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Once again, Netflix is offering a trip to Night City. Set to premiere October 20, 〈Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2〉 (hereafter 〈Edgerunners 2〉) tells a story separate from its predecessor. But it, too, promises the essence of the cyberpunk genre through characters trying to make a life amid the dangers of...

Box-office prospects were already more or less lost, yet 〈Digger〉 is earning strong reviews from audiences. Of course, some viewers dislike it as critics did before release, but in South Korea (as of Oct. 7) it has a Watcha score of 3. 8 and a CGV Golden Egg of 92%, earning especially strong marks.

Baseball and dating, two of South Korea’s biggest obsessions right now, have been brought together. The genre of Korean dating shows — which has evolved from remote islands to unfamiliar travel spots, from sibling duets to programs pairing people who have never dated before — has reached another...

In 〈The Intern〉, Han So-hee plays Seon-woo, a fast-rising fashion CEO whose drive masks deep uncertainty. The film, which opens on the 16th, is a character drama about a woman who, amid instability, gradually finds her own steadiness.

Gong Hyo-jin’s acting carries an unusually persuasive power. Even a premise in which a character sets out to punish a heinous criminal herself, and a genre blend that shuttles relentlessly between comedy and tears, feel entirely believable because of her.

We’re in the era of big animated hits. It sounds like a joke, but it’s true. After DreamWorks and Disney set box-office records with theatrical animated features, Japanese animation has taken up the baton and is winning over devoted audiences.

Christopher Nolan’s 〈Odyssey〉, which opened Aug. 5, drew 290,000 moviegoers on its first day in South Korea and suggests the strong U.S. box-office trend may continue into South Korea. Directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Zendaya...

A romantic comedy depicting the thrilling, stick-to-your-soul cohabitation of prosecutor Go Eun-sae (Ha-young), who is suffering from amnesia, and boxing coach Jang Tae-ha (Jeong Hae-in), who claims—on his own—that he is her boyfriend, has held a successful production-launch event today (the 5th).

In 2001, what were the girls from 〈Please Take Care of My Cat〉 doing about now? Maybe they’ve already grown up by now. Somewhere, they’re surely doing well. Even so, the descendants of the daydreamer Tae-hee (Bae Doo-na), who kept caring for strays, are being born again—and growing up—somewhere, as...

〈KPop Demon Hunters〉 next is 〈The East Palace〉. The hybrid-genre Netflix series 〈The East Palace〉—which mixes occult and historical drama with mystery, fantasy and action—finally unveiled its first episodes on the 17th after months of anticipation.