Tag: Bong Joon Ho
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Warner Bros. Pulls Bong Joon-ho’s ‘Mickey 17’ From Release Schedule, Moves Up ‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’
Warner Bros. has undated Bong Joon-ho’s “Mickey 17,” starring Robert Pattinson. The studio also announce a move of “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” to a March 29 release date.Sources tell Variety that the decision to move the highly anticipated sci-fi movie from the Korean filmmaker was made to allow more time to finish the…
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Bong Joon Ho’s ‘Mickey 17’ with Robert Pattinson Undated at Warner Bros.
“Mickey 17,” the next film from “Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho, has been undated on Warner Bros.’ theatrical calendar and will not open on its previously announced date on March 29.Moving into that date is “Godzilla vs. Kong: The New Empire,” which was meant to open April 12 but will now release two weeks ahead…
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Chris Evans Admits He ‘Didn’t Quite Get’ the ‘Snowpiercer’ Script — but He Always Trusted Bong Joon Ho
When “Snowpiercer” hit theaters in 2013, it kicked off an incredible decade for Bong Joon Ho that culminated in his historic Oscar win for “Parasite.” But one of the film’s stars wasn’t convinced that the project was a sure thing.In a new interview with GQ, Chris Evans reflected on the experience of working with Bong…
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Sleep Review: Scary Sleepwalking Habits Haunt A Marriage In This Heartfelt Thriller [Fantastic Fest 2023]
Marriage is all about trust, about knowing the person sleeping next to you and knowing you’re safe. But what happens when that trust is broken — when out of nowhere you realize you don’t know this person, and they might hurt you one day?That is the premise of “Sleep,” the feature debut by Jason Yu,…
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‘Creative Control’ Promises That Sexual Mediocrity Will Outlive the A.I. Revolution
On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark takes a feature-length beat to honor fringe cinema in the streaming age.First, the spoiler-free pitch for one editor’s midnight movie pick — something weird and wonderful from any age of film that deserves our memorializing.Then, the spoiler-filled aftermath as experienced by the unwitting editor attacked by this week’s recommendation.The…
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Chris Evans Says ‘Snowpiercer’ Practical Effects Were ‘Incredibly Helpful’ Compared to Marvel Green Screens
Chris Evans might have had trouble “wrapping his head” around Bong Joon-ho’s “Snowpiercer” script, but at least the Marvel star could wrap his hands around everything on set. The “Captain America” actor revealed to GQ in a new interview (which you can watch in full in the below video) that starring in Bong’s 2013 post-apocalyptic…
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This Was the First Non-American Film to Win an Oscar
Though they often present themselves as a celebration of the best in world cinema, there’s no denying that the Oscars are extremely American-centric. As Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho once put it, they are “very local”. Still, that doesn’t mean that, every now and then, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science doesn’t make an…
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‘Parasite’ Oscar Winner’s Directorial Debut Among Busan’s Korean Cinema Today, On Screen Strand Selections
The Busan International Film Festival has unveiled its selections for the popular Korean Cinema Today – Special Premiere and On Screen strands.The On Screen section, introduced in 2021, showcases series and this year boasts six world premieres – five from Korea and one from Indonesia.Tving show “I Am a Running Mate,” about an ordinary student…
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Netflix’s K-Drama Library Could Soon Be Impacted by This
The South Korean series Squid Game, created by Hwang Dong-hyuk, was a portrait of the human condition under the relentless grind of capitalism. Its wrenching, relatable drama helped make the show a record-breaking success for its distributor Netflix. We’d overcome Bong Joon-ho’s “one-inch tall barrier” and opened ourselves to an exciting new world of entertainment.…