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Movie Review: Bung Joon Ho's "Okja" Is Ambitious But Wildly Uneven

OKJA Starring Tilda Swinton, Paul Dano, Ahn Seo-hyun, Byun Hee-bong, Lilly Collins,  Giancarlo Epsosito , Shirley Henderson and  Jake Gyllenhaal Screenplay by Bong Joon Ho and Jon Ronson Directed by Bong Joon Ho Reviewed by Patrick Gibbs  Out of Four D espite the backlash against Netflix for bypassing the theater experience and the fear of Hollywood power players that movies are becoming something you watch on a phone instead of big screen (a fear I do share), I give the company credit for providing an outlet for indie film that is getting a chance to be seen. The magic of a darkened movie house is sacred to me, but as an indie filmmaker myself, to paraphrase the song: it don't mean a thing if the film don't get seen. If wider audience are given a chance to see Beasts of Not Nation or The Little Prince, I frankly don't care how they view them. The latest big indie to hit the the streaming behemoth is Okja, Korean filmmaker Bong Joon Ho's follow up to the ac...