The Villainess (2017)

The South Korean action film The Villainess (2017; Ak Nyeo) starts out high octane with a POV action sequence that’s like a video game (POV action doesn’t really do it for me, I think for action to be gripping you need to see the protagonist in the action) but once the camera whips around to […]

The Wailing (2016)

The Wailing (2016; Gokseong) is a two and a half hour South Korean horror film that’s available to watch on Netflix. Set in a picturesque country town where it rains a lot, it starts off more as a comedy with the disinterested cop (Do-won Kwak) bumbling through crime scenes of a recent string of murders […]