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Writer-director Wen Muye’s bombastic anti-war drama Once Upon a Time in the Middle East arrives in Hong Kong having already grossed a whopping 2 billion yuan (US$298 million) at the… Read More
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With a budget reported to be closing in on 100 billion won (US$74.3 million), Hope, a white-knuckle action spectacular from South Korean genre specialist Na Hong-jin, is the most expensive… Read More
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This week on RTHK Radio 3’s The Brew, James chats with host Phil Whelan about this week’s new releases in Hong Kong: survival thriller sequel Fall 2: Deadpoint, Eli Roth’s… Read More
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Autumn is one of the most bountiful seasons on the moviegoing calendar, as a growing crop of potential awards contenders emerges alongside a mouthwatering array of holiday entertainment and bona… Read More
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Shunsuke Michieda of the Japanese boy band Naniwa Danshi reunites with director Takahiro Miki after the success of 2022’s Even If This Love Disappears from the World Tonight for another… Read More
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A righteous public security officer embarks on a 40-year game of cat and mouse with a suspected Kuomintang sleeper agent in I Know Who You Are, a sporadically entertaining historical… Read More
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Steve and I have reached film #6 in our deep dive back into the filmography of Christopher Nolan, and it’s a big one. His second Batman outing would come to… Read More
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This week on RTHK Radio 3’s The Brew, James chats with Phil Whelan about Tim Curry and Dolly Parton, who sadly left us this week, we catch up on the… Read More
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The opening film at this year’s Tubi Frightfest London, Nervous is an ambitious psychological thriller set in the South Korean countryside. Irish actress Sarah Bolger reunites with director Abner Pastoll… Read More
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Steve and I continue our journey through the filmography of Christopher Nolan with his Victorian tale of duelling magicians, starring Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Scarlett Johansson and David Bowie. Read More
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Initially derided by audiences for its poor quality, Niu Lai – a home-made, micro-budget animated feature film – has become a cultural sensation in China, one that is being belatedly… Read More
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This week on RTHK Radio 3’s The Brew, I chat with Phil Whelan about Ricky Gervais’ animated Netflix series Alley Cats, episode six in the Insidious franchise, Chinese animated fantasy… Read More
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Chinese animation is riding an unprecedented wave of success, exemplified by the record-shattering run of Ne Zha 2 last year, but also represented by the likes of Chang’an (2023) and… Read More
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I had the great pleasure of chatting with Grammy Award-winning composer Lorne Balfe while he was in Hong Kong earlier this week. In an epic, free-wheeling conversation we covered everything… Read More
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This week on RTHK Radio 3’s The Brew you can hear an excerpt from my interview with film composer Lorne Balfe, followed by reviews of Stephen Chow’s all-female sports comedy… Read More
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Twenty five years after scoring a resounding critical and commercial hit with the martial arts sports comedy Shaolin Soccer, Hong Kong film industry legend Stephen Chow unleashes an absolute howler… Read More
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The Caped Crusader has entered the chat as our journey through the filmography of Christopher Nolan takes a sharp upward turn into blockbuster territory, as he attempts to resuscitate a… Read More
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This week on RTHK Radio 3’s The Brew, I chat to Phil about season 4 of Ted Lasso, the Teochew romantic comedy Back to Love, Korean family drama Number One,… Read More
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