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Showing posts with label 2013. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2013. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Top 10 Korean Films of 2014

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2014 was an interesting year for Korean cinema. From a financial standpoint, the industry remained strong and produced its most successf...
Thursday, September 11, 2014

KOFFIA 2014 Review: THE DINNER Offers Too Many Cold Servings

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By Hieu Chau Creating a compelling domestic family drama is never an easy task mainly due to the stories these films have to tell. The...
Monday, September 1, 2014

KOFFIA 2014 Review: HOPE Is An Obvious Yet Successful Tearjerker

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By Hieu Chau It wouldn’t be entirely wrong to say that Korean film has some affinity for children. Whether it’s a crowd-pleasing comed...
Friday, August 22, 2014

Review: RED FAMILY's High Concept Suffers From Stilted Delivery

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By Pierce Conran Though as a theme it has spawned some of Korean cinema's biggest hits, including Shiri (1999), Joint Security Are...
Monday, August 18, 2014

Review: Kim Yun-seok on Form in SOUTH BOUND

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By Pierce Conran Normally, when a Korean film's characters decamp to the countryside, we can expect terrible things to happen. But...
Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Review: Tone-deaf MONSTER Exhibits Unusual Cruelty Towards Women

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Ingenue Kim Go-eun gets her first top billing in director Hwang In-ho’s uneven and sadistic revenge thriller Monster . Exhibiting the sa...
Monday, May 12, 2014

Review: Strong Scenes Doth Not a Narrative Make in Genre-Hopping COMMITMENT

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By Pierce Conran Following on from this year's Secretly Greatly , another action-drama featuring Korean idols playing young North ...
Sunday, May 11, 2014

Review: Bat-Swinging Gorilla Feature MR GO Is Hit and Miss

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By John A. Riley The premise of Mr Go is that a trained gorilla from China becomes a major league baseball star in South Korea. On...
Friday, March 7, 2014

News: SNOWPIERCER Alert! Mark Your Calendars for June 27th

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By Pierce Conran Snowpiercer is finally getting a stateside release. The internet is saying June 27th but CJ Entertainment is tellin...
Monday, February 24, 2014

Review: Hong Sang-soo's Beautiful But Slightly Strange OUR SUNHI

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By John A. Riley Some critics have characterised Hong Sang-soo's latest film as evidence of a prolific director running out of ste...
Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Berlinale 2014 Review: SPROUT's Short and Sweet Seoul Odyssey

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival and the 18th Busan International Film Festival. By Pierce...
Monday, February 10, 2014

Berlinale 2014 Review: NON-FICTION DIARY Offers Captivating Glimpse of 1990s Korea

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Part of MKC's co verage of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival and the 18th Busan International Film Festival. By Pierce C...
Friday, February 7, 2014

News: SNOWPIERCER Stays Uncut but Release Downsized

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By Pierce Conran Deadline has just broken the news that Bong Joon-ho and The Weinstein Company have finally reached on agreement on Sn...
Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Review: Jang Joon-hwan Returns With Dark Thriller HWAYI: A MONSTER BOY

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By Pierce Conran Korean cinema has become known for its thrillers, and though the genre is one that is popular around the world, the...
Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Review: THE SUSPECT Eschews Drama for Action, and Lots of It

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By Pierce Conran Thinking back to Shiri (1999) and Secret Reunion (2010), North Korean spies have a history of success at the Korean ...
Saturday, February 1, 2014

News: HAN GONG-JU Picks Up Yet Another Award in Rotterdam

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By Pierce Conran Following its debut at the Busan International Film Festival last October, Lee Su-jin's film Han Gong-ju has been ...
Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Review: Electric Song Kang-ho Leads Courtroom Drama THE ATTORNEY

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By Pierce Conran The combination of politics and cinema has led to some of the most incendiary films the medium has ever produced. Tho...
Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Busan 2013 Review: Personal and Subdued PASCHA Resonates

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 18th Busan International Film Festival. By Pierce Conran Life has a habit of moving on, whether we&...
Monday, January 20, 2014

Review: One-Stop Korean Revenge Shop THE FIVES Is a Bloody Good Time

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By Pierce Conran Aside from the greats of Korean cinema - the Bong Joon-hos, Lee Chang-dongs, Im Kwon-taeks and Kim Ki-youngs - years a...
Thursday, January 16, 2014

Busan 2013 Review: Thoughtful STEEL COLD WINTER Doesn't Stray from Its Comfort Zone

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 18th Busan International Film Festival. By Pierce Conran Sometimes, even the most skillfully asse...