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Christmas in August (1998) Korean

Christmas in August (1998) Korean

Another love tale about a Middle aged man who runs a Photo Studio gets diagnosed with Disease counting his last days. As he knows time is not his friend anymore as death may visit him any moment , he decides to spend his last few days happily trying to catch up with his old friends and spending more time with family. That is when he happens comes in contact with a beautiful girl who works for traffic police. She becomes a regular customer for the studio and slowly falls in love with him without realizing his condition.When he slowly realizes that she is falling for him that too for a sick person , he slowly tries to avoid her and one fine day studio gets closed while he gets admitted in hospital.This girl comes to the studio in hope everyday that he may come back but that never happens and her love slowly fades with the snow. Movie is very touchy and Emotional yet the performance from lead actor was top notch , lives up to the character perfectly. Scenes were he sleeps next to the father in afraid of thunderstorm or the last letter or when he cries inside his room was very sentimental and heart crunching. Love portions were so perfect and the chemistry between them was so magical. Movie might sound too emotional but its a perfect feel good breezy film to be felt and enjoyed.

My Love, My Bride (2014) Korean

My Love, My Bride (2014) Korean

One of best Korean movies out there portraying the essence of Marriage and love. Movie depicts Post marriage life of two young couples who recently got married and ups n downs during their initial time together while trying to understand on a new phase of life. Arguments , misunderstandings , Diversions, lust , Love , affection , forgiveness , caring everything together constitutes a good marriage and this movie brings it all perfectly on screen. Their cute little fights are beautiful to watch and the way they pamper each other when its needed gives such a pleasant feel , especially last scene at the hospital is top notch. This sure is one of feel good movie giving a pleasant experience post watching. A movie not to be missed.

Thread of Lies (2014) Korean

Thread of Lies (2014) Korean

Story about a school girl who commits suicide because of bullying at her school but exact reasons stays unknown. She is always very depressed not outspoken neither have many friends but when she did try to make few things go very bad for her. Movie moves further on how her mother and Elder sister who studies in same school starts to find the real reason for her death as they slowly enquire about incidents happened before her death. While this is on , they start to find the final death note written by her secretly hidden in a ball of yarn.How this short messages brings close to the facts for her death is the story while the finishing note is not revenge but forgiveness. Movie is slow but definitely a feeler and a very good drama which can be experienced and felt.

Ditto (2000) Korean

Ditto (2000) Korean

A romantic love tale with a very unique touch, concept kind of predestination movie. One story happens during 1977 and the other at year 2000. These both time periods are linked with a Ham radio using which this guy in 2000 finds out that this radio is opening a gateway to communicate with this girl in 1977 . While at first they don't believe each-other if it could even happen as one of them could be faking it but as move progresses they do start to believe this unexplained phenomenon and slowly start to trust each other. The twist in the tale is mind-blowing when its revealed on how the girl in 1977 is connected to this guy's parents who lives in 2000. Movie is so beautiful capturing emotions of people at different time period and also explaining how every incident in life is interlinked as fate is destined. Simple movie but wonderfully executed to perfection.This is a stunning movie on a very rare subject and a must watch movie not to be missed.

My Girl and I ( 2005 ) Korean

My Girl and I ( 2005 ) Korean

Yet another beautiful romantic film from Korean makers. Story is very very usual considering the year it was made as many more movies of such got released post this with similar story-line. Movie is about the tale of two school students who fall in love but their love didnt last long as she gets diagnosed with Leukemia at later stages. While he knows its already too late yet how he stays with her on her last days trying to make her happy while hiding his pain is the story.As said story might sound cliche but what surpasses is the making of the film melting our hearts along the way supported by a mesmerizing BGM. No matter what film is that..these Korean makers are always one step ahead when it comes to visuals & BGM and their Output always lifts the movie a step ahead with that. This movie is a feeler , invoking a deep wrenching thoughts of lost love and heart crushing moments when someone close to you leave you behind. A must watch movie to be experienced and felt. Enjoy watching.

La meute (2010) French

La meute (2010) French

A women gets kidnapped by a mother and son who works at a deserted Inn, only to realize that she is been prepared as a Sacrifice to keep Zombie Monsters who come out of earth during Full Moon. The only way to keep these Monsters off the village people is to feed them and satisfy them. Leaving with no other choice , Mother and her son had to do this nasty work to keep them-self safe. Movie is about how that women tries to escape from them and whether if she succeeded in doing that follows the rest. Monster concept was not so catchy with usual zombie touch but at first it looked like a physiological thriller though. But totally turned into a horror flick with usual story-line. Not so gruesome as other movies of similar concept and can be watched once if you are fan of zombie movies.

Frontier(s) (2007) French

Frontier(s) (2007) French

A disturbing tale just like Hostel, Wrong Turn , 2001 manic , High tension Movie. Film is about couple of people who flee away from Paris as they are been chased by police due to political condition. While on their run they decide to take rest for a day in a Inn en-route , but only later did they realize that the hotel is run by a disturbed cannibalistic Neo Nazi family who call them-self pure blood and was too late as they are surrounded. From then on its about these escapes hunted one after other being killed brutally and how only girl manage to escape from this Sick people is the story. Movie is very disturbing and bone chilling watching those people hunting humans for meat. But the last scene when this girl takes things to her hand to kill each of these sick people felt good someway. Not a complete gore or slasher film but avoid if you are too sensitive.

The Green Inferno (2013)

The Green Inferno (2013) :-

Eli Roth is back again with this film from his previous terrorizing movies like Hostel series. Need a stomach to even see this film for the brutality of it , was just spine chilling the way some scenes were shot. Movies is about bunch of activist deciding to go into the jungle to stop from Private Contractors destroying entire villages along with the Tribes. But in a plane accident on their return , they get struck up in mid Forrest taken down by the cannibalistic tribes which we know what to expect next. How one girl survives is the story.Movie is not as intense as Cannibal Holocaust but yet it is very disturbing . That thought of even imagining being their in these victims place surrounded by cannibals will give nightmares for sure. This is not a movie for light hearted.

Man in Love ( 2014) Korean

Man in Love ( 2014) Korean

Story of a debt collector Han Tae-il working for a loan shark falls in love with a beautiful girl whose father took from money from them. When her father gets into coma , entire responsibility to clear the dept falls on her head which is a huge sum of money. Seeing her condition and that she recently lost her father , Han Tae-il steps in to help her and that slowly blossoms into mutual love. Things go bad when he gets arrested for a assault case and later released well from prison half way through his sentence as he gets diagnosed for brain tumor. How will he survive his last days and what happens to the love he have for her..how will his family take this news about his illness forms the rest part of the story. Movie is deep emotional and very melancholic throughout. There were so many scenes like Dads funeral , Family fight , scene at which she takes care of Han Tae-il at the hospital or at the end his dad's affection with a emotional scene at bus , Everything is just amazing fits perfectly for a film like this. Movie is well proportioned with right mixture of emotions , feeling of love and affection till the end making screenplay apt for such a film. A movie to be seen and experienced , enjoy watching.

A Millionaire's First Love (2006) Korean

A Millionaire's First Love (2006) Korean

This would be easily one of few best Classy Korean flicks in romance genre. The first thing which will get your attention is the magical Background score throughout the film with a splendid Visuals to support it. BGM is so divine that it would make your heart melting with the movie. Movie is about a millionaire guy raised by his grandfather after his parents death due to a car accident. He lives a very high live spending money on everything lavishly with his rich friends until his grandfather Demise. It was then he gets to know about his Grandfathers will from his lawyer that in-order to inherit the entire wealth he needs to successfully graduate from a school in a village else all wealth would go to trust fund. So that's were his journey begins as he arrives to that village trying to adopt to that normal life. Being rich he used to live a comfort life but now he needs to get accustomed to a very normal life and with great difficulty he slowly adapts to it while at the same time he falls in love with a orphan girl. Things goes totally bad when he gets to know that she is breathing her last days of life and that there is nothing there to prevent from it. So the rest part is how he makes her happy on those few days remaining and how once a rich guy who never cared about anything has totally became a guy who is ready to give up anything for the sake of love. Movie is very appealing and pleasing throughout. A best feel good movie this is and i could say this is also a Korean version of my fav film " A walk to remember". This is a movie not to be missed and need to be experienced. A must watch list.

Check out the BGM Below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHMhhIP09w4
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Architecture 101 (2012) Korean

Architecture 101 (2012) Korean

A nicely scripted film , a movie which will immediately connect with most of viewers. A young girl who divorced recently comes in touch with a architect to build her a house in her Native. Later it gets to know that the architect is none other then her first crush at college and flashback starts to unfold. As movie progress , their love n crush during college days becomes more evident and with reasons on how their unspoken love led to their separation. Will he build her the house , Will they fall in love again , will they settle back is the rest of the story. There are so many scenes in the film which can easily establish a connection with us and every flashback scene during college days is so lovely to watch.A perfect romantic movie which will make us travel along and a experience of lifetime to have a nostalgic feel on your first crush. A must watch Korean flick not to be missed.

Goodnight Mommy (2014) German

Goodnight Mommy (2014) German

A good psychological thriller. Kids when they are young , they feel so secure and protected while they are with their parents. Even a slight changes in parents behavior can greatly impact the kids as they are more delicate and fragile at their young age. Such cases can even damage these kids behavior totally even without them-self realizing whats good and whats not. They judgement becomes spontaneous and they stop caring about anything else then the present. This movie is exactly that , two twin kids move to their mother's residence which is in a isolated terrain. She is a divorce and her face is completely masked as she is currently going through reconstructive face surgery because of a accident. This divorce and the accident had a great impact on her mentally where her behavior with kids drastically changes day by day. These twins not able to take these behavior changes of their mom and they start to suspect their true identity that she is not her real mother. This slowly brings a evil thoughts within the kids and they escalate these to next level by strangling and torturing her in an attempt to get truth out of her about their real mom. This poor women who is the real mother for these kids struggle to make them understand and did she succeed in that , whats her fate in-stake goes the rest part. Movie gets intense at second half and plot is not so tense or with great surprise but still the script definitely keeps one engaged till the end. At same time when we start feeling sympathy for the mother in this film , our spine gets shivering on the extent these disturbed kids go without any remorse or repentance. Had similar impact before while watching another Romanian movie Them (2006) Ils , but this movie is good too. Deserves a one time watch for sure.

Always (2011) Korean

Always (2011) Korean

An excellent move on Romance genre with a perfect melodrama touch. An ex-boxer who was convicted for 4 years in prison on charges of Assault during Debt collection, comes out and lives a normal and peaceful life till he meets up with a beautiful but blind women. How he gets back to boxing ring to bring her eye sight back is the story. But the way this movie delivers that love portion between them and the chemistry was just stunning. Every scene in this movie when the lead pair are together stays in our heart causing a deep impact on us. Especially a scene where she tries to touch his face to try visualize his face in her mind was just mesmerizing and there were so many portions which brings tears in you for the emotions it creates. Was afraid if this would have a bad ending but it wasn't and rather it was a perfect but beautiful ending to such a good film. This movie story was similar to Tollywood movie Johnny but this was way better then any. A definite must watch movie for any movie freak and should be on top watch list. Enjoy watching and experience the love as you melt seeing it.

Moss (2010) Korean

Moss (2010) Korean

A crime thriller about two people settling down in a isolated village one taking path of redemption and other taking control over the village with strong fist who soon became chief of that village. Things dont go well for the former person and one fine day he falls dead. News reaches to his son who lives in city reaches out to this village to perform his final rights. While in that process , his son also happens to find all property on his father name been taken over by the chief and he starts to suspect his father death. While his son starts to investigate things around this village , lot of mysterious things gets unfold with many unexpected deaths , threats to his life happens around. Why is that village so mysterious , what is so dark secret that these people hide farms the rest of the story. Movie is lengthy with 2:42hrs run-time but it moves on quiet good but needs a lot of patience. Good thriller but expected more twists at-least at the end as it could have been a occult movie easily but instead it was a drama about human emotions and weakness. Can be watched one time but a lengthy crime drama.

Rainy Dog (1997) Japanese

Rainy Dog (1997) Japanese

Story about a A Japanese assassin Yuuji currently hiding in Taiwan gets a contract job from a local mobster to kill couple of his business rivals. While he takes up the job given to him and plans for his movie , a women from his past meets him suddenly after many years leaving her son with him while on her return. For him it was surprising and shocking to know the fact that he even had a son this age and that he had to take care of him as well which will be impacting his line of work. Still Yuuji gets the job done with the kill list post which the brother of the victim joins hand with the local mobster for a resolution in return of giving up Yuuji head as revenge. Being betrayed by the guy who Yuuji considered as family also the brother of the victim searching Yuuji to have him killed while this is on, there is another contract killer who is been looking to finish Yuuji for the past 3 years. So when everything against Yuuji and Yuuji now having a kid under his care , what would happen to his life and how would he survive this situation forms rest of the story. Story is quiet usual but considering the fact it released many years back it is still okay but the making was queit good with well supported BGM Throughout. This will definitely impress neo-noir fans very much. Give it a try.

Sea Fog (2014) Korean

Sea Fog (2014) Korean

Yet another stunning movie from Yun-seok Kim who is known for other movies like Chaser , The thieves yellow sea etc. In this movie Yun-seok Kim plays as captain of a Small fishing boat with minimal crew to run. As he gets economically in-stable , he decides to take up job to smuggle immigrants from China to Korea. Their task is to retrieve the immigrants in mid of a sea from another Ship and to bring them back to the shore safely. Well they did pickup the people as per the schedule but things gets catastrophic when most of the people who are to be smuggled gets killed in a Boat accident. From then on how each crew member start to act up strange and how fate ends up their Journey sour makes the rest part of the film. Movie is very good and really engaging till the end. It does even have a romance portion of it which is very supportive to the story and at same time its a perfect thriller in all sense. This is one another finest films from Korea not to be missed and a must watch for sure

Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014) Chinese

Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014) Chinese

A perfect crime investigation thriller which won Golden Bear award at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival. Movie about Mysterious Murders which happened at the province of China during 1999 where dismembered Body parts of the victims were found at Coal shipments. Since these shipments came from many parts of the country , it became very difficult for the lead detectives to track the killer while led to Suspension from their duties which shamed them. Things go silent for sometime when in 2004 similar killings start to appear and these detectives step back in line to track the real killer. Will they find the killer and bring to justice , what would be the motive behind these gruesome killing remain the best part of the movie. Film is quiet slow yet it keeps moving in its own phase and definitely needs patience. Not so great film with some treat twists or surprises yet it has his own credits to it. Can be watched once for the atmosphere this movie creates.

The Target (2014) Korean

The Target (2014) Korean

A perfect Nail biting Action thriller which is a remake of the 2010 French film Point Blank. Yeo-Hoon an ex-soldier gets framed up for the murder of a CEO and gets himself hurt in a shootout. While he gets treated at the hospital , the doctor gets a anonymous call to bring Yeo-Hoon out of hospital if he wants to save his wife. While this is on , there is another group of Mercenaries who also happen to be police personals try to find Yeo-Hoon and the doctor to cleanup the mess as they were the actual people who killed that CEO. So it becomes a cat and mouse came as Yeo-Hoon along with the doctor team up to safe his wife and also prove themself not guilty. This is a action rich film with fast phased screenplay and the tense moments are really builds up nice. Unlike many other Korean movie , this movie has a far better happy ending which is a good thing to take. Overall this is one of must watch entertaining movie not to be missed.

The Terror, LIVE (2013) Korean

The Terror, LIVE (2013) Korean

An anonymous call comes to a news channel on a online talk show, the caller tells the jockey Yoon Young-hwa that he has planted a bomb on a famous Mapo bridge and that he is going to detonate it shortly if president is not apologizing onair live in reason for the people who lost their life during construction of that bridge. Realizing it to be a opportunity to gain last fame as a news Anchor and to bring more Ratings to his news channel , he changes that talk show to a live TV Show. But the reporter wouldn't have believed that his life would be getting screwed in line and that the Caller would take entire control of the news studio along with the reporter to get what he wants. From then on , it becomes a intense game of how Yoon Young-hwa handles the caller to save the life of many innocent people on that bridge. Was he able to save the people from the bomb and was the caller caught , did president apologize will be the end part of it. Movie is very thrilling and runs so fast with excellent screenplay keeping you engaged till the end.Though the ending was hard , yet it allows us to empathize on the caller and as well as the life of anchor in different angle. A must watch Crime thriller not to be missed.

My Wife Is a Gangster (2001) Korean

My Wife Is a Gangster (2001) Korean

A complete fun riot and a fully entertaining movie. As name suggests the lead role Eun-jin is a Women ,boss for a big gangster organization. When she happen to find her Elder sister Yu-jin after many years , she comes to know the fact that her sister is Counting her last stages of her life due to disease. Yu-jin conveys her last wish to her younger sister that she wants to see her getting married before anything happens to her. Eun-jin Starts to search for a right match for her disguising herself as a normal women and finally she finds one, a very silent innocent calm man. They too get married post which how their life go further while she being a gangster and he being a simple but kind-hearted man who doesnt like to even hurt anyone accidentally. They struggle to get together and understand each other through the course of movies forms the core plot of it. There were so many moments where you just cant stop laughing and its so fun to see the way the couples get along each other character. A nice feel good movie which has action , emotion , fun , romance all together and it will a complete package for sure. Definitely worth a try.

Gangster High (2006) Korean

Gangster High (2006) Korean

A very good film on friendship about Six High-school kids who join together to form a Soccer playing club called tigers who now had to face the seniors in school who start to bully them. Every character in this six are unique and they form a great bond together while protecting each other at any cost. School life goes well for them until the time Things wrongly when one of their close friend gets killed during a street fight. How did the other guys take and what they do out of vengeance forms the rest. Movie is quiet nice with friendship as core plot and a bit on emotional side too yet Story is very usual considering it released many years back. This is definitely worth one time watch.

Tomorrowland (2015)

Tomorrowland (2015)

Yet another wonderful movie from GC . A pure time travel film under Fantasy genre with a splendid making. Visuals are damn good and watching our future and traveling back n forth was so cool. Movie is bit on a slower side yet a jolly ride and would be a lovely concept for many. Enjoy this movie and have fun watching , yes off-course with a bit patience too.

Puli ( 2015 ) Tamil

Puli ( 2015 ) Tamil

First of all i been watching so many reviews and that everyone even before starting their review they tell them-self they are not vijay haters or ajith fan or neutral cinema goer etc..well i wont do that here..this is clearly my opinion only and its upto oneself to take it or ignore it..!!!

I always welcome any kind of movie from lead stars be it a mass film like thuppakki or a romantic ones like kadhalukku mariyadhai but all i expect is if the film satisfies your thirst at the end or not...!!! Thats all matters for a movie freak, Chimbudevan is known for his unique handcrafted films and his different touch to fantasy subjects always impressed me and i am sure thats what he intended to do with this film...at-least he thought it to be. Well , glad that he thought about it but it doesn't end there..it is also important how you present it to the audience and not just half baked attempts.If you want to try something do it to the fullest not half hearted and if you are no sure of how to do a particular genre film an want to experiment it..dont do it at cost of a lead actors and spoil their image at first. They are definitely not your lab rats to test and this movie is a fine example to it

Initial start of the movie that animation during the title and story telling part was definitely impressive at-least for me though it again reminded me of bahubali and few other movies yet it doesn't matter as long as i like it and i did. But post that i really didnt even expect such a low standard introduction for such a star and director should have definitely taken some care towards that while he clearly knows DSP BGM and song sucks to the core. Every movie we might have few scenes that we might not like but here i have to convince myself from disliking each scene and i was like will there be any one scene which will be good to watch and it hardly came. Costume designing was worst to the core adding to poor art design both really did-not go well together especially for such a period fantasy film but thats just part of sad story which we can even digest.Even the stunts went terribly wrong giving a feel like playing DOS games all over again. Did any of you who watched this movie able to connect to any character at all ?? Did you even felt sympathy when Prabhu was at death bed or did you felt that chemistry during romance portion when Shruthi and vijay proposed or at-least thats how we need to take that scene. Even when people been tortured in the film, did it ever hit you hard to empathize their pain..answer is Big No. No characters leave a mark on us not even the worst comedy tracks which was forcefully induced to the film just like all horrible songs. Well Yendi Yendi was one good flower in a Pond filled with Mud , that was only pleasing thing in entire film and like others say when all goes bad even a slightest good feels so good and Jingiliya song was exactly that, that was the time we could take a deep breath while you been tortured to the core.

Why is everyone say that fantasy movies are made for kids, may be many miss the fact that its adults who like such films that said even cartoons then the kids itself. Because everyone has a child in them and at times these films bring that out of them. That said this movie i could see so many kids in the theater and off-course they love their star too and adding to that it was advertised as a children movie. Well let it be...but did children liked this film ? Do you even happen to see the faces of kid in theater or their mocking comments in those ages...Common guys this is a period of Avatar , Batman arkham , Xbox and PSP4 times and you tend to serve them a movie which should have been made during 90's and you expect them to take it..well no..its hard even for them and that goes to adults too. Giant robot , Super Human Samurai , Wizard of Oz those were those TV movie days and those were the period these movies satisfied us to the core but now given a movie like this is definitely a wrong choice , while bahubali kind of movie are trying to take our film industry to next level , this is definitely a unwanted or wasted attempt by Chimdudevan. If you didnot had the budget dont do it or if you lack the right resources , either take help or wait but dont spoil it and stop thinking audience lightly that they will accept anything n everything shown on screen. Times are changing Chimbudevan , please evolve with it.

CG works are little okay still while i had to hand pick few good scenes like the bridge ones or the last Magic wand breaking scene but all others are Cropped from some free provided games like angry birds , temple run or comic books like cyclops or Lilliput. Whatever be it...it doesnt come good and neither it was so bad too. Well the Black panther or leopard scene ( whatever be it ) is a exclusion and i dont wanna test my nerve with my tolerance level , lets leave it to talk about it. but yet this was definitely a amateur attempt. Shruthi presence was fine but i am not sure who asked her to do in her own voice , it was like pouring a hot oil in ear and it was totally disgusting to the core and testing our patience. The good thing was in second half she doesn't talk even a word and it was a great releif for me at-least. Why is even that Angry bird present during the entire course of the film , i really dont know which way that bird was so helpful for him except that the director might have thought that placing a talking bird with poorly made CG work might impress the audience to make themself feel comfortable that they are watching a fantasy film. Well that was a nice try but better luck to him next time. In many movies , we might feel like why the heck songs are placed without purpose into the film or induced into the script as a filler to the run-time but in this movie songs are the savior i would say. That was the only time people have chance to run out to take a deep breath and refresh them-self or for some to cry out loud in that small gap of time.Whatever be it..thanks to those placements which i am sure helped a lot.

I appreciate Vijay for picking such a movie or even giving his ears to it , its not easy for a person like his stature to pick such a subject , hats off to him still i would say him to be a little bit more careful to pick the right scripts after listening to it entirely but not the half way through while director or writer narrate it initially creating a bigger impression to get his call sheet. Body language of vijay was very very poor in this entire movie and Second half that flash back portion was intolerable to the core really..especially pulivendhan Getup was way beyond bad with just having a wig doesnt make a getup changeover , it was a big joke and if the father character was a imitation to Bahubali father character then i am really sorry , its no way even close to it or felt a spoof version of it. Vijayakumar i dont know what his role was but yet he shows up here somehow reminding Kattappa in mind but that just that....he comes and goes just like all other characters in the movie.Vedhalam kingdom were portrayed as some super-humans imitating a dracula kingdom again like in Wesley snipes blade movie or underworld movie which is good but shouldn't they really justified it with little more care then just showing them as people who can fly with blue eyes and vampire teeth. This really didnot convince themself as some powerful people but just some stoned jerks around. Poor screenplay with very usual story-line.Really very bad making failing to capture audience attention or giving a good feel towards the end.

I could keep telling this to show my frustration on this movie and that disappointment i carry in me yet i end it here considering the fact that they learn something from their mistakes and give a better product next time. But this movie will sure be left out of history and will face the dawn which is a hard reality to accept. Bad attempt and Watch it if you really have nerves n patience in you. I dont want to even say one time watch if your not the actor/Director fan. This is all my opinion only and as always ignore it if it doesnt match up to your view. thanks

Bedevilled (2010) Korean

Bedevilled (2010) Korean

Such a impact-full movie so disturbing and very intense yet still makes us empathize with her pain when she is shattered by her kid's loss. This flute scene towards the end was top notch and a scene which will stay in mind for a long time. A must watch movie for everyone but only for strong hearted people