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Karen Han

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Los Angeles, CA, United States

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  • polygon.com
  • VICE
  • Vox
  • Vanity Fair
  • Mental Floss
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Past articles by Karen:

The Ladies of the Rings

As we return to Middle-earth with 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power', Inverse gathered five of the show's female stars. → Read More

Night of the Kings is a thrilling look at how storytelling makes life bearable

Philippe Lacôte’s film Night of the Kings, partially inspired by his own childhood visiting the Ivory Coast prison La MACA, focuses on the power of storytelling. A young man (Koné Bakary) is forced to recount legends of a criminal mastermind, with his life at stake if he doesn’t keep his audience engaged. Now available in theaters and virtual cinemas, and coming to VOD on March 5th. → Read More

Nomadland is about the breathtaking journey, not the destination

After a stunning run of awards, the film is finally streaming → Read More

The Craft reboot, Train to Busan 2, and everything else you can now watch at home

The reboot to the 1996 cult hit The Craft arrives on VOD, as well as the sequel to Train to Busan, the documentary The Donut King, and horror movie Spell. On Netflix, Sarah Cooper’s comedy special Everything’s Fine arrives on streaming. → Read More

Michael Myers returns in the teaser for next year’s Halloween Kills

The sequel to the 2018 Halloween is on its way, with Jamie Lee Curtis and Judy Greer returning as Laurie Strode and her daughter. The film is set to hit theaters in 2021, and debuted as part of Blumhouse’s Blumfest on YouTube. → Read More

Best movies of 2020, and where to watch them

Here are our picks for the best films of the year so far, and where to stream them on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and other services. From Oscar-worthy dramas, great documentaries, superhero movies, cult hits, and underrated picks, there’s something for everyone. → Read More

Holidate is a fizzling start to Netflix’s holiday movie season

Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey star as a pair of strangers who, after a chance encounter, decide to be each others’ “holidates,” accompanying each other to holiday events to alleviate the pressure of having to find a date. Streaming on Netflix now. → Read More

For Bong Joon-ho, navigating the virtual Parasite set was like playing an RPG

In an exclusive clip from Parasite’s Criterion Collection release, director Bong Joon-ho talks about pretending to be a comic book artist while drawing the storyboards for the film, and how navigating the virtually created set reminded him of playing a video game. The Criterion release of Parasite is available now. → Read More

New Criterion feature compares Parasite storyboards and the finished film

Bong Joon-ho has become known for how carefully he storyboards his films, and in this exclusive clip from Parasite’s Criterion Collection release, you can see just how closely the final film follows his storyboards. The Criterion release of Parasite is available now. → Read More

Borat 2, The Witches, and everything else you can now watch at home

Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat is back in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm on Amazon Prime. Also available to watch this weekend are Robert Zemeckis’ The Witches, the Hulu horror movie Bad Hair, the comedy Friendsgiving, and the romance After We Collided. On Netflix, a new adaptation of Rebecca is now streaming, as is the new animated film Over the Moon. → Read More

RoboCop and its remake show how much our visions of the future have changed

Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 RoboCop movie and the 2014 remake movie starring Joel Kinnaman differ in telling ways. Here are the major differences, which define how science fiction movies remain time capsules of predicting the futures in various eras. → Read More

Robert Zemeckis’ The Witches is terrifying but empty-headed

Robert Zemeckis’ new adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Witches has a few really scary moments, but fails to make a case for itself as anything but a showcase for Anne Hathaway’s outsized performance as the Grand High Witch. Octavia Spencer co-stars. Streaming now on HBO Max. → Read More

The manga Pluto is one of the best robot stories ever told

Naoki Urasawa’s robot-filled twist on Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy is a masterpiece. The manga Pluto, which centers around questions about how real artificial intelligence is, and why wars are waged, is a vital work of science fiction. → Read More

Rebecca review: Netflix’s remake of a Hitchcock classic is unremarkable

Armie Hammer and Lily James star in Ben Wheatley’s adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s novel. Unfortunately, the romantic chemistry that would make it a worthy follower to Alfred Hitchcock’s version of the film just isn’t there. Nor is Wheatley’s signature weirdness from films like Kill List and High-Rise. Streaming on Netflix now. → Read More

Marvel’s Shang-Chi and Lady Deathstrike will team up this January

Alyssa Wong and Andie Tong are behind the new adventure, The Equinox Blade, in which Shang-Chi will go up against Lady Deathstrike. The one-shot is due out in January 2021. → Read More

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will stream Among Us on Twitch to encourage voting

She will be joined by Pokimane and Hasan Piker on the stream, during which she will help viewers create voting plans. → Read More

Hot Santa returns in the trailer for The Christmas Chronicles 2

Kurt Russell is back as Santa Claus, with Goldie Hawn joining him as Mrs. Claus. Two years after the first movie, Christmas is once again in danger, this time from a magical troublemaker played by Julian Dennison. The Christmas Chronicles 2 will hit Netflix on Nov. 25. → Read More

Netflix’s The Trial of the Chicago 7 showcases the best and worst of Aaron Sorkin

Sacha Baron Cohen and Eddie Redmayne lead the ensemble cast of West Wing and The Social Network writer Aaron Sorkin’s new film about the protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Streaming on Netflix now. → Read More

Love and Monsters, Chicago 7, and everything else you can now watch at home

Dylan O’Brien’s Love and Monsters skips theaters for Apple and Amazon, while Aaron Sorkin’s new movie The Trial of the Chicago 7 has just hit Netflix,the Miranda July film Kajillionaire is now available to watch, as well as the new Alex Gibney documentary Totally Under Control. → Read More

What the Constitution Means to Me review: An impressive jump from stage to screen

Heidi Schreck’s acclaimed stage play has become a film thanks to Amazon and Marielle Heller. Schreck’s recollection of spending her teenage years participating in debates widens to discuss the Constitution and America as a whole. Streaming on Amazon now. → Read More