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Sa-Choom

Sa-Choom

Sensory Korean overload

(4 stars)7 Aug 2008

They call it a dance musical but Sa-Choom is more like a happy assault vehicle. Big beats mix with big smiles in a rolling collision of breakdancing, martial arts, techno, hip hop and glossy pop. It’s all about feeling good, and with the verve and…

Park Chan-wook

Profile - Park Chan-wook

24 Apr 2008

Name Park Chan-wook Born 23 August, 1963, Jecheon, South Korea Background While studying philosophy at Sogang University in Seoul Park started a ‘cine-club’ showing films to the students. Then, one day he played Vertigo and it all fell into…

I’m A Cyborg, But That’s Ok

I’m A Cyborg, But That’s Ok

(4 stars)24 Apr 2008

SCI-FI (15) 105 min Korean director Park Chan-wook burst onto the international film scene with the ferocious Oldboy in 2003. The bleak and violent study of revenge was very publicly championed by Quentin Tarantino. However, after the unrelenting…

Teenage Hooker Became A Killing Machine

(3 stars)28 Feb 2008

SCI-FI/HORROR (18) 60min (Third Window DVD rental/retail) This low budget Korean entry is certainly an oddity, and has to garner bonus points as one of the most garishly outrageous film titles in many a year. The teenage hooker of the title is hacked…

Typhoon

(3 stars)23 Apr 2007

Prepare yourself for Typhoon, the biggest-budgeted smash hit South Korean movie ever made that was shot on location in Korea, Russia and Thailand. Overplaying the idea of a potentially volatile political standoff between North and South Korea (the film…

Popular places

Shilla
1138 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G3 8TD
Glasgow’s only Korean restaurant, Shilla, occupies a cosy corner on old Argyle street. With tightly packed tables and friendly staff the restaurant has a bustling yet welcoming atmosphere. The wide range of dishes, and their unfamiliar names can be a…
Shilla
13b Dundas Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6QG
Reached by a long, steep staircase, Korean restaurant Shilla occupies a sprawling, maze-like New Town basement, divided into many small dining rooms. It feels a bit like being in an underground grotto, a curious one complete with murals of people and…
Kim's Korean Meals
5 Buccleuch Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9JN
Kim’s serves simple wholesome Korean meals just as Mrs Kim would prepare for her own family, with jaunty décor, tiny dimensions and ornate floral chinaware adding to the homely atmosphere. A helpful little photo album explains each dish in full colour.