SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST
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Following the surprise success of Deadpool a sequel was inevitable, and two years on Ryan Reynolds reprises his role as the “merc with the mouth” for an amped-up second go-around.… Read More
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A family is torn apart by the horrors of autism only to be reunited by genuine movie magic in the Oscar-nominated documentary Life, Animated. Through interviews, home video footage and… Read More
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A horror writer revisits the site of a violent childhood experience in Incident in a Ghostland (known simply as Ghostland in some territories). Committed histrionics from the female leads only… Read More
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In 1968, British amateur yachtsman Donald Crowhurst aimed to become the first man to sail around the world single-handed when he entered the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race. Lacking the… Read More
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Arriving in the wake of Oscar-winning gay romance Call Me by Your Name , Love, Simon presents an even more mainstream take on adolescent homosexuality. A charming, witty and wholly… Read More
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In his previous film 100 Yen Love , Masaharu Take charted the unlikely transformation of a reclusive female slob (played by Sakura Ando) into a bona fide boxing contender with… Read More
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For years, China has been known as a source of affordable knock-offs of everything from designer labels to, as it turns out, even paintings from the Great Masters. In particular,… Read More
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The “found footage” gimmick has thrived in the horror genre, where the narrative is pieced together through recovered fragments of sound and image. But the emergence of FaceTime, Periscope and… Read More
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The life and career of Japanese composer and activist Ryuichi Sakamoto are explored in this new documentary from Stephen Nomura Schible. Best known for scoring – and starring in –… Read More
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In the shadow of the Walt Disney World theme park, a young mother and her daughter live in a dilapidated motel, eking out a meagre living however they can. Sean… Read More
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My Blind Date with Life is a good-natured, if rather formulaic, romantic comedy about Saliya (Kostja Ulmann) who, determined not to let his blindness undermine his dream of working in… Read More
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The devastating impact of Taiwan’s 921 earthquake, which ravaged Nantou County in 1999, is relived through the eyes of rural schoolchildren and the despondent teacher who rallied to their aid.… Read More
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Joko Anwar’s Satan’s Slaves is a remake of the 1982 Indonesian film of the same name and recalls a host of Hollywood horror classics, including Rosemary’s Baby and Night of… Read More
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Joining the increasingly cluttered ranks of politically fuelled thrillers from South Korean cinema is Golden Slumber, a new adaptation of the Japanese novel by Kotaro Isaka. In it, Gang Dong-won… Read More
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Martin Scorsese once claimed that his motivation for directing Hugo, his 2011 foray into stereoscopic 3D, was to finally make a film that young children could watch. What emerged, however,… Read More
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Ever wondered what happens to used banknotes after they are taken out of circulation? They are shipped in their hundreds of millions to remote government installations, where they are shredded.… Read More
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More than 40 years after the event, “Operation Thunderbolt” is still widely regarded as one of the most successful hostage-rescue missions in history. 7 Days in Entebbe recreates this politically… Read More
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Featuring more than 230 films from 60 different countries, the 42nd Hong Kong International Film Festival is set to bring the finest cinematic delights from around the world to the… Read More
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