Robert Downey is preparing to return to prestige work. After ending his time as Iron Man and starring in the bomb Dolittle, RDJ is now heading to television for a new drama series entitled The Sympathizer from filmmaker Park Chan-wook, who is on board as co-showrunner, along with Don McKellar, and will also direct the […]
Blu-ray Review – Oldboy Limited Edition (2003)
Oldboy, 2003. Directed by Park Chan-wook. Starring Choi Min-sik, Yu Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jeong, and Kim Byeong-ok. SYNOPSIS: Arrow Video unleashes Park Chan-wook’s influential revenge thriller Oldboy in an extensive Limited Edition 4-disc Blu-ray set with a couple of special extras. Although some of their recent standalone releases have been pushing the loyalty of collectors thanks […]
Park Chan-wook to direct ultraviolent western thriller from Bone Tomahawk’s S. Craig Zahler
According to Collider, Oldboy director Park Chan-wook is set to helm The Brigands of Rattlecreek, an “ultraviolent western thriller” from S. Craig Zahler, the writer-director of horror-western Bone Tomahawk and Brawl on Cell Block 99. The site reports that the film, which is being produced by Amazon Studios, “follows a sheriff and a doctor who seek […]
First trailer for The Little Drummer Girl starring Florence Pugh and Alexander Skarsgard
Ahead of its US premiere next month, the BBC has released the first look trailer the upcoming adaptation of John le Carre’s novel The Little Drummer Girl. Directed by Park Chan-wook, the thriller series stars Florence Pugh, Alexander Skarsgard, Michael Shannon, Clare Holman, Kate Sumpter, and Michael Moshonov; watch it here… In “The Little Drummer Girl” […]
Alexander Skarsgård joins AMC’s The Little Drummer Girl adaptation
AMC has found its male lead for its upcoming miniseries The Little Drummer Girl, the adaptation of John leCarré ‘s spy novel of the same name from director Park Chan-wook (Oldboy). True Blood’s Alexander Skarsgård will be joining Florence Pugh (Lady Macbeth) for the six-episode series. Skarsgård will portray Becker, an Israeli intelligence officer, who ropes Pugh’s […]
Park Chan-wook to direct John le Carre’s The Little Drummer Girl
Following on from the success of The Night Manager, AMC, the BBC and Ink Factory are teaming for another John Le Carre miniseries, with Oldboy director Park Chan-wook set to direct a six-episode adaptation of le Carre’s The Little Drummer Girl. According to The Daily Mail, Florence Pugh (Lady Macbeth) has signed on for the […]
Movie Review – The Handmaiden (2016)
The Handmaiden, 2016. Directed by Park Chan-wook Starring Min-hee Kim, Tae-ri Kim, Jung-woo Ha, and Jin-woong Jo. SYNOPSIS: Japanese heiress Hideko employs a new handmaiden, Sook-hee, but what she doesn’t know is that the girl is a pickpocket. She’s been recruited by a con artist who aims to marry her mistress and swindle her out […]
60th BFI London Film Festival 2016 Review – The Handmaiden (2016)
The Handmaiden, 2016 Directed by Park Chan-wook Starring Min-hee Kim, Kim Tae-ri, Jung-woo Ha, Jin-woong Jo SYNOPSIS: During the Japanese occupation of Korea, young con-woman Sook-Hee is hired to be a wealthy heiress’s handmaiden at an isolated countryside estate. Joining forces with a fellow thief, she plans to swindle the heiress out of her fortune, […]
