It’s time to take a look back at 2025 in film and ponder what we’ve learned… 2025 is drawing to a close, and we can get a sense of how things have gone and what we’ve learned from cinema this year. It’s fair to say there have been surprises and some trends continuing, with others […]
8 Recent Film Gems You Need to See
Just in case you missed them, you need to check out these recent gems… Every year, countless films are released, and it’s inevitable that some slip under the radar. Even those that garner critical acclaim across the festival season might find that by the time the release hits, there isn’t the widespread buzz the film […]
The Worst Omissions in the 2026 Oscar Nominations
The Oscars can’t always get it right, but were they seriously wrong with these omissions? The Oscars are almost upon us, and heaven knows what controversies and contentious decisions await. The nominations went largely as expected, given the award season thus far and the hype associated with particular movies. However, even the nominations weren’t without […]
Protecting Family At All Costs: Lee Byung-hun on No Other Choice – Exclusive Interview
Robert Kojder chats with No Other Choice star Lee Byung-hun… Having quite a hell of a year between voiceover work in the red-hot popular animated spectacle K-Pop Demon Hunters to delivering a rich performance of hypocrisies and insecurities told through a brilliant lending of violence and dark humor in Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice, Lee […]
Movie Review – No Other Choice (2025)
No Other Choice, 2025. Directed by Park Chan-wook. Starring Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon, Lee Sung-min, Yeom Hye-ran, Cha Seung-won, Kim Woo-seung, Choi So-yul, Kim Hyeong-mook, Woo Jeong-won, Yoo Yeon-seok, Yoon Ga-i, Oh Dal-su, Lee Suk-hyeong, Oh Kwang-rok, Lee Yong-nyeo, Kim Hae-sook, Im Tae-poong, Nam Jin-bok, and Ahn Hyun-ho. SYNOPSIS: After being unemployed for […]
2025 BFI London Film Festival Review – No Other Choice
No Other Choice, 2025. Directed by Park Chan-wook. Starring Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon. SYNOPSIS: After being unemployed for several years, a man devises a unique plan to secure a new job: eliminate his competition. Park Chan-wook has proven adept at seamlessly flitting between genres over the past 30 years, from dark, psychological drama […]
Lee Byung-hun has No Other Choice in trailer for Park Chan-wook’s black comedy thriller
Neon has shared a trailer for director Park Chan-wook’s (Oldboy, Decision to Leave) South Korean satirical thriller No Other Choice. Based on Donald Westlake’s novel The Ax, the film stars Lee Byung-hun as a man desperately searching for work after being let go from the job he worked in for more than two decades, as […]
Lee Byung-hun has to eliminate the competition in the trailer for Park Chan-wook‘s No Other Choice
Mubi and Neon has released the teaser trailer for Old Boy director Park Chan-wook‘s latest feature film No Other Choice. The movie sees Squid Game star Lee Byung-hun playing a middle-aged man named Man-su, who finds himself unemployed after being sacked from the paper company he has worked at for 25-years. Desperate for a job […]
