The long-awaited Snowpiercer, from South Korean director Bong Joon Ho, is finally coming out on June 27th. This movie's been delayed for months, because the director was caught up in a fierce battle with American distributor Harvey Weinstein (a confrontation you never want to enter, frankly) over releasing his cut of the movie, and not Weinstein's, who wanted at least 20 minutes chopped from the film. Bong Joon Ho won out however, so we're getting his original version when it hits theaters, and it definitely looks unique. An action-packed sci-fi based on the French graphic novel Le Transpersoneige, Bong shot 80% of the film in English and with an ensemble cast of both American and South Korean actors. His other movies are the acclaimed Memories of Murder, The Host (which I loved) and Mother, so I'm looking forward to checking this one out.
