Tag Archives: Korean cinema

James Ransone is not a household name. At least to those who did not follow TV cop drama “The Wire”. If the Spike Lee remake of Korean classic “Oldboy” is a success, we just might see more of him. Right now, he’s doing well enough as a character actor. Ransone joined Lee’s film late inContinue Reading

Hollywood’s just picked up yet another Korean film to remake. This time, it’s psychological thriller “301, 302″, which in its American guise will be retitled “Compulsion”. Dimension Films made the announcement today, along with cast and crew details. The film has just acquired two leading ladies in Heather Graham (“The Hangover”) and Carrie-Ann Moss (“TheContinue Reading

While we wait to see if “Men In Black 3″ is any good, it’ll be safe to assume that Josh Brolin will be pretty good in it. He’s almost always the best thing in any movie he’s in (unless he’s acting alongside people like Kevin Bacon or Javier Bardem). When the remake of the classicContinue Reading

The Hollywood remake machine continues to thunder along, undeterred by any of the recent failures. This time, they’ve turned their sights on South Korean Cinema. Today, Dimension Films announced that they have acquired the rights to “The Man From Nowhere”. The 2010 actioner was the highest grossing film at the Korean box office, surpassing evenContinue Reading

This South Korean war film is the country’s official entry for the 2012 Academy Awards’ Best Foreign Language Film category…

Last month, Electroshadow broke the news that South Korean classic thriller “Oldboy” was receiving the Hollywood treatment. Spike Lee (“The 25th Hour”) is still onboard to direct from a script adaptation by Mark Protosevich (“Thor”). Today, Deadline reported that Josh Brolin (“No Country For Old Men”) has signed on to headline the remake. What manyContinue Reading

After a lot of speculation and false starts, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s next film has been confirmed. The former Governor of California’s big return to showbiz will be a Western entitled “The Last Stand”. Deadline yesterday reported that he will take the lead role in this story of a aging Sheriff in a small American town whoContinue Reading