“If you do nothing, nothing will happen.” This quote is spoken by the character So Si-Min, portrayed by Shin Hye-sun (See You in My 19th Life), as part of a class on ethics. It’s one of several concepts that particular… Read More ›
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“Alienoid: Return to the Future” Blu-ray Giveaway
Choi Dong-hoon’s Alienoid (2022) kicked off a time-travel sci-fi adventure in which the present is saved by going to the past. However, in Return to the Future, released in U.S. theaters in January 2024, in order to keep things safe, they had… Read More ›
“Noryang: Deadly Sea” Blu-ray Giveaway
In 2014, director Kim Han-Min began his epic three-film tale documenting Korean naval history with The Admiral: Roaring Currents, following it up in 2022 with Hansan: Rising Dragon. At the end of 2023, the story concluded with Noryang: Deadly Sea, a… Read More ›
The fourth entry in the “Crime City” series, “The Roundup: Punishment” demonstrates no signs of slacking, even with a new director and writer behind the scenes.
Since 2017’s The Outlaws, actor Ma Dong-seok (a.k.a. and credited here as Don Lee) has led what would become the Crime City series, an action crime series that borrows from Korean headlines for the foundation of each film. Each film… Read More ›
“The Roundup: No Way Out” on home video is the only way you want Det. Ma paying you a visit.
2023 provided a proper glut of delicious action flicks. In addition to the obvious theatrical blockbusters like John Wick: Chapter 4, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, and Teenage Mutant Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, we also got Sisu,… Read More ›
Horror blockbuster “Exhuma (파묘)” unleashes stateside thanks to Well Go USA.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from horror films over the years, it’s to be cremated. I’m simply too tired and lazy to be an effective zombie, and I’m simply too apathetic to want to haunt anyone after my death…. Read More ›
Mixed-genre adventure “Dr. Cheon and the Lost Talisman” is a strong start for the next big franchise you’ll hope for.
Back in October 2023, Well Go USA released director/co-writer Kim Seong-sik’s action/adventure fantasy thriller Dr. Cheon and the Lost Talisman (천박사 퇴마 연구소: 설경의 비밀) into theaters. Given the influx of theatrical and streaming releases in October, it’s fair to… Read More ›
“The Moon” Blu-ray Giveaway
Toward the end of Summer 2023, the new film from Along with the Gods franchise director Kim Yong-Hwa, The Moon, hit theaters as an action/adventure sci-fi drama about an astronaut trying to survive on a solo mission in space. Now, that… Read More ›
Filmmaker Choi Dong-hoon’s hotly anticipated “Alienoid” sequel “Return to the Future” arrives with bigger action and bigger laughs to navigate world-ending stakes.
August 2022, U.S. audiences were introduced to co-writer/director Choi Dong-hoon’s brand-new sci-fi action comedy Alienoid (외계+인 1부), a world in which an order of intergalactic peacekeepers house alien prisoners within the bodies of humans in order to keep them docile…. Read More ›
Enter the world of Park Hoon-jung’s “The Childe” on home video and prepare yourself to make a friend for life…however long or short that may be.
Writer/director Park Hoon-jung is not one to shy away from the darkness that exists within humanity (I Saw the Devil) or a hidden world within it (the Witch series). Whether in the bright of day or the shadows of night,… Read More ›
“The Ghost Station” Blu-ray Giveaway
With the sun down longer this time of year, why not take advantage by putting on something that may just chill you? Enter Well Go USA and their physical release of director Jeong Yong-ki’s The Ghost Station. Out now to own… Read More ›
Kim Jee-woon’s dark dramedy “Cobweb (거미집)” explores the duality of depression and optimism in creation. [Fantastic Fest]
“Oh what a tangled web we weave When first we practice to deceive.” Sir Walter Scott, author There is no story more powerful than the one we tell ourselves. Are we the hero? The villain? Are we the main character… Read More ›
Lincoln Center brings “The Barefooted Young” to NYC.
Screening one last time at Lincoln Center in NYC on Tuesday, September 12th, at 8:30 p.m. as part of their massive Korean Cinema’s Golden Decade: the 1960’s exhibition is Kim Ki Deok’s The Barefooted Young, a 1964 South Korean film… Read More ›
“Night of the Assassin” Blu-ray Giveaway
Originally released as The Assassin, writer/director Kwak Jeong-deok sees their Korean action/adventure project released in the states under the name Night of the Assassin, first put on digital (streamer Hi-YAH!) and then coming available on physical formats in August. Thanks to U.S…. Read More ›
Dramatic thriller “Decibel” is strongest when it leans into the thoughtful drama and relies less on the acoustics.
Marketing can be the best tool and the worst for selling movies. We’re not talking about deliberate misleads (like the trailer for Avengers: Infinity War (2018) that contained differently edited scenes compared to the final film) or the accidental kind… Read More ›
When there’s “No Way Out,” you want Det. Ma by your side.
Crime stories are a staple in cinematic storytelling. These stories take the form of films like Internal Affairs (1990), Crime Story (1991), Heat (1995), and The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (2019). Sometimes, the individual films are standalones (Point Break… Read More ›
Go further into the casefile of “Decision to Leave” with the Blu-ray release.
When I first heard that Park Chan-wook was releasing a new movie, my anticipation skyrocketed through the roof! It quickly became one of my most anticipated movies of 2022. Then, when I had a chance to see it (later than… Read More ›
Revisit the gore of “Project Wolf Hunting” in all it’s high-definition glory at home.
If you didn’t catch Kim Hong-Sun’s latest work on the festival circuit or when it played theatres, I don’t think there is a single thing I can say that would possibly prepare you for the absolute madness that is Project… Read More ›
“Project Wolf Hunting” Blu-ray Giveaway
Director Kim Hong-Sun’s Project Wolf Hunting had a simultaneous North American premiere at Fantastic Fest 2022 and in select theaters October 2022. EoM senior interviewer Thomas Manning covered the film, calling it “…undeniably gutsy…”. Months later, Hong-Sun’s horror action-slugfest is… Read More ›
Before “Part Two” releases in 2023, catch up with Choi Dong-hoon’s sci-fi action fantasy “Alienoid” on home video.
If there’s one complaint that American audiences are prone to have, it’s that there’s never anything original hitting theaters. It’s all superhero stories, remakes, reboots, or some kind of sequel. It’s incredibly risky for studios to make original stories, so… Read More ›