Weekly Review Round-up (11/05-11/11, 2011)

A massive haul this week with 50 reviews of a wide range of films, with a number for the popular War of the Arrows.  Many came as a result of the London Korean Film Festival but I also found a lot of new sources, including Hanguk Yeonghwa who, covering the LKFF, delivered no less than 6 writeups.

Enjoy!

CURRENT KOREAN RELEASES

A Reason to Live

(The Korea Times, November 10, 2011)

Silenced

(Film Journal, November 4, 2011)

You Pet

(hancinema.net, November 6, 2011)

RECENT RELEASES

A Better Tomorrow

(examiner.com, November 10, 2011)

(Twitch, November 4, 2011)

A Drummer's Passion

(heyuguys.co.uk, November 7, 2011)

Arirang

(Movie Habit, November 10, 2011)

Bleak Night

(Chicago Sun-Times, November 2, 2011)

(Twitch, November 7, 2011)

Detective K: Secret of a Virtuous Widow

(Hanguk Yeonghwa, November 10, 2011)

Ghastly

(hancinema.net, November 5, 2011)

Hanaan

(Film Fracture, November 8, 2011)

Haunters

(Movie Habit, November 8, 2011)

King of Pigs

(Joong Ang Daily, November 4, 2011)

Leafie, A Hen Into the Wild

(London Korea Links, November 6, 2011)

Midnight FM

(iCov, November 11, 2011)

Night Fishing

(Hanguk Yeonghwa, November 9, 2011)

(Hangul Celluloid, November 10, 2011)

Ordinary Days

(Init_Scenes, November 8, 2011)

Sector 7

(Fangoria, November 8, 2011)

(Modern Korean Cinema, November 10, 2011)

Sunny

(Eastern Kicks, November 10, 2011)

(Hanguk Yeonghwa, November 7, 2011)

(Modern Korean Cinema, November 8, 2011)

The Day He Arrives

(Kimchi Soul, November 8, 2011)

(Movie Habit, November 10, 2011)

The Front Line

(Eastern Kicks, November 9, 2011)

(Hanguk Yeonghwa, November 8, 2011)

The Housemaid

(Asian Movie Pulse, November 4, 2011)

The Journals of Musan

(Banana Times, November 8, 2011)

(nanoomi.net, November 8, 2011)

The Yellow Sea

(Film 4, November 10, 2011)

Troubleshooter

(Init_Scenes, November 6, 2011)

War of the Arrows

(Film Business Asia, November 9, 2011)

(Hanguk Yeonghwa, November 6, 2011)

(heyuguys.co.uk, November 4, 2011)

(MCM Buzz, November 7, 2011)

(Seoul Beats, November 9, 2011)

(Variety, November 6, 2011)

PAST FILMS

Chunhyang, 2000

(bltnotjustasandwich.com, November 6, 2011)

D-Wars, 2007

(Bullet Reviews, November 7, 2011)

Don't Look Back, 2006

(Seen in Jeonju, November 9, 2011)

Going By the Book, 2007

(cineawesome!, November 5, 2011)

(ROK Drop, November 10, 2011)

Memories of Murder, 2003

(Spinetingler Mag, November 10, 2011)

Scandal Makers, 2008

(Otherwhere, November 8, 2011)

Taegukgi, 2004

(Hanguk Yeonghwa, November 1, 2011)

The Chaser, 2008

(Korean Class Massive, November 8, 2011)

The Flower Girl, 1972

(North Korean Films, November 6, 2011)

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