SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST
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With the end of the year in sight, Hollywood traditionally pivots away from crowd-pleasing blockbusters towards more highbrow, potentially award-winning fare. But that does not mean that movie-goers in search… Read More
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The true measure of humanity’s beauty, or lack thereof, is explored in The Ugly. It marks the first cinematic release in five years from Train to Busan director Yeon Sang-ho,… Read More
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A star-studded cast including Jun Ji-hyun (My Love from the Star), Gang Dong-won (Uprising) and Hollywood actor John Cho (Cowboy Bebop) headlines Disney+’s new K-drama series Tempest, a globe-trotting political… Read More
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As the adage goes, with friends like these, who needs enemies? This certainly applies to the female protagonists of You and Everything Else. In the new limited K-drama series on… Read More
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Hong Kong filmmaker Dante Lam Chiu-yin has spent most of the last decade in mainland China, playing with escalating budgets and an impressive sandbox of military hardware and pyrotechnics to… Read More
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The cluttered confines of Kowloon Walled City have recently been given a new lease of life. The once notorious Hong Kong neighbourhood of dilapidated and densely populated residential buildings was… Read More
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For the past decade, veteran action hero Jackie Chan has been single-minded in his commitment to resuscitating his paternal image through his film roles. From The Foreigner and Bleeding Steel… Read More
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On October 1, 1942, the Japanese cargo liner Lisbon Maru was secretly transporting more than 1,800 British prisoners of war across the East China Sea when it was torpedoed by… Read More
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The Nanking massacre of 1937 – which took place in the Chinese city now called Nanjing – was one of the most horrendous wartime atrocities ever committed. While numbers vary… Read More
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Urban legends, tragic accidents and historical wrongdoings have proved a rich font of inspiration for horror filmmakers, nowhere more so than in Taiwan. The island’s tumultuous history and rapid economic… Read More
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The court of public opinion is in session and casts its judgemental eye over a freak incident at a public hospital in the mainland Chinese thriller Malice, produced and co-scripted… Read More
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Zombies have become so ubiquitous in recent years that their infectious reach extends well beyond the realm of horror cinema. Pil Gam-sung’s hit comedy My Daughter Is a Zombie is a prime… Read More
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The Busan International Film Festival in South Korea celebrates its 30th anniversary in September with an expanded and revamped programme. Notable among the new sections is one called “A Little… Read More
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Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein might be the earliest example of body horror, a subgenre of horror that focuses on mutation, destruction and transformation of the human form. These ideas were explored… Read More
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A lowly government official puts his life on the line to attempt the impossible task of transporting fresh fruit across China in the comedy drama The Lychee Road, set in… Read More
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It has been more than three decades since Leslie Nielsen’s bumbling police detective last cracked a case, but now The Naked Gun returns, with Liam Neeson assuming the role of… Read More
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Every summer, the Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) stages Summer IFF, a mini showcase that presents a crowd-pleasing smorgasbord of brand new festival delights, future cult favourites and restored… Read More
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Based on a hit Korean webtoon, director Kim Byung-woo’s ambitious science fiction fantasy Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy stars Ahn Hyo-seop as a reclusive loner who discovers that his favourite online… Read More
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