The story is exactly what you’d expect from the title, and the film is derivative, but it’s neatly done, well paced, and everything adds up; Isabela Moner plays a teenage Dora with aplomb. This is quality fun.

Former Twilight actor Justin Chon’s film about a hostess in Los Angeles’ Koreatown, Ms. Purple, has echoes of Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood for Love. Korean-American hopes for a time when he can make films without them being labelled Asian-American.

The Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy director and famed martial arts choreographer was honoured this week with the Star Asia Lifetime Achievement Award at the New York Asian Film Festival.

Can eating plant-based meat substitutes prevent disease? The inaugural Plant Based World Conference and Expo in New York, and a related health summit, were a showcase of the latest research on plant-based meat substitutes.

This sequel won’t disappoint fans of the original, although focuses more on the daily lives of the pets rather than what they get up to behind closed doors.

Ever fancied trying your hand at piloting Doctor Who’s time-travelling Tardis? Now you can do just that in Doctor Who: The Runaway, an interactive VR experience produced by the BBC’s VR Hub and Passion Animation Studios.

Luxury residential developments offered for sale by brands such as Marriott, YOO and Philippe Starck are proving to be sound investments.

Documentary shows how US politics is driven by personality rather than policy, and that make Trump’s grip on power very tight. Moore believes the Democratic presidential nomination was rigged towards Hillary Clinton.

Huppert’s hyperactive performance is the best thing about Greta as she moves from a mentally disturbed character into a full-blown Cruella De Vil. But the film lacks originality and the scary scenes are duller than they should be.

Rogen plays a left-wing investigative journalist turned speech-writer for Theron’s would-be Democratic US presidential nominee. A romance develops between the two which not only requires a suspension of disbelief but swaps satire for scatology.

Old School Kung Fu Fest in New York takes place on May 3-4, and plans to celebrate the fun that’s always existed in martial arts films. It will show seven in total, opening with Sonny Chiba’s 1976 Dragon Princess, but the other six will be mystery screenings.

Although the film has its heart in the right place – the story is a metaphor for dealing with depression – it is hampered by a wafer-thin storyline and some pedestrian animation.

The film is spoiled by stereotyped characters and a soap opera approach. The farcical plot appears to be looking for sympathy for Nazis.

Shiri, released 20 years ago, outperformed Titanic in South Korean cinemas and was a big part in the success of the Korean wave. The director used many Hollywood storytelling devices, while keeping the content strictly Korean.

Little is known about North Korea’s domestic feature films, but a German travelling film roadshow once gave a peek into this mysterious world.

New ways of storytelling and rich political allegories were the innovations that this new breed of maverick directors introduced. Bold in abstraction and symbolism, their films relied on images rather than dialogue for expression.

Director Josie Rourke brings a fresh, feminine viewpoint of sisterhood and female solidarity between Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots. But the film is let down by a fabricated, close relationship between the two that never existed.

Child abuse, human trafficking, extreme poverty and the problems faced by undocumented individuals are the issues tackled in this dark drama that was nominated for best foreign-language film at the 2019 Oscars.

The Udine Far East Film Festival screens commercial films from East Asia, mainly from Hong Kong, China, South Korea and Japan but increasingly from Southeast Asia.

Jessica Rothe reprises her role in this Groundhog Day style horror. The multiverse angle makes for an entertaining plot, but you have to have seen the first film for it to make sense.

The biopic of former Republican vice-president covers the full span of 78-year-old life, and puts the oft-held view that it was he, rather than president George W. Bush, who was running the administration.

The late Cambodian king, who died in 2011, fell in love with the cinema as a child watching French films. Throughout his 60 years of filmmaking he sought to promote traditional Khmer culture.

Director Hans Petter Moland tries to replicate the ironic tone and deadpan delivery of Coen Brothers films, but falls well short in this outing, while the Tarantino-inspired mayhem is often more childish than witty.

Miha Bodytec machine improves effectiveness of a workout by stimulating 90 per cent of muscle fibres compared to 20-25 per cent in normal workout. ‘It’s like I am DJ’ing the body’, says trainer Mohamed Elzomor, of Manhattan’s PE Club.

Joyce DiDonato says that opera is a powerful weapon and can remind people of the effect their actions have on the world ahead of her Hong Kong performance on January 16.

A film that draws heavily on traditional Christmas sentiment, this is animation at its most basic. It is straightforward festive-season fare for young children, but well made nevertheless.

The sequel to Wreck-It Ralph puts a fascinating spin on the internet and is not afraid of showing the problems of trolling and the dark net, the perils of online fame – nor of taking a swipe at long-standing Disney values.

In this fascinating character study of mean people, McCarthy doesn’t make her character likeable. Richard E Grant puts on an enjoyable act as a flamboyant street hustler.

The Nature Conservancy’s story instils a love of nature in students by encouraging them to develop environmental solutions in their schools

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms trades fairy tale romance for a message of female empowerment, with young star Mackenzie Foy putting in a good show as a fearless physics whizz.