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Fish men, serial killers, and second chances– Korean movies in theaters this weekend

20th October 2015

The following is the list of films opening for this coming weekend together with their trailers.

In THE EXCLUSIVE: BEAT THE DEVIL’S TATOO a reporter’s mistake while investigating a serial killer puts him over his head in trouble.

The first up is COLLECTIVE INVENTION which features popular model-turned-comedian Lee Gwang-soo as a merman…. sort of… (This trailer has English subtitles)

LOVE IS… has an amazing cast but the trailer does little to showcase their skills. I found a trailer with English subtitles, but they are less than perfect:

For those looking for a little more action, suspense can give THE PHONE a try.

Finally, SPEED follows a group of friends as they transition into adulthood. Despite the comic nature of the trailer– the film is listed as a romance/melodrama..

BLACK IDOLS is the only trailer without Enlish subtitles.

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Korean films in theaters: Sept. 11th

10th September 2014

Chuseok is over and Thursday it is back to work– for just two days. Thursday is also the day that new movies open in Korea. What’s in store for this weekend?
First up is a sex-comedy starring Choi Seong-gook and Song Eun-chae brought to us by director Kim Ho-joon of Jeni, Juno and My Little Bride fame. The movie’s name via KOFIC is Love Match (although you will find it listed by its Korean name too–which happens to be an English word– Wrestling).

Not in the mood for a comedy? Than take a chance with a horror/thriller/drama called Wicked about what happens when a new employee in an office turns out to be more than a little odd…

KOFIC has not picked an English name for this next film, but Daum is calling it Enthralled.. people uploading the trailer on Youtube went for a direct translation of the Korean title: Toxic Desire: Addiction or a shorter version in some cases.. Toxic Desire. I don’t care what it’s called.. I am just happy to see Hong Kyeong-in (A Single Spark, Piano Man...) back in films.

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Movies opening September 4, 2014

4th September 2014

Here are the films opening for the long holiday weekend.

My Brilliant Life

Tazza 2

Golden Chariot in the Sky

Splendid But Sad Days

Hill of Freedom

Based on these trailers, if I could only watch one movie this weekend, I think I would choose The Golden Chariot in the Sky. I am sure the first two will be popular and the Hong Sang-soo movie will be beautifully done, but the chariot movie seems more like my style.

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Korean Films in Theaters: Week 45

2nd November 2013

Commitment

Door to the Night

My Dear Girl, Jin-yeong

Steel Cold Winter

The Weight

Red Family will also open, however it does not appear to have a trailer available as of this posting…

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Korean Films in Theaters 2013; week 44

27th October 2013

NO BREATHING

Days of Wrath

LOVE SKILL

GREEN CHAIR 2013- Love Conceptually

NORA NOH –documentary

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Korean Films in Theaters 2013, week 43

20th October 2013

KOALA

TOP STAR

ACCOMPLICES

CITY: HALL

ROUGH PLAY

IF YOU WERE ME 6

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Korean Films in Theaters 2013: Week 42

12th October 2013

NEVERDIE BUTTERFLY

FASTEN YOUR SEATBELTS

QUEEN OF THE NIGHT

SILK FLOWER

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Korean Movies in Theaters 2013: Week 41

7th October 2013

Sigh– While everyone else is down in Busan at the film festival, do you know where I was? Sequestered in Seoul attending a seminar that required me to give up my phone, internet and books. It was to prepare me for writing some national exams.. and it was a lot of fun..except I could not leave the compound and even moving from building to building required me to be accompanied by a security guard!

Well, even if I don’t make it down to Busan, there are other things to do.. Like check out the two lastest films opening this week; HERO and HWAYI.

HERO

HWAYI: A MONSTER BOY

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Korean Films in Theaters 2013, week 40.

29th September 2013

There are four Korean movies opening this week. However, I am only able to come up with trailers for two of them. The omnibus LOVE SCENE and the erotic thriller VACANCE apparently do not have trailers, but you can see their posters below.

TOUGH AS IRON

WISH

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Korean Films in Theaters, 2013 week 39

22nd September 2013

JIT

A MERE LIFE

ARE YOU READY?

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