Today we’re shining the spotlight on the psychological thriller ‘Lady Vengeance’. The last installment in Park Chan Wook’s ‘Vengeance’ trilogy, ‘Sympathy for Lady Vengeance’, or ‘Kind-hearted Geum-ja’ as is the Korean title, was released in 2005. It’s been 15 years! So I realised that there’s a whole generation of film connoisseurs in the making that need to watch this movie, ...
Our latest review is about the Korean film ‘Juror 8’. This 2019 film is just under two hours long and has some incredible actors playing in it. ‘Juror 8’ is the first movie written and directed by Hong Seung-Wan. It tells the story of the first trial in Korea that had jurors. It’s based on a true story, but obviously ...
‘The Table’ is a Korean film that was released in 2017. It’s not a blockbuster or an action film, there aren’t any superheroes or big chase scenes. It is however, a small little indie film that feels very precious in its fragileness. Kim Jong Kwan both wrote and directed the film. He worked on ‘Walking At Night’, one of the ...
‘Time To Hunt’ is a Korean film that was set to be released in February but because of COVID-19 it was delayed and eventually picked up by Netflix. There it was released in April. In essence, ‘Time To Hunt’ is a heist movie in an apocalyptic South Korea. The country is in huge debt to the IMF and due to ...
There’s no way around it, the Oscar winning ‘Parasite’ was the film of 2019 that had audiences shook. To be more specific, it was me, I was shook. It’s a little late, and pretty much everyone has written about the movie, but it wanted to throw in my two cents. This review is spoiler free (which was very hard). ‘Parasite’ ...
There are no grand gestures or big moments. It’s more of a collection of small, honest, true moments that pack a heavier punch. ...
I like the fact that Mi-Soo has a lot of ‘chutzpah’, she has guts and even though often she crosses the line with ridiculousness, it’s something to admire her for. ...
The amount of Korean food that is prepared by the main character is enough to fill a restaurant. ...