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What Happened to Oldboy? From Manga Origins to Cult Classic

Posted 2 years ago

Explore how Oldboy became a modern classic, from its disturbing story to its Cannes success and unforgettable scenes.

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Interviews: Sandra Oh, Susan Downey, and the stars of The Sympathizer discuss the ambitious HBO drama series

Posted 2 years ago

We interview the stars and producers of the acclaimed HBO limited series.

Top 10 Horror Movie Anthologies!

Posted 7 years ago

Jake It’s gut spilling time y’all. Straight up, who’s set to witness SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK when it rocks theaters this weekend? Del Toro can’t let us down, can he?! Then again, anthological horror flicks always seem...

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Top 10 Sexiest Horror Films!

Posted 7 years ago

Jake Ahead of the ever-erotic and hallucinatory Gaspar Noe’s sexy new horror/thriller CLIMAX, which opens in limited fashion March 1st, we thought it’d be fun to compile a list of what we think are the sexiest horror movies. Now, sexy...

TNT has ordered a pilot for Snowpiercer series

Posted 10 years ago

Last year, we reported that Tomorrow Studios had optioned the rights to a series based on Joon-ho Bong's 2014 dystopian flick SNOWPIERCER. Today, the train has been put on the tracks. TNT has ordered a pilot of said series, to add to...

Review: The Handmaiden

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: In 1930s pre-war Korea, a scheming Count hires a poor thief to work for the Japanese heiress he plans on running away with. REVIEW: Park Chan-Wook is probably one of the greatest filmmakers working today, and he doesn’t disappoint...

Snowpiercer is on a collision course to television

Posted 11 years ago

Joon-ho Bong's 2013 dystopian flick SNOWPIERCER has, rather appropriately, been optioned by Tomorrow Studios. They plan on developing the script into a TV series, to be written by Josh Friedman. Tomorrow's Marty Adelstein and Becky Clements will executive produce along with Bong and his...

The Best Move You Never Saw: Stoker

Posted 11 years ago

Welcome to The Best Movie You NEVER Saw, a column dedicated to examining films that have flown under the radar or gained traction throughout the years, earning them a place as a cult classic or underrated gem that was either...

First look at Park Chan-Wook’s Fingersmith adaptation The Handmaid

Posted 11 years ago

It's been over a year since it was first reported that OLDBOY and STOKER director Park Chan-Wook was attached to helm a Korean film adaptation of the Sarah Waters novel Fingersmith, but apparently production is underway on the project, and...

Oldboy director Park Chan-Wook to helm science-fiction thriller Second Born

Posted 12 years ago

Last we heard of STOKER and OLDBOY director Park Chan-Wook, he was gearing up to helm a Korean adaptation of the Sarah Waters novel "Fingersmith." While it's unknown if those plans have changed just yet, it looks like he'll also...

Oldboy director Park Chan-wook to helm Fingersmith adaptation

Posted 12 years ago

According to Screen Daily, OLDBOY and STOKER director Park Chan-wook is attached to a new project, and it's an adaptation of the Sarah Waters novel Fingersmith. Casting for the film will begin this month, and the producers want production to...

Top 10 Foreign Horror Flicks of 2013!

Posted 12 years ago

Happy New Years fellow Arrow in the Headers…here’s to a killer 2014! But before we officially toss out the calendar for a new one, you know the deal, now’s the time for all kinds of end of year reflections, retrospectives,...

C’mon, Hollywood: Why exactly did Oldboy bomb?

Posted 12 years ago

Remakes are always controversial no matter who’s attached to the project, the number of years it’s been since the original was released, how good the first one was, etc. With directors ranging from Justin Lin to Steven Spielberg, the OLDBOY...

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