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Mipo O directs Ryo Yoshizawa as a CODA, who wrestles with his responsibilities to care for his hearing-impaired parents. Read More
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With the Oscars looming, Steve and I endeavour to see all the nominated films ahead of the ceremony, which brings us to this wonderfully dark and gothic Danish drama about… Read More
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Song Hye-kyo and Jeon Yeo-been star as demon-hunting nuns in this spin-off from the 2015 thriller The Priests. Read More
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Pixar’s Inside Out may have won an Academy Award and spawned a record-breaking sequel, but storytellers have been assigning personalities to our emotions and internal organs for years.British comic strip… Read More
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Mainland China stars Wang Baoqiang and Liu Haoran reunite for a fourth round of high-stakes snooping in Detective Chinatown 1900. The twist this time is that they are playing ancestral… Read More
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Forces of good and evil from the human world and the spirit realm go head to head in Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force, the second chapter in Wuershan’s spectacular… Read More
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An inner-city high school becomes the testing ground for an intrusive new security system in Happyend, the debut feature from Japanese-American filmmaker Neo Sora. Through the prism of this institution, the… Read More
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Adolescent force of nature Kitty Song Covey returns to Seoul for a second semester of romance-infused chaos in season two of XO, Kitty, Netflix’s spin-off series from their wildly successful To All… Read More
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For her debut feature, documentarian Nam A-rum takes viewers on a fascinating and surprisingly intimate journey through the last three chaotic decades of South Korea’s political history. Framed by her… Read More
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The prosecution never rests in Donnie Yen’s new action-infused legal drama The Prosecutor, in which the veteran martial artist plays a righteous cop who quits the force to join the… Read More
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Hong Kong moviegoers continued to prove their willingness to turn out for local productions in 2024, pushing Anselm Chan’s funeral drama The Last Dance to become the most successful local… Read More
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Song Seung-heon and Cho Yeo-jeong (Parasite) reunite with Kim Dae-woo, director of their previous collaboration, Obsessed, for a delightfully camp erotic thriller that flaunts a procession of ridiculous twists and… Read More
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A widow in her sixties with a pair of estranged daughters is confronted with a difficult decision following a family tragedy in Huang Xi’s thoughtful drama Daughter’s Daughter. Winner of the… Read More
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Set 200 years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s seminal fantasy epic, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim chronicles a power dispute in the Kingdom of Rohan as… Read More
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Adapted from the hit musical, adapted from the book, inspired by the classic Hollywood movie, adapted from L. Frank Baum’s beloved novels, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande headline an all-star… Read More
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Disney’s sequel to its surprise hit from 2016 may look fantastic, but the musical numbers are instantly forgettable, while the plot is rambling and unengaging. Watch my review on RTHK… Read More
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A fantastic spin on the serial killer genre that definitely benefits from viewers knowing as little about what is to come as possible before going on, suffice to say Willa… Read More
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John David Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Ray Fisher and Danielle Deadwyler star in this adaptation of the stage play by August Wilson. Denzel Washington produces, while younger son Malcolm Washington… Read More
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