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The last few years have produced a slew of riveting survival thrillers, pitting Man vs Nature in some of the most hostile environments imaginable. Leonardo DiCaprio won an Oscar for… Read More
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Hong Kong actor Anthony Wong Chau-sang was the toast of northern Italy this month, when he received the Golden Mulberry award for outstanding achievement at the 21st Far East Film… Read More
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Like the lank-haired spirit of Hideo Nakata’s J-horror classic Ring, “krasue” are similarly malevolent female demons, prolific throughout southeast Asian folklore. Manifesting as a floating head that trails its internal… Read More
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Ryan Reynolds channels a family-friendly Deadpool performance into the voice of Pikachu, Pokémon’s iconic yellow fuzzball, a hotshot sleuth with crippling amnesia, who teams up with the son of his… Read More
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Cannes Best Actor winner Marcello Fonti gives an incredible performance as the lowly proprietor of a dog salon, whose life becomes violently intertwined with that of a local hoodlum in… Read More
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Following recent gender-flipped remakes Ghostbusters and Ocean’s 8 , Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson look to put a feminist spin on the 1988 hit comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, as a… Read More
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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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The multi Oscar-nominated wartime romance from Ida director Paweł Pawlikowski finally arrives in Hong Kong, riding a wave of glowing reviews. 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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Emotionally challenging documentary about the short and tragic life of genius fashion designer Alexander McQueen, featuring show-stopping footage from many of his iconic runway shows. Download the podcast Read More
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Pretty young things Haley Lu Richardson and Cole Sprouse die gracefully of cystic fibrosis. Download the podcast Read More
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Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart star in this American remake of the French blockbuster hit, The Intouchables. Pretty much everything else stays the same. Download the podcast Read More
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Anthony Wong plays a curmudgeonly wheelchair-bound divorcee who forms an unlikely friendship with his new Filipino domestic helper, bringing a great deal of humour to the drama. Download the podcast 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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