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Bong Joon Ho Says Animated Film Will Be Ready In 2025-2026; Inspired By ‘The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures Of The Abyss’

July 9, 2021 9:23 am

"Parasite" director Bong Joon Ho ("The Host," "Snowpiercer") is likely still walking on the clouds after a historical awards season, Most would be, after ultimately earning well-deserved Oscars for Best Origin...

The Essential Films Of Bong Joon-Ho [Be Reel Podcast]

Chance Solem-Pfeifer

November 12, 2019 3:45 pm

News, Podcasts

With “Parasite” poised to become 2019's highest-grossing foreign film within the US and already among the year's most lauded features, Be Reel is taking this week for an episode entirely focused on Bong Joon-ho...

The 25 Best Foreign Language Horror Movies Of All Time

Jessica Kiang and Oliver Lyttelton

October 6, 2016 3:23 pm

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It's the beginning of the spookiest month of the year, so it's no accident that this week will see the release of one of the best horror films of the year, Babak Anvari's "Under the Shadow" (our review). It was...

The 25 Best Horror Films Of The 21st Century So Far

Jessica Kiang

October 30, 2014 11:45 am

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By the pricking of my thumbs, a holiday-themed list feature this way comes. Yep, All Hallow's Eve is almost upon us, and while the temptation to do some kind of "Before I Go To Sleep"-themed feature was a great...

Susanna White To Direct Adaptation Of Stephenie Meyer’s ‘The Host’

Kevin Jagernauth

February 10, 2011 9:59 am

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Susanna White To Direct Adaptation Of Stephenie Meyer's 'The Host'

On DVD: Bong Joon-Ho’s ‘Barking Dogs Never Bite’ Finally Arrives On July 20

Rodrigo Perez

July 13, 2010 9:05 pm

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Dear DVD companies (or Magnolia in this instance), this is why we sometimes want to shake our fists at you and scream into the heavens.Bong Joon-ho's feature length debut, "Barking Dogs Never Bite," quietly lan...

Andrew Niccol To Direct His First Film In 5 Years ‘I’m.mortal’ This Summer

Jon Davies

April 13, 2010 12:02 pm

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Sorely missed sci-fi auteur Andrew Niccol's upcoming year is shaping up to be a hell of a busy one for a guy that has only directed three films since 1997. Niccol is currently prepping an upcoming script for a ...

Bong Joon-Ho Talks The Murder-Mystery Picture, ‘Mother’

Drew

March 4, 2010 8:57 pm

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It's no secret that we're more or less over the moon for the forthcoming South Korean crime film "Mother" (it's on our 2010 Most Anticipated: 30 Films We've Already Seen list). Directed by Bong Joon-Ho ("Memori...

Bong Joon-Ho Will Tackle Horror Next, Park Chan-Wook Will Produce His Post-Apocalyptic Film, ‘Snow Piercer’

Rodrigo Perez

February 26, 2010 8:48 pm

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We like to imagine there's some kind of friendly rivalry between South Korea's preeminent genre auteurists, Bong Joon-Ho ("The Host," "Memories of Murder") and Park Chan-Wook ("Old Boy," "Sympathy For Lady Veng...

U.S. Poster For Bong Joon-Ho’s Thriller ‘Mother’

Rodrigo Perez

January 14, 2010 7:44 pm

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Ok, arguably this U.S. poster (Movieline got first dibs) is not any different from the international posters we've already seen and in perhaps a way completely not special, but it give us a chance once more to...

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