Cinema: “The Host”
Fredonia Opera House
May 5 at 8:00 PM
May 8 7:30 pm
1891 Fredonia Opera House , 9 Church St. PO Box 384, Fredonia, NY
Box Office Hours Tuesday – Friday, 1 – 5 p.m. Saturday, 2 – 5 p.m. (716) 679-1891
A giddy revelation - an inspired and unexpectedly moving contribution to the monster movie genre. Years ago, a gov’t official from the US ordered the dumping of toxic substances into Seoul's Han River. Years later, the hapless Gang-du (Song Kang-ho) is working at his father's food stand with his daughter Hyun-seo (Ko A-sung) when a monstrous creature emerges from the water and embarks on a murderous rampage, swallowing Hyun-seo whole. Gang-du's bullish younger brother & sister condemn him for being such a failure, while their father chastises them for being so cruel.
But when Gang-du receives a cell phone call from Hyun-seo, the family must learn to work together to fight the creature & bring her home.
“If this madly entertaining movie has a fault, it's that it's too ingenious for the genre it ostensibly inhabits.” - Richard Corliss, TIME.
“Works on so many levels simultaneously that it's like getting a film series for the price of one. You must, must, must see this movie.” - Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune.
R for creature violence & lang., Korean w/ English Subtitles - 119 mins.
Fredonia opera house link:
http://fredopera.org/home/the_host_movie
Article from Perth Now:
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,21312593-5005387,00.html