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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: I Saw The Devil (Kim Jee-woon, 2010)
Posted on March 1, 2011 | No CommentsA psychopath kills a woman. An innocent woman. A beautiful woman. Imagine the plight of her soon-to-be-husband, who loves her and dotes on her. That is the premise. I Saw the Devil is the revenge. Review If one were to ask me the greatest script ever written, or the most... -
Review: The Man From Nowhere (Lee Jeong-beom, 2010)
Posted on February 15, 2011 | No CommentsA couple of drug packets assume the role of a MacGuffin in a world involving cops, smugglers, a bar dancer, a little girl, and a mysterious man. Review Putting the cinematic history of The Man, a.k.a The Man who has nothing personal to do with the film’s events (Chris Sabian... -
News: Festivals, Podcasts, DVDs and Big Breasted Zombies..
Posted on September 2, 2010 | No CommentsHello! It’s been a while so I thought it was time for a quick news update on the site. In case you’ve missed them the recently posted reviews on the site include the stylish The Sword With No Name, the weird and fairly wonderful My Mighty Princess, the classic rom-com... -
It’s Friday the 13th – Ten Horror films for the hell of it…
Posted on August 13, 2010 | 2 CommentsWell that’s a fairly self explanatory title – today is Friday the 13th so that’s as good an excuse as I need to list ten Korean horror films with some brief reasoning why they’re worth a look. They’re not even necessarily the best ten Korean horror films you can see,... -
Review: Secret Reunion (Jang Hoon, 2010)
Posted on July 18, 2010 | No CommentsAn 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. The North Korean spy is... -
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: 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: The Good, The Bad, The Weird (Kim Jee-woon, 2008)
Posted on June 1, 2010 | No CommentsA heist is arranged by cold-bloodied-killer-with-a-reputation-to-match Chang-yi to steal a map that is being transported by train but before he can get his hands on the document it is stolen by a thief by the name of Tae-goon. During all of the commotion of the heist a third character appears... -
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...