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‘Frozen Empire’ Falls for Lady Ghostbusters’ Box-Office Curse

$70 million. Maybe more. That’s how much the 2016 “Ghostbusters” reboot reportedly cost Sony. The woke comedy cast four female Ghostbusters to replace the four male characters. The film’s first trailer got slimed by fans, and its $128 million US haul proved no match for its shockingly large $144 million budget. The 2021 franchise do-over …

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New Re-Release Trailer for Lee Chang-Dong’s ‘Oasis’ Film from 2002

"It's about time you grew up." Film Movement has revealed a brand new official trailer for a 4K restoration and re-release of a cult classic Korean indie film from 2002. Oasis was the third feature made by Korean auteur Lee Chang-dong, who later went on to make a splash worldwide with his film Burning in 2018. In this film Oasis, an irresponsible and childish ex-con fresh out of prison befriends a girl with cerebral palsy and develops a progressively stronger bond with her. Co-starring Sol Kyung-gu and Moon So-ri. Winner of the Silver Lion for Best Director and Best Young Actress at the Venice Film Festival, Lee Chang-dong's Oasis is a "brave film" that "shows two people who find any relationship almost impossible, and yet find a way to make theirs work." (From a positive Roger Ebert review.) It was also South Korea's official entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 75th Academy Awards in 2003. Time to catch up if you've never seen it. This one definitely seems to be for cinephiles only, so it's nice to see ...