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Revenge is a dish served quite often in Korean cinema, and served most deliciously at times at that, so it is a hard game for directors to try and come up with something that hasn't been seen before by the audiences. In his debut feature “The Lost Choices”, Ahn Yong-hoon attempts to do just that, giving a different treatment to his revenge saga.

“My Lovely Angel” is available from Echelon Studios

Once a promising sharpshooter, Chae Ji-yeon became a shell of her former self after a road accident in which she loses both her parents and her voice, with speech proving problematic for her after developing a strong stutter. Now a button-pusher at a textile factory with her best friend Won-kyung, who is trying to get a permanent spot in the company by sleeping with her boss, Ji-yeon has dreams of making a career in design, a dream that is...

The South Korean entertainment industry reeled in shock when, in 2018, beloved and very busy supporting actor Oh Dal-su was accused by a woman in the Korean #metoo movement. All the films involving the actor, who is the founding member of the exclusive 100 Million Viewers Club and still the one with the most films in the top 10 highest grossing Korean films with six, that had been completed at the time were shelved and he was dropped from high-profile films that he was to work on, like the “Along With the Gods” sequel, for example. However, he was cleared of all charges after an investigation and inquiry in 2019 and while films that had already been completed before the controversy slowly started to find their way into theatres, Oh took some time off before returning to cinema. It wasn’t an easy way back either, with the actor who was until then used...

The concept of a hard man ending up having to take care of a child that changes him completely is not exactly unusual in cinema, with the recipe having produced a number of truly fun films with “Kindergarten Cop” and Jackie Chan’s “The Spy Next Door” being some of the first that come to mind. Lee Chang-won and Kwon Sung-mo present a title in the particular style, which takes, though, a more dramatic path, since the child in this case is a blind-deaf one.

“My Lovely Angel” is available from Echelon Studios

Jae-sik is the CEO of Sik Entertainment, an event agency, but his life is not exactly luxurious. He cannot afford an office, operating from his second-hand car, he is alone and in financial trouble, while, as the movie begins, Ji-young, one of the narrator models working for him turns up dead. Jae-sik is worried that his business will plummet even more,...

South Korean indie studio More In Group is using Hong Kong FilMart to launch its new feature film project “19 39.”

Director Park Jae-ho is setting a quick turnaround for the comedy-drama movie which has not yet been filmed, but which he plans to release in summer this year.

The story, written by Kim Min-Jung transports five 39-year-old women back to their childhoods, to experience high school and first love. Their happy memories contrast with present day reality as women on the cusp of middle age. The clash forces them to reflect on the true meaning of love and friendship.

(A similar theme is explored in current Jtbc-Netflix series “Thirty Nine” with three women all age 39 who juggle work, life and relationships. It was also previously explored in 2011 hit film “Sunny”.)

Park has set Lee So-yeon (the lead of TV series “Ms. Montecristo”), Son Yeo-eun (“Crazy Romance”), Jeon Hye-bin, Jung Soo-young...