A few years ago, actor Lee Sun-kyun had a major role in a film that made history: director Bong Joon-ho’s dark comedy thriller Parasite, which racked up multiple Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Feature Film. It was the first non-English-language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. But now Lee’s life has come to a tragic early end. South Korea’s emergency office has confirmed that Lee has passed away at the age of 48, and it’s suspected that he committed suicide.
As Deadline notes, since October Lee had been “under investigation after drug use allegations amid an ongoing crackdown on illegal drugs by the South Korean government. Local news service Yonhap reported that Lee had been questioned multiple times by authorities, including for 19 hours this past weekend. The actor had said he was tricked into taking drugs.” Lee...
As Deadline notes, since October Lee had been “under investigation after drug use allegations amid an ongoing crackdown on illegal drugs by the South Korean government. Local news service Yonhap reported that Lee had been questioned multiple times by authorities, including for 19 hours this past weekend. The actor had said he was tricked into taking drugs.” Lee...
- 12/27/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
In the 1975 musical comedy horror "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," a recently engaged couple, Janet Weiss (Susan Sarandon) and Brad Majors (Barry Bostwick), seeks help at a nearby castle after their car breaks down on a dark, rainy night. The castle belongs to Dr. Frank-n-Furter, a mad scientist and flamboyant "transvestite" (his words) who's in the middle of throwing a lively celebration called the Annual Transylvanian Convention. Dr. Frank-n-Furter invites the couple to spend the night and shows them his "favorite obsession," his creation of Rocky Horror (Peter Hinwood), an artificially made muscle-bound man with blond hair and gold undies. Trapped in the castle, the naïve couple's relationship is tested by Dr. Frank-n-Furter's antics. The movie is a parodic homage to the sci-fi and campy horror films that came before it.
In his breakout movie role, Tim Curry plays Dr. Frank-n-Furter. Almost a half-century later, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show...
In his breakout movie role, Tim Curry plays Dr. Frank-n-Furter. Almost a half-century later, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show...
- 10/16/2022
- by J. Gabriel Ware
- Slash Film
While we all know that it's just a jump to the left and a step to the right to get the "Time Warp" going, did you know that there were songs from the original stage musical that didn't make it into the film version of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"? One of them, "Superheroes," was filmed and included in the U.K. theatrical cut but not the version that played in the U.S., while the other was a little song belted out by Brad Majors (Barry Bostwick) immediately after his romantic rendezvous with the villainous Dr. Frank N. Furter (Tim Curry). That song, "Once in a While," never made it into the film or onto the soundtrack, but Bostwick wasn't apparently too upset about losing one of his chances to hold the spotlight.
In an interview with Orlando Weekly, Bostwick explained that while he was a bit bummed about the loss of "Superheroes,...
In an interview with Orlando Weekly, Bostwick explained that while he was a bit bummed about the loss of "Superheroes,...
- 10/16/2022
- by Danielle Ryan
- Slash Film
Politics hits a new low as Veep hits a new high as Selina Meyer gets ready for Super Tuesday.
This Veep review contains spoilers.
Veep Season 7 Episode 5
On last week's Veep, Selina Meyer began what looked like the start of a trip down a slippery slope of ethical malfeasance. In episode 5, she jumps on a greased fireman's pole, and not in a good, erotic way. "Super Tuesday" is political satire at its best and most savage. Seinfeld, the series which Julia Louis-Dreyfus helped Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David transform TV comedy in, ended with the main characters imprisoned for criminal disregard. I wonder if Selina will end this series campaigning in an orange jumpsuit for chief of C-Block. I can only hope Jerry himself is appointed special council.
The political system is designed to favor wealthy and well-connected candidates, and corruption is the best way to buy goodwill, from both donors and voters.
This Veep review contains spoilers.
Veep Season 7 Episode 5
On last week's Veep, Selina Meyer began what looked like the start of a trip down a slippery slope of ethical malfeasance. In episode 5, she jumps on a greased fireman's pole, and not in a good, erotic way. "Super Tuesday" is political satire at its best and most savage. Seinfeld, the series which Julia Louis-Dreyfus helped Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David transform TV comedy in, ended with the main characters imprisoned for criminal disregard. I wonder if Selina will end this series campaigning in an orange jumpsuit for chief of C-Block. I can only hope Jerry himself is appointed special council.
The political system is designed to favor wealthy and well-connected candidates, and corruption is the best way to buy goodwill, from both donors and voters.
- 4/26/2019
- Den of Geek
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