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Widely considered the most famous whistle-blower in American history, “Deep Throat” helped The Washington Post break the Watergate scandal, which led to the resignation of US President Richard Nixon in… Read More
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Jennifer Lawrence reunites with her Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence (no relation) for this post-cold-war spy thriller, in which she plays a ballerina-turned-spy tasked with hunting down a Russian mole.… Read More
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Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut has been nominated for 5 Academy Awards, and stars Saoirse Ronan as a frustrated and confused 17-year-old. (at 22:24) Read More
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Marvel’s 18th superhero outing proves a cultural landmark of unprecedented proportions, as Chadwick Boseman’s Wakandan Prince T’Challa takes on the mantle of Black Panther, in order to protect his kingdom… Read More
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Arriving under a cloud of controversy concerning Woody Allen’s private life, Kate Winslet stars as a frustrated housewife in 1950s Coney Island. Read More
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The final chapter of E.L. James’ bestselling erotic trilogy sees domineering billionaire Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) and his newly empowered “bottom” Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson) tie the knot, only to… Read More
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Guillermo del Toro delivers a beautiful romantic fantasy starring Sally Hawkins as a mute Cold War era cleaning lady who falls in love with a mysterious aquatic creature. Read More
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Based on Doug Stanton’s non-fiction book Horse Soldiers, 12 Strong follows the members of US Army Special Forces “Task Force Dagger”, who arrived in Afghanistan just weeks after the terror… Read More
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Margot Robbie and Allison Janney give barnstorming performances in this darkly comic mockumentary about disgraced Olympic ice skater Tonya Harding. Read More
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He doesn’t get the same recognition as other leaders of the US civil rights movement, yet James Baldwin was a prominent activist in the mid-20th century. His unfinished manuscript, Remember… Read More
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The Crucifixion is inspired by the “Tanacu exorcism” of 2005, in which a Romanian nun died during an exorcism. When it was revealed that she had been mentally ill, the… Read More
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Distantly evoking the most nihilistic qualities of the Coen Brothers’ brand of small-town noir, Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri arrives in Hong Kong cinemas with a fistful of… Read More
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Liam Neeson applies his very particular set of skills to a New York commuter train in his fourth collaboration with director Jaume Collet-Sera. (at 22:17) Read More
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In 2003, an enigmatic nobody named Tommy Wiseau directed what is now widely considered to be one of the worst films ever made. Featuring a level of tone-deaf ineptitude to… Read More
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Hailed as “the Citizen Kane of bad movies”, The Room first screened in 2003, and has since become something of a cult phenomenon. An amateurish psycho-drama devoid of stars, talent… Read More
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An alien invasion finds its way to Indonesia in this gleefully absurd martial arts/sci-fi mash-up. Just enough fun to give it a pass as mindless late-night entertainment. (at 22:43) Read More
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Much like the Saw franchise, the Insidious films look backwards as eagerly as they move forwards, folding in on themselves to bring dead characters back time after time. This is hardly surprising, as both… Read More
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“I like horror; it’s been very good to me,” says veteran actress Lin Shaye, 74. It is perhaps the understatement of her recent visit to Hong Kong to promote Insidious:… Read More
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