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Spring Garden has an intriguing mystery at the center of it, but the execution is ultimately really messy, especially the overengineered climax, which doesn’t really make much sense. The movie being inspired by real-life ghost stories turns out to be mostly a gimmick. My agenda here is to simplify the plot of the movie and explain the real meaning of the (unnecessarily) confusing ending. Let us get on with it.

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What Happens In The Movie?

A group of young boys and girls—Yeong-sik, Moon-hee, Eun-joo, and Jin-rae, all about 19-20—enter a gorgeous-looking house in the middle of nowhere. They’re looking for someone named Hyun-joo. As I promised to simplify things, let me just say this right away—Hyun-joo is dead, and her ghost haunts the house, which is known as Spring Garden. These four are not responsible for Hyun-joo’s death. But they used to...

Concert film, “Lim Young Woong Im Hero The Stadium” was the top-grossing film at the South Korean cinema box office over the latest weekend, ahead of conventional narrative movies ‘Alien: Romulus” and “Pilot.”

Data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic) show “Im Hero” to have earned $1.89 million between Friday and Sunday and $3.47 million over its five-day opening frame. “Alien: Romulus” earned $1.66 million in its third weekend and has a 19-day cumulative of $12.5 million.

However, local convention allocates chart ranking according to spectator numbers. According to that logic, “Alien: Romulus” held its lead for a third weekend, having sold a further 223,000 tickets, compared with the 87,000 tickets sold for “Im Hero.” The difference is explained by the concert film’s significantly higher ticket prices.

Lim, who mostly sings ballads and trot songs, emerged on to the scene in a 2020 TV talent show. With good looks and a wholesome,...

“Alien: Romulus” claimed a second weekend victory at the South Korean theatrical box office in another quiet session that may signal the end of the summer season.

The horror-action franchise film collected $2.70 million between Friday and Sunday, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). After 12 days on release, it has a cumulative of $9.81 million.

The film’s weekend performance represented only a modest 24% week-on-week decline compared with its opening frame. And the film’s share of the weekend market remained steady at 28%.

That meant that the overall market trended downwards too – by 23% — delivering the first weekend with aggregate box office below $10 million for ten weeks. A lack of significant titles arriving in cinemas may further be signalling the end of the summer season – a vibrant season in previous year, often dominated by horror titles. Big local titles, such as “Veteran” sequel “I, The Executioner...