We’re only a few days away from the 2020 Oscars! To celebrate, Malaysian cinemas will be re-releasing a couple of Best Picture Oscar-nominated films for a limited time only, in select theatres.
First up is Parasite. The South Korean film by Bong Joon-Ho has six nominated films under its belt — Best Picture, Best Director (Bong Joon-Ho), Best Original Screenplay (Bong Joon-Ho & Jin Won Han), Best International Film, Best Editing (Jinmo Yang) and Best Production Design (Ha-jun Lee & Won-Woo Choo).
The brilliance of this Bong Joon-Ho film is that it can be enjoyed on two levels. On the surface, it’s a fun, funny and exciting film about a poor family scamming a rich one. But behind the funny lines, exciting tone and suspenseful beats lie a chilling and dark commentary about the way our society is built. And for Bong Joon-Ho fans who were disappointed in his previous film, Okja, this is the master once again in form. Parasite is pure unadulterated Bong from start to finish — funny, suspenseful, unabashedly weird, bloody, manic and powerful.
Parasite is currently (re)screening in the following cinemas:
- GSC Mid Valley
- GSC The Gardens Aurum (black and white version)
- GSC Pavilion
- GSC 1-Utama
- GSC Paradigm Mall
- GSC Southkey JB (black and white version)
- GSC Gurney Plaza
- TGV KLCC
- TGV Sunway Pyramid
- TGV 1-Utama
- MMC Damansara
- MMC City Square
- Emperor Cinemas
- Superstar Cinema Ulutiram
- Superstar Cinema Segamat
Joker will also be re-releasing in Malaysian cinemas this Oscar season. The Todd Phillips masterpiece received 11 Oscar nominations — Best Picture, Best Director (Todd Phillips), Best Actor (Joaquin Phoenix), Best Adapted Screenplay (Todd Phillps & Scott Silver), Best Cinematography (Lawrence Sher), Best Costume Design (Mark Bridges), Best Editing (Jeff Groth), Best Original Score (Hildur Guðnadóttir), Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing.
Joker is a wonderfully written, superbly crafted unnerving and frankly uncomfortable telling of a broken man with a tortured soul. The broken man is brought to life by Joaquin Phoenix, who delivers a heartbreaking performance of staggering genius that anchors the whole film.
Joker will be hitting cinemas on 10 February 2020 for one week.
- GSC Mid Valley City
- GSC IOI City Mall Putrajaya
- GSC Paradigm Mall JB
- GSC 1-Utama
- GSC MyTown Cheras
- GSC Aeon Bandaraya Melaka
- GSC Gurney Plaza Penang
- TGV 1-U
- TGV KLCC
- TGV Sunway Velocity
- TGV Sunway Pyramid
- TGV Central i-City
- TGV Kinta City Ipoh
- TGV Toppen JB
- TGV 1st Avenue Penang
- TGV Vivacity Megamall
- TGV Imperial City Mall Miri
- MBO Subang Parade
- MBO The Starling
- MBO Tropicana Gardens
- MBO Elements Mall Melaka
- MBO The Spring Kuching
- MBO Imago Mall Kota Kinabalu
Click here to read our review of Parasite.
Click here to read our review of Joker.
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