | No Comments
High school student Ga-in witnesses the brutal murder of an Aunt while being repeatedly told by a strange school friend to ‘trust no-one, not even yourself’. Her strange dreams and paranioa aren’t exactly helped when the people nearest and dearest to her start trying to...
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News: Shutting up shop for xmas

Posted on December 16, 2009 | No Comments
So I’ve decided to shut up shop for the year a little early for xmas due to illness – I don’t want to be posting bad quality reviews now! In the new year the site will be back even stronger with stacks of reviews and...
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Review: Into The Mirror (Kim Sung-ho / 2003)

Posted on December 10, 2009 | No Comments
Wu Young-min is the head of security at a shopping mall which is about to reopen after a terrible fire. An ex-cop, he is haunted by the tragic event which resulted in his decision to leave the police force. When a young woman is found...
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‘New Korean Cinema’ on your Social Networking sites…

Posted on November 16, 2009 | No Comments
Just because one website isn’t enough in itself – and also because those young uns like their social networking sites – you can now join me on Facebook, Twitter and Myspace for more news and information on Korean cinema stuff: Facebook Group – become a...
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