“Good Morning, President” Offers Politically Correct Drama, Flawed Politics

BUSAN ― Choosing Jang Jin’s “Good Morning President” ost morale for South Korean film industry, festival director Kim Dong-ho said. The film is a feel good, albeit blemished, drama that lightheartedly throws in ethical questions and personal dilemmas into state affairs.
But choosing “President” seemed to be a more nominal choice for opening Asia’s largest cinema [...]

Popularity: 3% [?]

Park Hae-il, Sin Min-ah Combines Action, Noir Drama in A Million

In “A Million”, Jo Min-ho offers something brilliantly noir and dramatically stimulating that goes beyond the often scathing or superficial moral laundering that an action-packed thriller tries to rub into the narrative.
How far would one go to win $1 million? In an attempt to answer the question, the movie invites viewers to join its star [...]

Popularity: 3% [?]

Portrait of a Beauty Most Anticipated Film in Fall

Portrait of a Beauty, a film about painter Shin Yun-bok of the Joseon era, was cited the most anticipated Korean movie this fall in a survey conducted by the film site Movist. In the survey 994 out of 5485 respondents (18%) replied that this faction film was their number one choice for the fall movie.
Starring [...]

Popularity: 10% [?]

‘Modern Boy’ Paints a Colorful Story

Director Jeong Ji-woo’s historical drama Modern Boy promises to be the highlight of this year’s film calendar.
Set in 1937 Gyeongseong (old Seoul) when Korea was under Japanese occupation, it follows the story of Lee Hae-myung (played by Park Hae-il), a Korean civil servant with an extravagant lifestyle and a dress sense to match. As a [...]

Popularity: 4% [?]