“When you’re playing cards, there are no friends nor eternal enemies.” Be it poker (Hollywood) or mahjong (Hong Kong), the world of gambling always walked hand in hand with cinema, and it was only a matter of time before Korea would join the game. The blockbuster War of Flowers brings some distinctive cultural touches to [...]

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Decisions might take a moment, but often their consequences can last a lifetime. Hours away from the moment that would change his life forever, attorney Hyun Woo (Yoo Ji Tae of Oldboy and Antarctic Journal) calls his girlfriend Min Joo (Kim Ji Soo of Romance and This Charming Girl), telling her to wait for him [...]

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Youth is always the best and worst of times, disarmingly confusing yet beautifully meaningful. Kim Young Nam, assistant director on Hong Sang Soo’s Woman is the Future of Man, presents three stories about young adults reaching turnings point in their lives in his creative debut film, Don’t Look Back. Along with Kim himself, the acclaimed [...]

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The story seems familiar. The average salaryman loses money and resorts to borrowing from loan sharks; then the crazy interest and threats to his life push him to crime, in this case kidnapping. The twist? There are two kidnappers, Dong Cheol (Kim Su Ro of Vampire Cop Ricky) and Min Ho (Lee Seon Gyun of [...]

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Filmmaker Lim Tae Yong makes his feature film directorial debut with the touching family drama, Hello, Goodbye Little Brother! The film centers on nine-year old Han Yi (played by Park Ji Bin from A Family) who takes sibling rivalry to a new extreme by picking on his timid older brother Han Byeol (Seo Dae Han). [...]

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Newcomer Lee Gye Byeok makes his feature film directorial debut with this contemporary update on the classic tale of Beauty and the Beast! In the inversely titled The Beast And The Beauty, Shin Min A (Sad Movie, A Bittersweet Life, and Volcano High) plays Hae Ju, an attractive young woman who remains upbeat about life [...]

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Lee Ha makes his feature length directorial debut with Bewitching Attraction, a bawdy black comedy that takes comic aim at people who pretend to be prim and proper in their everyday lives, only to harbor more libidinous desires behind closed doors! Award-winning actress Moon So Ri (from Oasis and Peppermint Candy) stars as Cho Eun [...]

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Impending death is often the impetus for romance in Korean films, but Maundy Thursday is a bit different from the rest. Based on Kong Ji Young’s famous novel, Maundy Thursday is both a tender love story and a sensitive look at the capital punishment system. The title refers to Holy Thursday, or the feast day [...]

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Woman is The Future of Man puts Korea’s cinema back on track! Hong Sang Soo’s explicit tapestry of human emotions and behaviour is at its best again in this tale about two long-time friends who have had an affair with the same woman. Hon Jun (Kim Tae Woo) makes his own movies, while Mun Ho [...]

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I was recently celebrating my success on the promotion of my Songs Lyrics blog. But then after my site experienced a temporary suspension due to the bandwidth limit. And after several days of its up-time again, the blog suffered traffic loss as shown on the image below: See. From 2000 unique visitors daily prior to [...]

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