Sentences with phrase «like oldboy»
Thus begins a caper that takes inspiration from films like Oldboy, Bullitt, and others to create an experience that feels both fresh and nostalgic, filling out its own niche in the gaming medium.
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Olsen continues to show the sort of spark that is wasted in films like Oldboy (here's hoping Joss Whedon can do something worthwhile with her in Avengers 2), but she's a plot device instead of a character, existing to make Jesse feel conflicted about falling for a teenager so he can grow up and embrace his life away from the college he believes defines him.
With recent films like Oldboy, The Host, Mother and The Good, the Bad, the Weird, South Koreans have proven time after time that genre filmmaking can be exciting, while unique to their culture and vision.
Steeve: It was a long process, 4 years I think... At first we wanted to do something like Oldboy, with a man...
While there are some remakes on their way that I'm extremely excited for like Oldboy and Carrie, Suspiria's latest redo just hasn't exactly sparked my interest nearly as much as the other two.
Not exact matches
He begins the essay with an insight that exemplifies the independent - minded analysis that has continued at Reverse Shot: «The face of new South Korean cinema looks a lot like the face of American Independent cinema of the mid-to-late Nineties, given that [Chan - wook] Park's [Oldboy] draws so much of its power from the mixture of high - concept aesthetics and lowbrow generic appropriations that we've been bombarded with since Tarantino.»
Like Park's version, «Oldboy» tells of a drunken, abusive lout named Joe Doucette (Josh Brolin) who's imprisoned for a long time by a mysterious jailer.
I don't like or approve of everything in «Oldboy,» but I'm glad it exists.
The studio that released «Oldboy» doesn't seem to like the movie any more than critics: it stifled pre-release discussion by making reviewers sign non-disclosure agreements, and forced Lee to shorten an apparently much longer director's cut.
Like most every film on this list, Chan - wook Park's 2003 original Oldboy boasts many scenes that are tough to watch.
Lee's «Oldboy,» in contrast, is more like «Point of No Return,» the American remake of «La Femme Nikita.»
Oldboy's near the top of my Netflix queue, and someday I intend to watch some Hou Hsao - hsien movies (like Café Lumière)(Jonathon Rosenbaum digs him, and he is my favorite film critic) and Coffee and Cigarettes is the only available Jarmusch movie I haven't seen.
If you liked director Chan - wook Park's previous Oldboy for its violence, you'll probably find Stoker pretty underwhelming.
Whether you like it or not there's a U.S. remake of «Oldboy» on the way.
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Films like Fight Club, Fargo, Casablanca, The Breakfast Club, Oldboy, Kindergarden Cop, Alien, Reservoir Dogs, There Will Be Blood and a whole lot more have been reimagined as high quality animation cels.
Film tastes include Asian thrillers like Ringu, Oldboy and Battle Royale, classic comedies such as Monty Python's Life of Brian and Top Secret!
Stoker, (directed by Chan - wook Park, Oldboy) was a phenomenal film — its stunning visuals and intense storyline had me utterly gripped throughout, sincerely recommend for those who like Park's style.
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It is like if Oldboy was directed by the man who did The Raid.
A Greek tragedy, an opera, a showcase for South Korean cinema, and one exhilaratingly sick piece of cinema, Park Chan - wook's Oldboy is like the three plays of the «Oresteia» distilled into one pure, malevolent, volatile essence.
It might seem weird to think that a filmmaker would choose a mobile for their movie, particularly someone established like Park Chan - wook, who's better known for his award winning revenge thriller Oldboy, but with the powerful phones we have today it's not that much of a surprise.