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★★★★★ "Haemoo": A group of struggling fishermen decide to smuggle illegal immigrants to make ends meet, but bad weather intervenes with tragic results. (08/13)

★★★★ "18 - Eighteen Noir": A movie-loving high schooler gets involved with a deviant group at school with violent consequences . (08/14)

★★★ "Insect Kingdom 3D": A documentary that explores Korea's fascinating insect world in 3D. (08/14)

★★★ "Hope In Baseco": A group of unfortunate children are given a ray hope when a missionary comes to visit. (08/14)

 Title: "Haemoo"

Genre: Drama

Release Date: 2014/08/13

Director: Sim Seong-bo*

Length: 111 min

Stars: Kim Yu-seok, Park Yoo-chun, Han Ye-ri, Lee Hee-jun, Moon Sung-keun, Kim Sang-ho

The Short and Sweet: A group of struggling fishermen decide to smuggle illegal immigrants to make ends meet, but bad weather intervenes with tragic results.

★★★★★

Title: "18 - Eighteen Noir"

Genre: Action, Drama, Film Noir

Release Date: 2014/08/14

Director: Han Yun-sun*

Length: 104 min

Stars: Lee Jae-eung, Cha Yup, Lee Ik-jun, Bae Yoo-ram, Seo Joo-ah

The Short and Sweet: A movie-loving high schooler gets involved with a deviant group at school with violent consequences.

★★★★

 Title: "Insect Kingdom 3D"

Genre: Documentary

Release Date: 2014/08/14

Director: Kim Jung-min-IV, Kim Jin-man-I

Length: 83 min

The Short and Sweet: A documentary that explores Korea's fascinating insect world in 3D.

★★★

        Title: "Hope In Baseco"   

Genre: Documentary

Release Date: 2014/08/14

Director: Kim Kyeong-sik-I*

Length: 79 min 

The Short and Sweet: A group of unfortunate children are given a ray hope when a missionary comes to visit. 

★★★

Also Coming Soon:

"Repeaters" (2010), "40 Days and Nights" (2012), "Begin Again" (2013), "The Fault in Our Stars" (2014), "극장판 포켓몬스터 AG : 아름다운 소원의 별 지라치" (2003), "Planes: Fire & Rescue" (2014), "The Survival Game" (2012), "Love is Not Perfect" (2012), "The Players" (2012), "Rampage 2" (2014), "Bunshinsaba" (2012), "The Zero Theorem" (2013), "The Ganzfeld Haunting" (2014), "Aya of Yop City" (2013), "Celeste and Jesse Forever" (2012) 

Sources:

AsianWiki: http://asianwiki.com/Sea_Fog, http://asianwiki.com/18_-_Eighteen_Noir

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

HanCinema: http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Haemoo.php, http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_18_-_Eighteen_Noir.php, http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Insect_Kingdom_3D.php, http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Hope_In_Baseco.php

KOBIZ: http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20134082, http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20123500

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