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Talk about a bolt from the blue. Veteran James and his military dog, Odin, are stranded in the middle of the wilderness after their plane makes an emergency landing. The nearest road is 80 kilometers away, and they must survive the cold, wild animals and everything else nature throws at them.

I’m drawn to music in movies. Sometimes, music conveys a character’s private feelings that images and dialogue alone cannot fully express. It can also offer a window into a creator’s hidden intentions. For me, understanding a film’s music has been one way to reach the film itself.

[First Reaction] The Korean animated film that captivated 35 film festivals around the world! 〈Pig That Survived Foot-and-Mouth Disease〉 opens October 21. This hard-boiled tale from hell follows H, a pig who miraculously survives a culling pit and resolves to become human simply to stay alive, and...

[First Impressions] Lee Sun-bin X Yoo Jae-myung X Kim Young-min X Jeon Seok-ho: a veteran dream team with a combined 238 years of acting experience! 〈Ugly Duckling Ms. Maeng〉 opens October 28. The mission comedy follows Maeng Bo-ram, a Korean language teacher from a small provincial town who...

[First Reaction] Marking 65 years in acting, beloved actress Kim Hye-ja makes a radiant return. 〈Still Radiant〉 opens Oct. 21. 〈Still Radiant〉 follows Sun-ok, who reunites after 60 years with the best friend who shared the most radiant moments of her life.

Director Yeon Sang-ho, a filmmaker often credited with expanding the range and commercial success of Korean cinema, tackles a story rooted in the anxieties of the AI age in 〈Silnakwon〉. The film, which screened for audiences at the 51st Toronto International Film Festival and the 31st Busan...

[First Reaction] ​ A psychological thriller for the age of AI from director Yeon Sang-ho! 〈Paradise〉 opens Oct. 21. 〈Paradise〉 begins when Ryu Sun-woo (Bae Hyun-sung), the son Ryu So-young (Kim Hyun-joo) believed had died, miraculously returns alive to his mother, who lost him nine years ago in the...

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.

Just five years. That is how long it took for the one-shot manga 「Look Back」 to move beyond Japan and capture readers around the world. Tatsuki Fujimoto published the short manga in 2021. It follows Fujino Ayumu and her truant classmate Kyomoto, an exceptionally gifted artist, and what happens when...

I get hooked on music in films. Music often reveals intimate emotions that images and dialogue alone cannot fully convey. It can serve as a window into a creator's hidden intentions. For me, understanding film music has been one route into the movie itself.