This coming weekend is going to be very long as it is the Lunar (aka Chinese) New Year! Officially, the holiday runs from Sunday the 22nd to Tuesday but I think many companies will be closing early to give employees time to travel back to their hometowns.  Theaters are likely to be packed this weekend and there will be a number of new movies takiing advantage of this.

Pacemaker– starring Kim Myeong-jin, Ahn Seong-gi and Ko Ah-ra. Pacemaker is directed by Kim Dang-joong who over the years has directed many musicals for the live stage. This is his first movie. (no, it’s not a musical…)

Unbowed– starring Ahn Seong-gi (yes, he’s in two films that are opening this week), Park Won-sang and Na Yeong-hee. The director is Jeong Jin-yeong who has not directed a full-length movie since his extremely (overly?) artistic 1998 film Naked Being.

Dancing Queen– starring Hwang Jeong-min, Uhm Jeong-hwa and Lee Han-wi. Directed by Lee Seok-hoon (Two Faces of My Girlfriend)

Neverending Story– starring Uhm Tae-woong, Jeong Fyeo-won and Yoo Seon. Directed by Jeong Yong-joo helming his first feature-length film. He had previously directed the short thriller/fantasy Tea & Poison.

The other movies opening this week are:
We Bought a Zoo (us), Lost World 2: Mysterious Island (us), Of Gods and Men (fr), The Kid with the Bike (fr) and Devil’s Playground (uk)