RTHK RADIO 3
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While it is a faithful remake of the 2009 South Korean hit of the same name, More Than Blue from Taiwanese director Gavin Lin Hsiao-chien is also yet another frustrating… Read More
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The swashbuckling exploits of Robin Hood and his Merry Men have percolated through British folklore since the mid-14th century, from ballads and poems to numerous film and TV adaptations. In… Read More
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Veteran character actor Philip Keung lands his first leading role as a middle-aged family man with a long-buried secret. Download the podcast Read More
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Claire Foy inherits the role of Lisbeth Salander in a new thriller adapted from the novel by replacement author David Lagercrantz. But how will this new film fare compared to… Read More
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The Coen Brothers return with a six-part Wild West anthology, available exclusively on Netflix. The tales vary wildly in tone and style, and feature a plethora of big-name stars. But… Read More
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British Cinema has produced some of the best romantic comedies ever made, from Educating Rita and Four Weddings and a Funeral to Bridget Jones’ Diary and Love Actually. But they… Read More
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As if the horrors of war weren’t terrifying enough, producer J.J. Abrams pits a squad of inexperienced second world war paratroopers against a cadre of Nazi scientists and their mutant… Read More
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Denis Villeneuve’s Sicario was one of my favourite films of 2015. The sequel does without many of the key players, most notably Emily Blunt, Roger Deakins and Villeneuve, but remembers… Read More
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Flamboyant, bombastic, yet sanitised and sketchy on detail, Bohemian Rhapsody plays it safe recounting the rise of rock legends Queen and the turbulent life of iconic frontman Freddie Mercury. Rami… Read More
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Lightning may never strike twice, but Norwegian geologist Kristian Eikjord (played by Kristoffer Joner) and his family are not so lucky. Just three years after surviving a deadly tsunami in… Read More
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Following the incredible success of zombie juggernaut Train to Busan , Korean studio NEW hopes to recapture the box office magic with Rampant by unleashing undead hordes on Korean cinema’s… Read More
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It’s Gerard Butler on a submarine…what more do you need to know? (at 31:44) Read More
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In 1978, John Carpenter first unleashed the faceless killer Michael Myers on an unsuspecting population of precocious teenagers, giving rise to the slasher genre and changing the horror landscape forever.… Read More
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We’ve probably all seen enough zombies and “films within films” to last a dozen lifetimes, yet Shinichiro Ueda’s innovative horror comedy proves there is still nourishment to be sucked from… Read More
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Timo Tjahanto pits The Raid stars Joe Taslim and Iko Uwais against each other in a bombastic, exhausting rollercoaster of bone-crunching action, in which a triad foot-soldier grows a conscience… Read More
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Bradley Cooper reveals himself to be a more than competent musician and an excellent director in this reimagining of the classic narrative, as a washed-up rock star who discovers the… Read More
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Pretty, precocious teens meet their grisly end at a Halloween themed theme park in this derivative and occasionally nasty slasher. (at 11:30) Read More
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John Cho becomes the first Asian American actor ever to headline a mainstream Hollywood thriller in Aneesh Chaganty’s inventive webcam drama about a father searching for his missing daughter. Read More
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