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Thursday, August 16, 2018

Review: THE SPY GONE NORTH, Bold and Sumptuous Espionage Yarn Eschews Action for Geopolitical Intrigue

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By Pierce Conran Following his period action blockbuster Kundo: The Age of the Rampant in 2014, Yoon Jong-bin is back in the summer s...
Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Review: THE WAILING, A Bone-Chilling, Thunderous Descent Into Hell

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By Pierce Conran After turning the Korean thriller on its head with The Chaser and The Yellow Sea , director Na Hong-jin has reinven...
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Friday, June 29, 2018

Review: THE HIMALAYAS Swaps Snowflakes For Tears

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By Pierce Conran For those looking for an expedition drama, be warned that despite its title, The Himalayas is first and foremost a ...
Monday, August 28, 2017

Review: ASURA: THE CITY OF MADNESS Unleashes Unbridled Machismo in Brooding Noir

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By Pierce Conran It's a man's world in Asura: The City of Madness , and a rotten one at that. Cops, prosecutors and politicia...
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Review: THE BATTLESHIP ISLAND, Impressive Action Torpedoed by Nationalism

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By Pierce Conran UPDATE (Aug 8): Following a rare change of heart after seeing the film a second time, I've decided to change my or...
Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Busan 2015 Review: VETERAN, Who's Gonna Protect Gotham When Bruce Wayne Grew Up to Be an Evil Super-Rich Punk?

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 20th Busan International Film Festival. By Kyu Hyun Kim, Associate Professor at UC Davis and koreanfi...
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Friday, February 20, 2015

Review: WAIKIKI BROTHERS, A True Korean Classic

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By Pierce Conran Yim Soonrye could lay claim to being the first female director to forge a lasting career in the Korean film ind...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

News: ODE TO MY FATHER Joins the 10 Million Viewer Club

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After four weeks, JK Youn's blockbuster melodrama Ode to My Father joined the 10 million viewer club last night. It is the 11th Kore...
Thursday, January 8, 2015

Review: ODE TO MY FATHER Puts Blockbuster Spin On Melodrama

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By Pierce Conran Family takes centre stage in Ode to My Father , a new Korean melodrama that is every bit as bombastic as this year...
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