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Showing posts with label spy thriller. Show all posts

Showing posts with label spy thriller. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Review: THE AGE OF SHADOWS, Kim Jee-woon's Dazzling Period Spy Thriller

By Pierce Conran Korean theatres have become inundated with films set during the Japanese Colonial period over the last few years but ...

Monday, May 12, 2014

Review: Strong Scenes Doth Not a Narrative Make in Genre-Hopping COMMITMENT

By Pierce Conran Following on from this year's Secretly Greatly , another action-drama featuring Korean idols playing young North ...

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Review: THE SUSPECT Eschews Drama for Action, and Lots of It

By Pierce Conran Thinking back to Shiri (1999) and Secret Reunion (2010), North Korean spies have a history of success at the Korean ...

Sunday, April 21, 2013

UDINE 2013: The Berlin File (베를린, 2013)

Part of MKC's coverage of the 15th Udine Far East Film Festival. From North By Northwest (1959) all the way to Tinker Sailor So...

Monday, February 4, 2013

The Berlin File (베를린, Bereullin) 2013

From North By Northwest (1959) all the way to Tinker Sailor Soldier Spy (2011), spy thrillers have long captured the imagination of fi...

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