• BA:BO

    Feb 20, 2015

    ‘BA:BO’ may be slickly shot and handled by a mostly photogenic cast, though it is undoubtedly easy to become immersed in its world.

  • Lovers’ Concerto

    Apr 16, 2015

    Thanks to a trio of popular Korean actors, ‘Lovers’ Concerto’ manages to ease along a predictable route without feeling too manipulative.

  • My Sassy Girl

    May 3, 2015

    This isn’t a perfect film, but it’s got more imagination and energy than most of the rom-com genre efforts of recent years put together.

  • Sad Movie

    May 20, 2015

    ‘Sad Movie’ is professionally executed with slick, expertly-lit photography and that Korean ability to use common emotional triggers without being quite so conniving as expected.

  • Scandal Makers

    May 21, 2015

    This comedy succeeds because of its wit and characterisation, two attributes that go hand-in-hand in the better efforts of the genre.

  • The Killer: A Girl Who Deserves To Die

    Mar 23, 2023

    With its refreshing 90-minute runtime and welcome 1990s action movie approach to delivering as many set-pieces as possible, ‘The Killer’ may lack overall character development, but it delivers stellar done-for-real action.

  • Windstruck

    Jun 27, 2015

    Melodramatic, beautiful, witty, hilarious, tragic, heavy-handed, overlong… ‘Windstruck’ is an enjoyable enigma that has enough virtues to make even a stoic critic a little more forgiving.