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A VIOLENT PROSECUTOR: Watch The Trailer For The Hwang Jung-min Starring Prison Thriller
Hangdog Korean character actor Hwang Jung-min has made his career playing an assortment of cops, lawyers and blue collar style antiheroes, constantly finding new variations to play on his natural strengths and it appears he has done so again with...
THE BABADOOK, HOUSEBOUND, And DEAD SNOW 2 Round Off Saskatoon Fantastic's Lineup
The programmers of the Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival (formerly Dark Bridges) finally settled on the rest of our lineup this year. As was previously announced the festival already includes Zero Theorem, Mood Indigo, Cold in July and Life After Beth....
Exclusive Clip: KUNDO: AGE OF THE RAMPANT Dazzles, Baby
Sometimes you just have to sit down, sit back, and let the magic of a movie swamp your brain. Kundo: Age of the Rampant opens in select U.S. theaters today (Friday, August 29), and while I can't imagine that the idea...
Review: KUNDO: AGE OF THE RAMPANT Marches With A Confident Swagger
With big stars and a hefty budget, Kundo: Age Of The Rampant marches into theaters with confidence and tongue planted firmly in cheek. This hybrid period film owes more to spaghetti westerns than the history of its Joseon Era setting...
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Review: Cool KUNDO: AGE OF THE RAMPANT Has Some Swagger In Its Step
With big stars and a hefty budget, Kundo: Age Of The Rampant marches into theaters with confidence and tongue planted firmly in cheek. This hybrid period film owes more to spaghetti westerns than the history of its Joseon Era setting...
More Cleaver Chopping Action In Full Trailer For KUNDO: AGE OF THE RAMPANT
A Korean Robin Hood armed with a meat cleaver? That's essentially what you've got with upcoming Korean period epic Kundo: Age Of The Rampant. and you know what? Wonky English in the title aside, that's alright by me.The year is...
Get Out Your Cleavers And Start Chopping With KUNDO: AGE OF THE RAMPANT Trailer
Rampant what, exactly, you may ask of the title for Yoon Jong-bin's upcoming Korean action film. Luckily the first teaser for the historical action epic is here to provide some possible answers. It could be rampant swords, for example. Or...
DVD Review: WOOCHI: THE DEMON SLAYER
Woochi The Demon Slayer. Woochi The Taoist Wizard. Jeon Woochi. Of all the titles I've seen used for this South Korean fantasy/superhero film, Woochi The Goofball Asskicker with a Ridiculously Complicated Backstory was an opportunity missed.This is the story of...
Fantastic Fest 2010: WOOCHI Review
Woochi is an arrogant young hothead who might one day become the world's greatest wizard if he wasn't such a douche bag. More interested in fame than perfecting his talents, he has successfully upset not only his own master but...
Fantasia 2010: SECRET REUNION Review
[In light of its screening at Fantasia, we are bumping up Mark Popham's review of the Song Kang-Ho action vehicle, Secret Reunion, to the top of the page.]You probably wouldn't expect to find a compelling exploration of the effects of...
NYAFF 2010: SECRET REUNION Review
[Our thanks to Mark Popham for the following review.]You probably wouldn't expect to find a compelling exploration of the effects of the North Korean/South Korean conflict in a buddy action film, but SECRET REUNION isn't BEVERLY HILLS COP. Hun Jang's...
전우치 (Woochi) Music Video Brings the Goods!
OK... I know you're heading straight for that play button, but if you want to avoid being scarred for life by listless teenybopper crap surrounding those fine visuals, I advise you turn off your speakers. Or put copious amounts of...
전우치 (Jeon Woo Chi) Jumps on Cars and Kicks Ass in New Trailer
What would you rather choose?1) Playing a hero of the people, sacrificing your life to bring justice amidst the rampant corruption of the mid Joseon era, and meeting a glorious demise at the hand of some spurious forces of evil....
전우치 (Jeon Woo Chi) Teaser is Here
And it looks... fun? Now whether it will be the purely visceral kind, or something with some cinematic meat to boot, that's still too early to tell. But knowing Choi Dong-Hoon, the mastermind behind 범죄의 재구성 (The Big Swindle) and...
New Set of Posters for Superhero Actioner 전우치 (Jeon Woo Chi)
And you can officially color me unimpressed. Not that posters matter that much in the grand scheme of things (at least from a film geek standpoint - they certainly do matter for marketing folks and the recipient of their bait...
[K-FILM TOP PROJECTS] Choi Dong-Hoon's 전우치 (Jeon Woo Chi)
Even for an industry which has seemingly put an inordinate amount of power in the hands of debut directors (and of course I'm talking 1996 onwards), Chungmuro can be rather cruel with its young prodigies. A full six years after...
First Still from Superhero Blockbuster 전우치 (Jeon Woo Chi: The Taoist Wizard)
Korean history buffs might have encountered the name Jeon Woo-Chi at least once. During King Jungjong's reign (early to mid 16th Century), Jeon worked as a bottom-feeder official in one of Hanyang's administrative offices, after which he retired from his...
