Movie Reviews

Movie digest A famous actor was kidnapped in Seoul after a movie premiere. Nobody knows who kidnapped him or where he is staying. Initially, the actor didn’t take the kidnap seriously; however, as time passes, he realizes the severity of the situation; it is more than mischief. The kidnappers ask for a massive sum of […][...]

Movie Digest After years of hard work Dong-won and his family have finally moved into a house. One day he invites his colleagues for a housewarming party, however things don’t go according to plan and due to heavy rains there is a giant sinkhole that forms and in mere minutes swallows the entire house. The […][...]

Movie digest The movie is based on a true story. During the civil war in 1991, Mogadishu was separated. The staff and the families belonging to the South Korean embassy were trapped. They had no way to reach the outside world too. The outside scenario was such that they had to encounter lots of bullets. […][...]

Movie digest The movie begins with the scenes of Buddha and the Devil. Before a long time, a monster was firm in creating eternal suffering. Buddha had a tough fight with it but was not able to kill it.  He stopped the monster by taking away its eyes. One eye was black and the other […][...]

Movie Digest Park Tae Goo is a fugitive who ran away after an assassination. He was the star gangster in Mr. Yang’s gang. After his sister and nephew are killed intentionally by another gang, he goes after their leader and kills him. He then hides out on Jeju Island. There he encounters a former gangster […][...]

Movie Digest Lee Joon-historical ik’s black-and-white film The Book of Fish was released in 2021. The film, which stars Sol Kyung-gu and Byun Yo-han, is about an exiled Joseon Dynasty scholar and a fisherman who collaborate on a book. The Feel-Good Part The scenes of village life in The Book of Fish are stunning. With […][...]

Movie Digest Unfortunately, in the past few years there are many reported cases of fatal child abuse or sexual assault on young ones. The year 2021 had been marked by many more heartbroken cases of infants from South Korea. Mostly the parents of these children were either from lower economic backgrounds or  were taken care […][...]

Movie Digest Black Light is directed by Jong-Dae Bae. A car crash happens on a busy road between two cars, a man in one of them dies and the other man goes into a coma. They conclude that it was the dead man’s fault, Hee-Joo the wife of the dead man couldn’t move on from […][...]

Movie Digest A documentary movie about the first-ever trot survival show that made a great impact on Korea. The show gained a whole nation’s love and became the show with the highest-ever rating. The show brought forward the top 6 best trot singers. This documentary gives a sneak peek into the lives of these 6 […][...]

Movie digest Gamhee meets three of her friends in Seoul while her husband is out on a business trip. All of them make friendly conversation, but different current flows independently of each other above, and below the surface. The feel-good Part The film was too good to tell the story. It is a beautifully polished […][...]