Snowpiercer

Action. Sci-Fi. Thriller. Directed by Bong Joon-ho

Opening Aug. 1

Based on the French novel “Le Transperceneige” by Jacques Lob and Jean-Marc Rochette, the film is set in a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off almost all living things on Earth with the sudden onset of an Ice Age. Survivors are on the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine. As time passes a class system evolves on the train, the elites inhabit the carriages in the front while the poor stay in the tail section. Those in the back start a revolution, attempting to kill the dictator Wilford (Ed Harris) and seize control of the engine, which the train’s elite considers “sacred.” 


The Wolverine

Action. Sci-Fi. Directed by James Mangold

Opening July 25

Sometime after the events of “X-Men: The Last Stand,” Logan (Hugh Jackman) is tormented by guilt and sorrow from losing his loved ones. He travels to Japan, where he meets an old acquaintance and becomes embroiled in a conflict that forces him to confront his own demons. Pushed to his physical and emotional limits, Wolverine faces a fight to the death with a samurai as well as his inner struggles against his own immortality. 


RED 2

Action. Comedy. Crime. Directed by Dean Parisot.

Opened July 18

While trying to enjoy a normal life, retired black-ops CIA agent Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) is notified by his old friend Marvin Boggs (John Malkovich) that Interpol is hunting him. When Frank tries to clear his name, he is reacquainted with a global mission to track down a missing nuclear device that was sneaked into Russia and reassembled. While Frank reunites his former team of elite operatives and is working on the mission, he finds himself hunted by Victoria (Helen Mirren) and one of the best assassins in the business, Han (Lee Byung-hun). 


Mr. Go

Comedy. Drama. Directed by Kim Yong-hwa.

Opened July 17

The film revolves around a young circus ringmaster Wei Wei and her special gorilla friend Ling Ling. After her grandfather dies in the Great Sichuan earthquake leaving an insurmountable debt, Wei Wei depends on Ling Ling as her only family. The two enjoy playing baseball and are quite good at it since Wei Wei’s grandfather was a huge fan of baseball. The story of the two is introduced in Korea and materialistic sports agent Sung Choong-soo (Sung Dong-il) scouts them to play in the Korean Baseball League. Ling Ling, now named Mr. Go, quickly becomes a star in the KBL and leads his team to success. Meanwhile, Wei Wei and Sung are too stunned and blinded by the gorilla’s huge home runs to notice Ling Ling’s knee injury. 

Side Effects

Opened July 11

Thriller. Crime. Drama. Directed by Steven Soderbergh.

Emily Taylor (Rooney Mara), despite having recently reunited with her husband Martin Taylor (Channing Tatum) after his release from prison, is severely depressed. To treat her condition, her psychiatrist, Jonathan Banks (Jude Law), prescribes an unconfirmed new medication called Ablixa. But Emily’s world turns upside down when the side effects of the drug lead her to kill her husband while sleepwalking. In a plea bargain, Emily is confined to a mental hospital and Dr. Banks is held responsible for the crime. Dr. Banks starts investigating to clear his name and discovers that the drug may not have been responsible for the murder of Emily’s husband.