RTHK RADIO 3
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Michael Fassbender stars as acclaimed Nordic detective Harry Hole in a high-concept serial killer thriller from the director of Let the Right One In. What could possibly go wrong? Read More
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Touted as the world’s first oil-painted animation, Loving Vincent is set a year after the famous painter’s death, and follows a young man as he attempts to deliver Van Gogh’s… Read More
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Emma Stone and Steve Carell are uncannily good as Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, who squared off on the court for an exhibition match that would change the image… Read More
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Ellen Page and Diego Luna headline this unnecessary yet inoffensive remake of the Joel Schumacher Brat Pack shocker, in which a group of reckless medical students experiment with life beyond… Read More
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John Woo’s first contemporary action film produced in Asia for more than 20 years falls woefully short of the director’s best work. Shot entirely in Japan with a mostly local… Read More
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Politics, religion and the mafia collide during one of the most tumultuous weeks in recent Italian history, depicted here as a Michael Mann-esque crime epic of shimmering neon and pulsating… Read More
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Darren Aronofsky stacks the allegories 40 feet high in his experiment cautionary tale, in which a distressed Jennifer Lawrence has her home overrun by sinister strangers. (at 19:12) Read More
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Denis Villeneuve (Arrival) creates a dystopian future every bit as beautiful, immersive and mind-blowing as Ridley Scott did 35 years ago in this epic science fiction sequel. (at 17:32) Unfortunately… Read More
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Donnie Yen takes on a less physical, more dramatic role, opposite Andy Lau, reprising his Lee Rock character from the 90s. (at 11:44) Unfortunately the audio is a little bit… Read More
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Taron Egerton returns for more loud and lewd international crime-fighting, this time uniting with a sister organisation across the pond. (at 06:00) If the audio is too weak, you can… Read More
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Sofia Coppola won the Best Director award for her remake of the Clint Eastwood/Don Siegel classic, about a wounded Union soldier, who becomes live-in prisoner to a household of Southern… Read More
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Edgar Wright, the British writer-director of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, finally scores his first theatrical release in Hong Kong with Baby Driver. Billed as La La Land… Read More
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A scathing satire on the modern family and the lack of connection between generations, writer-director Shinobu Yaguchi’s Survival Family also speculates humorously about our technological dependency and inability to fend… Read More
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Far more palatable and slickly handled than its predecessor, Wu Jing directs and stars in this wildly implausible, but thoroughly entertaining action thriller. Packed to the gills with Chinese propaganda,… Read More
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Tom Cruise gives his best performance in quite some time as Barry Seal, a former TWA pilot who goes to work for the CIA and Pablo Escobar’s Medellin cartel. (at 10:37) Read More
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Adapted from one of Stephen King’s most successful and popular horror stories, It follows a group of small-town teenagers tormented by a demonic clown. While he has “updated” the story… Read More
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Adapted from Stephen King’s magnum opus, a young boy is transported to the mythical Mid-World, where he finds himself caught in a mythical battle of good vs evil. Read More
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Florence Pugh gives an incredible performance as a young bride trapped in a loveless marriage who slowly turns from victim into vengeful villainess in William Oldroyd’s electric debut. (at 26:11) Read More
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