A documentary film on the Beatles featuring the group’s final performance will hit local theaters next month. “The Beatles’ Get Back: The Rooftop Concert” will be screened Feb. 11-13 at IMAX theaters, according to Walt Disney Company Korea on Friday, The one-hour movie is the edited highlights of Peter Jackson’s documentary series “The Beatles: Get Back,” which was released on Disney+ last mont...

The Pirates: Goblin Flag (Korea) Opened Jan. 26 Action, Comedy Directed by Kim Jung-hoon Set in the Joseon era, pirate captain Hye-rang (Han Hyo-joo) and her crew members go on a journey to look for hidden treasures of the Goryeo Kingdom that no longer exist. Trouble-making swordsman Muchi (Kang Ha-neul) and his followers also decide to join the pirates. However, on their way, they are met w...

The film’s story unfolds in a 1970s North Korea, instead of the novel’s setting during China’s Cultural Revolution. “It was the time of the Cold War. Due to different ideologies, there was strong oppression. I thought I could show a suffocating love story between a man and a woman in this setting. I think that key material for a romance drama is death,” Jang said in explaining the backdrop. “In ...

“All of Us Are Dead,” an adaptation of a webtoon series of the same title, stars many young actors, including Park, Yoon Chan-young, Lomon, Yoo In-soo and Lim Jae-hyeok. It also features Cho Yi-hyun, best known for her medical student role in tvN’s “Hospital Playlist,” Lee Yoo-mi, known for her heart-rending scene with Jun Ho-yeon, as Ji-yeong and Saebyeok respectively, in the marbles section of ...

All the way from Joseon era to train to Busan, Korean zombies now appear in high school

The Korean Theater Association on Tuesday released a statement to urge the government to give assistance to local theaters that have been suffering since COVID-19 broke out two years ago. The Korean Theater Association’s members include the top three local multiplex operators -- CGV, Lotte Cinema and Megabox. “We have been complaining about the financial difficulties caused by the pandemic and ...

With the election looming, the response from theaters has been lukewarm thus far. “We are having a hard time as multiplex theaters are reluctant to screen a political film, which can be seen as biased,” Kim said. “After watching our film some said they don’t think that it is biased but we are still having some difficulties finding theaters to release our film.“ “Candlelight Revolution” will hit...

Seol said this line seems to sum up why parties fight against each other so fiercely during elections. “I think that process of fighting for their justice is what the election is all about,” he said. Seol also talked about why he chose to work with director Byun again after having worked together in “The Merciless,” which was invited for a midnight screening at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. Th...

Two homegrown movies will hit local theaters next week to lure film buffs and holiday shoppers ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday. "Kingmaker" and "The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure" will open Wednesday, three days before the five-day Lunar New Year holiday begins. The first day of the new year based on the lunar calendar falls on Feb. 1 this year. The political film "Kingmaker" de...

Special Delivery (Korea) Opened Jan. 12 Action Directed by Park Dae-min Special delivery driver Eun-ha (Park So-dam) mainly works for a criminal group. She delivers anything that cannot be delivered legally. One day, Eun-ha receives a mission to deliver Seo-won (Jung Hyeon-jun), a young boy that a criminal group is chasing after. When she decides to save him, she becomes a target of not only...

Oscar-winning filmmaker Bong Joon-ho will likely come back with an English-language movie based on an unpublished US science-fiction novel on clones, with Hollywood star Robert Pattinson likely in a starring role, US media outlets reported Thursday. According to Deadline and other news media, the South Korean director is preparing to adapt Edward Ashton's upcoming novel "Mickey7" into a film wit...

South Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo will compete at the Berlin International Film Festival for the third year in a row. According to the lineup for the 72nd edition announced Wednesday, Hong‘s 27th feature, “The Novelist’s Film,” was listed as one of the 18 movies that will vie for the Gold and Silver Bears at the festival scheduled for Feb. 10-16. It is the third consecutive year that a ...

The movie is a sequel to “The Pirates,” which attracted an audience of more than 8.6 million eight years ago. Everything in the new film has changed, including the cast, storyline, and director. Toward the end of the interview, Kang talked about his plans for 2022. “Right now I am filming the JTBC drama ‘Insider.’ It will end next month. I have been working non-stop after serving in the militar...

Visitors of the exhibition will be able to watch eight films including “Chihwaseon,” by director Im, which won the prestigious best director award in 2002 at Cannes.

Since Han is widely known to the public for her performance in romance films like “The Beauty Inside,” there were also mixed reviews about her playing a charismatic leader in a new movie after the press screening event held on Wednesday. “I know that there is an expectation for me to show a feminine style and performance, which sometimes feels like pressure on me,” Han said. “But I think I have ...