It’s the Oscars, so it’s time to look at ten stunning performances the Academy outrageously snubbed… Oscar season is an exciting time of the year. It’s fair to say that every year, for one reason or another, contentious decisions are made as well as glaring omissions. The desperation from some actors to snag an Oscar […]
20 Great Performances from the Past Decade
Tom Jolliffe looks back at 20 great performances from the past decade… There have been plenty of legendary performances through the years. Some gain the greatest of acclaim from the off, culminating in Oscar glory. Others hit below the radar, or don’t get the marketing push required for an Oscar run. Award season is in […]
2023 BFI London Film Festival Review – Cobweb
Cobweb, 2023. Directed by Kim Jee-Woon Starring Song Kang-ho, Lim Soo-jung, Oh Jung-se, Krystal Jung, Park Jeong-su, Jeon Yeo-been, and Jang Young-Nam SYNOPSIS: In the 1970s, Director Kim is obsessed by the desire to re-shoot the ending of his completed film Cobweb, but chaos and turmoil grip the set with interference from the censorship authorities, […]
Movie Review – Broker (2023)
Broker, 2023. Directed by Hirokazu Kore-Eda. Starring Song Kang Ho, Gang Dong Won, Doona Bae, Lee Ji Eun, and Lee Joo Young. SYNOPSIS: One night in the pouring rain, a couple of small-time crooks secretly carry off an infant who was left at a baby box. But on the following day, the mother So-young unexpectedly […]
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Broker gets a UK trailer from Picturehouse Entertainment
Picturehouse Entertainment has released the trailer for Broker, the forthcoming South Korean drama from the critically acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda (Shoplifters), which took home the Best Actor award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival for Parasite and Memories of Murder star Song Kang-Ho. The story of two opportunist thieves who take a child from […]
Movie Review – Emergency Declaration (2022)
Emergency Declaration, 2022. Written and Directed by Jae-rim Han. Starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun, Jeon Do-yeon, Kim Nam-gil, Yim Si-wan, Kim So-jin, Park Hae-jun, Seol In-a, Kim Bo-min, Moon Sook, Maurice Turner Jr., and Im Sung-jae. SYNOPSIS: While investigating a terroristic threat that goes viral online, Korean authorities discover that a suspect has recently boarded […]
Parasite’s Song Kang-ho stars in the trailer for plane hijack thriller Emergency Declaration
Directed by Rules of Dating’s Han Jae-Rim, Well Go USA has just released the trailer for bio-terrorist on a plane thriller Emergency Declaration, which played out of competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, and stars Parasite‘s Song Kang-ho as a man attempting to get to the bottom of an unknown disease that has started […]
Parasite’s Song Kang-ho stars in the trailer for Brokers, the new film from Shoplifters director Hirokazu Kore-eda
Ahead of its debut at the Cannes Film Festival , CJ ENM has released the trailer for Broker, the forthcoming South Korean drama from the critically acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda, who won the Palme d’Or with 2018’s Shoplifters. Broker is the story of two baby thieves who steal a child from a ‘baby box’, […]
Movie Review – Parasite: Black-And-White Edition (2020)
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 […]
Memories of Murder with Disappearance at Clifton Hill director Albert Shin | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #87
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, filmmaker Albert Shin reveals the secrets of Disappearance at Clifton Hill and then discusses his admiration for Bong Joon-ho’s true crime classic Memories of Murder… On this week’s episode of The Pick of […]
