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★★★★★ "The Murderer": A killer is laying low until one day a girl who knows who he is appears in front of him and awakens his killer instinct. (01/16)
★★★★ "Marbling": A virgin professor takes advice from a nude painter on getting the man she desires. (01/16)
★★★ "Hype Nation 3D": A South Korean dance crew battle it out to prove who has what it takes to be the best. (01/16)
★★★ "Taste": A hotshot hunk loses his job and finds himself at home surrounded by four curious neighbours. (01/16)
Title: "The Murderer"
Genre: Thriller
Length: 76 min
Release Date: 2014/01/16
Director: Lee Gi-wook*
Stars: Ma Dong-seok, Ahn Do-gyu, Kim Hyun-soo
The Short and Sweet: A killer is laying low until one day a girl who knows who he is appears in front of him and awakens his killer instinct.
★★★★★
Title: "Marbling" (aka "Virgin Theory : 7 Steps To Get On The Top")
Genre: Melodrama, Romantic Comedy
Length: 99 min
Release Date: 2014/01/16
Director: Ahn Cheol-ho ("Just Friends - 2010)
Stars: Hwang Woo-seul-hye, Kim Sa-hee, Kim Jin-woo, Kim Jong-seok, Min Sung-wook
The Short and Sweet: A virgin professor takes advice from a nude painter on getting the man she desires.
Mal-hee (Hwang Woo-seul-hye) is 33 years old and has never had a boyfriend or kissed someone; a big nerd who works as an assistant professor at a university and finds herself attracted to just one man. Mal-hee is obviously inexperience traveller in the land of love, and so takes the advice of a painter (who specialising in nudes, and played by Kim Sa-hee) to help her get the only man she desires: Sang-Woo (Kim Jin-woo).
★★★★
Title: "Hype Nation 3D"
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Length: 84 min
Release Date: 2014/01/16
Director: Park Hyeong-woo-I*
Stars: Jay Park, Park No-shik
The Short and Sweet: A South Korean dance crew battle it out to prove who has what it takes to be the best.
★★★
Title: "Taste"
Genre: Erotic, Melodrama, Romance
Release Date: 2014/01/16
Director: Kyeong Seok-ho*
Stars: Jung Myung-seo, Yoo Da-eun, Hee Jeong, Lee Eun-mi-I
The Short and Sweet: A hotshot hunk loses his job and finds himself at home surrounded by four curious neighbours.
One man and five women?! Chic, innocent, sexy, tough and mysterious, take your pick. Myeong-tae (Jung Myung-seo) was a hot shot in a stock firm who had everything from looks to a hot body, but was fired for a mistake he made and is neglected by sexy wife (Yoo Da-eun). The women in the neighbourhood (who are always at home for different reasons) start looking out for and tempt this young stub into a series of affairs.
★★★
Also Coming Soon:
"Yellow" (2010), "The Expatriate" (2012), "Frozen" (2013), "The Master" (1989), "Zombie" (2013), "Jack Ryan Shadow Recruit" (2014), "The Four 2" (2013), "Soulless" (2012), "Closed Season" (2012), "Love Battles" (2013), "Blue is the Warmest Color" (2013), "Rhino Season" (2012), "Oldboy" (2013), "Fruitvale Station" (2013), "Harlock: Space Pirate" (2013)
Sources:
AsianWiki: http://asianwiki.com/Murderer_(Korean_Movie); http://asianwiki.com/Virgin_Theory_:_7_Steps_To_Get_On_The_Top; http://asianwiki.com/Hype_Nation_3D
Daum: http://movie.daum.net/movieinfo/coming/movieInfoScheduled.do?modeType=day&order=recently
HanCinema: http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Hype_Nation_3D.php; http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Marbling.php; http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_The_Murderer.php; http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Taste.php
KOBIZ: http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20119982
- C.J. Wheeler (chriscjw@gmail.com; @KoreaOnTheCouch)