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★★★★ "My Boy": A brother with an impulse disorder dreams of visiting and playing with his brother in hospital while his mother struggles to pay the medical bills. (04/10) 

★★★★★ "Godsend": A woman who desperately wants a child tries to convince a pregnant woman not to have an abortion and allow her to raise the child. (04/10)

★★★★ "Guardian": A former firefighter is caught between a rock and a hard place when one of his children is kidnapped and he has to capture another child in exchange. (04/10)

★★★ "Title for Members Only": Three friends approaching thirty get together at a hotel and agree on a sexy challenge they must then prove. (04/10)

★★★★ "Thorn": A popular PE teacher has to deal with a fearless student who has confessed her love for him. (04/10)

★★★★ "Broken": A single father takes the law into his own hands after discovering the identity of his daughter's murders. (04/10)

Title: "My Boy"

Genre: Drama, Family

Release Date: 2014/04/10

Director: Jeong Kyu-hwan ("The Weight", From Seoul to Varanasi", "Mozart Town")

Length: 99 min

Stars: Lee Tae-ran, Cha In-pyo, Lee Suk-chul, Oh Jeul

The Short and Sweet: A brother with an impulse disorder dreams of visiting and playing with his brother in hospital while his mother struggles to pay the medical bills.

★★★★

Title: "Godsend"

Genre: Drama

Release Date: 2014/04/10

Director: Moon Si-hyun ("Home Sweet Home - Movie")

Length: 95 min

Stars: Lee Na-ra, Jeon Soo-jin, Lee Seung-joon, Kim Young-jae, Kwon Se-in

The Short and Sweet: A woman who desperately wants a child tries to convince a pregnant woman not to have an abortion and allow her to raise the child. 

★★★★★

Title: "Guardian"

Genre: Crime, Drama

Release Date: 2014/04/10

Director: Yoo Won-sang*

Length:  90 min

Stars: Kim Soo-hyun-IX, Lee Jun-hyeok, Ko Seo-hee, Bae Sung-woo

The Short and Sweet: A former firefighter is caught between a rock and a hard place when one of his children is kidnapped and he has to capture another child in exchange. 

★★★★

Title: "Title for Members Only"

Genre: Comedy

Release Date: 2014/04/10

Director: Han Seung-rim*

Length: 95 min

Stars: Shin Joo-ah, Koo Ji-sung, Yoon Chae-yi, Lee Young-hoon

The Short and Sweet:  Three friends approaching thirty get together at a hotel and agree on a sexy challenge they must then prove. 

★★★

Title: "Innocent Thing" (formerly "Thorn")

Genre: Melodrama, Romance

Release Date: 2014/04/10

Director: Kim Tae-gyoon ("Barefoot Dream", "Crossing")

Length: 118 min

Stars: Jang Hyuk, Jo Bo-ah, Sun-Woo Sun, Lee Do-ah

The Short and Sweet: A popular PE teacher has to deal with a fearless student who has confessed her love for him.

★★★★

Title: "Broken"

Genre: Crime, Thriller

Release Date: 2014/04/10

Director: Lee Jeong-ho ("Bestseller")

Length: 122 min

Stars: Jung Jae-young, Lee Sung-min, Seo Jun-young, Kim Dae-myung, Kim Hyun-I

The Short and Sweet: A single father takes the law into his own hands after discovering the identity of his daughter's murders. 

★★★★

Also Coming Soon:

"Witching and Bitching" (2013), "The Legend of Hercules" (2014), "The Lunchbox" (2013), "Bigger Stronger Faster" (2008), "Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants" (2014), "Son of God" (2014), "Gallowwalkers" (2012), "B.A. Pass" (2012), "Mea Culpa" (2014), "Saving from death Situation" (2012), "Miss Violence" (2013), "Legacy Of Rage" (1986), "Bayonetta: Bloody Fate" (2013)

 

Sources:

AsianWiki: http://asianwiki.com/Guardian_-_Korean_Movie, http://asianwiki.com/Thorn, http://asianwiki.com/My_Boy, http://asianwiki.com/Broken_(Korean_Movie), http://asianwiki.com/Godsend

Daum: http://movie.daum.net/movieinfo/coming/movieInfoScheduled.do?modeType=day&order=recently

HanCinema: http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Guardian.php, http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Girls_v__Girls_v__Girls.php, http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Thorn.php, http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_My_Boy.php, http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Broken.php, http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Godsend.php

KOBIZ: http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20130483, http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20134585, http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20133922, http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20129787, http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20132806

 

- C.J. Wheeler (chriscjw@gmail.com; @KoreaOnTheCouch)