Fans of Bong Joon Ho’s movies (Bong-heads, they call themselves) will now have to deal with dystopian class warfare spearheaded by a Donald Trump leader (Mark Ruffalo) who disdains ...

See our ethics statement. While Mickey 17 is adapted from Edward Ashton’s 2022 novel Mickey7, Ashton’s version is a much more straightforward sci-fi story than Bong’s. In the Korean virtuoso ...

It just cost way too much to ever turn a profit in this lifetime. The R-rated movie, directed by Bong Joon Ho and starring Robert Pattinson, opened on Feb. 28 in Korea (Bong’s home country ...

Justin Bieber is no stranger to raising eyebrows with his social media activity. His latest post is no exception, as he shared a cryptic message about "the gift of life" and having "nothing to prove.

By Pamela McClintock Senior Film Writer Bong Joon Ho’s sci-fi space epic Mickey 17 has finally landed at the box office, where it opened to a sluggish $19.1 million after failing to wow audiences.

Last week, Starbucks announced that it was laying off 1,100 employees in its corporate offices – one of the biggest cuts in the company’s history. This week, the new CEO of Starbucks has a ...

Starbucks booked $1.3 billion in profit in a Swiss subsidiary over a decade, a new report says. The move appeared to reduce Starbucks' tax bill in other countries. It's the latest example of ...

It has been six years since director Bong Joon-ho released his last film (the Best Picture Oscar-winning Parasite), but the wait has been worth it. Mickey 17, based on Edward Ashton’s 2022 novel ...

There's long been a current of topical anger running through the work of the brilliant South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon Ho. Parasite was a domestic thriller and an indictment of economic inequality.

Director Bong Joon Ho envisioned the interaction between the two families as a cat-and-mouse game of spying, set in an open-plan house. This layout allowed him to depict the spatial relationships ...

Bong Joon Ho considers himself an optimist, even if it’s not exactly obvious from his work. “It doesn’t work to deny the dark reality, to just gloss over it,” he explained to me through ...

Of course Bong Joon Ho is an environmentalist. He recycles his own ideas. “Mickey 17,” a sloppy but enjoyable sci-fi comedy set in the year 2054, mashes together the monsterphobia of “The ...