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  • [New York Asian Film Festival 2011 Review] A mystical and magical concoction, much like the doenjang jjigae (soybean paste stew) dish that it revolves around, Lee Seo-goon’s second feature The Recipe hinges on a brilliant bit of narrative misdirection. Choi Yu-jin (Ryoo Seung-ryong), the producer/host of a sensationalistic TV expose...

    Review: The Recipe (Lee Seo-goon / 2010)

    Posted on June 30, 2011 | No Comments
    [New York Asian Film Festival 2011 Review] A mystical and magical concoction, much like the doenjang jjigae (soybean paste stew) dish that it revolves around, Lee Seo-goon’s second feature The Recipe hinges on a brilliant bit of narrative misdirection. Choi Yu-jin (Ryoo Seung-ryong), the producer/host of a sensationalistic TV expose...

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  • The night before he is released from prison Gwang-pil tells a fellow inmate the story behind his ten year incarceration. As a young boy Gwang-pil ran the streets with his friends Dal-soo and Sang-moon, picking pockets and stealing to make their money. During a failed attempt to rob a warehouse...

    Review: Forever With You (Yoo Hyeon-mok / 1958)

    Posted on June 26, 2011 | No Comments
    The night before he is released from prison Gwang-pil tells a fellow inmate the story behind his ten year incarceration. As a young boy Gwang-pil ran the streets with his friends Dal-soo and Sang-moon, picking pockets and stealing to make their money. During a failed attempt to rob a warehouse...

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  • In the eight years since its original release Kim Jee-woon’s A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) has established its status as a classic of Korean cinema. It’s been remade by Hollywood as The Uninivited (Charles Guard, Thomas Guard, USA: 2009) and its director has consistently delivered crowd-pleasing projects within various...

    Blu-ray Review: A Tale of Two Sisters (Kim Jee-woon / 2003)

    Posted on April 3, 2011 | No Comments
    In the eight years since its original release Kim Jee-woon’s A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) has established its status as a classic of Korean cinema. It’s been remade by Hollywood as The Uninivited (Charles Guard, Thomas Guard, USA: 2009) and its director has consistently delivered crowd-pleasing projects within various...

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  • It was last years blockbuster smash in Korea, won a stack of awards at the Korea Film Awards and opened last years London Korean Film Festival, The Man From Nowhere is now getting it’s UK DVD release. Reviewed twice on the site, with one rating the film as fun but...

    DVD Review: The Man From Nowhere (Lee Jeong-beom / 2010)

    Posted on March 23, 2011 | 1 Comment
    It was last years blockbuster smash in Korea, won a stack of awards at the Korea Film Awards and opened last years London Korean Film Festival, The Man From Nowhere is now getting it’s UK DVD release. Reviewed twice on the site, with one rating the film as fun but...

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  • The Korean Blogathon 2011 is now over! It was our first year of running the event but it certainly won’t be the last – everyone at NewkoreanCinema.com and cineAWESOME.com would like to say thank you to each and every person involved – everyone who took the time to write a...

    The Korean Blogathon 2011 is now over!

    Posted on March 15, 2011 | No Comments
    The Korean Blogathon 2011 is now over! It was our first year of running the event but it certainly won’t be the last – everyone at NewkoreanCinema.com and cineAWESOME.com would like to say thank you to each and every person involved – everyone who took the time to write a...

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  • Having recently revisited the now pretty-much-established-as-a-classic Welcome To Dongmakgol (Park Kwang-hyun / 2005) for the second episode in the ‘What’s Korean Cinema?’ podcast series, I was lucky enough to pose a few questions to Dongmakgol‘s ‘U.S. Navy Pilot Neil Smith’ himself – a.k.a. actor Steve Taschler… Can you tell us...

    Welcomed to Dongmakgol: An Interview with Steve Taschler

    Posted on March 13, 2011 | No Comments
    Having recently revisited the now pretty-much-established-as-a-classic Welcome To Dongmakgol (Park Kwang-hyun / 2005) for the second episode in the ‘What’s Korean Cinema?’ podcast series, I was lucky enough to pose a few questions to Dongmakgol‘s ‘U.S. Navy Pilot Neil Smith’ himself – a.k.a. actor Steve Taschler… Can you tell us...

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  • Young Deok, 1950. The North Korean People’s Army is on the verge of overwhelming the South. Drafted as a student soldier in the 3rd Infantry Division, Oh Jang-beom survives an attack on the town and flees without personally firing a shot. While regiments are diverted to the Nakdong River, a...

    Review: 71 Into the Fire (Lee Jae-han / 2010)

    Posted on March 12, 2011 | No Comments
    Young Deok, 1950. The North Korean People’s Army is on the verge of overwhelming the South. Drafted as a student soldier in the 3rd Infantry Division, Oh Jang-beom survives an attack on the town and flees without personally firing a shot. While regiments are diverted to the Nakdong River, a...

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  • As of this moment the Korean Blogathon 2011 hosted between NewKoreanCinema.com and cineAWESOME.com is on! Make sure you keep an eye on the main blogathon page which can be found here as it’s where we’ll be posting links to all of the blogs involved. You can also check out our...

    Korean Blogathon 2011: It’s time!

    Posted on March 7, 2011 | No Comments
    As of this moment the Korean Blogathon 2011 hosted between NewKoreanCinema.com and cineAWESOME.com is on! Make sure you keep an eye on the main blogathon page which can be found here as it’s where we’ll be posting links to all of the blogs involved. You can also check out our...

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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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  • A 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: I Saw The Devil (Kim Jee-woon / 2010)

    Posted on March 1, 2011 | No Comments
    A 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...

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