Film Review: ‘#ALIVE’ (2020) — Game All Night, Live Longer
Written by Murphy B. Summary When his online friends debate about the veracity of some shocking footage on the news, a...
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Film Review: ‘Guimoon: The Lightless Door’ Brings Asian Horror To Another Level With Its Stylised Approach
A paranormal investigator discovers a door to another world in a community centre that was once stricken by mass murder. Director:...
Film Review: Dark Drama ‘The King and the Clown’ Is A Masterful Projection Of Passion and Lust
Two brothers put up a skit to mock and satirise the lofty and corrupt king of Joseon. They are arrested and...
Film Review: Teenage Angst and Diasporic Identities in ‘Seoul Searching’
In 1986, a group of foreign-born Korean teenagers attend a summer camp in South Korea. Director: Benson Lee Cast: Justin Chon,...
Kim Bora’s Film World (So Far): The Trials and Tribulations of Girlhood
“Mom… do you think I’m pretty? What’s pretty about me?” Kim Bora is a South Korean director and screenwriter. Born in...
‘Extracurricular’ Exceptionally Subverts Expectations of High-School Dramas, Presenting a Twisted and Dark Reality in Its Place
Image credit: Netflix A top student who runs an illegal business is caught by one of his classmates who starts blackmailing...
What Netflix’s ‘Kingdom’ Reveals About Modern Society and Human Nature
I think a major reason why we fear zombies is that we could be just like them, if not for our...
With an Absolutely Electric Leading Chemistry, ‘It’s Okay to Not Be Okay’ Is a Binge-Worthy and Delectable Treat
An extraordinary road to emotional healing opens up for an antisocial children's book writer and a selfless psych ward caretaker when...
Psychosinematics: Examining the Destruction of Mother and Son in Bong Joon-ho’s ‘Mother’
Bong Joon-ho is one of those psychologically insightful directors whose works portray more than what they seem. The first watching of...
An Abridged Initiation to Modern South Korean Cinema
South Korean films have always been a contender on the world stage. The industry saw its golden age in the 50s...
‘The King: Eternal Monarch’ Promises Syrupy Romance and a Fascinating World Well-worth Digging into
The emperor of a constitutional monarchy Korea gets transported to democratic Korea in a parallel world after a portal opens between...
‘Time to Hunt’ Boasts Exhilarating Tension as It Twists and Turns Through a Dystopian Landscape
(Image credit: Little Big Pictures) In a dystopian as a financial crisis hits South Korea, four young men commit crimes to...