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The third instalment in Longman Leung’s sprawling Hong Kong police saga is also the best, delivering an action-packed nostalgia-fuelled thriller that unspools during the city’s giddy heyday prior to the… Read More
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Michael Jackson’s own nephew Jaafar Jackson has the daunting task of bringing the pop icon back to life in Antoine Fuqua’s much-anticipated musical. But the challenges amount to far more… Read More
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Anchored by a sensational central performance from Erika Toda, Netflix’s new drama series Straight to Hell spans 60 years of recent Japanese history as it charts the controversial life of… Read More
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When it premiered in April 2023, the first season of Netflix’s Beef helped solidify an unprecedented moment for Asian-American representation on screen, arriving hot on the heels of Everything Everywhere… Read More
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After winning the Cristal for a Feature Film at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, French filmmaker Ugo Bienvenu’s directorial debut Arco went on to be nominated at every major awards ceremony… Read More
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Shifting gears between careers as a writer, entrepreneur, rally driver and filmmaker, post-80s poster boy Han Han adds another accolade to his cluttered trophy cabinet, scoring the biggest hit of… Read More
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Meddlesome matchmaker Kitty Song Covey (Anna Cathcart) returns for her senior year at the Korean Independent School of Seoul (Kiss) in the third season of XO, Kitty, Netflix’s Korea-set spin-off… Read More
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The Russian city of Vladivostok provides the setting for Humint, the latest globe-trotting thriller from South Korean action specialist Ryoo Seung-wan. Set in the high-stakes world of international espionage, the… Read More
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Ryan Gosling stars as the reluctant astronaut sent into deep space to save the world, only to encounter an unlikely extraterrestrial ally , in Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s dazzling… Read More
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Produced under the guidance of China’s Ministry of State Security, Zhang Yimou’s hi-tech spy thriller Scare Out is the first contemporary Chinese film to tackle the issue of national security… Read More
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Few events in life are more stressful than planning your wedding day given the myriad details and complexities to consider, from simple logistics to traditions, superstitions and even financial expectations.… Read More
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Wu Jing and Nicholas Tse headline a star-studded action epic from martial arts master Yuen Woo Ping, adapted from the “Biao Ren” manhua comic books. Jet Li, Tony Leung Ka… Read More
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It has been just over a year since Jackie Chan unleashed upon us the execrable ordeal that was Panda Plan, an abysmal family-focused caper centring on his efforts to save… Read More
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When an ordinary working class family believe they have won the Mark Six Snowball Jackpot, the granddaughter responsible for buying the ticket decides not to tell her relatives that she… Read More
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Sammi Cheng and Dayo Wong headline Jack Ng’s nostalgic, if somewhat watered-down, tale of East TST hostess bars in the early 2000s. Louise Wong and Fish Liew once again prove… Read More
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The 91st feature film from veteran Japanese director Yoji Yamada is a typically nostalgic affair, in which screen icon Chieko Baisho plays an elderly woman who bonds with her taxi… Read More
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A young woman is forced to live the last day of her life on repeat in the animated sci-fi thriller All You Need Is Kill, which is adapted from Hiroshi… Read More
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In the wartime action drama Gezhi Town, set in a remote mountainous region of China, a group of desperate commoners and untrained soldiers band together to fend off a platoon… Read More
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