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The Roundup: No Way Out

By Alan Ng | June 2023

Sinister forces are chasing after a missing stash of drugs in director Sang-yong Lee’s thriller, The Roundup: No Way Out, written by Kim…

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Sinister forces are chasing after a missing stash of drugs in director Sang-yong Lee's thriller, The Roundup: No Way Out, written by Kim Min-sung. Don Lee...

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NOW IN THEATERS! I've said this for years, but out of all of Asian cinema, South Korea puts out the most content that feels very American in tone and...

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TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2021 REVIEW! In supernatural horror, the demonic/monster attacks occur in the dead of night and with no one around to...

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Writer-director Kim Ha-ra makes his cinematic debut with the intriguingly titled Killed My Wife. Playing out like The Fugitive and Memento—but with a...

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Zombie For Sale is one of only a handful of full-blown zombie comedies from South Korea. That sounds somewhat absurd, given the critical (and commercial)...

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PALM SPRINGS SHORTFEST REVIEW! Despite the cease-fire and tensions, the heat has never been higher in the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea....

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Every other year I'm drawn to watching the Olympics, and from a very early age, I knew with 100% certainty, I would never compete in anything ever. So,...

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You would think a director’s career would move from humble, small films to grander, big studio features. Director Joon-ho Bong seems to be moving in the...

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An expatriate has been defined in the past as a person, who’s been banished from his/her country. The modern term refers to self-banishment and often to...

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From South Korea, The Witness takes a modern spin on the parable The Good Samaritan. Briefly, the Biblical story is about a man, beaten on the side of the...

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