Colony 군체 (2026)
Director: Yeon Sang-ho Starring: Jun Ji-hyun, Koo Kyo-hwan, Ji Chang-wook, Kim Shin-rok, Shin Hyun-been, Go Soo Country of Origin: South Korea Running time: 2h 2m The gunk infected adaptive hordes of the living dead will forcefully crawl their way into any reflection on Yeon Sang-ho’s spectacular survival epic. Yet peel back the multiple layers of…
Back onboard Train to Busan 부산행 (2016) – 10th anniversary remastered and revived
Director: Yeon Sang-ho Starring: Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma Dong-seok, Kim Su-an, Choi Woo-sik, Ahn So-hee, Kim Eui-sung Country of Origin: South Korea Running time: 2h 8m What’s in a label? In the narrow parametres of genre specification Train to Busan is just a zombie film. Except it’s really far more than that. When everything…
Sampdoria season preview 2026-2027: milestones and ambitions
Sampdoria celebrate their 80th year in existence mired in Italy’s second tier for a fourth consecutive season. It’s hardly the most appropriate place to mark a milestone for the Blucherciati. For a club that won the Scudetto, four Coppa Italia trophies and featured in three European finals – winning the European Cup Winners’ Cup -…
Crisscrossing California: World Cup fan zone
The party’s long over. Any semblance of the World Cup visible only in stray merchandise at bargain prices, almost as if it never happened at all. Banners and adverts speedily removed, stadiums switched back to normal ahead of the American football season. The tidal wave of the controversy during the event swept away only for…
The Eyes 눈동자 (2026)
Director: Yeom Ji-ho Starring: Shin Min-a, Kim Nam-hee, Kim Young-ah, Lee Seung-ryong Country of Origin: South Korea Running time: 1h 45m Artistic twins become objects of hysterical infatuation in a picture framed by faltering vision. Creative photographer Park Seo-jin (Shin Min-a) is stalked by former subject and deranged model Kim Hyeon-min (Lee Seung-ryong). After a…
Salmokji: Whispering Water 살목지 (2026)
Director: Lee Sang-min Starring: Kim Hye-yoon, Lee Jong-won, Kim Jun-han, Kim Young-sung, Oh Dong-min, Yoon Jae-chan, Jang Da-ah Country of Origin: South Korea Running time: 1h 35m There’s definitely something in the water. Something unfathomable and sinister that draws people together for all the wrong reasons. When the hazy image of a human head inexplicably…
Aloners 혼자 사는 사람들 (2021)
Director: Hong Sung-eun Starring: Gong Seung-yeon, Jeong Da-eun, Geum Hae-na, Park Jeong-hak Country of Origin: South Korea Running time: 1h 31m The Korean word honjok is used to describe people that prefer to do things alone. For Jina (Gong Seung-yeon) it’s not so much a preference as a necessity to isolate herself from everyone else.…
Once We Were Us 만약에 우리 (2025)
Director: Kim Do-young Starring: Koo Kyo-hwan, Moon Ga-young, Shin Jung-geun Country of Origin: South Korea Running time: 1hr 55m Romance movies are always frustrating. Not my words but those of leading man Lee Eun-ho (Koo Kyo-hwan) – to describe a video game that he develops – in the latter part of a love story that…
No Other Choice 어쩔수가없다 (2025)
Director: Park Chan-wook Starring: Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Lee Sung-min, Yeom Hye-ran, Park Hee-soon, Cha Seung-won Country of Origin: South Korea Running time: 2h 19m When forced to stare into the abyss do we recognise our own reflections? Master director Park Chan-wook creates mirror images in unconventional places as characters pause to contemplate exactly who…
Handsome Guys 핸섬가이즈 (2024)
Director: Nam Dong-hyup Starring: Lee Sung-min, Lee Hee-joon, Gong Seung-yeon, Park Ji-hwan, Lee Kyu-hyung Country of Origin: South Korea Running time: 1h 41m A deadly chain of misconceptions rouses a ghastly spirit in a barmy tale of two good-natured oddballs who purchase their ideal house in the South Korean countryside. Carpenters Kang Jae-pil (Lee Sung-min)…
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