SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST
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Bollywood launches into the superhero arena with Vasan Bala’s The Man Who Feels No Pain, a gleefully big-hearted homage, not to the blockbuster comic-book franchises of today, but the golden… Read More
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Eleven years after Iron Man was introduced to unsuspecting summer crowds, Marvel Studios wraps up their unprecedented 22 film “Infinity Saga” with a rousing victory lap that bursts with emotional… Read More
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A young amnesiac and a grieving widower find a modicum of solace in each other’s company in the debut feature from Nanako Hirose, former assistant to acclaimed filmmaker Hirokazu Koreeda.… Read More
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With the release of Avengers: Endgame this week, summer season has arrived in earnest. From now until the end of August, cinemas will be packed with the biggest, most audacious… Read More
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Following on from acclaimed true-life thrillers such as United 93 and Argo, Hotel Mumbai recreates the horrific 2008 terror attacks in the Indian city, that claimed 174 lives and wounded… Read More
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After just five films, James Wan’s The Conjuring series has become the second highest-grossing horror franchise in cinema history, with only Godzilla earning more. The producer now brings Latin American… Read More
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Three of this week’s new releases in Hong Kong cinemas focus on the strained relationships between elderly or disabled patients and their hired help. In Oliver Chan Siu-kuen’s debut Still… Read More
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Mental disability has long been stigmatised in South Korea, where sufferers can be hidden away by embarrassed family members and shunted to the margins by an unsympathetic society. In director… Read More
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A team of inept narcotics cops open a chicken restaurant to spy on a gang of drug dealers, only for their cover to prove more successful than their crime-fighting in… Read More
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In the testosterone-soaked world of Korean crime dramas, Han Jun-hee’s Hit-and-Run Squad puts a refreshing female spin on its story of police corruption and professional motor-racing, only to lose its… Read More
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A team of homicide detectives go undercover at a top Tokyo hotel to catch a serial killer in Masayuki Suzuki’s crowd-pleasing adaptation of Keigo Higashino’s bestselling novel. Anchoring this glossy,… Read More
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Boasting more than 230 films from 63 different countries, the 43rd Hong Kong International Film Festival kicks off on March 18. A 15-day celebration of the very best in world… Read More
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An interstellar hit at the Chinese box office (4 billion yuan [US$600 million] and counting), Frant Gwo’s science-fiction epic The Wandering Earth finally touches down in Hong Kong, days after… Read More
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With Fall in Love at First Kiss, Taiwanese TV veteran Frankie Chen Yu-shan follows up the success of her feature film debut Our Times with another fanciful tale of adolescent… Read More
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On 12 August, 2000, an explosion on the Russian nuclear submarine K-141 Kursk caused it to sink in the Barents Sea, killing all 118 naval personnel on board. The disaster… Read More
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This weekend, Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma will make Oscars history if it becomes the first foreign-language film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Should it do so, the Oscar… Read More
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In 2017, Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino achieved worldwide recognition for his coming-of-age drama Call Me by Your Name, which earned four Academy Award nominations and made a star of its… Read More
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Japanese actress Kirin Kiki died last September, but the 75-year-old worked right up until her death and leaves behind an impressive body of work that continues to yield new treasures.… Read More
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