If you ever needed proof that comedy was subjective, The First Ride is it.

No Other Choice proves Park Chan-wook’s almost as pissed off with late stage capitalism as Bong Joon-ho is.

The Ugly has got to be one of the most frustrating films of the year so far.

It’s a standard rom-com but hey, at least Pretty Crazy tries for a non-standard ending.

Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy is a B movie dressed up like a franchise tentpole.

Hi-Five’s heart is in the right place even if it’s brain is up its butt.

Harbin may not say anything new but it sure nails the resistance chic aesthetic.

More nuns! This time they’re Dark Nuns, an exorcism thriller that comes really, really close to greatness.

Forbidden Fairytale could use a lot more of the ‘forbidden’ to really make a point.

Love in the Big City will make you want a do-over with your best LGBTQ+ pal.

Cho Jung-seok toplines Kim Han-gyul’s retro gender comedy Pilot and leaves its worst instincts behind.

Another week another Korean political thriller that mines history. This week: hijacking thriller Hijack 1971.

Project Silence features what could be actor Lee Sun-kyun’s last performance. That’s a shame.

Go find Soi Cheang’s Accident instead of risking a splitting headache with The Plot.

It’s a zombie movie. No, it’s a revenge thriller. Nope. It’s ghost story. Actually it’s just The Sin.

Director Kim Sung-su proves action and tension can be married to political history in 12.12: The Day.

Ma Dong-seok drops his most epic flex yet with the Berlin-premiering but average sequel, The Roundup: Punishment.

All of Jang Jae-hyun’s films so far led to Exhuma.

If you felt Alienoid was a true cliffhanger, brace for the fall in Alienoid: Return to the Future.

That other Korean director, Kim Jee-woon, goes back to his comedy roots to send up the movies in Cobweb.