Much like the box office and the Academy Awards, Parasite is now taking Hulu by storm. Bong Joon-Ho’s Best Picture-winning film saw its streaming debut on April 8th, premiering on Hulu exclusively. The streamer confirms to Indiewire that the film is a monster hit for them, breaking records in just one week of release. 2019’s […]
Ten Essential Korean Films
Tom Jolliffe offers up some essential Korean films… If you’ve managed to catch Parasite by now, whether you got in ahead of the curve and pre-Oscars, or hit it up in the wake of its success, then you might feel yourself drawn to what other gems Korean cinema has to offer. The hope, following Bong […]
Parasite becomes the highest grossing foreign language film in UK box office history
Last month, Parasite made history at the Academy Awards by becoming the first foreign-language film to earn Best Picture while also taking home Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Foreign Language Film. However, the Oscar-winning dark comedy-drama directed by Bong Joon Ho is continuing to break records as Parasite has now become the highest-grossing foreign-language film in UK […]
Mark Ruffalo confirms Parasite TV series rumours, “might be playing the father”
Last month, Parasite made history at the Academy Awards by being the first foreign-language film to earn Best Picture while also taking home Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Foreign Language Film. And it didn’t take long for HBO to announce a limited series spin-off based upon the feature film with rumours of Mark Ruffalo in […]
Final Destination 2 | For Your Reconsideration Podcast #33
Simon is off this week but fear not, as we have drafted in film journalist supremo Tom Beasley for a lively discussion of 2003’s Final Destination 2. Join us as we go deep on Death’s relationship status, swoon over Michael Bolton’s production design and ponder the dangers of a flock of pigeons. Aside from this […]
Blu-ray Review – Parasite (2019)
Parasite, 2019. Directed by Bong Joon-ho. Starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, Lee Jung-eun, Jang Hyae-jin. SYNOPSIS: A poor family, the Kims, con their way into becoming the servants of a rich family, the Parks. But their easy life gets complicated when their deception is threatened with exposure. Not […]
Mark Ruffalo would love to join the Parasite TV series
Mark Ruffalo has revealed that he would be very interested in joining the Parasite spin-off TV series. This past week, South Korean hit Parasite shocked Hollywood when it took home Best Picture at the Oscars. The Bong Joon-ho film has had a stellar reception ever since arriving on the scene and now a TV show […]
Parasite and Snowpiercer: Class divides with Bong Joon Ho
In the first of new series of features, Tom Jolliffe suggests a class-themed double bill of Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite and Snowpiercer… The beauty of cinema is how so many films can form a connective strand with others. Sometimes it can be a film-makers penchant for a similar message between a couple of films, or […]
A24: Fighting to keep cinema engaging and promoting diversity
Tom Jolliffe looks at the growing impact of A24 and why they’re the best thing in cinema right now…. The widening grip of Disney expands almost every year. They can seemingly rest a little on their laurels having generally found a formula that works with minimal boundaries pushed, or need for innovative dramatic ideas. Whilst […]
Movie Review – Parasite (2019)
Parasite, 2019. Directed by Bong Joon-ho. Starring Song Kang-ho, Choi Woo-shik, Chang Hyae-jin, Park So-dam, Cho Yeo-jeong, Lee Sun-kyun, Jung Ziso and Lee Jung-eun. SYNOPSIS: A poor family tricks their way into the home of a wealthier one by deceiving their relatives into various household jobs. It’s not often that a film outside of the […]