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Now Is The Time for Indie Films To Strike

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Tom Jolliffe looks at a pre-Covid rise in popularity for independent films, and a big upcoming push for content going forward… Slowly but surely, changes were afoot this time last year. It had been a progressive rise for a few years. Cinema was still monopolised by the mega budget blockbusters. In particular, Disney and every […]

If Film & TV Is A Game… Is Korea Winning?

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the booming worldwide popularity of Korean film and TV. With the Western studios so preoccupied with IP, are we getting more engaging films and shows from Korea? German cinema in the 30’s. American noir in the 40’s. Japanese cinema in the 50’s. Nordic cinema from the 50’s and 60’s. British cinema […]

Cheesy But Entertaining B-Movie Monster Horror Films That No One Talks About

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Marvelous Videos presents B-movie monster horror films from the depths of cheesiness… B-movies have consistently benefitted from lack of interference from studio heads. They represent what happens when you have unadulterated auteurism; filmmakers given a limited budget and told to go nuts. Producers are aware that there is a niche appeal from moviegoers. The best […]

Bong Joon Ho says HBO’s Parasite series “will be something of great genius, I hope”

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After making history at the Oscars, HBO announced that a television series adaptation of Parasite was currently in development from writer Adam McKay, and now director Bong Joon Ho has shared his optimism for the series. “[The television series] will be something of great genius, I hope. I worked with Adam McKay and he’s figuring out […]

Parasite HBO series is an original story in the film’s universe and not a remake, confirms writer Adam McKay

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Shortly after making history at the Oscars after winning Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Foreign Language Film, it was announced that director Bong Joon Ho was teaming up with writer Adam McKay and HBO for a television series adaptation. Now, during an appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast (via Collider), […]

Bong Joon Ho has finished his first post-Parasite script and revealed some details

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The success of Parasite not only highlighted the strength of Korean cinema as whole, it also meant that many people had their eyes opened to an entire Bong Joon Ho back-catalogue which they could plough through during lockdown. Well, now that everyone has hopefully been educated on the brilliance of Memories of Murder and Mother, […]

Bong Joon-ho has completed one of two scripts he’s developing as his Parasite follow-up

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Following up a highly successful and Acadamy Awards sweeping film like Parasite is no easy task. No one knows that more than the filmmaker behind it, Bong Joon-ho. This week marked the first anniversary of his historic run at the Oscars, and he’s looking to get started on his follow-up projects. The Parasite and Memories […]

Movie Review – Parasite: Black-And-White Edition (2020)

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Parasite: Black-And-White Edition, 2020. Directed by Bong Joon-ho. Starring Song Kang-ho, Choi Woo-shik, Jang Hyae-jin, Park So-dam, Cho Yeo-jeong, Lee Sun-kyun, Jung Ziso and Lee Jung-eun. SYNOPSIS: A poor family living in a semi-basement apartment trick their way into the lavish home of a wealthy one by posing as various household workers. It feels like […]

Parasite becomes the highest grossing foreign language film in UK box office history

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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 […]