Weekly Review Round-up (05/12-05/18, 2012)

A lot of reviews this week and many of them for a trio of action/war film which are currently making the rounds in North America, either in theatres or on the home video market.  I'm thrilled to see such interest in these titles but the fact that they all stem from the same genre doesn't really give me high hopes for expanding English-language consumers interest in the broader Korean film industry.  THese titles just confirm that Korean cinema, at present, is still viewed as a niche genre industry abroad, which couldn't be further from the truth.  Sigh...

Also from now on you may notice a few more Twitch reviews as I have been taken on as their Korean correspondent.

Enjoy!

FUTURE FILMS

Dangerously Excited

(Twitch, May 12, 2012)

CURRENT FILMS

Architecture 101

(Greenteacuts, May 13, 2012)

The Taste of Money

(Seongyong's Private Place, May 18, 2012)

RECENT FILMS

Love On-Air

(Beyond Hollywood, May 12, 2012)

My Way

(Bucket Reviews, May 12, 2012)

(Critic Speak, May 11, 2012)

(Film School Rejects, May 11, 2012)

(The Dallas Morning News, may 16, 2012)

Punch

(koreanfilm.org, May 2012)

Silenced

(koreanfilm.org, May 2012)

Spellbound

(Beyond Hollywood, May 14, 2012)

(Life's an Adventure, May 11, 2012)

Sunny

(koreanfilm.org, May 2012)

The Day He Arrives

(VCinema, May 11, 2012)

The Front Line

(DVD Talk, May 16, 2012)

(DVD Verdict, May 14, 2012)

(Life's an Adventure, May 11, 2012)

(wickedchannel.com, May 12, 2012)

The Housemaid

(Cinemaroll, May 15, 2012)

The Yellow Sea

(Tarumatu, May 14, 2012)

Unbowed

(Modern Korean Cinema, May 15, 2012)

(Twitch, May 15, 2012)

War of the Arrows

(Eastern Film Fans, May 14, 2012)

(MIB's Instant Headache, May 12, 2012)

(Nekoneko's Movie Litterbox, May 14, 2012)

(Twisted Wing, May 14, 2012)

PAST FILMS

A Little Pond, 2009

(Init_Scenes, May 13, 2012)

Castaway on the Moon, 2009

(Hangul Celluloid, May 12, 2012)

Dasepo Naughty Girls, 2006

(Hanguk Yeonghwa, May 17, 2012)

Memories of Murder, 2003

(Seongyong's Private Place, May 14, 2012)

My Boss, My Hero, 2001

(Korean Grindhouse, May 15, 2012)

Sleeping Beauty, 2007

(Seen in Jeonju, May 12, 2012)

The King and the Clown, 2005

(Flixist, May 15, 2012)

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