SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST
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Shinichiro Ueda’s metatextual zombie comedy One Cut of the Dead caused a sensation at the Japanese box office in 2017, and at film festivals around the world. Its frenzied film-within-a-film… Read More
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The International Film Festival & Awards Macao returns for its fourth edition in December – a six-day celebration of the best in world cinema that includes some of the year’s… Read More
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Following a series of supporting turns in films such as The Hangover Part II, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk and Who Killed Cock Robin , American-born Taiwanese actor Mason Lee… Read More
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If you had the ability to see people’s fate, to know when they were about to die, would you tell them? Even if it jeopardised your own life? This is… Read More
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An elderly couple rekindles the romantic spark in their decades-long relationship after both are diagnosed with dementia in Lee Chang-geun’s emotionally wayward weepie. Strong performances from veteran leads Lee Soon-jae… Read More
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Asia has not always been at the forefront of the fight for gender equality. Even in Asian cinema, too often it’s the men who wrestle with world-changing events, while the… Read More
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In You Shine in the Moonlight, Sho Tsukikawa’s adaptation of Tetsuya Sano’s light novel, a high-school girl with a rare terminal illness tasks her classmate with completing a bucket list… Read More
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My People, My Country, an epic seven-part anthology to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, chronicles the nation’s greatest technological and cultural achievements.… Read More
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Rian Johnson follows up his divisive blockbuster Star Wars: The Last Jedi with a considerably smaller, yet no less entertaining, whodunit in the classic Agatha Christie mould. Assembling an all-star… Read More
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Vulgar stereotypes, terrible performances and a rambling, incomprehensible plot are just some of the problems with Pee Nak, a horror comedy from Thailand that makes a strong claim for the… Read More
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In 1998, Japanese director Hideo Nakata created Ring, one of the most celebrated Asian horror movies of all time. An adaptation of Koji Suzuki’s chilling bestseller, Ring became a flagship… Read More
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Following in the footsteps of legendary Hollywood satirists Charlie Chaplin, Ernst Lubitsch and Mel Brooks, New Zealand filmmaker Taika Waititi ( Thor: Ragnarok ) sets out to ridicule Adolf Hitler… Read More
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Last summer, Japanese drama series Ossan’s Love proved a surprise hit, not just in Japan but also in Hong Kong, where it’s screened on ViuTV. Its overwhelmingly positive portrayal of… Read More
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Back in 1990, Luc Besson’s stylish French thriller Nikita cast Anne Parillaud as a drug-addicted killer who is transformed into a sexy government assassin. In the decades since, the prolific… Read More
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A deadly gas attack leaves thousands stranded in skyscrapers across Seoul in Exit, the debut feature by writer-director Lee Sang-geun. The action comedy weaves a hugely convoluted scenario, and audiences… Read More
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The summer may be over, but Hollywood shows no sign of letting up on the must-see movies. Autumn means awards season, as the studios jostle to make the biggest splash… Read More
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Body-swap comedies seem tailor-made for Korean cinema, where society is so fiercely regimented by a hierarchy based on age and seniority. Seeing a high school student stand up to adults… Read More
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After successfully foiling two assassination attempts on the US president in Olympus Has Fallen (2013) and London Has Fallen (2016), this third instalment in the modest-budget action franchise sees the… Read More
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