Weekly Review Round-up (12/31, 2011 - 01/06, 2012)

For the first WEEKLY REVIEW ROUND-UP of 2012, a few reviews for new releases in Korea and a lot of pieces on older Korean films which is always nice to see.

CURRENT KOREAN RELEASES

Pacemaker

(The Korea Times, January 4, 2012)

Spellbound

(8Asians, January 4, 2012)

(The One One Four, January 2, 2012)

Wonderful Radio

(The Korea Times, December 29, 2011)

RECENT RELEASES

A Better Tomorrow

(joblo.com, January 4, 2012)

GLove

(Modern Korean Cinema, January 5, 2012)

Mama

(Modern Korean Cinema, January 3, 2012)

Man of Vendetta

(Rainy Day Movies, January 3, 2012)

No Doubt

(Init_Scenes, January 4, 2012)

Poongsan

(Asian Movie Web, January 2, 2012)

Rolling Home With a Bull

(Init_Scenes, January 3, 2012)

Sector 7

(New Korean Cinema, January 4, 2012)

Sunny

(Hangul Celluloid, December 30, 2011)

(The One One Four, January 5, 2012)

The Yellow Sea

(Asian Movie Pulse, January 3, 2012)

You're My Pet

(Hanguk Yeonghwa, January 4, 2012)

PAST FILMS

A Good Night's Sleep For the Bad, 2009

(Init_Scenes, December 31, 2011)

Baby and Me, 2008

(UnitedKpop, December 31, 2011)

Death Bell, 2008

(Twitch, January 4, 2012)

I'm a Cyborg But That's Okay, 2007

(Hanguk Yeonghwa, January 2, 2012)

Pyongyang Nalpharam, 2006

(North Korean Films, January 3, 2012)

Secret Sunshine, 2007

(koreanfilm.org, January 1, 2012)

Silmido, 2003

(gwangjublog.com, January 3, 2012)

Taegugki, 2004

(Nerdlocker, January 5, 2012)

Tale of Cinema, 2005

(Rainy Day Movies, January 4, 2012)

The Host, 2006

(Film in Asian, January 4, 2012)

Untold Scandal, 2003

(Hanguk Yeonghwa, January 5, 2012)

The Weekly Review Round-up is a weekly feature which brings together all available reviews of Korean films in the English language (and sometimes French) that have recently appeared on the internet. It is by no means a comprehensive feature and additions are welcome (email pierceconran [at] gmail [dot] com). It appears every Friday morning (GMT+1) on Modern Korean Cinema. For other weekly features, take a look at Korean Cinema News, and the Korean Box Office Update. Reviews and features on Korean film also appear regularly on the site. 

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Weekly Review Round-up (12/24-12/30, 2011)

A little slow this week but another wide variety of films covered, good, bad, old and new.

Enjoy!

RECENT RELEASES

Champ

(Modern Korean Cinema, December 29, 2011)

Come, Closer

(Init_Scenes, December 27, 2011)

Countdown

(Hanguk Yeonghwa, December 27, 2011)

Genie

(Film in Asian, December 27, 2011)

Leafie, A Hen Into the Wild

(Film Business Asia, December 28, 2011)

Loveholic

(Init_Scenes, December 25, 2011)

Moss

(Hanguk Yeonghwa, December 23, 2011)

Quick

(Hanguk Yeonghwa, December 24, 2011)

Silenced

(The Hollywood Reporter, December 26, 2011)

The Haunted House Project

(Rainy Day movies, December 28, 2011)

The Kick

(Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal, December 24, 2011)

The Showdown

(hancinema.net, December 24, 2011)

The Unjust

(Asian Movie Web, December 27, 2011)

PAST FILMS

3-Iron, 2004

(Otherwhere, December 25, 2011)

Happy Ero Christmas, 2003

(Korean Class Massive, December 24, 2011)

Hellcats, 2008

(Init_Scenes, December 23, 2011)

Wonderful Days, 2003

(Hanguk Yeonghwa, December 23, 2011)

The Weekly Review Round-up is a weekly feature which brings together all available reviews of Korean films in the English language (and sometimes French) that have recently appeared on the internet. It is by no means a comprehensive feature and additions are welcome (email pierceconran [at] gmail [dot] com). It appears every Friday morning (GMT+1) on Modern Korean Cinema. For other weekly features, take a look at Korean Cinema News, and the Korean Box Office Update. Reviews and features on Korean film also appear regularly on the site. 

To keep up with the best in Korean film you can sign up to our RSS Feed, like us on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter.

Weekly Review Round-up (12/17-12/23, 2011)

A pair of reviews for the Kim Jong-il produced godzilla propaganda film Pulgasari (1985) this week and a huge amount of writeups from Hanguk Yeonghwa and Connor McMorran who recently wrapped up his fantastic Kim Ki-duk week.  A variety of other reviews for films, past and present, were also published this week.

CURRENT KOREAN RELEASES

Spellbound

(Film Journal, December 20, 2011)

Unbowed

(The Korea Times, December 22, 2011)

RECENT RELEASES

Blind

(Korean Class Massive, December 18, 2011)

Finding Mr. Destiny

(Otherwhere, December 23, 2011)

Ghastly

(Hanguk Yeonghwa, December 11, 2011)

In Love and the War

(Modern Korean Cinema, December 20, 2011)

Poetry

(Hanguk Yeonghwa, December 17, 2011)

(The Star Phoenix, December 16, 2011)

Shotgun Love

(Modern Korean Cinema, December 22, 2011)

Suicide Forecast

(Hanguk Yeonghwa, December 13, 2011)

(Rainy Day Movies, December 22, 2011)

The Front Line

(The One One Four, December 20, 2011)

War of the Arrows

(hancinema.net, December 17, 2011)

White: The Melody of the Curse

(Hanguk Yeonghwa, December 19, 2011)

PAST FILMS

3-Iron, 2004

(Rainy Day Movies, December 17, 2011)

Breath, 2007

(Rainy Day Movies, December 19, 2011)

Double Agent, 2003

(Hangul Celluloid, December 21, 2011)

Dream, 2008

(Rainy Day Movies, December 19, 2011)

I'm a Cyborg, But That's Okay, 2006

(My Film Views, December 20, 2011)

Memento Mori, 1999

(Subtitles Online, December 15, 2011)

Oldboy, 2003

(Hanguk Yeonghwa, December 12, 2011)

Pulgasari, 1985 - North Korean

(Badass Digest, December 19, 2011)

(crikey, December 21, 2011)

Samaritan Girl, 2004

(Rainy Day Movies, December 18, 2011)

The Bow, 2006

(Rainy Day Movies, December 18, 2011)

The Evil Twin, 2007

(Init_Scenes, December 21, 2011)

The Harmonium in My Memory, 1999

(Hanguk Yeonghwa, December 16, 2011)

The Host, 2006

(Hanguk Yeonghwa, December 10, 2011)

The King and the Clown, 2005

(Init_Scenes, December 20, 2011)

Time, 2006

(Rainy Day Movies, December 19, 2011)

The Weekly Review Round-up is a weekly feature which brings together all available reviews of Korean films in the English language (and sometimes French) that have recently appeared on the internet. It is by no means a comprehensive feature and additions are welcome (email pierceconran [at] gmail [dot] com). It appears every Friday morning (GMT+1) on Modern Korean Cinema. For other weekly features, take a look at Korean Cinema News, and the Korean Box Office Update. Reviews and features on Korean film also appear regularly on the site. 

To keep up with the best in Korean film you can sign up to our RSS Feed, like us on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter.