2009 Archive

  • AKA 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: Woochi – The Demon Slayer (Choi Dong-hun / 2009)

    Posted on April 23, 2011 | No Comments
    AKA 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...

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  • Sang-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: Thirst (Park Chan-wook / 2009)

    Posted on March 3, 2011 | No Comments
    Sang-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...

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  • Hyun-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: Missing (Kim Sung-hong / 2009)

    Posted on January 12, 2011 | 2 Comments
    Hyun-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...

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  • Hitman 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: Kiss Me, Kill Me (Yang Jong-hyun / 2009)

    Posted on October 31, 2010 | 1 Comment
    Hitman 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...

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  • 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 marry is the King himself...

    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 marry is the King himself...

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  • In December 1937 the Japanese army captured the city of Nanjing, early on in the Second Sino-Japanese War. In the brutal weeks that followed, hundreds of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed… Review Written and directed by Lu Chuan, CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH (also known as NANKING!...

    Non-Korean Review: City of Life and Death (Lu Chuan / 2009)

    Posted on August 15, 2010 | No Comments
    In December 1937 the Japanese army captured the city of Nanjing, early on in the Second Sino-Japanese War. In the brutal weeks that followed, hundreds of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed… Review Written and directed by Lu Chuan, CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH (also known as NANKING!...

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  • Kaiji Ito is in a dead-end job and finds himself facing a debt collector who tells him that he needs to pay back the money from a bad loan. Unable to repay her, Kaiji agrees to board a boat where a night of gambling will potentially allow him to clear...

    Non-Korean Review: Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler (Tôya Satô / 2009)

    Posted on June 10, 2010 | No Comments
    Kaiji Ito is in a dead-end job and finds himself facing a debt collector who tells him that he needs to pay back the money from a bad loan. Unable to repay her, Kaiji agrees to board a boat where a night of gambling will potentially allow him to clear...

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  • Sang-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: Breathless (2009 / Yang Ik-joon)

    Posted on June 1, 2010 | 1 Comment
    Sang-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...

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  • The ‘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...

    Book Review: New Korean Cinema: Breaking The Waves (Darcy Paquet / 2009)

    Posted on June 1, 2010 | No Comments
    The ‘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...

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  • A 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: Chaw (Shin Jung-won / 2009)

    Posted on February 7, 2010 | No Comments
    A 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...

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