The God of Thunder and an ambitious young super-villain were apparently no match for writer-director-producer Choi Dong-hoon's Alienoid. The film, which made quite a splash at this year's Cannes Film ...

Kim Tae-ri plays The Girl Who Shoots Thunder in 'Alienoid.' Imagine building a world in which aliens trap their prisoners in human brains, but the aliens can also time travel back to a fictional era ...

When I first was introduced to the South Korean sci-fi action flick Alienoid, I expected a story set in the future, one full of robots, aliens, neon-colored cities, and sleek futuristic hovercraft. Of ...

Showbiz Cheat Sheet got to sit down with one of South Korea’s most influential filmmakers, Choi Dong-hoon, for his new 2022 film, Alienoid. After establishing himself as a leader in Korean cinema, he ...

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The first half of the sci-fi action film received a mixed reception from South Korean film critics at the press screening on July 13. While some critics lauded the unique worldview Alienoid presented, ...

Director Choi Dong-hoon likes a challenge. That much is apparent in his latest film Alienoid, a two-part time travel, alien-fighting adventure story. The genre-blurring film is his most ambitious work ...

Still only 50, Choi Dong-hoon has been a front-runner among Korean directors for at least the past 15 years, with hits under his belt including “The Thieves,” “Assassination” and “Tazza: The High ...

Time traveling-fantasy-adventure movie “Alienoid 2” was a comfortable winner at the South Korea box office over the weekend. But with few fresh films on release the cinema-going market slowed.

Director Choi Dong-hoon, who is returning to movie theaters this summer with the release of “Alienoid,” explained that his latest project is about bringing his childhood imagination into reality. “As ...

The second part of director Choi Dong-hoon's fantasy film "Alienoid" topped the box office on its opening day Wednesday, making up for the disappointment from the first installment. The film garnered ...

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