Tag: jeongwonshin

Korean cinema has proven on many occasions that it can be quite brazen when it comes to generic codes. It can sometimes seem like a kid has been let loose in a well-stocked kitchen as he begins to mix and...

A new teaser has been released for the upcoming film Ghost Sweepers, a supernatural horror comedy which follows Korean cinema's proud tradition of mashing together every film genre known to man. Ghost Sweepers is about a group of shamans who come...

Magnet Releasing: A young police officer is transferred from Seoul to a small village in the countryside for duty when he jokingly checked the box to be deployed "anywhere." Arriving at the village, he encounters a bumbling police force who...

Magnet Releasing, fine distributor of many excellent films, have picked up the North American distribution rights to Korea's 2009 monster boar flick, Chaw.  In what seems to be a habit with their Korean acquisitions, they've inexplicably changed the title to...

Hell, you could easily call it a cop-out. Would be perfectly understandable.But have you noticed how many Korean films - and I'm not merely limiting myself to genre pictures - seem to despise telling you who the bad guy is...