Tag Archives: Bong Joon-ho

Mickey 17 (2025) Review

Posted on March 10, 2025 by Sam S-P

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Song Kang-ho: 3 Career-Defining Performances

Posted on January 17, 2024 by Sam S-P

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Prone to Bouts of Mania, Narcissism and Power Failure: Watching High-Rise and Snowpiercer in 2021

Posted on June 14, 2021 by Sam S-P

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Where to Start with Bong Joon-ho

Posted on May 20, 2021 by Sam S-P

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Memories of Murder (2003) Review

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Sam S-P

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Windows into Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite

Posted on April 4, 2020 by Sam S-P

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Bong Joon-ho Films Ranked

Posted on February 12, 2020 by Sam S-P

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Review: Parasite (2019)

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Sam S-P

I fell in love with the genre-hopping, tonally-tromboning work of South Korean firebrand Bong Joon-ho at university and ended up writing my dissertation on how his films represent fractured families and Korean culture. I’ve been waiting for PARASITE for what … Continue reading →

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Review: Okja (2017)

Posted on July 20, 2017 by Sam S-P

I’ve loved the work of South Korean genre-manipulator Bong Joon-ho since university. Criminally, we never got his last film SNOWPIERCER in the UK (at least not officially), so the fact that his latest, OKJA, has gone straight to Netflix is … Continue reading →

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Review: The Host (2006)

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Sam S-P

To shamelessly appropriate and warp the catchphrase of a beloved cartoon character, THE HOST is smarter than the average monster movie. I stumbled on this one on DVD years back, and it’s since become a firm favourite along with the … Continue reading →

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