Serial Killer films are a staple of South Korean cinema. Every year sees films of the genre released in the country to various degrees of success. This year...
Author - Rhythm Zaveri
Hello, my name is Rhythm Zaveri. For as long as I can remember, I've been watching movies, but my introduction to Asian cinema was old rental VHS copies of Bruce Lee films and some Shaw Bros. martial arts extravaganzas. But my interest in the cinema of the region really deepened when I was at university and got access to a massive range of VHS and DVDs of classic Japanese and Chinese titles in the library, and there has been no turning back since.
An avid collector of physical media, I would say Korean cinema really is my first choice, but I'll watch anything that is south-east Asian. I started contributing to Asian Movie Pulse in 2018 to share my love for Asian cinema in the form of my writings.
It seems to be the current trend in South Korean films to take a modern-day disaster movie setting and place it in the Joseon period. After seeing a giant...
South Korea hasn't really done an exciting hostage negotiation film so far. Here to change that is hit-making production house JK Films...
Actor Cho Seung-woo likes to be quite selective with his projects. Last seen on the big screen in 2015's brilliant political crime-thriller “Inside...
Creature Features have been a bit of a mixed bag in Korean cinema. While “The Host” enjoys a place of pride amongst the Top 5 highest-grossing...
Possibly South Korea's busiest actor, Ma Dong-seok (aka Don Lee) is back once again doing what he does best, making us laugh and kicking seven shades out of...
After the lukewarm crime thriller “The King” in 2017, Jo In-sung is back in historical epic “The Great Battle” by director Kim Kwang...
Actor Lee Sung-min has had quite a year. After a leading role in the comedy “What A Man Wants” and an integral role in the upcoming spy thriller...
Director Lee Joon-ik is perhaps best known for historical dramas like “The King and The Clown” and “The Throne”. After “Dongju:...
Park Hoon-jung gave us the screenplay for the modern-day classic “I Saw The Devil”, “The Unjust” and directed the brilliant “New World” and “The Tiger: An Old...