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★★★★★ "Han Gong-ju": A student struggles to escape her past at a new school in this compelling debut drama. (04/17)
★★★★ "One Summer Night": A romantic tale about broken hearts, abandonment, and newly confessed love. (04/17)
★★★ "God's Eye View": A missionary group are abducted by Islamic rebels and fear their faith is slipping away. (04/17)
★★★★ "Uigwe, the 8-Day Festival 3D": The KBS Documentary team that recorded the 8 books of Joseon's 22nd King Jeong-jo's 8-day festival revives this event in Korea's very own 3D technology. (04/17)
★★★ "KaTalk Project": Eleven upcoming Korean Art School students have gathered together to show modern children the definition of fun in art. (04/17)
★★★★ "The Legacy": A struggling law student has to deal with academic pressures, his dying father, and a would-be sibling who suddenly appears. (04/17)
★★★★ "Make Your Move": A top dancer falls in love with a rival club's sister and has to deal with the consequences. (04/17)
Title: "Han Gong-ju"
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 2014/04/17
Director: Lee Su-jin*
Length: 112 min
Stars: Chun Woo-hee, Jung In-sun, Chae So-young, Lee Young-ran
The Short and Sweet: A student struggles to escape her past at a new school in this compelling debut drama.
★★★★★
Title: "One Summer Night"
Release Date: 2014/04/17
Director: Kim Tae-yong-I ("Romance in Seoul")
Length: 31 min
Stars: Go Kyung-pyo, Lee Cho-hee, ANVIL, Park Soo-jin-I, Shin Hye-sun
The Short and Sweet: A romantic drama about broken hearts, abandonment, and newly confessed love.
★★★★
Title: "God's Eye View"
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 2014/04/17
Director: Lee Jang-ho ("A Journey with Korean Masters")
Length: 89 min
Stars: Oh Gwang-rok, Nam Dong-ha, Kim Min-kyung, Lee Young-sook
The Short and Sweet: A missionary group are abducted by Islamic rebels and fear their faith is slipping away.
★★★
Title: "Uigwe, the 8-Day Festival 3D"
Genre: Documentary
Release Date: 2014/04/17
Director: Choi Pil-gon*
Length: 73 min
Narration: Yeo Jin-goo
The Short and Sweet: The KBS Documentary team that recorded the 8 books of Joseon's 22nd King Jeong-jo's 8-day festival revives this event in Korea's very own 3D technology.
★★★★
Title: "KaTalk Project"
Genre: Documentary
Release Date: 2014/04/17
Director: Kim Jeong-wook-I ("Silk Flower")
Length: 69 min
The Short and Sweet: Eleven upcoming Korean Art School students have gathered together to show modern children, who are familiar with media art, the definition of fun in art.
★★★
Title: "The Legacy"
Genre: Comedy, Melodrama, Romance
Release Date: 2014/04/17
Director: Han Seung-hun*
Length: 99 min
Stars: Jung Gyu-woon, Jung In-gi, Yoon Seung-ah, Lim Hyun-sung
The Short and Sweet: A struggling law student has to deal with academic pressures, his dying father, and a would-be sibling who suddenly appears.
★★★★
Title: "Make Your Move""
Genre: Melodrama, Romance
Release Date: 2014/04/17
Director: Duane Adler*
Length: 110 min
Stars: BoA, Derek Hough, Will Yun Lee
The Short and Sweet: A top dancer falls in love with a rival club's sister and has to deal with the consequences.
★★★★
Also Coming Soon:
"Philomena" (2013), "Need for Speed" (2014), "The Face of Love" (2013), "Divergent" (2014), "Grand Piano" (2013), "Sympathy for Delicious" (2010), "Patema Inverted" (2013), "Sworn Brothers" (1987), "Diaz Diaz: Don't Clean Up This Blood" (2012), "The Sweeney" (2012), "赤毛のアン 完結版" (2009), "Hours" (2013), "SHORT PEACE" (2013), "God's Slave" (2013), "Mengzhou Gangster" (2011), "The Priest's Children" (2013), "Oggy et les cafards" (2013)
Sources:
AsianWiki: http://asianwiki.com/God%27s_Eye_View,
Daum: http://movie.daum.net/movieinfo/coming/movieInfoScheduled.do?modeType=day&order=recently
HanCinema: http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_One_Summer_Night.php, http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_God__s_Eye_View.php, http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Uigwe_v__the_8-Day_Festival_3D.php, http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_KaTalk_Project.php, http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_The_Legacy.php, http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Make_Your_Move.php, http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Han_Gong-ju.php
KOBIZ: http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20139463, http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20130481
- C.J. Wheeler (chriscjw@gmail.com; @KoreaOnTheCouch)