Korean Movie Review #1: Peppermint Candy (2000)
Tweet( Source )For the fledgling movie reviewer, revealing one’s inexperience with cinema is never a wise move. And adding that this inexperience stems from an at best indifferent, at worst active...
View ArticleKorean Movie Review #2: A Good Lawyer’s Wife (2003)
Tweet( Source )Like last week’s choice of movie, A Good Lawyer’s Wife defies easy description.Heavily marketed on the basis of its explicit sexual content, and with probably no longer than 10 minutes...
View ArticleWhat a Difference a Region Makes
Tweet( Source: The Japan Foundation )With thanks to Philip Gowman of London Korean Links for bringing it to everyone’s attention, I’m literally ordering this book as I type this just for the...
View ArticleAh! (아!) by After School (애프터스쿨): Lyrics & Translation
TweetAfter School’s (애프터스쿨) debut track from last year, of which I again include both DJ Areia’s remix above and the original below for you to enjoy while I explain the lyrics. But note that the remix...
View ArticleThe First Busan Expat Film Festival (제1회 부산 외국인 영화제) 2010
TweetHeld next week from Thursday the 26th to Sunday the 29th, all tickets to the 1st Busan Expat Film Festival (제1회 부산 외국인 영화제) are free, so you have few excuses for not attending!For the details, see...
View Article“63 Years On: The Story of the Comfort Women” Screening This Saturday
TweetWith thanks to Shannon Heit for passing it on, this Saturday at Dongguk University in Seoul there will be a free screening of “63 Years On”, a documentary about the Comfort Women. Starting at 3pm,...
View ArticleKorean Movie Review #4: Paju (2009)
Korean Movie Review #4: Paju Tweet(Sources: left, right)I’m not allowed to love this person?Because you say I can’t, I want it all the more.With posters like these, then you could be forgiven for...
View ArticleUTV to remake Korean Movie – My Girlfriend is an agent – in Hindi
TweetThe buzz is that “UTV has bought the rights of blockbuster South Korean film My Girlfriend Is An Agent, with Imtiaz Ali and wife Preety on board”Imtiaz Ali, the man behind the successful hindi...
View ArticleWatch Code-name Azumma online – an infectiously cute movie
TweetOn any give day, our Azumma can be found at Big Mart competing against her like-minded peers for the ultimate prize: cheap but high quality goods. She outwits and used incredible strength to...
View ArticleThe Most Searched Movies in Korea for the year 2011
TweetWatch the Top 10 Movies in South Korea for the year 2011. These movies were searched the most on Google for the year 2011 as per Google Zeitgeist data for South Korea. And the best part is that, 3...
View ArticleUnique Situation Romantic Films from Korea
TweetThese are my top unique situation romantic films from Korea. They deal with time travel, an alternative universe, and getting married to a high school student because grandpa says so.시월애...
View ArticleFriendly Ghost Films
TweetHorror films in Korea typically involve an apparition and there are plenty of these films. But not all ghost movies are scary. These are my favorite friendly ghost films from Korea and all are...
View ArticlePunch (Wan-deuk-i)
Punch (Wan-deuk-i) TweetThis movie was fun, and you should get your hands on it and see it, if you can, particularly if you like Koreans acting like Koreans, because in this movie the people were so...
View ArticleKorean Musicals
TweetIf you are looking for a Korean musical you are in luck but only partially as I can only find two true musicals but multiple other films with singing/singers. Here is an overview.구미호 가족 (Gu.mi.ho...
View ArticleThe KCC in Mexico
Tweet Hi everyone!! Looks like I'm back and ready to keep on blogging, somehow a few days after I posted about my break I got some inspiration, started editing a video of the WKB Tour from September...
View ArticleThe Suck Up Project: Mr. XXX-Kisser
Tweet On my last trip (to Italy) I got to watch several movies since I was seating appart from my sister, I mostly watch TV shows in long flights but this time I ended up watching a Korean movie, the...
View ArticleLearn Korean With Star Wars Korean Movie Titles
Learn Korean With Star Wars Korean Movie Titles TweetHey Korean movie buffs, today we’re going to learn Korean by studying the Star Wars Korean movie titles.With the recent release of Star Wars: The...
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