SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST
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Rising Korean stars Hong Kyung and Roh Yoon-seo are gifted a romantic vehicle seemingly tailor-made for their inimitable charms in Hear Me: Our Summer. A beat-for-beat remake of the 2009 Taiwanese… Read More
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Korean superstar Song Joong-ki jets off on his latest international adventure in director Kim Seong-je’s exasperating Bogota: City of the Lost. The film chronicles the transformation of an impoverished Korean immigrant… Read More
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The heart continues to yearn for its beloved even after death. At least, this is the notion put forward by Beyond Goodbye, a new Japanese drama series starring Kasumi Arimura and… Read More
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Show business is portrayed as a hostile work environment for women yet again in Born for the Spotlight, Netflix’s latest prestige drama series from Taiwan. Written and directed by actress Yen… Read More
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Korean superstar Gang Dong-won plays a former slave who becomes the leader of a rebellion in Uprising, a lavish period epic from Kim Sang-man (Midnight FM). The film opened the 29th… Read More
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Wu Kang-ren reveals a new side to his talents as he bares all in erotic drama The Chronicles of Libidoists. Wu plays one of four lonely souls living in present-day Taipei who… Read More
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Colin Farrell delivers an extraordinary, transformative performance in The Penguin, HBO’s new limited series based on the DC Comics supervillain in which he reprises his role in Matt Reeves’ 2022 film The… Read More
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The origins of Optimus Prime and Megatron are laid out in Transformers One, a new animated prequel adventure from Josh Cooley, the director of Toy Story 4. Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry,… Read More
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Kim Woo-bin is at his charismatic best in Officer Black Belt, a new action comedy from Midnight Runners director Jason Kim (also known as Kim Joo-hwan). In a role seemingly tailor-made to showcase… Read More
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Sakura Ando stars as a small-time grifter who gets in way over her head in Bad Lands, a Japanese crime drama that attempts to shine a light on the country’s predatory… Read More
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The 37th film in the Japanese blockbuster franchise, and the 33rd produced by Toho Studios, Godzilla Minus One turns the clock back to the late 1940s as it dramatises a destructive attack… Read More
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Humans, immortals and mythological creatures duke it out to control the fate of the Earth in director Wuershan’s rollicking fantasy epic Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms. Set more… Read More
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Following the incredible success of Netflix’s 2018 romantic comedy To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before and its two sequels, XO, Kitty arrives to chronicle the romantic misadventures of the… Read More
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The latest science fiction thriller from Train to Busan director Yeon Sang-ho, Jung_E is destined forever to be remembered for featuring the final screen performance by actress Kang Soo-yeon, who… Read More
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After cracking cases in Bangkok and New York in their first two outings, writer-director Chen Sicheng’s globetrotting gumshoes land in Tokyo for a third round of histrionic sleuthing. Already a… Read More
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Adventure in cinema means being transported backwards or forwards in time, from one side of the globe to the other, or even out of our lives into a fantasy realm… Read More
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With the holidays behind us and awards season now in full swing, cinema screens will be playing host to a bounty of big-budget crowd-pleasers over the coming months. From the… Read More
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Following a record-breaking release in the mainland last summer, which ended with Nezha crossing US$700 million to become the second most successful film of all time at China’s domestic box… Read More
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