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    Pop Culture Imports: Have A Bong Joon-Ho Marathon With 'Parasite,' 'The Host,' And More

    By Hoai-Tran Bui April 21st, 2020

    Ccelebrate the streaming debut of Parasite with the best foreign movies and TV streaming now: a marathon of Bong Joon-ho films.

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    The Best TV Shows & Movies Leaving Netflix In May 2018

    By Ben Pearson April 26th, 2018

    Here are all the TV shows and movies leaving Netflix in May 2018, including Casper, Field of Dreams, Goodfellas, Ocean's Eleven, and more.

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    10 Years Later, 'The Host' Is Still One Of The Greatest Monster Movies Ever Made

    By Karen Han April 28th, 2017

    A decade after its release, one of the best monster movies ever made has only grown in its power to shock and to delight.

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    The Best Movie Creatures Of All Time

    By Peter Sciretta March 7th, 2017

    This week's edition on /Answers takes on the question: Which is your favorite creature in a movie? Find out the best movie creatures of all time.

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    'The Host' Trailer: Saoirse Ronan Faces Alien Invaders, Young Love

    By Angie Han March 27th, 2013

    There's a segment of the population that will always turn out to see a movie advertised as being "based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer," no matter what, and another segment that will avoid that movie like the plague, no matter what. Meyer's first non-Twilight tale, the sci-fi romance The Host, doesn't look likely to…

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  • Sequel Bits: 'The Hangover Part III', 'Cloudy 2', 'Fast & Furious 6', 'Star Trek Into Darkness', 'Transformers 4', 'The Host', 'Mama 2', 'Riddick', 'The Best Man 2'

    By Angie Han February 25th, 2013

    The Hangover Part III may feature a whole new plotline, but based on these new stills the wolf pack still looks exactly the same. Also after the jump: Dwayne Johnson is pumped for Fast & Furious 6 The latest Star Trek comic drops still more hints The Allspark might resurface in Transformers 4 Stephenie Meyer wants The Host…

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  • 'The Host' Trailer #2: Saoirse Ronan Battles The Alien Within

    By Angie Han February 14th, 2013

    The Twilight Saga is officially over -- at least until Summit starts working on the inevitable reboot -- but author Stephenie Meyer isn't leaving the big screen just yet. Her first non-Twilight novel, The Host, is headed for cinemas next month, with Saoirse Ronan in the lead and Andrew Niccol at the helm. Where the…

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  • Sequel Bits: 'Wayne's World 3', 'Paranormal Activity 5', 'Journey 3', 'Machete Kills', 'The Host 2'

    By Angie Han November 21st, 2012

    Robert Rodriguez's Machete has gotten himself into some hairy situations and lived to tell the tale, but now a lawsuit could shut him down for good. Also after the jump: No, Mike Myers has not written Wayne's World 3 Paranormal Activity 5 gets a fall 2013 release date Josh Hutcherson confirms his return for Journey…

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  • 'The Host' Trailer & Poster: Stephenie Meyer's Post 'Twilight' Sci-Fi Love Story, From Director Andrew Niccol

    By Germain Lussier November 13th, 2012

    Over the past five years, author Stephenie Meyer has proved she can strike a chord blending genre and romance. Her Twilight books and movies are some of the most successful in recent memory, playing to a specific audience hungry for passionate romance and tantalized by their horror-inspired roots. Once Meyer finished Twilight, she published The Host, which has…

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  • Stephenie Meyer And Director Andrew Niccol Preview 'The Host' Footage [Comic-Con 2012]

    By Russ Fischer July 13th, 2012

    The first full day of the San Diego Comic Con found the giant Hall H occupied by nearly the entire cast of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II, with Twilight author Stephenie Meyer showing up as well. But after the Twilight panel finished up, Meyer came back out to the stage to introduce a few…

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  • Behind The Scenes Footage: 'The Host,' Stephenie Meyer's Alien Possession Romance

    By Russ Fischer May 29th, 2012

    Twilight may be ending this year, but the work of author Stephenie Meyer isn't going to be away from screens for long. Andrew Niccol (Gattaca, In Time) wrote and directed an adaptation of Meyer's novel The Host, in which Melanie Stryder (Saoirse Ronan) forms a strange alliance with an alien parasite that is part of…

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  • 'The Host' Teaser Trailer

    By Germain Lussier March 22nd, 2012

    Author Stephenie Meyer is obviously best known for writing the Twilight books, but she also wrote a best-seller not filled with vampires, werewolves and teen lust. It's called The Host and the film version, directed by Andrew Niccol, has just released its first teaser trailer. Starring Saoirse Ronan, The Host is about one woman's struggle…

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  • Diane Kruger In Talks To Join Saoirse Ronan In Stephenie Meyer Adaptation 'The Host'

    By Angie Han January 20th, 2012

    Although this November's Breaking Dawn Part 2 is the last film currently planned in The Twilight Saga, Stephenie Meyer will be back at the box office again just four months later, with March's The Host. The adaptation of Meyer's first non-Twilight novel has been in the works for a couple of years now, and picked…

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  • Casting Bits: William Hurt In 'The Host;' Abbie Cornish In 'Seven Psychopaths;' Felicity Jones In 'The Invisible Woman'

    By Russ Fischer December 7th, 2011

    William Hurt is the latest addition to The Host, the adaptation of Twilight author Stephenie Meyer's sci-fi romance that will be directed by Andrew Niccol (In Time, Gattaca). The actor is in talks to play Jeb, "eccentric uncle" to Saoirse Ronan's character Melanie. Ronan's character has her mind taken over by an alien intelligence called…

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  • Casting Bits: Glenn Close And Elizabeth Olsen In 'Thérèse Raquin', David Schwimmer In 'The Iceman', Max Irons In 'The Host'

    By Angie Han November 14th, 2011

    Hot off two of the year's most buzzed-about performances in Albert Nobbs and Martha Marcy May Marlene, Glenn Close and Elizabeth Olsen have signed on to star in Thérèse Raquin. Charlie Stratton is writing and directing the erotic thriller, which is based on a 19th century novel and play by Émile Zola. Olsen will lead the…

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  • Casting Bits: Jake Abel In 'The Host', Luke Grimes In 'Taken 2', Sean Astin, Taryn Manning And Kevin Pollak In 'Napa'

    By Angie Han November 9th, 2011

    With Saoirse Ronan already locked in for Andrew Niccol's The Host, the search is on for two handsome young lads to play the male leads. Jake Abel has just been selected for the part of Ian, beating out several competitors including Dane DeHaan (The Place Beyond the Pines), Thomas McDonnell (Prom), and Augustus Prew (Charlie…

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  • Liam Hemsworth, Kit Harrington, And More Compete For Male Leads In Stephenie Meyer Adaptation 'The Host'

    By Angie Han November 1st, 2011

    With the uber-successful Twilight film series due to end next November, Hollywood is turning its attention that other Stephenie Meyer adaptation, the sci-fi romance The Host. In Time writer/director Andrew Niccol boarded the project earlier this year with Saoirse Ronan set to star, and now a group of young up-and-comers are getting ready to compete…

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  • Release Dates: 'Pacific Rim,' Soderbergh's 'Contagion,' 'The Host,' 'Carnage' And More

    By Russ Fischer June 29th, 2011

    We've got a handful of release dates to share, with the biggest possibly being Guillermo del Toro's upcoming Pacific Rim, which, if things go well, will begin shooting late this summer or in early fall. Warner Bros. will distribute the Legendary Pictures production, and has just set July 12, 2013 as the release date. Pacific…

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  • Andrew Niccol Confirmed To Direct Saoirse Ronan In 'The Host'

    By Russ Fischer May 12th, 2011

    There's been a little bit of back and forth over who will sit in the director's chair for the adaptation of Twilight author Stephenie Meyer's sci-fi novel The Host. Andrew Niccol scripted and was going to direct before he ran off to do Now with Amanda Seyfried and Justin Timberlake. Earlier this year it looked…

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  • Saoirse Ronan Starring In Film Based On Twilight Author's 'The Host'

    By Russ Fischer May 3rd, 2011

    You may not realize that Twilight author Stephenie Meyer wrote another novel that sounds far crazier than her sparkly vampire series, but The Host is exactly that novel. The 2008 tale seems like a riff on Heinlein's The Puppet Masters (and several other stories) as it describes altruistic alien parasites called Souls (seriously) that attach…

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  • Susanna White To Direct 'Twilight' Author's 'The Host'

    By Germain Lussier February 11th, 2011

    Though it may be hard to believe, Stephenie Meyer, the author behind the Twilight phenomenon, also published a non-Twilight book. It's called The Host and while it also blends genre with romance there are no sparkly vampires here. Instead, The Host is about alien parasites called the Souls who take over Earth by inhabiting human…

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    Twilight Author Stephanie Meyer's Science Fiction Novel The Host To Be Adapted By Andrew Niccol

    By Russ Fischer September 23rd, 2009

    Stephanie Meyer, the author of Twilight, evidently writes more than just sparkly teen vampire romances. Her first 'adult' novel is The Host, not to be confused with the Korean monster movie released under that name in the US and other countries. The Host involves interstellar parasites that use people as hosts and remake human society…

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    Movie Playlist: Quentin Tarantino's Top 20 Movies To Be Released Since He Became A Filmmaker

    By Peter Sciretta August 17th, 2009

    Quentin Tarantino has recorded a list of his top 20 favorite films which have been released over the last 17 years. What's so special about the last 17 years, or the year 1992? That was the year Tarantino became a filmmaker. Films on Tarantino's list include Battle Royale, Anything Else, Audition, Blade, Boogie Nights, Dazed…

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  • /Filmcast Ep. 27 - Twilight (GUESTS: Jen Yamato From Rottentomatoes And Angie Han)

    By Slashfilmcast November 26th, 2008

    In this episode of the /Filmcast, Dave, Devindra, and Adam revel in the pleasures of Sukiyaki Western Django, continue to be pessimistic about the Oldboy remake, and get depressed about the death of one of their favorite TV shows. Special guests Angie Han and Jen Yamato from Rotten Tomatoes join us to provide us their…

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  • Gore Verbinski To Produce, Fredrik Bond To Direct The Host Remake

    By Peter Sciretta November 19th, 2008

    Universal Studios has signed a director to remake Bong Joon-ho's 2006 Korean monster film The Host. Commercial film director Fredrik Bond will helm the project, based on a script by Smart People scribe Mark Poirier, and Gore Verbinski will produce. Bond has directed a variety of commercials over the last few years (check them out…

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  • The Commercials Of Fredrik Bond

    By Peter Sciretta November 19th, 2008

    Fredrik Bond is directing the American remake of The Host for Universal, but who is he? The Swedish commercial director began his career as a photographer, studying at NYU Film School. Bond got his break after directing a documentary about photographer David Sim's work for Levis. In 1999, he was one of 30 directors chosen…

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    The Best And Worst Reviewed Movies Of 2007 (So Far)

    By Peter Sciretta July 17th, 2007

    Rotten Tomatoes have published their Mid-Year Report, which features a list of the best and worst reviewed movies of the first six months of 2007. You can see the top ten of each below. Best Reviewed Movies 1. "Ratatouille" 2. "Away From Her" 3. "Once" 4. "Knocked Up" 5. "Hot Fuzz" 6. "Sicko" 7. "The…

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