Weekly Review Round-up (02/02-0210, 2012)

A pair of reviews for the hotly anticipated thriller Howling this week which will be opening on the 16th in Korea.  Many more reviews of past and current films also on offer from a wide range of sources.

CURRENT KOREAN RELEASES

Howling

(The Korea Herald, February 8, 2012)

(Yonhap News Agency, February 9, 2012)

Nameless Gangster

(Seonyeong's Private Place, February 4, 2012)

RECENT FILMS

Always

(Hanguk Yeonghwa, February 7, 2012)

Blind

(YAM Mag, February 9, 2012)

Couples

(Beyond Hollywood, February 6, 2012)

Detective K: Secret of the Virtuous Widow

(Init_Scenes, February 3, 2012)

Haunters

(Init_Scenes, February 5, 2012)

Head

(Seen in Jeonju, February 3, 2012)

Pain

(Beyond Hollywood, February 7, 2012)

(Tollywood Movie Review, February 9, 2012)

Quick

(Beyond Hollywood, February 8, 2012)

(FilmsBlitz, February 8, 2012)

Silenced

(Hanguk Yeonghwa, February 8, 2012)

(Korean Candy, February 9, 2012)

S.I.U.

(Hanguk Yeonghwa, February 9, 2012)

The Client

(hancinema.net, February 4, 2012)

(Modern Korean Cinema, February 7, 2012)

The Front Line

(Chicago Sun-Times, February 4, 2012)

(Cinema Paradiso Blog, February 6, 2012)

(That Film Guy, February 4, 2012)

War of the Arrows

(The One One Four, February 8, 2012)

PAST FILMS

200 Pounds Beauty, 2006

(Hanguk Yeonghwa, February 5, 2012)

D-Wars, 2007

(Korean Grindhouse, February 4, 2012)

My Dear Enemy, 2008

(New Korean Cinema, February 9, 2012)

Portrait of a Beauty, 2008

(Hangul Celluloid, February 8, 2012)

The Chaser, 2008

(Initi_Scenes, February 7, 2012)

Thirst, 2009

(The Daily Athanaeum, February 7, 2012)

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