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Udine 2018 Review: BE WITH YOU, Pleasant Fantasy Drama Stays the Course

The Korean fantasy romance, a genre that has spawned modern classics such as Il Mare and Ditto, has fallen on hard times in recent years but makes a strong case for a return to form with Be With You, an...

London Korean Film Festival: Lee Kyoung-mi's THE TRUTH BENEATH to Open Fest

Good news if you live in London, are a fan of Korean cinema, and one of the growing number of film patrons who want to see more women at work in the global film industry. The London Korean Film Festival...

Review: THE TRUTH BENEATH Unearths Dark, Stylish Mysteries

A great year for Korean genre cinema keeps getting better with the release of Lee Kyoung-mi's long time coming sophomore feature, the riveting The Truth Beneath, a sumptuous and anarchic political thriller, kidnap drama, suspenseful whodunnit and kaleidoscopic descent into...

Political Kidnap Thriller THE TRUTH BENEATH Gets Moody Trailer

Lee Kyoung-mi, director of the delightfully offbeat Crush and Blush, is back with her latest film, the political kidnap thriller The Truth Beneath this June. CJ Entertainment has dropped the first trailer, which promises a tense and dark story of...

Busan 2015 Review: BAD GUYS ALWAYS DIE Suffers A Slow Death

One of the more high profile among the many China-Korea collaborations being made these days, Bad Guys Always Die teams Taiwanese star Chen Bolin with top Korean actress Son Ye-jin in an action-comedy (leaning more towards the later) set on...

Review: Lame Leads Sink THE PIRATES

Fast on the heels of Kundo: Age of the Rampant and Roaring Currents, the summer's latest period blockbuster enters a crowded field in a market that has of late become oversaturated with similar fare. With lowbrow, poorly executed humor tucked...

Terror and Tragedy! Watch the Victims' Farewell Messages In THE TOWER

To attract attention for the Korean blockbuster disaster film The Tower, CJ Entertainment is playing up the sentimental card in full force with two special videos that have a heartfelt animated sequence and a tear-jerking "last message" from the victims...