THE HOST is a riveting story about the survival of love and the human spirit in a time of war. Our world has been invaded by an unseen enemy. Humans become hosts for these invaders, their minds taken over while their bodies remain intact. Most of humanity has succumbed.
The highly anticipated film is based on the best-selling novel THE HOST by famed author of THE TWILIGHT SAGA, Stephenie Meyer. THE HOST stars SAOIRSE RONAN (Hanna, The Lovely Bones, Atonement, upcoming Byzantium), JAKE ABEL (Percy Jackson And The Olympians: The Lightening Thief, I Am Number Four, The Lovely Bones, upcoming Percy Jackson And The Olympians: Sea of Monsters), MAX IRONS (Red Riding Hood, Dorian Gray, upcoming Vivaldi), WILLIAM HURT (Into The Wild, A History Of Violence, The Incredible Hulk) and DIANE KRUGER (Inglourious Basterds, National Treasure, Unknown).
THE HOST arrives in theaters everywhere March 29, 2013.
Get a look at THE HOST, the highly anticipated film based on the best-selling novel by TWILIGHT author Stephenie Meyer, by checking out the first official poster.
THE HOST is a riveting story about the survival of love and the human spirit in a time of war. Our world has been invaded by an unseen enemy. Humans become hosts for these invaders, their minds taken over while their bodies remain intact. Most of humanity has succumbed.
Directed by Andrew Niccol (GATTACA, IN TIME), THE HOST stars Saoirse Ronan (HANNA, THE LOVELY BONES, ATONEMENT), Max Irons (RED RIDING HOOD), Jake Abel (I AM NUMBER FOUR, PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS), Diane Kruger (INGLORIOUS BASTARDS, UNKNOWN), William Hurt (INTO THE WILD, THE INCREDIBLE HULK) and Frances Fisher (TITANIC).
THE HOST will be in theaters everywhere March 29, 2013!
Hey all you Twi-Hards! Stephenie Meyer, the woman who is responsible for bringing Edward and Jacob into our lives, has epic tale to share with us, and WAMG has a glimpse of it just for you!
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Get a look at THE HOST, the highly anticipated upcoming film based on the best-selling novel by TWILIGHT author Stephenie Meyer. Now, Edward and Jacob are not a part of this tale, but don’t fret! This film is sure to take you on an adventure!
Check out the new photos plus here’s another look at the the teaser trailer. The trailer features the six winners of The Host Trailer Contest held on the film’s Facebook page last month.
Intense, huh?
THE HOST is a riveting story about the survival of love and the human spirit in a time of war. Our world has been invaded by an unseen enemy. Humans become hosts for these invaders, their minds taken over while their bodies remain intact. Most of humanity has succumbed.
Directed by Andrew Niccol (GATTACA, IN TIME), THE HOST stars Saoirse Ronan (HANNA, THE LOVELY BONES, ATONEMENT), Max Irons (RED RIDING HOOD), Jake Abel (I AM NUMBER FOUR, PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS), Diane Kruger (INGLORIOUS BASTARDS, UNKNOWN), William Hurt (INTO THE WILD, THE INCREDIBLE HULK) and Frances Fisher (TITANIC). Based on Stephenie Meyer‘s book, THE HOST will be in theaters everywhere March 29, 2013.
From Open Road Films, here’s the teaser for the highly anticipated THE HOST (via Yahoo! Movies). For those of you venturing out to see THE HUNGER GAMES this weekend, expect to see this trailer beforehand.
THE HOST is a riveting story about the survival of love and the human spirit in a time of war. Our world has been invaded by an unseen enemy. Humans become hosts for these invaders, their minds taken over while their bodies remain intact. Most of humanity has succumbed. The battle for your future begins in 2013!
Directed by Andrew Niccol (GATTACA, IN TIME), THE HOST stars Saoirse Ronan (HANNA, THE LOVELY BONES, ATONEMENT), Max Irons (RED RIDING HOOD), Jake Abel (I AM NUMBER FOUR, PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS), Diane Kruger (INGLORIOUS BASTARDS, UNKNOWN), William Hurt (INTO THE WILD, THE INCREDIBLE HULK) and Frances Fisher (TITANIC). Based on Stephenie Meyer‘s book, THE HOST will be in theaters everywhere March 29, 2013.
Tune in to Access Hollywood and Yahoo! Movies this Thursday, March 22, for a look at the first trailer for THE HOST, the highly anticipated film based on the best-selling novel by TWILIGHT SAGA author Stephenie Meyer. The trailer features six lucky winners of The Host Trailer Contest held on Facebook last month so be sure to check it out.http://www.facebook.com/thehostmovie
THE HOST is a riveting story about the survival of love and the human spirit in a time of war. Our world has been invaded by an unseen enemy. Humans become hosts for these invaders, their minds taken over while their bodies remain intact. Most of humanity has succumbed.
Directed by Andrew Niccol (GATTACA, IN TIME), THE HOST stars Saoirse Ronan (HANNA, THE LOVELY BONES, ATONEMENT), Max Irons(RED RIDING HOOD), Jake Abel (I AM NUMBER FOUR, PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS), Diane Kruger (INGLORIOUS BASTARDS, UNKNOWN), William Hurt (INTO THE WILD, THE INCREDIBLE HULK) and Frances Fisher (TITANIC). THE HOST will be in theaters everywhere March 29, 2013.
THE HOST, the upcoming film based on the best-selling novel by TWILIGHT author Stephenie Meyer, will be in theaters everywhere March 29, 2013 and now fans have the chance to be featured in the trailer!
Are you the ULTIMATE FAN of THE HOST? Head over to the official Facebook page and enter for a chance to be included in the first trailer for the film: http://www.facebook.com/thehostmovie
THE HOST is a riveting story about the survival of love and the human spirit in a time of war. Our world has been invaded by an unseen enemy. Humans become hosts for these invaders, their minds taken over while their bodies remain intact. Most of humanity has succumbed.
From the renowned author of the Twilight series, Stephenie Meyer brings the latest film adaptation of her book The Host. Directed by Andrew Niccol (GATTACA, IN TIME), THE HOST stars Saoirse Ronan (HANNA, THE LOVELY BONES, ATONEMENT), Jake Abel (I AM NUMBER FOUR, PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS), Max Irons (RED RIDING HOOD), William Hurt (INTO THE WILD, THE INCREDIBLE HULK), and Diane Kruger (INGLORIOUS BASTARDS, UNKNOWN).
Man, do we spoil you or what? MONSTERS will be released in theaters on OCTOBER 29th, 2010, and will be available FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24th on VOD, iTUNES, AMAZON.COM, Xbox MARKETPLACE and the PLAYSTATION NETWORK.
To celebrate, we are giving away a prize pack that includes: A MONSTERS T-SHIRT (PICTURED BELOW), AND BLU-RAY copies of MAGNOLIA TITLES: LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, THE HOST, and THE SIGNAL.
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The breakout hit of this year’s SXSW, Gareth Edwards’ groundbreaking new film (also a selection at the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival) is as much a poignant contemporary romance as it is an epic science fiction adventure. Shot with just a five person crew and a cast of two, Gareth Edwards’ team traveled through Guatemala, Belize and Mexico, finding and utilizing their locations and supporting actors as they went. The result is a film as cutting edge as it is classically composed, as emotionally satisfying as it is visually stunning, and the bold announcement of a major new talent.
Six years ago NASA discovered the possibility of alien life within our solar system. A probe was launched to collect samples, but crashed upon re-entry over Central America. Soon after, new life forms began to appear and grow. In an effort to stem the destruction that resulted, half of Mexico was quarantined as an INFECTED ZONE. Today, the American and Mexican military still struggle to contain the massive creatures… Our story begins when a jaded US journalist (McNairy) begrudgingly agrees to find his bosses daughter, a shaken American tourist (Able) and escort her through the infected zone to the safety of the US border.
Ya know ’em, ya love ’em, ya can’t live without ’em. Thats right, those lovable Water Monsters! You luvvys are swimming around in all kinds of water tah boot – rivers, lakes oceans – even sometimes on land. Equal opportunity terrors. In honor of your fellow fallen brethren, along with the release of PIRAHNA 3D, we salute you beasties with this week’s Top 10 lists.
Honorable Mention: PINOCCHIO
The first underwater monster that many filmgoers first encountered may be Monstro the whale from Walt Disney Productions’ animated classic feature film from1940, PINOCCHIO. Finding out that Geppetto (along with Figaro and Cleo) has been swallowed by Monstro the whale, Pinocchio (along with Jiminy Cricket) jump to the bottom of the sea to locate the beast. Just the name Monsro causes all the sea creatures that Pinocchio befriends to quickly swim away. Finally Pinocchio and Jiminy find him and are swallowed up as the beast scoops up his supper. Reunited with their friends, they must know find a way to escape the whale. Staring a fire on Geppetto’s boat causes the beast to sneeze and blow out the raft with Pinocchio and his pals aboard. But Monstro will not be denied. In one of the most exciting animated sequences in the history of the movies, the whale comes charging after our heroes. Many animation scholars believe that PINOCCHIO is the crown jewel of Walt Disney’s animated features and the thrilling conclusion involving one of the great underwater menaces, Monsro the whale, contributes greatly to its classic status.
10. LAKE PLACID
Steve Miner’s 1999 monster croc flick was a surprise hit, better than your typical genre outing and boasted quite a reputable cast with Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt, Brendan Gleeson and, of course… Betty White. Who doesn’t love Betty White? However, the cast was equaled by the massive killer crocodile on which the story was centered. Steve Irwin would have never dared wrangle this bad boy, or would he? Perhaps one of the best scenes was when the star croc leaps out onto the lake shore and gobbles up a grizzly bear. yeah… that’s right. A full grown grizzly! Wicked!
09. THE DEEP
What ever happened to good old fashioned pirate treasure hunts? I bet pirates wouldn’t have gone that far down in an attempt to gain treasure. If they did, they would at least have been smart about it! This isn’t about pirates though… this is about Nick Nolte and his sweet mustache. One thing is for sure, I would never have the guts to face what these money grubbing treasure hunters did, and I’m afraid  just talking about the ocean itself. The ocean is the real monster here!
08. ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS
Ah, ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS. Actually, there’s really only one crab monster to represent them all, and it’s an ambitiously large styrofoam puppet with waving claws and crazed, staring eyes. To keep this 1957 cheapie from being too routine, director Roger Corman (who else?) had the wacky notion to make these creatures telepathic, so when they devour their victims they adopt their personalities and can speak with their voices, projected into the minds of their next potential victims. It can be very amusing indeed to hear the unfortunate actors whose characters have been bumped off dubbed over the big, ugly monster. But for all the affection that this movie is held in, it’s pretty minor Corman and the low budget is painfully obvious.
07. FRANKENFISH
HAHA… Just Kidding! Now, The Real FRANKENFISH!
What can we say about FRANKENFISH? Well, it was a made-for-TV movie, so that should say a lot right there, but the truth is… this is one of those ridiculously bad monster animal flicks that’s just so bad its a downright hoot! While only 80 minutes long, this flamboyant fish-flick has b-movie glory written all over… with nudity, Chinese mafia, floating trailer parks, lesbians and, of course… giant, mutant killer fish! This terrible tuna has a massive dorsal fin and some insane incisors, but the humor truly sets the mood for the monster as it munches on some human bait.
06. THE BEAST FROM 20 FATHOMS
This underwater monster (dubbed an prehistoric Rhedosaurus by the film’s Professor Elson) is one of special effects wizard Ray Harryhausen’s first great screen creations. This 1953 classic inspired by Ray Bradbury’s Saturday Evening Post short story built on the giant-monster-on-the loose plot of the legendary KING KONG. Those unpredictable atomic weapons tests at the North Pole unleash this huge dinosaur from its icy, millions of years’ slumber. It quickly makes a beeline for the warmer waters with stops along the way to sink a trawler and destroy a lighthouse. Later it gobbles up the unfortunate Elson when he takes a diving bell to the ocean floor and sees the beast gulp down a brawling shark and octopus. Soon the beast leaps up onto the docks of New York City and sends the residents running for their lives. In one of the great movie monster scenes of all time, a lone policeman empties his pistol to no effect as the beast scoops him up and swallows the officer. Later we find out that besides its destructive abilities, the beast is a deadly virus carrier! The only thing that can destroy it without harming the populace is a radioactive isotope fired from a special rifle by an expert marksman (played by Lee Van Cleef!).THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS was an exciting forerunner of the many nuclear giant monsters (including GODZILLA) that would be filling movie houses for the next few decades.
05. PIRANHA
Let me start out by saying that this movie rocks my FACE OFF! Never again will I dip my feet into an unknown body of water… nor will I ignore whenever a little fish nibbles at my toes. Piranha teaches us that you should pay attention to signs that say “NO TRESSPASSING”, and most importantly, you shouldn’t feed the fish!
04. THE HOST
THE HOST is Joon-ho Bong’s Korean monster thrill ride, a creature-feature as funny and hip as it is scary. The 2006 film quickly became a cult favorite with its innocently humorous take on the genre of nature-turned-monster by man’s actions genre, with top notch action and special effects. The creature in THE HOST is one ugly part-fish, part-amphibian whatchamacallit, with a long tail, webbed feet and frightening speed and strength both in and out of water.
03. 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
One of the highlights of Walt Disney’s 1954 production of Jules Verne’s 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (directed by Richard Fleischer) is the futuristic submarine The Nautilus’s encounter with a giant squid. A pulsating electrical charge from the vessel does not face the monster at all after the ship returns to the ocean’s surface during a violent storm. James Mason’s Captain Nemo and his men are tossed about like rag dolls as they battle the sea beast on the top of the sub. After breaking out of the ship’s brig Ned Land ( played by one of the silver screen’s most macho leading men-Kirk Douglas!) decides to rescue Nemo by battling the killer squid armed only with a harpoon spear. Unlike many film monsters, the squid is a full size effect engineered by Walt Disney’s staff. This exciting scene helps make the first all-live action feature from the studio a classic.
02. CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON
The best and practically the only original 1950s movie monster was everyone’s favorite Amazon dweller; THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON. Dreamed up by Universal in 1954 when they and most other studios were putting their resources into outer space and giant bugs, The Creature, aka The Gill Man is a stunningly designed and executed fish-monster, the best rubber suit Hollywood ever produced. He has an immediate graphic personality barely tapped by his three starring vehicles and holds a timeless appeal for kids and adults who like their monsters scary, slimy and mean.
01. JAWS
“…what we are dealing with here is a perfect engine, an eating machine. It’s really a miracle of evolution. All this machine does is swim and eat and make little sharks, and that’s all.” That statement by Matt Hooper in JAWS is pretty much the thriller in a nutshell. It’s the eating part that horrified movie goers and ocean swimmers alike in 1975. Ringing the dinner bell for Bruce the Great White Shark consisted of terrifying sequences of teeth, fins, swimmers and blood and no one was safe from being killed off. Frank Rich of The New York Times wrote, “some of the most frightening sequences in Jaws are those where we don’t even see the shark.” That is until you heard John Williams’ scary score announcing his arrival. Without a doubt, Spielberg’s masterpiece is what make JAWS We Are Movie Geeks #1 pick as the king of all Water Monsters.
Some called it on par with JAWS. Others said it was, and still is, the greatest monster movie ever. Now, in honor of Bong Joon-ho’s MOTHER hitting theaters today, March 12th, we have copies of his 2008 film, THE HOST, to give away, copies of the 2-disc Collector’s Edition no less.
What do you have to do to win one of these bad boys? Glad you asked.
Follow these simple rules:
Follow this link to Ernest Woo’s review of Bong’s newest film, MOTHER, over at The Korea Society.
In that article, Woo feels he hears inflections of a certain type of music in the score for the film.
Send an email to me at kirk@wearemoviegeeks.com with what type of music Woo is talking about. Don’t forget to include your home address, so I know where to send your prize.
The winners will be chosen at random from the list of correct answers. And, if you’re not one of the lucky winners, you can pick up the DVD at DVDEmpire or over at Amazon.
And be sure to check out MOTHER hitting theaters on March 12th. You can check out the film’s trailer over at YouTube or learn more about the film at it’s official site.
From the mouth of director Bong Joon-ho himself, Universal Studios ahs apparently purchases the rights to the Korean monster masterpiece ‘The Host’ and they intend to remake the popular film with it’s American audience in mind. AKA, dumb it down and ruin it like most of their remakes? Well, hopefully not…
From SciFi.com: “Maybe three or four years down the line, if The Host [remake] comes out, and there’s a cool director who takes it on and makes it a real great film, then I’d be very happy,” Bong said in an interview, through a translator. “On the other hand, if it’s just crap, I think I’d be happy, too, because then people would be like, ‘Oh, yeah, Bong’s original was really good.’ So, for me, it’s a win-win situation. But Universal has a tradition of doing horror and creature films, so I anticipate that they will do a great film.”
