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Personal Blog- Updates…It's finally warm enough to rain... And it hasn't stopped in 3 days. Be careful what you wish for... The blog has suffered from a lack of input recently, mainly due to the fact that nothing much of note has been going on. Although my inactivity has definitely brought on laziness as I've had visitors, […]
- Nuttier Than A FruitcakeSometimes I stop and think about life and its meaning... then I immediately eat something. However, the past few days have made me stop and think a little bit more seriously about it all. On Thursday morning at 8:15 I had an yet another appointment with yet another specialist about my back/neck/body/brain. I was on […]
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KoBiz iPhone App
I found this great little app advertised on the KOFIC website. The KOBIZ application provides a wide range of information about Korean films, film makers, actors/actresses, companies, film festivals, and…
Silenced Wins the Top Prize at Far East Film Festival in Udine
Korean drama Silenced won top prize at the 14th Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy, which was held from April 20-28. The film also received the highest number of…
[LKFF] Jang Jin Retrospective at Apollo Cinema
Don’t forget, it’s the London Korean Film Festival at the moment (as if you needed reminding), and the Apollo Cinema is holding a rather cool retrospective of Jang Jin films….
London Korean Film Festival at the ICA
Great news for Korean film enthusiasts. The ICA is holding the London Korean Film Festival 2010 from 10 – 14 November. This it’s fifth anniversary sees its debut at the…
S Korea: Movie Audience Decreases – Sales Soar [3D or Not 3D?]
Interesting news this week from KOFIC about the state of cinema ticket sales. Whilst the first half of 2010 has seen a decrease in audience attendance, the total ticket sales…
Mr. Zombie [Korea] Trailer
I found this one over at Han Cinema and couldn’t resist the share… You can’t go wrong with Zombie flicks, and this one has a different take on the formula:…
[DVD] JEON WOO CHI : The Taoist Wizard [Korea 2009] Trailer
Directed by Choi Dong-hoon (최동훈) •Action •Comedy 136min | Release date in South Korea : 2009/12/23 Written and Directed by Choi Dong-hoon, JEON WOO CHI : The Taoist Wizard takes…
DVD: Possessed (Living Death) [불신지옥]
It’s been a while since I bigged up anything from Korea, so I thought I’d spend the next couple of days going through my watched list and pointing you in…
[Trailer] Haeundae (2009)
Updated with trailer [090816] Breaking all sorts of box office records in South Korea at the moment, Yoon Je-kyoon‘s (My Boss, My Hero, Sex Is Zero and Miracle on 1st…
Korea in Cannes
Combining two of my most favourite things: Park Chan-wook (Old Boy) and Vampires, ‘Thirst‘ sees its release in South Korea today. Not only that but it’s one of 9 Korean…
Review: Barking Dogs Never Bite
This oldie but Goldie from back in 2000 has just made it to the top of my watch list. Yet another film with the enigmatic Bae Doona [Bae Du Na]…
Hansel And Gretel Gets UK DVD Release
On September 1st of this year, Hansel and Gretel was released on DVD in South Korea (read my review here). Today, that pressing is pretty much sold out everywhere and…
Oldboy Remake – No Thanks!
Some things should be left well alone. You would think that Hollywood would have learned it’s lesson by knowing full well that they have not made a successful remake of…
Korea Movie News: Ziyi Gets Revenge
HanCinema reports via [ChanMi's movie news] that So Ji-sub is to star in a new movie with Zhang Ziyi entitled Sophies Revenge due for release next year. Ziyi has had…
Review: Eye For An Eye
Kwak Kyung Taek [Friend, Typhoon] returns with his latest caper: Eye For An Eye. The story revolves around a cop about to resign and become a partner in an insect…
When I’m 64…
Empire magazine (UK) has published it’s top 500 films of all time. Appropriately, OldBoy appears at number 64. KOFIC has more: The UK’s most popular film magazine, Empire, published its…
Review: Hansel and Gretel
A combination of Fairy Tale and surreal terror is what’s in store if you feel up to it. A man who was abandoned by his mother at an early age…
Monday August 28, 2006
I stay up most of the night writing in a dumb attempt to catch up on lost time. Dumb because I should really have been getting some sleep to prepare…
Monday April 17th, 2006
The blog has suffered from indifference just recently. I’ve not really felt up to making the entries I usually do, for the only reason that I’ve been in a complete…
