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A “$1 billion” recovery project targeting immense wealth and power The crime-action film ‘In the Grey’, starring actors Henry Cavill and Jake Gyllenhaal, hits Megabox screens on the 2nd. The film follows attorney Rachel (played by Eiza González) as she devises an intricate plan to recover “$1...

Auteur animator who died in an unexpected accident breathes again on the screen A memorial event will be held for director Heo Beom-wook, who died in an unexpected fire in July. The “Korean Film Archive” said it will hold a special memorial screening Oct.

MBC's flagship variety show 'I Live Alone' has put an end to the controversy surrounding broadcaster 'Jeon Hyun-moo''s spontaneous trip to 'Kazakhstan'. The show's official position is that no financial support was provided under the guise of production costs and that the only assistance involved...

The origins of Asian animation come back to the screen The Busan International Film Festival secretariat officially announced on the 31st that it will hold a special program on Japanese animation at the 31st Busan International Film Festival, which opens Oct.

I have a soft spot for pop-culture fandoms. I check out anything with fresh ideas or characters — not just movies but webtoons, games, manga and animation. Comics opened the door to fandom for me; these days I’m a grown-up kid who reads manga on an e-reader and webtoons on my phone.

Beachwear takes center stage at Samcheok Haerang Film Festival as “My Name Is” opens Sept. 4 The two-day festival offers a unique experience with films enjoyed from beanbags on the beach, along with a five-film retrospective of director Bae Chang-ho’s work The 3rd Samcheok Haerang Film Festival...

※〈Gyeongju Trip〉 Director Kim Mi-jo's interview continues from Part 1.One striking aspect of 〈Gyeongju Trip〉 is how it depicts Baek Sang-hyun, the killer (Byun Yo-han). Why did you choose not to give any backstory to the perpetrator Baek Sang-hyun and instead portray him solely as a heinous...

Kim Mi-jo’s 〈Gyeongju Trip〉 is a brisk, chilly revenge drama that announces a director with a singular, hard-to-pin-down voice. Director Kim Mi-jo said that 〈Little Miss Sunshine〉 (2006) and Bong Joon-ho’s 〈The Host〉 (2006) were the biggest influences on 〈Gyeongju Trip〉.

“The rush of battle is often a potent and lethal addiction, for war is a drug.” The Hurt Locker (2009), which won the 2010 Academy Award for Best Picture, opens with that title card. Director Kathryn Bigelow drew the quotation from War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, a 2002 nonfiction book by...

335-meter tunnel-style space opens on the 24th, with holographic media art running through Sept. 27 A vast underground space spanning more than 1,000 pyeong and hidden beneath the heart of the city for 40 years has finally been unveiled, 13 meters below Seoul Plaza.