https://www.scmp.com/rss/325833/feed From Quentin Tarantino’s violent blockbusters to Steven Spielberg’s family entertainment, and from indie gems premiering at Sundance film festival to popular Hollywood franchises making waves at Comic-Con, this is the place to go for features, interviews and reviews about movies both classic and new from the United States. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Matt Glasby Matt Glasby This is the latest instalment in our From the Vault feature series, in which we reflect on culturally significant movies celebrating notable anniversaries. Released 25 years ago this month, the 2001 film Bridget Jones’s Diary was a huge success, earning its star, Renée Zellweger, an Oscar nomination and spawning three sequels that helped the franchise gross nearly US$900 million worldwide. A London-set romcom about one woman’s search for a “nice, sensible man”, it cleverly repackaged certain... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3348077/why-bridget-joness-diary-feels-so-dated-25-years-after-beloved-romcoms-release?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3348077/why-bridget-joness-diary-feels-so-dated-25-years-after-beloved-romcoms-release?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:15:08 +0000 James Mottram James Mottram 2/5 stars It will come as a surprise to absolutely no one that Nintendo’s crown jewels, those lovable plumbers Mario and Luigi, are back. The Super Mario Bros Movie was a staggering hit in 2023, grossing US$1.36 billion and showing just how beloved these video game icons really are. Now comes the inevitable sequel, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. Loosely inspired by the 2007 video game Super Mario Galaxy and its 2010 follow-up, the film takes us back to the hallucinogenic Mushroom Kingdom and its... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3348483/super-mario-galaxy-movie-review-nintendo-sequel-looks-great-lacks-laughs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3348483/super-mario-galaxy-movie-review-nintendo-sequel-looks-great-lacks-laughs?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 31 Mar 2026 19:00:09 +0000 Reuters Reuters A powerful scene ⁠in the action epic Gladiator II (2024) has a problem: a camera crew is visible behind Paul Mescal as his character prepares for a high-stakes battle. Jack Zimmerman, a visual effects artist, erases the intrusion. Zimmerman works at Exceptional Minds, an American non-profit vocational academy and visual effects studio for adults with autism. The organisation provides training to help autistic artists launch careers in the competitive world of Hollywood. “It feels like a dream,”... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3347843/how-california-studio-helping-autistic-artists-break-hollywood?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3347843/how-california-studio-helping-autistic-artists-break-hollywood?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Mar 2026 08:15:10 +0000 James Mottram James Mottram 3.5/5 stars In a strange quirk of scheduling, They Will Kill You opens in the same week as Ready or Not 2: Here I Come. Both are films about estranged sisters reunited and fighting for their lives as they are hunted by a group of murderous perpetrators looking to make a satanic sacrifice. Without a doubt, They Will Kill You is bloodier and funnier, easily leaving its rival in the dust. Zazie Beetz stars as Asia Reaves, an ex-con with a bleak past. After shooting her abusive father dead and... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3347659/they-will-kill-you-movie-review-zazie-beetz-leads-delicious-slice-midnight-madness?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3347659/they-will-kill-you-movie-review-zazie-beetz-leads-delicious-slice-midnight-madness?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:00:09 +0000 James Mottram James Mottram 2/5 stars Ready or Not injected some freshness into the horror genre back in 2019. Samara Weaving was terrific as Grace, the sacrificial spouse who survives a deadly game of hide-and-seek with her Satan-worshipping in-laws. Unfortunately, the sequel feels stale by comparison. Ready or Not 2: Here I Come is a follow-up devoid of original ideas and too reliant on bone-crunching violence. Picking up directly after the events of the original, with dead bodies aplenty, the story finds Grace in... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3347529/ready-or-not-2-here-i-come-movie-review-elijah-wood-joins-samara-weaving-gory-sequel?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3347529/ready-or-not-2-here-i-come-movie-review-elijah-wood-joins-samara-weaving-gory-sequel?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:15:08 +0000 SCMP Style Reporter SCMP Style Reporter Since he began his role as creative director at Chanel, Matthieu Blazy has already shown four collections for the legacy house – collections that have fans of the brand, old and new, scrambling to get their hands on Blazy’s pieces, which hit stores early this month. The appeal of Blazy’s Chanel was especially evident this award season when Teyana Taylor attended the Chanel and Charles Finch pre-Oscar party on March 14 wearing a show-stopping multicoloured fur jacket from the brand’s fall/winter... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion/celebrity-style/article/3347364/style-edit-matthieu-blazys-chanel-collections-were-celebrated-during-2026-awards-season?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion/celebrity-style/article/3347364/style-edit-matthieu-blazys-chanel-collections-were-celebrated-during-2026-awards-season?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 Mar 2026 02:00:29 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Ryan Gosling wanted a friend. Directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller were in the midst of their largest production ever, the US$200 million science-fiction adventure Project Hail Mary. They were shooting some of the movie’s early scenes, when middle school biology teacher Ryland Grace (Gosling) wakes up in deep space. After realising he is the sole survivor on board the spaceship, he turns depressed and, eventually, drunk. “Ryan was like, ‘I just feel like I need a friend. I need a scene partner... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3347344/project-hail-mary-ryan-gosling-rock-alien-and-us200-million-gamble?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3347344/project-hail-mary-ryan-gosling-rock-alien-and-us200-million-gamble?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 22 Mar 2026 13:15:08 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Chuck Norris, the US martial artist and Hollywood action star most famous for his role in Walker, Texas Ranger, has died, his family said on Friday. He was 86. The martial arts expert turned actor starred in a slew of action films since his acting debut with a cameo in a 1968 Dean Martin film The Wrecking Crew. Four years later, his epic fight with the kung fu superstar Bruce Lee in The Way of The Dragon helped turn Norris into an icon on big and small screens alike. “It is with heavy hearts... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3347388/action-movie-star-chuck-norris-dies-86?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3347388/action-movie-star-chuck-norris-dies-86?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:09:00 +0000 Sumnima Kandangwa Sumnima Kandangwa Alessandro Nivola takes on the role of American fashion designer Calvin Klein – Carolyn Bessette’s former boss – in Ryan Murphy’s hit TV anthology Love Story. The series, which dramatises the tumultuous relationship of the former Calvin Klein publicist and John F. Kennedy Jr, also sheds light on the designer’s relationship with Bessette and marriage to Kelly Klein. In episode six (spoiler alert) viewers see Bessette deliver what, to Klein, is the ultimate betrayal – her resignation. And with... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3347285/meet-alessandro-nivola-who-plays-calvin-klein-love-story-starring-sarah-pidgeon?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3347285/meet-alessandro-nivola-who-plays-calvin-klein-love-story-starring-sarah-pidgeon?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:00:28 +0000 Matt Glasby Matt Glasby This is the latest instalment in a feature series reflecting on instances of East meets West in world cinema, including China-US co-productions. In the early 2000s, long before China began opening up to the commercial possibilities of Western cinema, the idea of filming a potential blockbuster in the country seemed nothing short of revolutionary. Previous efforts were either prestige pictures, such as 1987’s The Last Emperor or tiny indies like A Great Wall (1986). But anyone who could mount an... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3346728/how-doa-dead-or-alive-tried-create-new-kind-blockbuster-amid-chaotic-china-shoot?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3346728/how-doa-dead-or-alive-tried-create-new-kind-blockbuster-amid-chaotic-china-shoot?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:15:07 +0000 James Marsh James Marsh The Hong Kong International Film Festival returns in April, celebrating its 50th edition with a mouth-watering retrospective of classics from the last half-century of Chinese-language cinema. New and old works alike from masters of the art form, including Zhang Yimou, Tsai Ming-liang and Hou Hsiao-hsien, will play alongside a typically eclectic selection of some of the finest recent offerings from around the world. Acclaimed Singaporean filmmaker Anthony Chen’s latest work, We Are All Strangers,... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3346869/hong-kong-international-film-festival-2026-highlights-12-must-see-movies-and-programmes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3346869/hong-kong-international-film-festival-2026-highlights-12-must-see-movies-and-programmes?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Mar 2026 11:15:08 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Sean Penn, who won a best supporting actor Oscar for One Battle After Another on Sunday, was in Ukraine on Monday where he met President Volodymyr Zelensky in a show of support for the war-torn country. An Agence France-Presse reporter saw the Mystic River star getting out of a black car in central Kyiv earlier on Monday, wearing sunglasses and carrying a box of cigarettes. Penn, a vocal advocate for Ukraine who has visited the country several times, on Sunday won his third acting Oscar but was... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3346801/oscar-winner-sean-penn-skips-academy-awards-ceremony-visit-zelensky-kyiv?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3346801/oscar-winner-sean-penn-skips-academy-awards-ceremony-visit-zelensky-kyiv?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Mar 2026 17:32:57 +0000 Sumnima Kandangwa Sumnima Kandangwa Michael B. Jordan took home his first Oscar at the 98th Academy Awards. Winning best actor for his dual role as twin brothers Elijah “Smoke” and Elias “Stack” Moore in Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, the 39-year-old beat out strong contenders like Timothée Chalamet, Ethan Hawke, Wagner Moura and Leonardo DiCaprio. Jordan is the sixth Black male actor to win in the best actor category and paid homage to them in his acceptance speech. “I stand here because of the people that came before me: Sidney... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3346734/meet-oscar-winner-michael-b-jordans-supportive-parents-donna-and-michael-jordan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3346734/meet-oscar-winner-michael-b-jordans-supportive-parents-donna-and-michael-jordan?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Mar 2026 08:15:03 +0000 Reuters,Agence France-Presse Reuters,Agence France-Presse Hollywood’s best and brightest stars on Sunday hit the red carpet for the 98th Academy Awards, the movie industry’s biggest night. Among the most closely watched arrivals were the best actress nominees. Rose Byrne wore a black Dior strapless gown with a flared hem and floral embellishments, topped off with an asymmetrical necklace. Emma Stone stunned in a ‌form-fitting liquid silver Louis Vuitton dress and bouncy bob. Jessie Buckley opted for a pop of colour in an off-the-shoulder red and pink... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion/celebrity-style/article/3346698/what-did-stars-wear-oscars-2026-timothee-chalamet-jessie-buckley-michael-b-jordan-and-more?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion/celebrity-style/article/3346698/what-did-stars-wear-oscars-2026-timothee-chalamet-jessie-buckley-michael-b-jordan-and-more?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Mar 2026 02:28:09 +0000 Agencies Agencies This live blog has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Get faster notifications on the latest updates by downloading our app. Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another was crowned best picture at the 98th Academy Awards, handing Hollywood’s top honour to a comic, multi-generational American saga of political resistance. The ceremony on March 15, which also saw Michael B. Jordan win best actor and... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3346693/oscars-2026-live-updates-98th-academy-awards-ceremony?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3346693/oscars-2026-live-updates-98th-academy-awards-ceremony?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 15 Mar 2026 23:02:40 +0000 Sumnima Kandangwa Sumnima Kandangwa The 98th Academy Awards will take place on March 16 this year, honouring the film industry’s finest stars and films from the past 12 months. As we wait for the event, Hollywood has announced the award nominees. Ryan Coogler’s Michael B. Jordan-led vampire horror film Sinners leads the way with a record 16 nominations. One Battle After Another comes a close second with 13 nominations, followed by Marty Supreme, Frankenstein, Sentimental Value and Hamnet. Timothée Chalamet, 30 – who’s competing... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3346444/6-youngest-ever-actors-win-oscar-anna-paquin-timothy-hutton?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3346444/6-youngest-ever-actors-win-oscar-anna-paquin-timothy-hutton?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Mar 2026 22:00:10 +0000 Reuters Reuters Top names in ⁠Hollywood will gather on March 15 to hand out the ⁠annual Academy Awards at a red-carpet ceremony brimming with drama in the major races. One Battle After Another, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a one-time political radical now parenting a teenager, was seen as the front runner for the coveted best picture prize after stacking up trophy after trophy at recent ceremonies. The vampire story Sinners, a celebration of blues music ‌and black culture in the segregation-era US South, made... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3346481/sinners-against-one-battle-after-another-best-picture-academy-awards?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3346481/sinners-against-one-battle-after-another-best-picture-academy-awards?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:15:07 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Disgraced movie mogul and convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein says life in prison is “hell” in an interview where he repeatedly claimed he was not guilty of any crimes. The man who once effectively ruled Hollywood before a spectacular fall from grace at the start of the #MeToo movement said he was trapped in his cell at New York’s Rikers Island, with only guards for company. “It’s too dangerous for me to be around anyone else. Other inmates get to go to the yard. But every time I’m out there, I... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3346156/harvey-weinstein-calls-prison-hell-first-interview-behind-bars?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3346156/harvey-weinstein-calls-prison-hell-first-interview-behind-bars?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Mar 2026 01:48:13 +0000 James Marsh James Marsh The future of Hollywood has never looked more uncertain, with the encroachment of artificial intelligence threatening to eradicate jobs across the industry, while the impending merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery casts doubt over the studio system itself. Nevertheless, for the everyday movie-goer, there remains – for now, at least – a steady stream of enticing prospects to lure us out of our homes and into the nearest multiplex. Below are 12 of the most exciting new releases coming to... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3346088/12-new-hollywood-films-watch-march-june-2026-including-toy-story-5-and-michael?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3346088/12-new-hollywood-films-watch-march-june-2026-including-toy-story-5-and-michael?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Mar 2026 23:15:10 +0000 James Mottram James Mottram 2/5 stars Ryan Gosling flies almost entirely solo in Project Hail Mary, a disappointingly derivative sci-fi mash-up of Interstellar, The Martian and Tom Hanks’ desert island drama Cast Away. Gosling plays former teacher Ryland Grace, who wakes up on a spacecraft. Coming out of years of stasis, he is bleary-eyed and disoriented. With his two fellow crew members dead, he must figure out why he is on board. Gradually, flashbacks reveal the truth: the sun is being attacked by an organism and, within... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3345942/project-hail-mary-movie-review-ryan-gosling-stranded-disappointing-martian-clone?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3345942/project-hail-mary-movie-review-ryan-gosling-stranded-disappointing-martian-clone?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:00:09 +0000 Ishani Sarkar Ishani Sarkar The cinemas have been packed with fans of the Scream franchise ever since Scream 7 landed on the silver screen. The new instalment, starring Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Isabel May, Mckenna Grace, Matthew Lillard, Anna Camp and more, opened domestically to US$64.1 million and enjoyed a worldwide opening of US$97.2 million, per Deadline. The opening numbers have reportedly never been this high for a film in the famed franchise. In fact, it is said to be the most successful opening for a horror... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3346096/meet-anna-camp-scream-7-actress-who-just-came-out-bisexual?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3346096/meet-anna-camp-scream-7-actress-who-just-came-out-bisexual?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:00:14 +0000 Reuters Reuters For Piper Curda, who voices the animal-loving college student ⁠Mabel Tanaka in Hoppers, caring about the planet does not necessarily make the character an activist. “I think Mabel presents as an activist. I don’t know if she’d call herself one,” Curda says. “She’s just like, ‘I care. Why does that need a label?’” With that said, Curda does hope Mabel’s determination rubs off on audiences. “I do hope her drive to make the world a better place inspires people, whether that’s little girls or... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3346062/how-hoppers-star-piper-curda-hopes-inspire-people-pixars-new-film?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3346062/how-hoppers-star-piper-curda-hopes-inspire-people-pixars-new-film?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Mar 2026 09:11:43 +0000 dpa dpa In 2020, We Bare Bears creator Daniel Chong came to Pixar leaders with an idea. He had seen documentaries in which robotic animals with eyeball cameras captured footage of natural habitats. But what if that technology was so good that no one could tell the difference? And to make it even more zany, what if someone went undercover in that animal body? That idea became the basis of Walt Disney and Pixar’s new animated movie, Hoppers, now showing in cinemas. The film is Pixar’s latest attempt to... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3345941/hoppers-pixar-tests-appetite-original-stories-will-audiences-bite?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3345941/hoppers-pixar-tests-appetite-original-stories-will-audiences-bite?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Mar 2026 07:15:09 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Oscar nominee Timothee Chalamet is the front runner to take home the golden statuette for Marty Supreme – but he definitely has not won fans in the ballet and opera worlds. In a town hall discussion late last month with Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey hosted by CNN and Variety, the 30-year-old Chalamet was discussing the future of movie theatres and whether the advent of streaming will spell doom for cinemas. “If people want to see it – like Barbie, like Oppenheimer – they’re going to go see it... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3345840/timothee-chalamet-faces-music-saying-no-one-cares-about-opera-and-ballet?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3345840/timothee-chalamet-faces-music-saying-no-one-cares-about-opera-and-ballet?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Mar 2026 18:45:24 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Geoffrey Rush, Rose Byrne, Cate Blanchett – voice coach Victoria Mielewska has trained some of Australia’s most famous thespians in the delicate art of the accent and says actors and actresses from Down Under have a unique talent for getting it right. Byrne, a native of the greater Sydney area, is vying for the best actress award on March 15 at the 98th Academy Awards for her powerhouse role as an overwhelmed mother in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (2025). So uncannily convincing is her American... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3345543/rose-byrne-australian-why-actors-down-under-are-so-good-american-accents?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3345543/rose-byrne-australian-why-actors-down-under-are-so-good-american-accents?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Mar 2026 11:15:07 +0000 Sumnima Kandangwa Sumnima Kandangwa Actor Shawn Hatosy is generally known for his portrayal of dangerous characters like Andrew “Pope” Cody in TNT’s drama series Animal Kingdom. Yet his portrayal of Dr Jack Abbot on HBO Max’s hit medical series The Pitt has not only made him a fan favourite, but also earned the veteran actor his first-ever Emmy award in 2025 for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. Here’s everything to know about Shawn Hatosy. Shawn Hatosy is of Irish-Hungarian heritage Shawn Wayne Hatosy was born in... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3345692/meet-emmy-winner-shawn-hatosy-who-plays-fan-favourite-dr-jack-abbot-pitt?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3345692/meet-emmy-winner-shawn-hatosy-who-plays-fan-favourite-dr-jack-abbot-pitt?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Mar 2026 22:00:11 +0000 Sumnima Kandangwa Sumnima Kandangwa In the second instalment of Dan Fogelman’s series Paradise, we see United States Secret Service agent Xavier Collins (played by Sterling K. Brown) venture into the outside world in search of his wife, Teri (played by Enuka Okuma), after the first season’s finale left fans unsure about her fate. The hit Hulu series takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where survivors are living in a huge underground bunker. It centres on Agent Collins as he investigates the mysterious murder of the president... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3345548/meet-paradise-star-sterling-k-browns-wife-ryan-michelle-bathe-who-was-alls-fair?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3345548/meet-paradise-star-sterling-k-browns-wife-ryan-michelle-bathe-who-was-alls-fair?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Mar 2026 10:00:10 +0000 Matt Glasby Matt Glasby This is the latest instalment in our From the Vault feature series, in which we reflect on culturally significant movies celebrating notable anniversaries. As a movie, V for Vendetta is far from perfect. But viewed today, 20 years after its cinema release, its existence feels nothing short of miraculous. In the aftermath of 9/11, Hollywood studios were reluctant to make anything that could be considered politically incendiary. A few years later, however, films such as War of the Worlds (2005)... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3345250/why-anarchist-thriller-v-vendetta-relevant-ever-20-years-after-its-release?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3345250/why-anarchist-thriller-v-vendetta-relevant-ever-20-years-after-its-release?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Mar 2026 09:15:08 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press He is British. She is American. He is a wide-eyed optimist. She is world-weary. He loves Christmas songs. She loathes them. Naturally, they are perfect for each other. That classic opposites-attract set-up is the basis for the new Broadway musical Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York). It is one of a clutch of popular new romantic comedies warming hearts this winter across various media. There is the HBO Max hockey show and word-of-mouth sensation Heated Rivalry and the Netflix... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3345101/heated-rivalry-two-strangers-how-romcoms-are-taking-over-tv-and-theatre?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3345101/heated-rivalry-two-strangers-how-romcoms-are-taking-over-tv-and-theatre?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 Mar 2026 10:15:07 +0000 James Mottram James Mottram 4/5 stars Bounding into cinemas just in time for spring, the latest Pixar animation is a pleasingly charming tale of man vs nature, with a bit of crazy robot tech thrown in. The star of Hoppers is Mabel Tanaka (voiced by Piper Curda), a young animal-lover leading a one-girl protest over a freeway being built through the tranquil countryside near her hometown of Beaverton. Because the freeway is the pet project of the town’s popular mayor, Jerry (Jon Hamm), who is vying for re-election, Mabel’s... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3345126/hoppers-movie-review-pixars-new-animation-hilarious-heartfelt-animal-avatar?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3345126/hoppers-movie-review-pixars-new-animation-hilarious-heartfelt-animal-avatar?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:00:08 +0000 James Mottram James Mottram There is a mild, modest satisfaction when we ask Hikari how she feels about her career to date. “So far, so good,” she says briskly. It is a little more than that. The Japanese-born director established her art-house credentials in 2019 with her prize-winning feature debut 37 Seconds. She went on to direct episodes of prestige American TV, including the water-cooler show Beef. Now comes her second feature-length movie, Rental Family, a gentle, sometimes mournful Tokyo-set comedy that strikes a... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3345114/who-hikari-japanese-director-behind-beef-and-brendan-fraser-starrer-rental-family?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3345114/who-hikari-japanese-director-behind-beef-and-brendan-fraser-starrer-rental-family?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Mar 2026 10:15:07 +0000 Ishani Sarkar Ishani Sarkar It’s a busy television season for Genesis Rodriguez. The 38-year-old actress, who you may know as Captain Josephina Carrillo from season two of Taylor Sheridan’s Lioness, recently joined the cast of hit action thriller The Night Agent, appearing in its third season as financial journalist Isabel De Leon alongside Gabriel Basso’s Peter Sutherland. “It’s jarring. I went from this very tough, physical character [in Lioness] to a very cerebral character [in The Night Agent],” she told The Hollywood... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3345111/meet-genesis-rodriguez-who-plays-isabel-de-leon-netflixs-night-agent?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3345111/meet-genesis-rodriguez-who-plays-isabel-de-leon-netflixs-night-agent?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Mar 2026 10:00:12 +0000 Sumnima Kandangwa Sumnima Kandangwa The latest instalment of the beloved thriller movie franchise Scream premiered in the US on February 27, with cast members like Courteney Cox, Neve Campbell and David Arquette all making a return. The film’s premise follows a new Ghostface killer who sets his sights on Sidney Prescott (Campbell)’s daughter, Tatum, played by series newcomer Isabel May. May made her breakthrough in Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone prequels, 1883 (2021) and 1923 (2022) and has starred in projects like Young Sheldon,... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3344874/meet-isabel-may-who-plays-sidney-prescotts-daughter-tatum-scream-7?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3344874/meet-isabel-may-who-plays-sidney-prescotts-daughter-tatum-scream-7?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 28 Feb 2026 22:00:10 +0000 Sumnima Kandangwa Sumnima Kandangwa Bridgerton newcomer Isabella Wei has quickly become a fan favourite among viewers of the hit Regency-era show on Netflix for her portrayal of the sweet and charming Posy Li, the stepsister of this season’s heroine, Sophie Baek (Yerin Ha). Fans of the show may already know that season four of Bridgerton, which premiered its first chapter with four episodes on January 29, is a Cinderella story. It features Luke Thompson as the second-oldest Bridgerton brother and his love interest, Sophie, who is... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3344869/what-know-about-hong-kongs-isabella-wei-who-plays-posy-li-netflixs-bridgerton?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3344869/what-know-about-hong-kongs-isabella-wei-who-plays-posy-li-netflixs-bridgerton?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Feb 2026 22:00:16 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Paramount Skydance, run by pro-Trump technology heir David Ellison, was poised to take control of Warner Bros. Discovery after Netflix said it would not raise its takeover offer, ending one of the biggest media bidding wars in a generation. The deal puts a constellation of media properties - from CNN to Nickelodeon to HBO - under the control of the family led by Oracle tycoon and White House ally Larry Ellison. Netflix said it was “declining to match” Paramount’s latest offer after the Warner... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3344795/netflix-abandons-warner-bros-bid-clearing-way-paramount?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3344795/netflix-abandons-warner-bros-bid-clearing-way-paramount?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:35:17 +0000 Tribune News Service Tribune News Service Actor Chris Pine was just 13 when his family’s finances took a turn and his parents lost their home. So when the Star Trek actor read Matthew Desmond’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City – about eight families who fight to stay housed in Milwaukee, in the US state of Wisconsin – he knew he had to make a film out of it. “The power of what we do as filmmakers … is really to remind people that we are not alone, that our experiences are transcendent,” Pine... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3344439/chris-pine-and-others-turn-non-profit-film-fund-make-movies-conscience?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3344439/chris-pine-and-others-turn-non-profit-film-fund-make-movies-conscience?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:15:07 +0000 SCMP Style Reporter SCMP Style Reporter On February 10, the UK’s National Film and Television School (NFTS) played host to a figure who has shaped the global film conversation for more than three decades. Cameron Bailey, CEO of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), delivered a Masterclass presented by Rolex – an exchange that quietly affirmed the Swiss maison’s long-standing dedication to the art and evolution of cinema. Since 2025, Rolex has been the first-ever partner of the NFTS Masterclass programme, a globally... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/lifestyle/leisure/article/3344548/style-edit-rolexs-national-film-and-television-school-masterclass-cameron-bailey?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/lifestyle/leisure/article/3344548/style-edit-rolexs-national-film-and-television-school-masterclass-cameron-bailey?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Feb 2026 02:00:08 +0000 Reuters Reuters Grammy-award-winning rapper and ⁠singer Anderson .Paak is exploring ⁠his Korean roots with his directorial debut ⁠film K-Pops!, which is due for release in US cinemas on Friday. Rather than delving into his own emotional struggles with his dad, the R&B singer decided to do a heartwarming story about a father and a son reuniting during a K-pop competition show. “I’m a wholesome ‌kind of guy,” he says in a Zoom interview. “Comedy, laughter, love, music, food, culture have always been the way to... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3344569/it-was-insane-anderson-paak-making-his-debut-film-k-pops-and-its-family-message?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3344569/it-was-insane-anderson-paak-making-his-debut-film-k-pops-and-its-family-message?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:15:07 +0000 James Mottram James Mottram The Berlin International Film Festival has always been a politically charged event, but this year’s 76th edition was a cauldron. Early on, author Arundhati Roy resigned from her duties at the festival after Wim Wenders, the German filmmaker and head of the jury, said filmmakers should stay out of politics. This followed a jury press conference where a journalist questioned the festival’s stance on showing solidarity with victims of global conflicts, but ignoring Gaza. In the wake of this, over... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3344441/10-best-movies-2026-berlin-film-festival?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3344441/10-best-movies-2026-berlin-film-festival?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Feb 2026 09:12:21 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The British Academy Film Awards and BBC apologised on Monday for a racial slur that was broadcast during Sunday’s show while two stars of the film Sinners were on stage. The Tourette syndrome campaigner who shouted the slur said he was “deeply mortified” and what he said was “not a reflection of my personal beliefs”. The highly offensive word could be heard as Sinners stars Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo, who are both black, were presenting the award for best visual effects during Sunday’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3344384/bbc-and-tourettes-advocate-apologise-sinners-stars-racial-slur-during-baftas?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3344384/bbc-and-tourettes-advocate-apologise-sinners-stars-racial-slur-during-baftas?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 Feb 2026 19:48:03 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The son of US film director Rob Reiner pleaded not guilty to the fatal stabbing of both of his parents when he appeared in a Los Angeles court on Monday. Nick Reiner faces two counts of first-degree murder over the double killing that sent shock waves through Hollywood days before Christmas. The 32-year-old was arrested on December 14 after the bodies of his filmmaker father and his mother, photographer Michele Singer Reiner, were discovered at their home in the upmarket Brentwood neighbourhood... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3344383/son-us-film-director-rob-reiner-pleads-not-guilty-parents-murder?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3344383/son-us-film-director-rob-reiner-pleads-not-guilty-parents-murder?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:36:53 +0000 Sumnima Kandangwa Sumnima Kandangwa Charlotte Mellington recently made her acting debut in Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights, a loose film adaptation of Emily Brontë’s 1847 gothic novel. The 14-year-old breakout actress not only stars in one of this year’s buzziest films – she plays the younger version of Margot Robbie’s character, Catherine Earnshaw. Read on to learn more about the young actress who made her debut as one of the most famous literary heroines. Charlotte Mellington only has one other acting credit The young... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3344111/meet-charlotte-mellington-who-plays-young-catherine-wuthering-heights?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3344111/meet-charlotte-mellington-who-plays-young-catherine-wuthering-heights?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:00:10 +0000 Sumnima Kandangwa Sumnima Kandangwa Ryan Murphy’s new limited series Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette chronicles the tragic romance of JFK Jr. (played by Paul Kelly) and the Calvin Klein publicist (played by Sarah Pidgeon) from their meeting in 1992 to their whirlwind romance. The series goes into their intimate nuptials and eventual death in 1999, when a plane piloted by JFK Jr crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, killing him, Bessette and her sister Lauren Bessette. The show premiered earlier this month on February... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3344148/meet-michael-bergin-former-calvin-klein-model-who-dated-carolyn-bessette-told-love-story?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3344148/meet-michael-bergin-former-calvin-klein-model-who-dated-carolyn-bessette-told-love-story?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 21 Feb 2026 22:00:12 +0000 Ishani Sarkar Ishani Sarkar The third and final season of Hulu’s twisted romance drama Tell Me Lies has ended with an explosive finale in which, instead of driving off into the sunset, Lucy Albright (Grace Van Patten) is abandoned at a gas station by her villainous love interest, Stephen DeMarco (Jackson White). Van Patten told Teen Vogue that Stephen’s final manipulation “forces Lucy to really re-evaluate herself and how she’s been living her life”. As for Stephen’s fate, White joked, “He probably just drives off into a... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3344140/meet-jackson-whites-mother-katey-sagal-whos-also-tell-me-lies-hulu?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3344140/meet-jackson-whites-mother-katey-sagal-whos-also-tell-me-lies-hulu?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Feb 2026 22:00:23 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Emerald Fennell is very much aware that her adaptation of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights is going to anger and upset Brontë purists. In fact, the title of the movie is technically “Wuthering Heights” – quotation marks and all – to denote that this is something different. The director ditches major characters and changes many plot points. Charli XCX songs dominate the soundtrack, and costumes look like they came from a deranged child’s dollhouse. Perhaps the biggest difference between Fennell’s... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3343868/why-does-hollywood-keep-remaking-stories-wuthering-heights-genre-has-audience?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3343868/why-does-hollywood-keep-remaking-stories-wuthering-heights-genre-has-audience?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Feb 2026 20:15:08 +0000 Matt Glasby Matt Glasby This is the latest instalment in a feature series reflecting on instances of East meets West in world cinema, including China-US co-productions. Sometimes seemingly modest films have the greatest making-of stories. So it is with the 2004 romcom Saving Face, the first American film about an Asian-American lesbian couple to get a cinema release. The story of New York surgeon Wilhelmina “Wil” Pang (Michelle Krusiec), her new love Vivian (Lynn Chen) and her pregnant – and, crucially, unmarried –... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3343990/why-alice-wus-saving-face-most-important-asian-american-lesbian-film-ever-made?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3343990/why-alice-wus-saving-face-most-important-asian-american-lesbian-film-ever-made?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Feb 2026 09:15:08 +0000 Ishani Sarkar Ishani Sarkar FX’s Love Story is the internet’s latest obsession. The inaugural season of the biographical romance series created by Connor Hines and executive produced by Ryan Murphy chronicles the passionate relationship between lawyer and publisher John F. Kennedy Jr – also son of former US president John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis – and fashion publicist Carolyn Bessette. In the story so far, we see John-John (Paul Anthony Kelly) navigate his relationship with Daryl Hannah (Dree... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3343730/what-happened-between-daryl-hannah-and-jfk-jr-and-where-she-now?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3343730/what-happened-between-daryl-hannah-and-jfk-jr-and-where-she-now?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Feb 2026 10:00:16 +0000 Ishani Sarkar Ishani Sarkar What could be more romantic than a Valentine’s Day wedding? Stranger Things star Maya Hawke, daughter of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, tied the knot with her long-time boyfriend, Christian Lee Hutson, on February 14 in New York City, reports People. It was a star-studded affair attended by both her famous parents as well as the cast of Stranger Things, including Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Finn Wolfhard, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton and Joe Keery. maya hawke at her wedding in... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3343711/who-maya-hawkes-new-husband-christian-lee-hutson-also-her-music-collaborator?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3343711/who-maya-hawkes-new-husband-christian-lee-hutson-also-her-music-collaborator?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Feb 2026 10:00:14 +0000 Sumnima Kandangwa Sumnima Kandangwa No one is doing it like Margot Robbie when it comes to method dressing; after all, the Australian actress’ press tour for her 2023 film, Barbie, remains a masterclass in celebrity styling. The 35-year-old star has continued to dress the part on red carpets to promote her latest film, Wuthering Heights, a film adaptation of Emily Brontë’s gothic romance novel, which hit screens this month. Robbie has paired up with her long-time stylist and the genius behind her Barbie run, Andrew Mukamal, to... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion/celebrity-style/article/3343487/who-margot-robbies-stylist-andrew-mukamal-whos-behind-her-wuthering-heights-looks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion/celebrity-style/article/3343487/who-margot-robbies-stylist-andrew-mukamal-whos-behind-her-wuthering-heights-looks?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 Feb 2026 22:00:08 +0000 Tribune News Service Tribune News Service A viral AI-generated video of Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise fighting atop a building is causing a stir online. The 15-second video comes from the latest AI video-generation platform, Seedance 2.0. The platform was launched this week by its owner, ByteDance, the same Chinese parent that oversees TikTok. As the video circulates online, the Motion Picture Association and other industry stakeholders have called out the video for its unauthorised use of copyrighted works. MPA’s CEO, Charles Rivkin, wrote... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3343548/hollywood-shaken-brad-pitt-tom-cruise-fight-video-made-chinese-ai-over-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3343548/hollywood-shaken-brad-pitt-tom-cruise-fight-video-made-chinese-ai-over-us?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:29:26 +0000