Mun Kang

Umma Director Iris K. Shim on the Duality of Identity Within Her Sandra Oh-Led Horror Movie

March 23, 2022 Mun Kang Comments Off

The Evil Dead director Sam Raimi returns to his genre roots with the release of Umma, which marks the feature directorial debut of up-and-coming filmmaker Iris K. Shim (The House of Suh). The supernatural thriller stars two-time Golden Globe winner Sandra Oh (Killing Eve, Grey’s Anatomy) as Amanda, who is living a secluded life on a remote property where she and her daughter Chris (Fivel Stewart) work as beekeepers to produce honey. Amanda’s world is unexpectedly […]

Dune Supervising Sound Editors Mark Mangini and Theo Green Detail the Film’s Transformative Sound Design

January 3, 2022 Mun Kang Comments Off

The latest adaptation of Dune, based on the novel by Frank Herbert, is an epic and immersive sci-fi from the creative mind of director Denis Villeneuve (Blade Runner 1949, Arrival). The film features Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides, the son of Duke Leto (Oscar Isaac) and Lady Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson). The Atreides family journeys to the desert world of Arrakis in order to accumulate spice and attempt to form a […]

Dolph Lundgren Goes Behind the Camera to Direct Castle Falls

December 13, 2021 Mun Kang Comments Off

In light of Sylvester Stallone’s recently-released Director’s Cut of Rocky IV: Rocky vs. Drago, it couldn’t be timelier with his good friend Dolph Lundgren releasing his own directed action film, Castle Falls. The film explores the motivation behind three desperate parties attempting to retrieve 3 million dollars stashed away in the abandoned Castle Heights Hospital. We journey with ex-MMA fighter Mike Wade (Scott Adkins), who lives out of his truck […]

Emmy Watch: Lovecraft Country’s Bold and Daring Visual Effects

August 26, 2021 Mun Kang Comments Off

From creator Misha Green comes HBO’s supernatural period piece Lovecraft Country. The show, based on the 2016 novel by author Matt Ruff, explores the combined concepts of horror fiction and racism. The series follows Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors) and Leti Lewis (Jurnee Smollett) as they battle racism and monsters in the 1950s while attempting to unlock hidden family secrets with a direct connection to the Braithwhite family and the Book […]

Emmy Watch: The Split-Screen Editing in The Flight Attendant Pilot “In Case of Emergency”

August 12, 2021 Mun Kang Comments Off

The Flight Attendant, an HBO Max Original series from novelist Chris Bohjalian and showrunner/creator Steve Yockey, is a gripping thrill ride that leaves the audience wanting more. The series follows The Big Bang Theory star Kaley Cuoco as flight attendant Cassie Bowden who mysteriously wakes up next to a dead man, Alex Sokolov (Michiel Huisman), a passenger she connected with on a flight to Bangkok. Cassie tries to piece the […]

Space Jam: A New Legacy Co-Animation Director Devin Crane on Animating the Hybrid Film

August 4, 2021 Mun Kang Comments Off

From Warner Brothers and director Malcolm D. Lee comes Space Jam: A New Legacy, the highly anticipated follow up to the 1996 smash hit Space Jam, starring Michael Jordan. In the sequel, NBA superstar LeBron James is conflicted with his youngest son Dom James (Cedric Joe) for his passion for video games over basketball. During their visit to Warner Brothers, Dom is suddenly transported into an artificial intelligence vortex created […]

Director Kate Herron Reveals Secrets of the Loki Universe (Spoilers Ahead!!)

July 27, 2021 Mun Kang Comments Off

Creator Michael Waldron has surpassed expectations with Loki, the 3rd original Marvel Studios series on Disney +. The series picks up after Loki (Tom Hiddleston) mysteriously disappears with the Tesseract in 2012 during his engagement with the Avengers. He crashes in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia where he is tracked by the Minutemen (AKA variant hunters) and taken into custody to the Time Variance Authority (TVA). In the TVA, Loki meets […]

The Equalizer Stunt Coordinator Chris Place on Queen Latifah’s Action Sequences

June 23, 2021 Mun Kang Comments Off

The original Equalizer ran on television from 1985-1989. Since then, the property has been rebooted twice, first as a movie starring Denzel Washington, and the reconceptualized 2021 version returns to television, starring Queen Latifah as Robyn McCall, “The Equalizer.” The latest CBS series is developed by Andrew W. Marlowe and Terri Edda Miller. Stunt Coordinator Chris Place (House of Cards, Mr. Robot) was brought in to coordinate the majority of the action […]

Director Series: Zach Braff brings Heart to Ted Lasso

June 18, 2021 Mun Kang Comments Off

The unexpected phenomenon known as Ted Lasso took the 2020 pandemic-ridden year by storm as the feel good and must watch show of the year. The Apple TV+ series is created by the brilliant writing team of Bill Lawrence, Jason Sudeikis, Brendan Hunt, and Joe Kelly, who put their trust in Scrubs star and director Zach Braff (Wish I Was Here, Garden State) to convey the element of heart to […]

The Mosquito Coast Cinematographer Alex Disenhof on the Show’s Fluid Camera Style

June 17, 2021 Mun Kang Comments Off

The Mosquito Coast is created and developed by Tom Bissell and Neil Cross, based on the 1981 novel from author Paul Theroux and a previous adaptation of the 1986 film. The new Apple TV+ series transports us into the chaotic world of Allie Fox (Justin Theroux) with wife Margot (Melissa George), daughter Dina (Logan Polish), and son Charlie (Gabriel Bateman) who are abruptly forced to run for their lives and […]