Synopsis – A detective investigating a man’s death in the mountains meets the dead man’s mysterious wife in the course of his dogged sleuthing. Directed – Park Chan-wook Starring – Tang Wei, Go Kyung-Pyo, Park Hae-il Check out the trailer: In Theaters – October 14th Continue reading ‘Decision To Leave’ Trailer Teases Park Chan-wook’s Award-Winning Drama!! Check It Out!!
It’s been nearly 20 years since the release of Park Chan-wook‘s South Korean action masterpiece Oldboy and Neon plans to celebrate. Before the classic 2003 film hits its big milestone, the indie distributor acquired its domestic rights for a theatrical anniversary release. No date is set for its theater run which should come next year. As the second part of Park‘s Vengeance Trilogy which also … Continue reading ‘Oldboy’: Park Chan-wook’s Classic to Get U.S. Theatrical Release on 20th Anniversary!!
Park Chan-wook’s DECISION TO LEAVE, winner of Best Director at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, has been selected as South Korea’s Official Oscar® entry for Best International Feature Film. Amazingly, DECISION TO LEAVE is the first of Director Park’s films to represent South Korea. In DECISION TO LEAVE, A detective (Park Hae-il; THE HOST) falls for a mysterious widow (Tang Weil; LUST, CAUTION) after she becomes the … Continue reading ‘Decision to Leave’: Park Chan-wook’s Award-Winning Drama Is South Korea’s Oscar® Submission!!
Synopsis – Thrown straight into a dangerous mission with none of his memories intact, a man must escape death while trying to figure out who he is, how he ended up here, and who is the mysterious voice in his ear calling him “Carter”? Directed – Byung-gil Jung Starring – Joo Won, Sung-Jae Lee, Jeong Sori Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Carter’ Trailer Sees an Amnesiac Hero Race Against Time to Halt a Pandemic!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – Thrown straight into a dangerous mission with none of his memories intact, a man must escape death while trying to figure out who he is, how he ended up here, and who is the mysterious voice in his ear calling him “Carter”? Directed – Byung-gil Jung Starring – Joo Won, Sung-Jae Lee, Jeong Sori Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Carter’ Teasr Teases an Action-Packed Korean Thriller!! Check It Out!!
Following on the trend of Korean series like Squid Game and All of Us Are Dead being massive hits on Netflix, yet another series has come to the streaming platform. Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area, the Korean adaptation of the Spanish hit crime series “La Casa de Papel” — popularly known as Money Heist — has topped the non-English top ten chart of … Continue reading ‘Money Heist: Korea’ Dominates Netflix Viewership Charts!!
Synopsis – Ui-gang is a hit man who has decided to retire. He has a nice house and all the money he needs, but one day his girlfriend takes a trip to Jeju Island and leaves him with a request. Her companion on the trip has a 17-year old daughter Yoon-ji who will be left alone during their three week vacation. Ui-gang reluctantly agrees to … Continue reading ‘The Killer’ Teaser Teases the New Korean Action-Thriller Starring Jang Hyuk!! Check It Out!!
Park Chan-hook‘s Cannes darling, Decision to Leave, is officially set to make it to theaters stateside this fall. Starring Tang Wei (Lust, Caution, Blackhat) and Park Hae-il (The Host, Memories of Murder), the film premiered at the international film festival to widespread praise, earning the acclaimed director his first Best Director win from the event. Now, viewers in the U.S. will have a chance to … Continue reading ‘Decision to Leave’: Park Chan-wook’s Award-Winning Drama Set for Oct 14 Release on Mubi!!
After the unrivaled success of Squid Game when it premiered back in September of last year, it is a bit of a surprise that Netflix waited this long to give the green light for a second season. Now, series creator, director, and executive producer Hwang Dong-hyuk has shared a letter sharing some insight and details about the upcoming sequel season with a brand-new poster being … Continue reading ‘Squid Game’ Season 2 Confirmed with New Poster!! Check It Out!!
Netflix‘s South Korean zombie apocalypse smash All of Us Are Dead is rising from the grave for a second season on the streamer. For Geeked Week, the cast of the popular series put together a video celebrating the announcement of Season 2. With this, the streamer can finally confirm that there will be more stories involving the surviving juniors of Hyosan High. It was more … Continue reading ‘All of Us Are Dead’ Gets Renewed for Season 2!!
The Korean adaptation of Netflix’s incredibly popular Spanish series Money Heist (La Casa de Papel), titled Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area, has finally gotten a trailer showcasing snippets of the very ambitious heist the series will be attempting to pull off. The original Money Heist, created by Álex Pina, went on for five seasons. The series followed two separate complex heists, one on … Continue reading ‘Money Heist: Korea’ Trailer Promises an Ambitious Heist Series!! Check It Out!!
Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area is set to put a spin on the popular Netflix series when the first part of the new series hits the streaming service on June 24. Just about a month ahead of its debut, a new trailer has been released showing off the upcoming series in all of its glory, giving a look at these familiar yet different … Continue reading ‘Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area’: New Teaser Promises a New Spin!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – A detective investigating a man’s death in the mountains meets the dead man’s mysterious wife in the course of his dogged sleuthing. Directed – Park Chan-wook Starring – Tang Wei, Go Kyung-Pyo, Park Hae-il Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Decision To Leave’ Trailer Teases Park Chan-Wook’s Next!! Check It Out!!
It has just been announced that Decision to Leave, the new film from acclaimed South Korean Filmmaker Park Chan-wook, has been picked up for theatrical release in the U.S. and U.K. by indie film streaming service Mubi. The plan is to release the film theatrically before a streaming release exclusively on Mubi. Decision to Leave will have its world premiere this May in competition at … Continue reading ‘Decision to Leave’: Mubi Acquires Park Chan-wook’s Cannes Competition Film!!
Hwang Dong-hyuk, the creator of the most popular South Korean series that launched last year Squid Game, revealed that two big names in the survival drama series will be coming back for the second season. According to Deadline, this reveal came at the magazine’s annual Contenders Television at Paramount Studios, where Hwang and actor Park Hae-soo, who played Cho Sang-woo in the series, joined TV … Continue reading ‘Squid Game’ Season 2: Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk Confirms Gi-hun and Front Man’s Return!!
Synopsis – A fantasy action film that revolves around a man who loses his memory and subsequently wakes up in a new body every twelve hours. Directed – Jae-geun Yoon Starring – Yoon Kyesang, Ji-Yeon Lim, Yong-woo Park Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Spiritwalker’ Trailer Teases an Intense Body-Swapping Korean Action Thriller!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – A deaf mother and daughter interrupt a serial psychopath as he attempts to claim his next victim, only to finds his wrath redirected toward them instead. Directed – Oh-Seung Kwon Starring – Wi Ha-Joon, Park Hoon, Ki-joo Jin Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Midnight’ Trailer Teases the New South Korean Serial Killer Thriller!! Check It Out!!
Netflix cleaned house with the ultimate jackpot last year when it placed a bet on Korean shows including Squid Game and Hellbound. This year, the platform has announced that they plan to throw it all in and will release twenty-five Korean films and series over 2022. While Netflix didn’t share how much their largest to date release lineup from Korea will cost them, we do … Continue reading Netflix to Release 25 Korean Films and TV Series this Year!!
Just when we thought we had escaped, they pulled us back in again. Squid Game season two has officially been confirmed by Netflix co-CEO and chief content officer, Ted Sarandos. The news came during an interview focused on the streaming platform’s 2021 fourth quarter earnings, and when asked if the hit series would be making a comeback, Sarandos answered, “Absolutely. The Squid Game universe … Continue reading ‘Squid Game’: Netflix Confirms Season 2!!
It’s definitely all about the benjamins … or the won. Either way, Squid Game star, Park Hae-Soo, is about to be raking in a lot of it. Today, Netflix announced that the actor will be joining the cast of the Korean remake of the hit series, Money Heist (La Casa de Papel). Hae-Soo is set to take the stage as Berlin, one of the show’s … Continue reading ‘Money Heist’: ‘Squid Game’s Park Hae-Soo Set to Star in Korean Remake as Berlin!!
The director of Train to Busan has hinted at a new film in the popular zombie franchise. Yeon Sang-ho, whose recent TV series Hellbound just premiered on Netflix this month, talked to Variety about his future projects, including the future of his zombie universe. In the interview, Sang-ho discussed a whole range of exciting topics. When asked about a potential third live-action zombie installment to … Continue reading ‘Train to Busan’ Director Hints at Next Film in the Franchise!!
Whether it’d be a red or green light for a second season of Squid Game, you’d think, would be a bit of a no-brainer for Netflix. The dystopian Korean show proved immensely popular with audiences worldwide, grossing almost a billion for the streamer with 130 million watchers, according to Bloomberg. And of course, they couldn’t turn down such a promising cash cow: in an interview … Continue reading ‘Squid Game’ Creator Confirms Season 2!!!
Netflix has dropped a new trailer for their upcoming Korean fantasy series Hellbound, from Train to Busan director Yeon Sang-ho, based on his webcomic titled Hell. The story of Hellbound takes place on a fantasy version of Earth, where supernatural creatures begin to show up to drag humans to Hell. The series will be staring actors Yoo Ah-in (Voice of Silence), Park Jeong-min (Sunset in … Continue reading ‘Hellbound’ Trailer Reveals the Netflix Show from ‘Train to Busan’ Director!! Check It Out!!
Squid Game has already reached 111 million viewers within its first 25 days of streaming according to Netflix’s internal evaluations, making it the biggest series launch from the streaming service yet. The Korean survival drama, which launched September 17, surpasses the previous record-holder Bridgerton, which debuted with 82 million viewers after its launch last December. However, that number doesn’t speak to how many people have … Continue reading ‘Squid Game’ Crosses ‘Bridgerton’ to Become Netflix’s Biggest Series Launch!!
Warning: This article will discuss all the games shown in Squid Game.It doesn’t need to be said that the drama series Squid Game has taken the world by storm. Topping the charts for series in each of the 83 countries that have Netflix, it would be an understatement to say that it is a global hit. With such widespread praise and affection, it isn’t surprising … Continue reading ‘Squid Game’: New Video Goes Behind-the-Scenes on Every Game!! Check It Out!!
You may have heard of a little Korean Netflix series called Squid Game, which depicts a group of 456 people who are deep in debt and are invited to play a game in which they will end up either filthy rich or dead. Barely two weeks after its global release, Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos has projected that Squid Game is about to become the platform’s … Continue reading ‘Squid Game’: Netflix Trying to Figure Out the Right Structure for Season 2!!
Synopsis – When a young boy contracts a mysterious illness, his mother must decide how far she will go to protect him from terrifying forces in her past. My Take – Like most I do agree that if there is genre that has exhausted almost every available resource, it has to be horror. However, that is not to overlook the fact that some filmmakers, like … Continue reading Son (2021) Review!!
Park Chan-Wook is one of my favorite filmmakers working today. The South Korean maestro has crafted such splendid descents into visceral obsession, identity, violence, and sex as Oldboy and The Handmaiden, alongside English-language cult hits like Stoker and the vampire shenanigans of Thirst. Any new Park film is cause for celebration, especially one with the premise of Decision to Leave, which Deadline reports is his next film. Decision to Leave, written by Park … Continue reading ‘Decision to Leave’: Park Chan-Wook’s Next Reveals Premise!!
Synopsis – The rapid spread of an unknown infection has left an entire city in ungovernable chaos, but one survivor remains alive in isolation. It is his story. My Take – There is no denying of the fact that director Yeon Sang-ho‘s 2016 film Train to Busan opened the world to South Korean cinema with much deserving appreciation. However, this latest Netflix release helmed by … Continue reading #Alive (2020) Review!!
Synopsis – The sequel to the 2016 South Korean zombie film Train to Busan (2016). My Take – Director Sang-ho Yeon‘s 2016 film, Train To Busan, a mercilessly high-concept knockout about a random group of people who find themselves trapped on a speeding train with a rapidly spreading zombie virus, arrived at a time when the zombie genre was well over-exhausted, and managed to surprise … Continue reading Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula (2020) Review!!
You haven’t see the last of Best Picture winner Parasite just yet. Director Bong Joon ho‘s masterpiece is returning to the theaters in the UK and is set for an on-demand release later in July with the Parasite: Black-and-White Edition. This special edition was first announced back in January, with director Bong’s feature getting a limited release here in the U.S. Now, as reported by Empire Magazine, the Black-and-White … Continue reading ‘Parasite’ Black and White Edition Trailer Gives the Oscar-Winner a New Look!! Check It Out!!
In objectively today’s most on the nose news, Peninsula, the sequel to the hit South Korean zombie flick Train to Busan, will hit North America theaters on August 7, 2020, a little less than a month after the U.S. hit 3 million cases of a highly-contagious virus. Luckily, Well Go USA Entertainment announced that Peninsula is also heading exclusively to Amazon’s horror-focused streaming service, Shudder, … Continue reading ‘Peninsula’: The ‘Train to Busan’ Sequel Gets an August Release Date!!
Synopsis – Sequel to the 2016 South Korean zombie film. Directed – Sang-ho Yeon Starring – Dong-won Gang, Jung-hyun Lee Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Peninsula’: New Trailer Promises a Lot of Zombie Action in the ‘Train to Busan’ Sequel!! Check It Out!!
I’m not sure what this means in the current climate, but it’s still a great honor to be a Cannes Official Selection. Despite its cancellation due to the coronavirus, Cannes is currently revealing the 56 movies chosen for its Official Selection as a badge of honor for the movies and in a bid to boost their distribution credentials, explains Deadline. Included in the early announcement … Continue reading ‘Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula’ is Now an Official Cannes Selection!!!
Synopsis – Sequel to the 2016 South Korean zombie film. Directed – Sang-ho Yeon Starring – Dong-won Gang, Jung-hyun Lee Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Peninsula’ Trailer Reveals the Action Packed ‘Train to Busan’ Sequel!! Check It Out!!
Did you love Train to Busan? The high-paced, high-stakes, surprisingly emotional South Korean zombie thriller from director Yeon Sang-ho? If you haven’t seen it, you simply must: It’s streaming on Netflix right the hell now, and is an incredible contemporary horror film. If you have: Ooh, do I have good news for you. Per ScreenDaily, Yeon is preparing a spiritual sequel to the film, entitled: Peninsula. While … Continue reading ‘Peninsula’: Director Reveals Details About the ‘Train to Busan’ Sequel!!
Synopsis – A criminal action movie about two detectives in conflict who solve a murder that shakes up the Korean peninsula. Directed – Jung-Ho Lee Starring – Sung-min Lee, Jae-myung Yoo, Seong-Bong Ahn Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘The Beast’ Trailer Reveals the Upcoming Korean Crime Thriller!! Check It Out!!
We are a step closer to finding out what happened after the bittersweet ending to “Train to Busan.” The hit zombie film’s sequel, “Peninsula,” has unveiled its first official posters, confirming its release summer this year. The posters state that the sequel is set four years after the harrowing events of “Train to Busan.” A mass of dreaded zombies could be seen still very much … Continue reading ‘Peninsula’: First Official Posters Reveals the ‘Train to Busan’ Sequel!! Check Them Out!!
When a movie wins four dang Oscars in one night, including Best Picture, the normal human reaction is to watch it for the first time to see what the fuss is about or watch it again because that movie most likely rules. Director Bong Joon Ho‘s Parasite does, in fact, rule, and the film will finally be available to stream for free on Hulu starting … Continue reading ‘Parasite’: Hulu To Steam Oscar Winner From April!!
It was recently announced that Bong Joon Ho was teaming with with Adam McKay and HBO to adapt Parasite, his Best Picture-nominated film, into a new series. Speculation abounded as to what this could mean. Would McKay simply produce an Americanized English-language remake as a series? Or a new story eviscerating American capitalism a la Succession? How involved will Director Bong be? Well, the man himself recently spoke with The … Continue reading ‘Parasite’: The HBO Series Will Be an Expanded Six-Hour Film!!
Parasite star Choi Woo-sik, who plays the main family’s son Kim Ki-woo in Bong Joon-ho‘s Oscar-nominated thriller, is set to star in A24’s Korean romance Past Lives, Collider has exclusively learned. The film is described as an original love story about childhood sweethearts who meet in Korea and live parallel lives until they reunite and see what could have been years later. The project hails … Continue reading ‘Past Lives’: ‘Parasite’s Choi Woo-sik to Star in A24’s Korean Romance!!
Synopsis – All unemployed, Ki-taek and his family take peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks, as they ingratiate themselves into their lives and get entangled in an unexpected incident. My Take – Despite the language barrier, I have been in awe of South Korean films for some time now, mainly of the thriller genre, and one of the early films which got me … Continue reading Parasite (2019) Review!!
Monday was a big day for Parasite — and it’s not just because of the Oscar nominations. Director Bong Joon-ho shared new details about the Parasite adaptation coming to HBO, a TV series based on the movie which also has The Big Short director Adam McKay attached. Turns out, what seemed like a dubious move for a film so critically-acclaimed might actually deserve some cautious optimism. Shortly after Parasite earned six Oscar nominations, including … Continue reading ‘Parasite’: Bong Joon-ho Reveals Details For the Upcoming HBO Series!!
In the biggest WTF news of the week, an HBO limited series adaptation of the critically acclaimed feature film Parasite is in the works. Per THR, Bong Joon-ho—who wrote and directed the movie—is onboard to adapt the film alongside… Adam McKay! Yes indeed, the filmmaker behind Anchorman and Step Brothers is teaming up with Bong Joon-ho to make a Parasite miniseries. To be fair, McKay … Continue reading ‘Parasite’ Limited Series Coming to HBO!!
Synopsis – All unemployed, Ki-taek’s family takes peculiar interest in the Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident. Directed – Joon-ho Bong Starring – Kang-ho Song, Sun-kyun Lee, Yeo-Jeong Cho Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Parasite’: New Trailer Draws You Deeper into Bong Joon-ho’s Masterpiece!!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – All unemployed, Ki-taek’s family takes peculiar interest in the Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident. Directed – Joon-ho Bong Starring – Kang-ho Song, Sun-kyun Lee, Yeo-Jeong Cho Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Parasite’: U.S. Trailer Teases Director Bong Joon-ho’s Twisted New Film!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – All unemployed, Ki-taek’s family takes peculiar interest in the Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident. Directed – Joon-ho Bong Starring – Kang-ho Song, Sun-kyun Lee, Yeo-Jeong Cho Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Parasite’ Trailer: Bong Joon-ho Is Back with a Bloody Family Drama!! Check It Out!!
There’s a good reason that Yeong Sang-ho‘s 2016 horror hit Train to Busan occupies a spot on our Best Horror Films on Netflix list, along with its animated prequel Seoul Station earning a place on the Scariest Animated Horror Movies: They’re downright horrifying. The modern take on the zombie mythology from the South Korean writer-director not only found critical accolades but commercial success as well, taking in over $93 million … Continue reading ‘Train to Busan’ Sequel Rumored to Be In Development!!
Synopsis – Several groups of people try to survive a zombie pandemic that unleashes itself in downtown Seoul. Directed – Sang-ho Yeon Starring – Seung-ryong Ryu, Franciska Friede, Joon Lee Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Train to Buson’ Gets an Anime Prequel in ‘Seoul Station’ Trailer!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – A squad of soldiers fight in the Korean War’s crucial Battle of Incheon. My Take – Is their any genre South Korea film makers can be bad at? I think not. Every now and then I take a break from the usual English language films & decide to divulge myself into this superlative industry which keeps excelling with every feature they present. In my life … Continue reading Operation Chromite (2016) Review!!!
